All about: extreme sports
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Video: Daredevil skis through five-storey building in Alaska
By AOL Travel, Feb 11, 2013
Bored of skiing down plain old slopes? How about skiing downstairs and leaping through windows of a five-story building for a change? That's what this skier in Alaska did - and this video of him...
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Mischievous meerkats take extreme holidays for 2013 calendar
By Roshina Jowaheer, Dec 08, 2012
Meerkats are all the rage these days and not only do the fun-loving creatures feature on price comparison sites, but they've been away taking up all sorts of extreme activities on holiday...
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Pictures: Would you brave the world's highest waterslide?
By AOL Travel, Nov 06, 2012
Towering at a toe-tingling 41 metres high, this extreme water slide in Brazil is so steep that if you're insane enough to slide down it you're likely to reach speeds of more than 100 km per...
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Video: Base jumper's parachute fails - but he survives 120m plunge
By AOL Travel, Jul 04, 2012
In a video that is surely the stuff of nightmares, this base jumper was filmed as he dived from a 120m power pylon in Russia and plunged to the ground headfirst after his parachute failed to...
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Video: Adrenaline junkie does 1,800m slackline with no safety harness
By Ruth Doherty, Apr 23, 2012
An American thrill-seeker has successfully completed a 1,800-metre-high slackline stunt across China's Enshi Grand Canyon - without any safety equipment. Dean Potter, 40, crossed the...
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