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Friday, March 28th, 2008

So there’s a new death sport in town this year. Speed Riding (aka Speed Flying). It’s been around for a while, but it’s starting to get more followers this year, and one of those speed riders happens to be my mate Gus. He’s pretty nails, old Gus. He’s a very experienced parapente pilot & doesn’t think it’s too mental to career down one of the steepest sections of the Grande Montets 30 feet about the snow at 50 mph. Whereas we all know that it is. Mental.

gus hurst speed flying

So anyhoo - Gus and I have been talking about making a film of this new sport & today was a little bit of research. I was on skis & had a still camera & just got a taste for how it would be to film it. In a word, difficult. It’s just so damn fast! They’d taken off, flown past us and were miles away in under a minute. I got a photo or two, but they’re not the strongest photos I’ve made his year. Can’t wait to start filming it.

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