30-Person Skiing Backflip
Woah. A group of 30 people in Quebec have attempted a world record for the having the most people do a backflip on skis while holding hands.
Woah. A group of 30 people in Quebec have attempted a world record for the having the most people do a backflip on skis while holding hands.
Everyone’s scared of the chairlift the first time they get on it. This is why.
AHHHHHHHH…HHHHHH.
Warning: This is a scary crash.
The Material Girl took a tumble while attempting to ski in Swiss Alps.
One interesting threesome, that’s what. EVERYBODY KEEP YOUR HANDS ABOVE THE BLANKY PLEASE.
Sometimes, skiing is fun. Sometimes, it’s the scariest thing ever. Sometimes, it’s like this.
Right there with you kid - skiing is so boring.
Don’t worry, the spawn of Arnold and Maria is just fine, but he definitely tweeted a photo of himself on the stretcher and a NSFW pic of the bloody gash right above his butt. I guess even celebrity kids aren’t immune to oversharing during a crisis.
Because it’s not every day you see a man riding a horse named Cocaine pulling another man on skis with a rope over a jump. This, ladies and gentlemen, is Skijoring.
If I knew skiing would transform into this extreme sport, I still probably wouldn’t have done it. Courtesy of Canadian freestyle skier JP Auclair.
Matthias Giraud and Stefan Laude capture some incredible footage as they escape an avalanche in the French backcountry. Watch Video ›
A skier lost his footing and fell down an entire mountain. Fortunately, he captured the whole plummet on his GoPro camera. Watch Video ›
Shot from his own perspective, YouTuber preadb attempts to make his way down Mt. Hood in Oregon. In his own words: “About halfway down it all turns to ice. The fish eye lens makes it look like a relatively gentle slope. Don’t be fooled, look at the trees relative to the snow. The object you see shooting over the edge is my ski after it hooked a tree and ejected. I managed to self arrest before going over the edge myself. After throwing my other ski over, there was only one way down….” Watch Video ›
The recent Nor’easter has led to a lot of disasters, but this fellow certainly knows how to make the most of it. His mother’s thoughts on her son’s unique ski route? “Obviously my son has lost his mind!!” Watch Video ›
Downhill skiing and paragliding were not badass enough individually for Marshall Miller, so he decided to combine them. He took a camera along for his awesome ride down some mountains in Utah. Watch Video ›
Skiing + paragliding?! I never knew this sport existed (outside of a Bond film, that is). Watch Video ›
Skiing CAN be that fun! [Ed Note: Best wedgie buzz of the year so far. A must-watch for fans of self-inflicted wedgies (i.e., everybody).] Watch Video ›
Slope ratings made easy.
A lot of people have a sudden interest in Telemark skiing, and have taken to the internet to find out more information on the sport.
I kind of love this tale of a lost skier in New York City, not only because lost people are always funny, but because people should know how ridiculous they look in a ski outfit off the slopes.
With 17 fatalities on the slopes already this year, Colorado’s ski areas are suddenly under scrutiny. There’s a minor debate going over why there’s been a sudden spike in ski area deaths: Too many snowboarders? New, fast equipment? Too many groomed runs, where people go too fast? Statistical randomness? File this under stuff nobody likes. Read More ›