Other 'Dangerous' Hobbies

Other Motorsports Incl Sim Racing
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Anything helps. Pretty sure luck is what allows some folks to not get crushed to death and ultimately buried under much weight. They say swimming helps. That would be hard with giant snow boulders pummeling you, however.Some pop out on/near the surface. I’ve fortunately never been buried although I have set off a layer and kept on trucking laterally till I was out of the way. That happened only 2X, thankfully. I also ended up in a well once, which was a learning experience. I survived it but it was pretty damn close. Fortunately was able to unbuckle and reach trunk and not drown.

Safest bet is stay in the ropes, duh. But powder… One could go Heli or Cat Skiing in BC or something if one wanted to get powder. They seem to have so much of it that tree skiing alone is super risky.

Let’s go, Ted

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Am I a bad influence? I apologize to your family. I was unsuccessful in my attempts to get Warren to do stupid things, so maybe you are more suggestible and I can live vicariously through you.

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I’m prone to stupidity already, so should be an easy sell…

Tasks may wait in the queue for a while though. I’m prepping a minimoto, have several karts to finish and liquidate to fund more stupidity, and the usual family activities. Hockey’s ending soon, so speed skating will be starting up. I’ve thought about these:

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Ha! Those are bonkers. I see folks commuting on them in Manhattan! I have also seen guys racing the scooters.

I enjoy seeing them skitter under braking.

Oh I found some footage of (not) me dropping in…

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Good Grief.

This line is awesome, but it is also nuts. :chestnut: More like fiber, actually.

Instead of seeking out this thrill, I instead braved Mt. Edison and threw myself down Mt. Supercharged, on a “Super Speed” invite night. Watch out, Fangio & Senna (not kidding, it’s greasy, fellas…..:ice::oil_drum::lotion_bottle::collision::chequered_flag:).

Admittedly, there is an almost complete lack of Gnar-Gnar in indoor electric karting, particularly as compared to the athletes showcased above.

But, the track is slippery, and the tires are cold. While I don’t have any cliffs to fall off of, these slip and slide sessions are probably almost as much fun.

His line is likely more economical. He appears to be going the wrong way, which is often available free of charge (especially in the oceans and the mountains).

Lest I forget. You’ve been Trombonerd!

See also…a corked version

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I won my first mountain bike race last weekend. It’s Florida, so calling at mountain biking is kind of funny, but there is actually enough elevation change in certain areas to have a 45 second or so downhill run. I finished first in 50+ and second overall. There were around 60 entries.

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Niiiiice! I dug my Joshua X Gary Fisher out the other day for a mailbox run. It was a 4.5 sec. downhill. :slight_smile: I need to get my legs back, but I’m in the middle of hockey season, so they’re not too bad. Congrats on the W!

In the 1980’s I used to take my 20”er BMX and ride laps around my asphalt driveway, kinda’ dogbone shaped. Little did I know that was a precursor to supermoto. I think it would be cool to make an urban 20” BMX bike criterium with slick tires and plywood “jumps” every so often. Something you’d have to pedal for, not like the current pump track vogue. “back in my day….”

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BMX was the proverbial poop as a kid in the 80s.
It’s a pity rhat in the 70s my awesome Schwinn yellow banana bike did not see national racing. :winking_face_with_tongue:

I recall mountain bikes appearing. Was iit Gary Fischer who dreamt up the MTB?

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Are you sure?

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and just to kick it up….er….down?…a notch, BMX sidecar downhill. I like you, Dom, but I don’t know if I trust you THIS much:

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I am 100% confident in mine, at least. It did have tassels tho.
It was gorgeous. I see guys with custom restomods in the city.
Mine was yellow with the metal flake yellow seat iirc.

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Finally, relatable ski footage on you tube. This very much reminds me of this place and the terrain we would ski/snurf.

Places like this make me wonder why theme parks and the like exist. What’s the point when you could be at Kirkwood?

Case in point, another snow bunny somewhere else, also sending it, in the out of bounds in bounds maybe. For example, Heavenly is known for its groomed runs, bump skiing, and great views. While it doesn’t have the impressive amphitheater like xtreme terrain, it has fantastic tree powder lines.

Tree skiing was “out of bounds”. I think there were signs let us know that the Ski Patro would not stop us, but we should be advised that, beyond the ropes, you can:

1: Die
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2: You are on your own

In fact, the sign informs us, We probably can’t/won’t save you from a lonely and totally preventable death which was likely due to:

a) Blunt force trauma (ie tree to the face)

b) Asphyxiated flailing, your thrashes stilling as lungs fill with something that isn’t air, but can’t be swum in like water, either
Or
c) You bleed out slowly while your calls for help go unanswered by the empty forest. Then, at night, the ice weasels come.

Finally, if it’s not the ice weasels that got you, then consider

d) You freeze to death overnight, as the sun sets and the temperature plummets.

(With apologies to M.Groening and my :folded_hands: as well).

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This seems dangerous… to the wallet

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I am guessing this is a chassis for a RC car? If so, this appears to be potentially highly addictive and absurdly money consuming. Why have just one supercar when you can make 10? It’s not a hobby that I got into. I did appreciate the cool stuff at Radio Shack, but I was unaware that there were “serious” RC cars. Gas ones, too!

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And I’m not saying McLaren copied me, but I’m not saying they didn’t:

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I dabbled for a bit.

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Ooh very cool!
There is a kind I saw videos of that is bonkers fasts they run it on a circle with a tether to a center pole..:

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There are some pretty insane RC vehicles out there. We are currently doing some shirts for a company featuring some of their stuff and it’s really detailed and high-tech stuff.

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ahhh.. the RC days. When I was in high school/college, I was really into RC racing. Circa 2012-2020 I was hugely into this and was sponsored by TLR. Absolutely loved it. May get back into it at a true hobby level one day.

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I have been into RC since my late teens (now 56) and I would say RC is as popular now as ever. Serious RC kits you used to have to build, and most you still do, but now there are many ready to run choices where charging the battery is the hardest part. It can be a little expensive but more so if you are crashing and needing to replace parts. The “serious” rc cars are mostly for organized racing, so the car you have is usually dictated by the racing that is available in your area. My local track does indoor on-road racing for about 4-5 months, then switches to indoor off-road till they can go outside for outdoor off-road. Another local track is indoor dirt oval. All good fun.

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When Kyle Busch broke his leg at Daytona, he came in a boot with some of the NASCAR crew guys to race RC at our local town track. Wed. nights were the big night because that’s the ‘night off’ for NASCAR crew guys. They’d roll in big ‘transport’ boxes and unload and had the ultimate in setup and tuning pedestals and gear. Shrub was just like ‘one of the guys.’ I wish I had gotten his autograph, but I wanted to let him have a place to simply be ‘one of the guys.’.

My current favorites are 1/12 carpet road course cars (man, they FLY!!) and MudBoss. I was racing Legend cars and F1 at the time.

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When you are so next level you have to invent new ways to have fun…

Do not buy used skis from Monsieur Thovex. :laughing:

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Not RC but similar! Hydroplanes!

zoom zoom zoom - 2-stroke.