Annals Of (Dubious) Achievement: The Great Leap Forward, I Mean Over…

The Great Wall withstood the Mongol hordes but it couldn’t keep X-treme skateboarder Danny Way at bay. Way built a massive ramp and jumped a 61-foot rampart, negating 3000 years of Chinese isolation, altering forever the very self-perception of the Chinese people, and causing a billion awestruck Asians to utter “Duuude…” at exactly the same time. Actually, none of that happened. But Way did jump over the Wall. Outside Online has the story. And TWC, of course, has the video

Way Up There: “Hmm. I wonder how you say “take me to the hospital” in Mandarin…?”

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