These are both totally crazy and surprisingly common. The footage is awesome. Music by Marik Production: http://soundcloud.com/marikproduction Sports featured (along with sources of info): Kite Flying http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/world/2007-02-26-pakistan-kite-festival_x.htm?csp=34 http://www.breakingnews.ie/world/pakistan-11-dead-100-injured-in-kite-flying-festival-299669.html http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/offbeat-news/pakistan%E2%80%99s-deadly-kite-flying-craze/5758 http://latitude.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/12/no-kite-fly-zone/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasanta_(Ritu)#Basant_.28Jashn-e-Baharaan.29_in_.28Pakistan.29 Cheerleading http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/31/sports/31cheerleader.html http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/cheerleading-dangerous-sport-young-girls/story?id=9473938#.Ub98u_ZASnQ Equestrian http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6039a1.htm http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/pdf/wk/mm6039.pdf http://www.aans.org/Patient%20Information/Conditions%20and%20Treatments/Sports-Related%20Head%20Injury.aspx Cave Diving http://www.forbes.com/2002/08/07/0807sport.html Base Jumping http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BASE_jumping Train Surfing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Train_surfing http://www.urbanghostsmedia.com/2013/03/extreme-travel-train-surfing-train-hopping/ Heli-skiing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heliskiing …
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