{"id":109,"date":"2007-12-22T09:36:06","date_gmt":"2007-12-22T17:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=109"},"modified":"2007-12-22T09:36:13","modified_gmt":"2007-12-22T17:36:13","slug":"do-avalanches-amuse-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=109","title":{"rendered":"Do Avalanches Amuse You?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/robocoaster.jpg\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/robocoaster.jpg','popup','width=320,height=240,scrollbars=no,resizable=yes,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=yes,left=0,top=0');return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/robocoaster-tm.jpg\" height=\"150\" width=\"200\" border=\"1\" align=\"right\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" alt=\"Robocoaster\" \/><\/a>If so, then a new ride at the <strong>Les Deux Alps<\/strong> ski resort in France may be just what you&#8217;re looking for. Developed by businessman <strong>Marc Dode <\/strong>(really, &#8220;Dode&#8221;), the ride simulates what it&#8217;s like to be &#8220;crushed by tons of snow.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The &#8220;Robocoaster,&#8221; as it is called, was the brainchild of of local businessman Marc Dode, who lost a friend in an avalanche several years ago. The simulator is encased in a large dome that features two cabins and a large fan to blow cold air.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The ride lasts two minutes and costs $14 a ride. That&#8217;s much cheaper than heli time at <strong>Tsaina Lodge<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>[Link: <\/strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/336959\/avalanche-simulator-ride-the-thrill-of-being-crushed-by-tons-of-snow\" target=\"_blank\">Gizmodo<\/a><\/strong><strong>]<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If so, then a new ride at the Les Deux Alps ski resort in France may be just what you&#8217;re looking for. Developed by businessman Marc Dode (really, &#8220;Dode&#8221;), the ride simulates what it&#8217;s like to be &#8220;crushed by tons of snow.&#8221; The &#8220;Robocoaster,&#8221; as it is called, was the brainchild of of local businessman [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,17],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=109"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}