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The extreme sport of drifting downhill on tricycles

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A wildly extreme sport exists where fully grown adults ride heavily modified three-wheelers with totally slick rear tires down steep inclines, purely to slide entirely out of control.

The extreme sport of drifting downhill on tricycles
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