GG/Russian Slow Roll

[needless2say]

wait/watch

[Hockey Guy]

I heard about this story. He dies, right?

[needless2say]

Brutal:

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/worl...icle-1.1236205

A thrill-seeking sport became a tourist's death trap when a Russian man and a friend hurtling down a snowy slope inside a large inflatable ball couldn’t stop — and plummeted off a cliff.

The final terrifying moments of 27-year-old Denis Burakov were caught on video, and shows the activity — known as Zorbing, or globe-riding — at the Dombai ski resort in Russia’s North Caucasus mountains last Thursday.

Burakov, a married father of two, suffered a broken neck and spine during the deadly descent, while friend Vladimir Shcherbov, 33, had multiple cuts and bruises, according to the Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper.

Burakov died on the way to the hospital. Shcherbov, whose injuries were less severe, was later released.

The video shows the two men inside the polyurethane sphere at the top of the mountain. Operators at the resort charge 300 rubles, or almost $10, for the chance to go Zorbing, an activity that originated in New Zealand in the 1990s.

“Denis, you’ll be like Jackie Chan in the ‘Armour of God’ movie!” someone is heard yelling, according to a translation from the Komsomolskaya Pravda.

While there’s a clear path for the sphere to roll on, it soon goes off course.

Another voice is heard saying, “It’s gone in the wrong direction again,” and then, “It’s OK, it’ll stop by itself.”

But it doesn’t.

A person appears to intercept the Zorb at the bottom of the slope, but isn’t able to keep it still. The ball hits a bump and begins accelerating again.
Zorbing

After traveling nearly a mile, hitting rocks along the way, the ball finally stopped on a frozen lake in the Ganachhirskiy Gorge.

First responders were able to ski down the mountain and attend to the victims, according to the Russian Emergencies Ministry.

A criminal case is pending, said Moscow-based news site Lenta.ru. Investigators are looking into the operators’ license and will determine why fencing wasn’t set up at the bottom of the attraction.

[mulva]

holy shit. a real life hamster ball, w/o an extra life

[superallah]

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=b4d_1357583237

video available on liveleak.