Girlus velocitus

January 22, 2007 9:07 PM

Girl in Human Slingshot (google video). Looks like fun.
posted by kisch mokusch (51 comments total)

Apparently on some millionaire's place in Utah. I don't know if this is related.
posted by kisch mokusch at 9:10 PM on January 22, 2007

That can't be good for your spine.
posted by ColdChef at 9:14 PM on January 22, 2007

may not be good for your spine, but it does look crazy amounts of fun.
posted by dazed_one at 9:15 PM on January 22, 2007

That is the stupidest, most reckless fucking thing I've ever seen.

MY TURN!!! MY TURN!!!
posted by dirigibleman at 9:16 PM on January 22, 2007

What, no release at the apex? What kind of slingshot do you call that?
posted by lekvar at 9:18 PM on January 22, 2007

Yea, she could easily die doing that.

No way Id let some redneck slingshot me off the back of a 4x4.
posted by T.D. Strange at 9:22 PM on January 22, 2007

When I was a kid there was this friend of a friend who lived out in the country and had a zipline running between two big trees, and I remember it being just about the coolest thing I ever saw.

And now that's all paling in comparison. Damn you, kisch mokusch.
posted by cortex at 9:26 PM on January 22, 2007

No way Id let some redneck slingshot me off the back of a 4x4.

*Fits monocle, tells Bertrand to ready the phaeton*
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 9:26 PM on January 22, 2007 [5 favorites]

Those millionaires, what will they think of next?
posted by ikkyu2 at 9:27 PM on January 22, 2007

That looks insanely dangerous.
posted by Kraftmatic Adjustable Cheese at 9:29 PM on January 22, 2007

Sure, to you and me it looks reckless. But in Utah, it's what passes for a clean divorce, unless the girl sticks.
posted by mds35 at 9:29 PM on January 22, 2007 [9 favorites]

This is so like three days old, pfft.
posted by zekinskia at 9:30 PM on January 22, 2007

Best swing set ever.
posted by IronLizard at 9:32 PM on January 22, 2007

Squirrel slingshot.
posted by ColdChef at 9:35 PM on January 22, 2007

ick.
posted by empath at 9:41 PM on January 22, 2007

Same slingshot different view.

Definitely Darwin Award material there. Slightest mistake and splush.

aww, that poor squirrel.
posted by nickyskye at 9:42 PM on January 22, 2007

i saw this on fark.
posted by localhuman at 9:44 PM on January 22, 2007

my initial reaction was shock horror and jealousy, but it seems to be set up rather well, or at least not catastrophically poorly. The riders inertia carries her laterally and the bungies wont let her close enough to the ground for her to skid. The mountain is to far for her to hit. The only danger is a bungie snapping or a knot slipping.

I'd want to see a bundle of redundant bungies on either side so one failing wouldn't wind me around the other pole. I'd need to be confident the knots and anchors where bomber. I'd also want to be sure the harness was designed to cradle the body on both sides of this whiplash action, which this one doesn't look to be. If it met those criteria, or I was about ten years younger, I'd be stoked to give it a go.
posted by subtle_squid at 9:48 PM on January 22, 2007

also, how do you get down once the ride stops?
posted by subtle_squid at 9:50 PM on January 22, 2007

What, no release at the apex? What kind of slingshot do you call that?

Exactly. All sling, no shot.
posted by Clay201 at 9:52 PM on January 22, 2007 [1 favorite]

Metafilter: All sling, not shot.

btw, Way late one this one.
posted by dirigibleman at 10:08 PM on January 22, 2007 [1 favorite]

I would wear a helmet, because when my neck snapped, or my rib pierces my heart, the papers would say, "He wore a helmet."

Also, I would wear some cool shoes, because when my upper body is ripped from my lower body by some tree, and my intestines are wrapped around said tree several times, the papers would say, "He wore some pretty dam cool shoes."
posted by dirigibleman at 10:12 PM on January 22, 2007

I want.

But, seriously, these people aren't rednecks. What kind of rednecks wouldn't using that thing to chuck fridges, engine blocks and 55 gallon drum moltov cocktails at or over the hill?
posted by loquacious at 10:14 PM on January 22, 2007

This is so like three days old, pfft

oh go pfft off you party poop
posted by caddis at 10:35 PM on January 22, 2007

Not in a million f-n' years, but I might be up for this zipline.
posted by Heywood Mogroot at 10:39 PM on January 22, 2007 [1 favorite]

"I want.

