The video below is a nice hi-res one, better than the usual Youtube. It's fun to watch. You are supposed to be able to click on the "X"-like symbol on the lower right to make it fullscreen, but that is not working for me right now.
According to this site, buggyrolling "was invented by a French fellow named Jean-Yves Blondeau. He created a special suit adorned with 31 wheels which he dons and rolls through the city at breakneck speeds. Basically you transform yourself into a crazy fast multi-wheeled thrill ride. There are so many ways this could go wrong that it has to be a killer way to get some kicks and generally freak the bejeezus out of pedestrians, motorists and whatever insurance agency handles your policy. Bouge Toi!". One commenter observed: "This dude is like if TRON and Brian Boitano had a baby, and it was raised by the internet.
I've gone down Alpine highways before, but always in a vehicle. They can be steep and go on for miles.
Hopefully we can look forward to seeing one of these used in a James Bond movie or something; that would make for a pretty good stunt.
This is all downhill, of course. Working only on gravity. To go uphill, you'd have to add a jetpack.
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holy ... ! I'd have a parachute pack were I him! That's nuts.
Okay. That would REALLY stress me out. Can you imagine driving down that highway and running into that guy.
Looks a little creepy, in that the arm-claw things are like the hooks the T-1000 used in the road chases in "Terminator 2".
whoah, freaky -- what happens if a small object appears in his trajectory.. rollerman briefly becomes an alpine ufo?
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