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Watch This Insane Video Of A Dude Driving His Snowmobile Off A Cliff And Using A Parachute To Save His Bacon


Watch This Insane Video Of A Dude Driving His Snowmobile Off A Cliff And Using A Parachute To Save His Bacon

(By Jason Mazzotta) – Extreme sport athletes are some of the craziest people on Earth, attempting some of the most dangerous and without a doubt thrilling acts anyone has ever conceived. Over the years we have seen some crazy things including skiers and snowboarders riding off cliffs only to throw a parachute seconds later, but this video one ups all the skiing and snowboarding parachuters by a mile. Finnish snowmobiler, Antti Pendikainen, traveled to Sweden for this completely off the wall exercise. Pendikainen took his sled off a cliff with a parachute and stuck the landing! After launching off the side of a mountain at full throttle he floats over the frozen snow covered landscape for a while eventually making his way back to land and riding it out like a boss on a massive wheelie.

The GoPros are everywhere, as well as a helicopter close by to catch Pendikainen’s epic jump and landing. The two videos below are from different perspectives; the first is the raw, unedited footage of Pendikainen from start to finish, where it is solely from the view of the GoPro on Pendikainen’s helmet; and the second is an edited version with shots from the other GoPro cameras as well as helicopter.

In the first video, you get a real feeling as to what Pendikainen was seeing; as he suits up, hops on the sled, takes off making sure the parachute is fully bloomed before riding off the cliff, and then bracing himself before he touches back to ground; and check out the test track leading out to the cliff, only one test run!?

Check out the craziness of the snowmobiling cliff jumper, Antti Pendikainen below:


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2 thoughts on “Watch This Insane Video Of A Dude Driving His Snowmobile Off A Cliff And Using A Parachute To Save His Bacon

  1. Sumgai

    Impressive but kind of weird. When he comes off the cliff, sounds like his clutches are seized up or the sled is out of tune, as it’s not “shifting” (it’s a CVT but they don’t act like that). Also sleds are HEAVY, so that much airtime from a little chute is odd. I’m thinking there was some serious lightening going on with the sled, maybe a motor swap from something much smaller.

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