Human Trebuchet – the new extreme sport?

Thu, May 15, 2008

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Following up on our Trebuchet theme, the new extreme sport - Human Trebuchet Launching!

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anon Says:
May 15th, 2008 at 10:38 am

Damn, the banners are annoying on this site.

arsgeek Says:
May 15th, 2008 at 10:41 am

Thanks for the constructive criticism, and for owning up to your opinions.

Curt Says:
May 15th, 2008 at 11:29 am

Geeze, I can’t see the video. There’s too much garbage on this site.
Lame!

LOLwut Says:
May 15th, 2008 at 2:07 pm

I got AdBlock Plus going in FireFox and I don’t see any banners.

Ealdred the Saxon Says:
May 15th, 2008 at 4:41 pm

Kinda cool. But, I’ve seen this before on one of those cheap cable channels “amazing” video stories. They cut this off before showing the lady who hit the net and then bounced OUT. She was majorly banged up.

Still, I would kind of like to do this.

Color me Stupid!
PS I saw the video just fine on IE 7. Try a pop-up blocker

Dawn Masuoka Says:
May 16th, 2008 at 12:45 am

Sorry that you obviously have out dated and crappy system Curt Hopefully you can upgrade soon or take up any hobbies that don’t require a computer.

(the comment expressed here is my own and should not be a reflection of the site)

Billy Says:
July 1st, 2008 at 12:28 pm

and what happens if they miss that net..

Trampoline Tricks Ten Eighty Says:
October 13th, 2009 at 10:39 pm

That looks so fun! Just kidding, I think i’d barf!

Franky S Says:
July 27th, 2010 at 5:33 am

yah, that’s no extreme, bullcrap. there’s a 10% chance of overflight over that net if human will be less weight!

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