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This Ski Suit Is Perfect for Those Who Are Too Lazy to Stand While Skiing

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Say you live at the bottom of a mountain. It's the middle of winter, so you're cold and lonely, and that's precisely why you go and visit your closest neighbor: the crazy shepherd who lives on top of the mountain.
You reach his hut and two minutes later, after you catch up with what you've been up to for the past six months, you start drinking. I mean, what else is there to do? There's plenty of schnapps, and it's not going to drink itself.

Later that evening, it's time to go home as the shepherd can only accommodate extra sheep, but not people. Now just imagine how much fewer bruises you'd have when reaching the bottom of the mountain if you had one of these suits, considering the amount of blood that's in your alcohol. With a little luck, you'd even be able to take a short nap on your way down.

But even if, for some reason, you don't live all by yourself near a mountain, the Buggy Ski Suit created by Jean Yves Blondeau could still be tremendous fun. It's the same person that came up with the Rollerman suit, and this new contraption is basically the same idea adapted for winter.

A man dressed in skis from head to toe is understandably attracting a lot of attention, even if he is surrounded by hundreds of other skis and snowboards. The thing is, the rest of the people don't wear them on their knees, on their forearms or even on their chests, so the cameras will flash and people will stare.

But Jean Yves seems to be the type of man who makes the most of being in the center of attention. He doesn't say no to a little dancing session just before he launches down the slope in a position that's more suited in a church. He slides on his knees, on his elbows, on his back and on his chest, and he switches from one to another without stopping. It looks easy enough, but I'm sure it's not. Have you tried planking? Imagine doing that while moving over irregular terrain, and you've got the recipe for a workout from hell.

The best thing about Jean Yves' suit is that you don't need to go fast to have fun. You can go down a slope twenty times and never repeat the same position. It's true, some are safer than others, with a few seeming like a sure way to break your spine, but with a little experience and some common sense, the suit can be a source of fun.

The only possible drawback is that the other skiers might not see him so easily, since he's got such a low silhouette. Plus, they don't really know what to expect from him either, so he can be a bit of a peril on the slope for others, or at least a cause of distraction. Then again, that's what happens when you look like a man that was covered in glue and dipped into a pool of skis.

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