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Levi LaVallee's Urban Snowmobiling Is a Jaw-Dropping Adventure

Snowmobile stunts performed out in the wild are certainly cool, but there is always something more to each story, and that is taking whatever piece of machinery one is using to inappropriate places.
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And when it comes to sleds, it's either the desert or the city. This time, Red Bull and Levi LaVallee decided in favor of Levi's hometown Saint Paul, Minnesota, where there was still some snow left on the streets... and rooftops, making a completely wacky stunt run possible.

Now, if you're not a top athlete and a skilled snowmobile rider like LaVallee is, we'd advise you never to try any of these yourselves, unless you want to spend the spring in a cast.

He fitted some wheel skis on his sled, making maneuvering on hard terrain easier and more precise, and hoped for the best. Some of the jumps made him a bit nervous, Levi admits. The bridge drop, even though it doesn't look like a big deal in the video, was one of the first obstacles.

"There were quite a few different ones that had me questioning myself. There was quite a few high risk jumps out there. One that I was really nervous about to begin with was the bridge drop. That was scary, until I actually did it, then I realized it wasn’t so bad," LaVallee says.

Also, the museum jump from the parking garage was another highly tensioned moment. The drop was about 80 feet (26 meters), but Levi says that it wasn't the numbers that made him nervous.

Thinking about a rider who jumped over bigger obstacles countless times might make someone believe that it's all down to routine. LaVallee begs to differ, adding that once he fully acknowledges the huge drop, he knows there's no room for error.

"To jump over that, there’s really no room for error; if you don’t make it over that hole, that’s obviously life and death. That was a bit to digest at first - you look at that hole and you think 'Yeah, that’s pretty deep.' I’ve jumped something like that thousands of times, but once there’s that big hole in there, the consequences were so big that all of a sudden I got nervous," he adds.

As for the entire video, the things are so wacky that words fail to describe them. Take your time, set the video to HD, and enjoy!

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