Avoriaz, France may have some incredible mountains for skiing, but Richard Permin prefers to hit a different kind of slope when he wakes up in the morning. Instead of taking on a mountain, Permin opts to clips into his skis when he hops out of bed in the morning. He pulls off some pretty insane ...
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France might have just created the best mashup of two sports we've ever seen — ski jumps and bungee jumping. Normally, launching off a ski ramp would result in the skier flying for a distance before landing (crashing violently) on the ground. But when a bungee comes into play, things get a whole ...
READ MORE +During a hunt gone horribly wrong, Regis Levasseur "was charged and pierced by a deer which stabbed him with his antlers". The incident occurred 50 miles to the north-east of Paris. "Normally the animal would flee, but this time he decided to charge," Guy Harlé, president of the local hunters' ...
READ MORE +The Millau Viaduct is absolutely insane. This 1,125' foot tall bridge is 1.5 miles long, making it one of the craziest rides of anyones life. For perspective on just how big this bridge is, the Eiffel Tower is only 984' tall. instructed in one of the windiest areas on earth, this cable-stayed ...
READ MORE +If you've been to an aquarium and wondered what it'd be like to sleep in a room surrounded by aquatic life, Airbnb has just what you've been looking for. This recently launched underwater bedroom - located at The Aquarium de Paris in France and opened in 1867 - allows guests to spend the night 32 ...
READ MORE +Yuri Grisendi may have solved world hunger when he pulled this mammoth of a catfish out of the River Rhone in France. Weighing in at 250 lbs and 8 and a half feet long, this monster fish may have eaten everything else in the river. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IHpTBtHrQQ This "Jaws" of ...
READ MORE +There's probably something to be said about not standing on the shore during a massive storm. A man, 75, and his wife, 76, were walking along Porsguen beach in Brittany when a massive wave rushed towards them, sweeping the husband away, causing his wife to run to save him along with a passer-by - ...
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