The worst part about skiing? The agonising wait to get from the bottom of the hill to the top. Which is why I’m so glad we’re finally introducing jetpacks to the slopes! Specifically, the two engines from a decommissioned military UAV that Troy Hartman used to become a black diamond Rocketeer. Here, he hits 75km/h on flat ground – and that’s only at half throttle. Open ‘er up, Troy! Ski Patrol needs heroes. [GearLog via Dvice]
moz
Friday, March 4, 2011 at 12:37 PMJust imagine how much fun it would be if the ski field was full of those things. Very loud, throwing snow everywhere, and not very controllable. But at least the first time the user fell over and the thing sucked in a gutload of snow it would fall apart.
LucasF
Saturday, March 5, 2011 at 5:14 PMJet Pack Skiing just got added to my bucket list!!! That is fricking awesome!!! Looks like he was going 60kmh easily! And uphill. SOOO COOL.