Cross-Country Skiing Is Better With a Propeller Attached To Your Back [Video]

With a 200cc lawnmower engine, a handmade propeller, and some spare paraglider parts (that he just happened to have kicking around?), Russian tinkerer Sergei Khvalin created a cross-country skiing rig that can send him zipping across the snow at speeds of 25MPH. It weighs 34 pounds, and thus, he explains, can also serve as a work-out device. It's not a bug, it's a feature! [The Awesomer] More »

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