erika.whillas.com » Culture http://erika.whillas.com Erika Whillas is a Senior Web Producer based in New York Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:28:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Danny MacAskill’s Biking Insanity http://erika.whillas.com/danny-macaskills-biking-insanity/ http://erika.whillas.com/danny-macaskills-biking-insanity/#comments Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:57:36 +0000 Erika http://erika.whillas.com/?p=204 “This guy walks the line of cheating death”.
Taking things to a whole new level, Danny MacAskill turn the urban environent to a play ground for stunts that run the risk of maximum damage. I think riding up a tree and back flipping on the bike could take the cake.

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Source: Wiki

Wimp.com has a beautiful video of sky lanterns, including the afore mentioned fireworks. The effect of these lanterns aggregating  in the sky is incredibly beautiful – like being closer to the stars for a fleeting moment.

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