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VIDEO: Speedriding and Skiing in the Swiss Alps

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Speedriding is an activity combining elements of skiing and paragliding, in which skiers utilize miniature paragliders to descend mountain environments through a combination of skiing and flying. Because not many resorts in the United States embrace the activity, the Sun Valley, Idaho-based pilot and production crew Dunnings & Co. (facebook.com/dunningvideo) has been spending the last several seasons in the European […]

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SnowBrains | March 8, 2019
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Speed Riding Combines Skiing and Paragliding for the Ultimate Adrenaline Fuelled Descent

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If you’re an adrenaline junkie finding that skiing and snowboarding just don’t do it for you anymore, and are on the lookout for a new activity to satisfy your fix, why not give speed riding a go? This sport for thrill-seekers combines both skiing and paragliding to create a new experience unlike any other and judging from a recently published […]

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Steven Agar | January 15, 2018
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VIDEO: Speed Rider Slides Chairlift Cable

This is nuts. Speed Rider Valentin Delluc slides an out-of-use chairlift cable while ski-gliding down the mountain. The 22-year old frenchman has been skiing his whole life, and started paragliding at age 11. It was only a matter of time before the two came together… From Valentin’s vimeo (translated from French): WARNING: This slide into speed riding is very complicated and dangerous to carry !!! It really does not try to replicate this kind of thing . Only after thousands and thousands of hours of practice I could envisage making this slide . The […]

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ameliatraynor | April 9, 2015
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Must Watch – Free Until January 29th! | “The Unrideables: Alaska Range”

Red Bull TV presents the previously unreleased documentary “The Unrideables: Alaska Range”
This 46 minute high speed ride brings skiing and parachute flying together in the high risk, no-nonsense sport of Speedriding. Enjoy as Jon Devore, manager of the Red Bull air force, and his team go through their high flying adventures in the region simply known as, The Last Frontier.
This film is available and free for everyone until January 29th so don’t miss out on this great opportunity!

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Michael Etezadi | January 26, 2015
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8 Barrel-Rolls in 30 Seconds | Speed Flying at it’s Rowdiest

Speed Flying = is the air sport of flying a small, fast fabric wing, usually in close proximity to a steep slope, sometimes on skis. This is a relatively dangerous sport.  OK, maybe it’s the most dangerous sport.  You’ll generally see guys flying downslope, occasionally touching down, then gliding to a stop at the bottom of their run with their facial […]

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SnowBrains | May 7, 2013
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