But, seriously, these people aren't rednecks. What kind of rednecks wouldn't using that thing to chuck fridges, engine blocks and 55 gallon drum moltov cocktails at or over the hill?"

it would be sheer beauty.
posted by scose at 11:00 PM on January 22, 2007

This is all good fun until the pants come off.
Then it's excellent fun.
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 11:01 PM on January 22, 2007

I agree with lekvar - Goliath would have walked away from the fight unscathed if David had a slingshot like that.
posted by Samuel Farrow at 11:11 PM on January 22, 2007

Ok, the slingshot didn't do much for me but I'd TOTALLY do that zip line!
posted by miss lynnster at 11:14 PM on January 22, 2007

I was so waiting for one of those cords to snap. I'm glad it didn't.
posted by zardoz at 11:24 PM on January 22, 2007

Fat kid on human slingshot.
posted by iloveit at 11:24 PM on January 22, 2007 [1 favorite]

Much too dangerous, if I was brave enough to try it I would surely carry those aches to my grave.
I laughed at the squirrel slingshot so I guess I really deserve going to hell when I die.
posted by Iron Rat at 11:39 PM on January 22, 2007

Zipline in South Africa with video all the way down.
posted by nickyskye at 12:31 AM on January 23, 2007

I saw this alrdy old shit.
posted by PeterMcDermott at 12:39 AM on January 23, 2007

The best part is where the kid is screaming and crying the lady just can't stop her evil laugh. Clearly this fun day at the fair is just a ploy to destroy the fat child.
posted by !Jim at 1:33 AM on January 23, 2007

Inquest told of student catapult death.
posted by metaplectic at 2:28 AM on January 23, 2007

Puts me in mind of the Famous Last Words of a Redneck:

"Y'all watch this!"
posted by pax digita at 2:56 AM on January 23, 2007

There is a beefier one of these in Atlantic City.

I went on a rainy day, and the price was cut in half to $10. Completely worth it.
posted by mkb at 5:32 AM on January 23, 2007

MetaFilter: i saw this on fark.
posted by stbalbach at 7:05 AM on January 23, 2007 [1 favorite]

She's wearing a t-shirt and jeans: no helmet, no shoes, no pads, nothin'.
If I were to do this, I'd suit up like a linebacker!
posted by Lord Kinbote at 9:18 AM on January 23, 2007

Holy shit I want one of those to use on my enemies.
posted by Mister_A at 9:29 AM on January 23, 2007

Yep... sounds like a lot of fun... yessiree...

"The study cited the case of Jerome Charron, a 21-year-old man who was killed Aug. 24, 1998 on a reverse-bungee style ride called the Rocket Launcher, at the Central Canadian Exhibition grounds in Ottawa.

The Rocket Launcher consisted of two steel towers with a bungee cord connected to each. The cords were designed to stretch down to reach the rider's harness, catapulting the rider into the air at high speeds.

When Charron's harness became disengaged, he was launched more than 30 metres into the air, landing on pavement.

Zach says Charron's case was tragic, but rare. "
(cbc.ca / January 10, 2002)
posted by Mike D at 9:38 AM on January 23, 2007

I wanted this to end badly. Now I'm gonna be all pissed all day.
posted by dozo at 9:45 AM on January 23, 2007

"This video is currently not available. Please try again later."

Oh well.
posted by drstein at 9:58 AM on January 23, 2007

The squirrel slingshot is the best thing ever. I am so going to build one.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 10:30 AM on January 23, 2007

Mike D: The ride I tried had multiple steel cables as failsafes against a broken bungee, and I was in a steel cage.
posted by mkb at 11:33 AM on January 23, 2007

[Nobody cares if someone saw this on fark. Do they?]
posted by miss lynnster at 12:21 PM on January 23, 2007

MetaFilter: Tragic, but rare.
posted by CynicalKnight at 1:27 PM on January 23, 2007

You know, they've had these in theme parks for decades. What's the point of this FPP? Now it's rednecks doing it?
posted by Eideteker at 2:01 PM on January 23, 2007

"Friends" attempt to slingshot passed out guy into pool.
posted by gummo at 2:33 PM on January 23, 2007

I was disappointed. I kept wondering how they were going to catch her; like with a big net, or into a pool or something?
posted by jimfl at 8:01 AM on January 25, 2007