This dude puts out a ton of videos like these. Uploads as "Apetor" and he's constantly diving into icy waters. Insane, but a very well presented/composed/edited insane.

Hei du alt, se på denne!

With enough vodka, he won't freeze

jaylectricity: Nice. I like the hand-picks he uses to climb back out after falling through.

You can buy them in specialized stores.

/Southern neighbor of the Dutch
//they cancelled their "Eleven Cities Tour" just yesterday: it's a 200 kilometer skating ride through icy conditions.
///saw a lot of interviews

Eep-eep!

WTF indeed

Knew it had to be Apetor. I'm a huge fan of his. What a nut.

The Silly is strong in this one.

the-meter-man: Hei du alt, se på denne!

Google Translate fail. Nice try, though.

flexflint: jaylectricity: Nice. I like the hand-picks he uses to climb back out after falling through.

You can buy them in specialized stores.



Specialized stores? How about "most any sporting goods/outdoors store?" They are pretty standard fare if you like to go skating/fishing/driving/skating/farking on ice.

badLogic: What is Norwegian for "here, hold my vodka, and watch this" ?

"Hold flaska og se her!"

For instance...

I once had a drink
Or should I say
It once had me

I drowned in the lake
Isn't it nice
Norwegian ice.

Welcome to Northern Iowa.

UNAUTHORIZED FINGER: I got lucky in 1997

Yup, that's when I got lucky too.

About 1min into it, I was thinking "you know what would really make this video awesome? Him being in his undewear." And then BAM! there he is in his underwear.

And then I thought "OK, but what about a chain saw? He doesn't have a chain- ... whoa."

The ball is in your court, Japan.

Rambino: the-meter-man: Hei du alt, se på denne!

Google Translate fail. Nice try, though.


Well, in Google's defense, there may not be a Norwegian equivalent for "Ya'll"

But you caught my drift...

Great commercial for vodka.. clearly it gives you superhuman abilities..

/and 9 lives?

I wanna party with that guy.

Take that common sense.

Johnny Dangerously: fargin ice holes!

While I have no interest in falling into the water, I will say that I now have a strong desire to drink a bottle of vodka and go ice skating on a lake.

As a life-long Californian, I remember my first winter in Iowa at the age of 21 and walking on a frozen lake for the first time when it was -10 degrees in January. There was a girl with us from Florida who was freaking out about the constant cracking sounds we heard on the ice. Then we found an ice fishing hole someone had drilled and it was obvious the ice was at least a foot thick. Shortly thereafter, we found a number of tire tracks from trucks that had been driving across the ice.

Good time.

/CSB

Every survival instinct in every cell of my body screamed throughout that entire video.

Boom Dee Ah Da
Boom Dee Ah Da
Boom Dee Ah Da
Boom Dee Ah Da

Smagma: Great commercial for vodka.. clearly it gives you superhuman abilities..

/and 9 lives?

I've had that particular vodka featured in the video (Vikingfjord) and it's not too bad. It's a potato vodka and I actually prefer those over grain vodkas. That being said, this guy looks like he's trying out for the Norwegian version of "Jackass".

/Half Norwegian descent.

I was hoping the ice would re-freeze over his head when he stuck it in the hole.

Rambino: badLogic: What is Norwegian for "here, hold my vodka, and watch this" ?

"Hold flaska og se her!"

For instance...

I'd go with: "Hold vodkaen min, og se på dette. Fettoter". The last word is key.

the real question I have... Did he use a tripod, or did he make someone else hold the camera and suffer through that?

UNAUTHORIZED FINGER: I got lucky in 1997, and was visiting friends in the Netherlands when the last one happened.

They really put in every effort to get the ice cleared of snow, with an all volunteer force. Next Sunday, thaw is coming in, and long term predictions say it won't freeze enough after that. Ah well, maybe next year.

It's probably hard to find something about it in English, but try to find something about the one in '63: it's still known as "The 1963 Hell". Out of almost 10.000 tour riders (excluding competitive riders), only 69 reached the finish line. Red Cross tents were full of people with frozen eyes, frost bites, or frozen testicles. Others were completely lost and dazed.

badLogic: What is Norwegian for "here, hold my vodka, and watch this" ?

Eep Eep

This guys still not dead yet?