[Closed] World's Most Dangerous Sport circa 1955

Blimey.

I was going to say something vaguely sarcastic about people throwing themselves down mountains on two wheeled bouncy things.

Then I actually watched the attached vid (against all the rules of STW I know, but whaddyagonnado?)

The bikes made me raise my eyebrows, but being towed behind cars... 😯

Crazy b45t4rds

EDIT - No helmets either. Tssk.

Yeah, health and safety calls for pickup trucks and snowboards these days.
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I think it would pretty risky just in the cars, but tag a skier on the back 😯

Jeez. Looks bloody lethal just being a spectator there.

Madness! Love the cars, though, Porsche, VW, Alpine-Renault...
But what kind of lunatic thinks that's a good idea?

chapeau to drivers and attached skiers. jeepers. such a cloud of snow I thought it was just cars for a bit but no, there's some nutter at the end of the length of twine..

we used to do that on skates and skate boards down our road when terry got his license...

What's the winner's car? The low-slung one?

So many 356 s "swoon"

You might think that driving a car or motorbike around the inside of a giant drum would be sufficiently dangerous, but not for some people
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New phrase alert - [s]Madder than a box of frogs[/s] Madder than doing the wall of death with a lion.

I think I've seen it all now!

Heard a story from a mate whose Grandad used to ride for a Wall of Death outfit that used a Lion in their display - the poor animal was always drugged beforehand to ensure it remained compliant, but they used too small a dose one time and when it came round the rider bore the brunt of it's displeasure. Dizzy or not it still gave him a severe mauling.

Excellent find. We are all too soft these days.

@pk13 agreed so many 356's