Sidewalk Skiing - Neatorama

Who has time to change the car tires? Time is short in Saudi Arabia. There's oil to pump out of the ground, palaces to build and a kingdom to run. That's why Saudi men decided to multitask a bit on this exciting driving stunt dubbed "sidewalk skiing," which strangely involved no sidewalk and no skiing.

Tim Allman of BBC News has the story: Link [self-starting video]

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I saw such an act maaaaaaany many years ago on the German show "Wetten dass...?" (you may know its copy cats "You Bet!" or "Wanna Bet?")

Well, seeing it on the street is something different...

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Daniel, you nailed it.

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Boredom, repression and wealth bring about these kinds of risky and nihilistic activities. Rather similar to 'drifting' in Arabia.

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Not my oil money.

All my oil money goes to Abu Dhabi.

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It's where your oil money goes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgnxQ8VvdC0

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