playgrounds
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The View While Swinging 1800 Metres In The Air From Hot Air Balloons Is Stunning
Video: Remember how your heart skipped a beat when you swung just a little too high on your local playground swingset as a kid? Imagine what your heart would be doing if you rode a swing suspended from a 125m-long tether hanging beneath a hot air balloon floating 1800m in the air.
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The Luckiest Kid In The Galaxy Has An Amazing Towering Groot Swing
James Gunn, the director of this summer’s monstrous blockbuster hit Guardians of the Galaxy, posted this image of an amazing Groot-themed swingset to hisInstagram (now MIA) and Tumblr accounts yesterday.
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Watch A Tornado Destroy A Children’s Playground
Video: This is sad. Security camera footage shows a children’s playground in Tupelo, Mississippi being destroyed by a tornado. It’s not like the playground is some sort of impenetrable fortress but the winds of the twister monster pretty much levels it in minutes.
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This Modular Trampoline Looks Like The Most Fun Way To Break Your Neck
As far as dangerous playthings go, trampolines rank right up there with lawn darts and three-wheel ATVs. But for whatever reason they have managed to avoid banishment, at least until this questionable modular trampoline system starts spraining ankles and snapping wrists.