Snow-Scooter Speed Record Attempts Require Rump Mounted Parachute To Decelerate

How do you decelerate a snow-scooter when your going 112mph? Why a drag car style parachute attached to your butt with a finger mounted trigger of course. Couldn’t help but to chuckle when first seeing the incredibly niche sport of speed snow-scooting but the velocities are no joke and the consequences are too. Here’s Corentin Desbois pointing his custom built snowscooter down the speed track at Vars with varying success.

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