While heading to POP airport yesterday, there were at least 4 Rollerbladers going at high speed from the direction of the airport down the hill into Sosua Abajo. One was hanging on the the back of a truck, two were being towed by motorbikes and one was just coming down the hill on his own like he was imitating a scene of a recent Vin Diesel movie (where they used skateboards). The one being towed by the truck peaked around the truck and missed my by less than one foot.
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High Speed Roller Bladers coming down the hill into Sosua Abajo
near misses keep us on our toes and keep our whole reflex mechanism in tip top shape!
ya gotta admit, there should be a lot more accidents, especially between Cabarete and Sosua
that drive is always full of crazies
ya gotta admit, there should be a lot more accidents, especially between Cabarete and Sosua
that drive is always full of crazies
If the rollerblader had peaked out just another foot more from beyond the back of the truck he was holding on to as I went by him, he would have splatted against my front fender. Nobody's reaction would have prevented that from happening.
I was just a short distance away from having a very fun experience...
Why would they wear helmets - they don't when on a scooter. But I don't thing roller blades or skate boards will catch on. You can't put stadium LED light bars on them.
as children in Canada when the roads froze over, we always hooked onto the bus bumper to slide along behind going to school
banged my head when the driver hit the brakes many times
just a couple of blocks.....
banged my head when the driver hit the brakes many times
just a couple of blocks.....
Windy, what a great opening scene! Climbing a transmission tower at La Cumbre, then jumping off sans parachute but with skis and pole, copping a skateboarding along the way, and blasting to the salt mine at Las Salinas...in about 2 minutes.
If I didn't see it in a movie I wouldn't have thought such a feat was possible.
Amazing! :cheeky:
[video=youtube;vh9ehX4iU_k]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vh9ehX4iU_k[/video]
If I didn't see it in a movie I wouldn't have thought such a feat was possible.
Amazing! :cheeky:
[video=youtube;vh9ehX4iU_k]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vh9ehX4iU_k[/video]
I like him and his movies.
It would have made more sense if it was about a baseball game...
As for the rollerbladers, we will be reading soon about at least one dead one.
Rollerblades must have been invented by a chiropractor working with an orthopedic surgeon.
World record for speed is 130 mph towed by a motorcycle and he wore no safety gear. Life on the razors edge.
I hope they do catch-on. This country needs more physically active kids and adults. I roller blade every day around the CZ and the malecón; saves me gym membership fees.
As I approached 100mph....I'd be squeezing some oil on those wheels !!!
The squeeky wheel gets the.......
That's not the road into Sosua, those kids will soon be heading in 2dlight, if you know what I mean.
What is the CZ ?
No argument about using roller blades in a location like that along the malecon.
It gets dicey when they are being towed behind motorbikes weaving through traffic in Sosua Abajo. That is not "exercise" but rather an exercise in stupidity.
