Extreme Slingshot

[Brian MacKenzie]

tell me people aren't going to get hurt in this 'sport'!!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=rIjjWXstjZc

[Jethro]

2 Questions:

1) Was that filmed in Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi or Alabama? Had to be one of those 4.

2) I wonder how far you could shoot a water balloon with that thing?

Bonus question: If I put my mother -in-law in one of those things and she died, could I be charged with murder?

Bonus question number 2: Would it be worth it?

[One on one]

One question
If the person was sitting on a sling instead of being fastened into a harness, how far would they go?

[chester1234]

One question
If the person was sitting on a sling instead of being fastened into a harness, how far would they go?

2.4 km

[James_Potter]

2 Questions:
1) Was that filmed in Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi or Alabama? Had to be one of those 4.
How about Idaho?

[Jethro]

I didnt see any mormons

[toddw9]

Lets go with Alberta. When my cousin first saw that video about 6 months ago he very seriously considered what it would take to make one for his kids.

[john_childs]

Reminds me of this video: Human Slingshot Base Jump (http://youtube.com/watch?v=QokpXX9L8qM)

[ThisGuyIKnow]

2 Questions:

1) Was that filmed in Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi or Alabama? Had to be one of those 4.


I actually watch home videos like this for a living and I'm often quite surprised when I check the return address of tapes. Many tapes with stunts such as these come from towns I've never heard of in California.

[tobbogonist]

There was a 'real good' one of these constructed with proper human safety at heart near where i used to live in WA, alas i was never old enough to use it.

[Brian MacKenzie]

Reminds me of this video: Human Slingshot Base Jump (http://youtube.com/watch?v=QokpXX9L8qM)


Oooooh, that's WAY better!

[Ducttape]

I didnt see any mormons
idaho isn't all mormons and who's to say a mormon wouldn't do that (I'm one, and i do stupid stuff like that... I know adult mormons that do that kind of stuff to)

[john_childs]

Oooooh, that's WAY better!
The Discovery Channel show Stunt Junkies (http://dsc.discovery.com/fansites/stuntjunkies/stuntjunkies.html) had an episode where someone did a reverse bungee jump from one of the highest bridges in the US. They started on the ground tied to a stretched bungee that shot them up to bridge level, then cut away and did a base jump back to Earth.

Video is here (http://dsc.discovery.com/beyond/index.html?playerId=203711706&categoryId=208816812&lineupId=164950249&titleId=339146948) (scroll to the 7th video from the top)

[monkeyman]

I think that might be more fun than normal bungie jumping. I'd be scared of hitting whatever I'm tied to though.