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July 24, 2005
The need for Speed
A few years back at Soul Survivor we had a lot of fun when we taped a chair to my skateboard and used the "chairboard" to come down the hill through the site. Pretty cool I thought but I just found this picture where someone has taken the concept to a new dimension, respect!
Anyone want to do the risk assesment on this one!
(I wonder if the "race down the stairs in a cardboard box" that we used to have in our youth building is still allowed?)
Posted by ian at July 24, 2005 12:01 PM
Comments
that's awesome.. i once duct taped a chair to a furniture dolly and had two kids pull me chariot style. we would get so fast that it would sling me around the corners. still that's nothing compared to doing a downhill on a backwards facing office chair.
Posted by: robert terrell at July 24, 2005 02:18 PM
Didn't the steward tell you off at SS for that little stunt? was very very funny tho!
Brainiacs (TV prog - you've probably never seen it) did a trial of chairs powered by fire extinguishers! I think the wheelchair came out on top both for speed and stability, the office chair ditched its rider within seconds.
Posted by: KT at July 24, 2005 09:02 PM
Was that the same year you broke my garden chair by sitting *through* it?! Sorry - couldn't resist that.
Posted by: Tessa at July 25, 2005 10:41 AM
No, that was in fact a different year. Please also note that I still maintain that it was a damaged chair rather than a weight issue!
Posted by: Youthblog at July 25, 2005 11:04 AM