I hate his movies but like his attitude about French taxes.
Posted on 01/09/2013 7:55:14 AM PST by BenLurkin
What was supposed to be a thrilling ride down a ski slope inside a giant inflatable ball ended in tragedy for the two Russian men inside.
The transparent plastic ball -- called a zorb -- veered off course and sailed over a precipice in the rugged Caucasus Mountains of southern Russia.
The man who died, 27-year-old Denis Burakov, was with friends at the Dombai ski resort, where they frequently went snowboarding, on Jan. 3 when he decided to take a ride in a zorb being operated next to a beginners' slope. His friend Vladimir Shcherbakov joined him.
An eight-minute video taken on Burakov's phone by one of his friends shows the two men being fitted into harnesses inside the zorb, which consists of two polyurethane balls with a layer of air between them. The zorb is then released to roll down the hill, the two men spinning inside.
But the zorb bounces off of the intended path, and a man waiting for it at the bottom of the hill tries in vain to catch the ball before it pops over a rocky ledge and disappears down a gorge below Mount Mussa-Achitara.
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Ban Zorbs. Execute anyone who mentions personal responsibility.
Vladimir, hold my vodka...
Is the life expectancy of Russian men still 47 years?
Time to legislate mandatory parachutes in Zorbs.
Short Video of the incident: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19gFJnrmiO0
Comes with barf bags?
Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball.
Rolling down a mountain in an overgrown beach ball....What could go wrong?
We used to roll down a small hill inside a tractor inner tube into the local river. A fun time.
They put you in the barf bag.
Geez, what could go wrong???
Gravity. It’s the law.
And you would want to make a basketball of yourself because?
Like ZZTops ‘Master of Sparks’
Truly heroic effort on the part of the “catcher” to avert tragedy at the base of the run. The man ran like a deer over deep snow trying to deflect their course, but to no avail.
I hate his movies but like his attitude about French taxes.
Geez, what could go wrong???
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