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Tesla Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-10-05 09:17 AM
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Peace on a SCATEBOARD!!!
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2005-07-09-skateboard-greatwall_x.htm?csp=34
Skateboarder clears Great Wall of China

The Associated Press

Daredevil skateboarder Danny Way rolled down a massive ramp at nearly 50 mph and jumped across the Great Wall of China on Saturday, becoming the first person to clear the wall without motorized aid, an event sponsor said.

Maybe we can come together through just being people???
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htuttle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-10-05 09:26 AM
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1. I guess it was a lucky break for China...
...that the Mongols never had skateboards!

Now that would have been a sight -- 100,000 Mongols catching air over the Great Wall...
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RUMMYisFROSTED Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-10-05 09:31 AM
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2. Whaaaaaaat?
A crowd of several thousand people, including China's ministers of extreme sports and culture, gathered at the Ju Yong Guan Gate about a 40-minute drive from Beijing...

:wow:
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