[SkateDC] a man on roller skates

Fri Feb 1 18:35:44 PST 2008

You can fast forward to 3:15 in the video clip and you won't miss any of the race, the first part of the video is strictly about the Aston Martin.

You might be right Susan, the guy's name is Dirk Auer and he's from Germany.  In Frankfurt he did skate down the wall of a 141 meter high tower block.

How does Dirk do it?  It's simple: “Jack Link’s Beef Jerkys give me                            Power“
-- http://www.meatsnexx.de/gb/press.htm

"Freilassing, 11.11.2004. On                            inline skates non-stop from Frankfurt to Munich in less                            than 24 hours. The inline skating world speed record                            at 307.4 km/h. In Frankfurt he skated straight down                            the wall of a 141-metre high tower block. The exceptional                            skater Dirk Auer redefines the concepts of speed and                            courage.

                           Who can ever forget the appearance                            of the 32-year-old extreme sportsman on the popular                            TV show, “Wetten, dass ...?“, when he rode down a roller                            coaster on his skates with a glass of water [huh?] in his hand?                            He carried off an even greater coup in May 2004, beating                            the Jet-Skating record with a speed of 172.4 km/h using                            Beothec Turbines on a narrow stretch of road.

                           How does he do it? Dirk Auer                            is, quite simply, an exceptional personality. And only                            the best is good enough for him, both in terms of technical                            performance and nutrition. That’s why Dirk Auer’s favourite                            snack between meals is Jack Link’s Beef Jerkys: “Whenever                            I feel peckish between meals or I need a quick energy                            boost when I’m doing sport I just grab a bag of Jack                            Link’s Beef Jerkys. Actually, it’s usually more than                            one bag...”

                         Fatty or sweet indulgences are out                            of the question for Dirk Auer. “With Jack Link’s Beef                            Jerkys I’m only eating the bit that counts – a full                            portion of protein.” No wonder then that this particular                            smoked dried beef has long been the essential companion                            of mountaineers and other extreme sportsmen.

                         The cult snack Jack Link’s Beef                            Jerkys is produced for the European market exclusively                            from the premium lean meat of South American beef cattle,                            spiced and smoked according to a special recipe. Its                            high protein content makes Beef Jerkys the perfect Power-Booster.                            As Dirk Auer says, “I really recommend Jack Link’s Beef                            Jerkys.”

                         Jack Link’s Beef Jerkys come in                            four different flavours: “Original”, “Peppered”, “Teriyaki”                            and “Sweet & Hot”. They can be found at Toom, Citti,                            Kaufhof, Karstadt, Globetrotter, soon at Real, and in                            many petrol stations across Germany."

Frankly the story sounds preposterous -- who in their right mind would believe that a German would skate down the rails of a roller coaster carrying a glass of water!  

Turns out that truth of the matter is...

 "Using specially designed inline skates Dirk Auer (world record holder for traveling 270 kph (168 mph) on inline skates) rode / skated this coaster track during it's opening ceremony while carrying a liter of beer."

Now a liter of beer, that I believe!

More on the roller coaster thing:

"With the help of an engineer, he designed a device to fasten his skates to the rails of a roller coaster. Then, supported by a safety crew, Auer skated a 520 meter (1,706 feet)-long coaster. "I was a human roller-coaster car," he says. "Nobody had ever come up with such an insane idea before!"" -- http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-127799720.html

Pictures:

The roller coaster: 2nd and 4th photos under High Lights
http://www.dirkauer.com/index.php?id=16

The Frankfurt Tower:  3rd photo

and, of course, the usual helicopter-skating photos are there as well.

Enjoy,
George

Susan Burgerman <susan at burgerman.net> wrote
 kinda looked like Franfurt Dirk, didn't he? nahhhhh......
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> Even though he lost it is important to note that the skater scissored.
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>>If you've heard of Top Gear, you might have seen this.  It's a drag race 
>>between a $180k Aston Martin and "a man on roller skates."  It's not as 
>>unfair as it sounds.
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>>http://www.doubleviking.com/videos/page0.html/7833.html
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