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Don't be fooled by the word kite; it's actually more like a parachute, so if you "boost big air" and aren't in control, it will fly you. They're usually able to fly the kite pretty well by the end of the two hours," [Mark Koenig], 43, says. "It's fairly simple to fly. "You need a lot of strength when you're learning because there's a lot of fighting that goes on between you and the kite," says Koenig, "but as you get better and better, it's all about technique."
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Combining this reality with the adrenaline rush of the situation at hand often fuelled by alcohol and/or drugs and sometimes complicated by issues of mental health, language, prejudice or stereotype leaves little room for self-control.
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Once the shooting starts, it's about keeping your muskets going. It's a bit of an adrenaline rush," said Frederick Carsted, 53, sargeant of the English troops. "It's like watching a war movie live," said Carsted. "Everybody gets something different out of it. Some of the little kids just like the guns going off and we hear them when a loud volley is fired, or cheer when one of us is killed. "After the battle is over, we have a drink together and share stories," Carsted said. "When the battle's over, we're just guys who love history."
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Change is a word many people are ashamed to admit that they are scared of. Some take it as a sense of inadequate stability, while others thrive on the feeling of what is yet to come, almost like an adrenaline rush. We also learn how to compromise our lives with others. Our lives are full of winding roads, turning points and busy highways.
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John suggested that I grab his portable fish house and have him hold onto that so we could number one put some distance between us and number two it was easier and more solid for him to be able to grasp.
...After the adrenaline rush faded away and we had time to really think ab...
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Standup comedy is an adrenaline rush, no matter how many times you've done it or how well or badly a given show is going. When they're laughing, you're higher than a kite. When it's quiet, you're as scared and lonely as you've ever been in your life. When you're being heckled, it's one of the most intense fight-or-flight/kill-or-be-killed feelings you can have without taking up arms or staring down a hungry, slobbering grizzly. Shut up! Fifty years ago we'd have you upside down with a (expletive) fork up your ass!" he shouts. And that's the relatively gentle lead-in to what follows. In the next few seconds, [Michael Richards] drops the N-word seven separate times in reference to his verbal combatant, and after things spiral completely out of control, he baits the now-departing black ma...
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I have been to a number of the Oak Bay resorts over the years and have always been impressed with their service. This trip was not to be any different, though the fishing was a little slower than my last visit. Part of the problem could have been the pods of killer whales that continued to move through the area. Attracted not only by the amazing amount of marine life, the presence of a number of humpback whales that were feeding along the rocky shorelines of Langarra was probably a factor as well. In fact, two days previous in Explorer Bay on the east side of the island, we had a huge humpback dive right under our seventeen foot fishing boat and out the other side. For a couple of prairie lads it was a little bit disconcerting. Still that wasn't nearly the adrenaline rush that occurred ...
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It takes commitment to complete a marathon, but it's not only the runners exhibiting that extreme dedication and endurance -- the same has been shown by Manitoba Marathon volunteers since the race's inception 30 years ago. The professional runners -- they know their limitations, they can read their bodies. It's the ones who at the last minute have decided that they can do this -- they go out there and they have the adrenaline rush to start out with but they can't read their body and all of a sudden they're either collapsing en route or they're not making sense," said [Alice Dyna], a nurse educator at Health Sciences Centre. "We've had some older gentlemen who have come through who have been well into their 60s and 70s who have underlying problems. They end up coming to us because they ...
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It's hard to explain the depth of grief and emotion that I still cry about,' said Debbie Woodman, breaking down as she remembered her husband Jim, who died in 2004 at 51-years-old, and after 28 years as a City of Winnipeg firefighter. "I never really thought ... I could be killed at work," [Lionel Crowther] said, recalling his life before the accident. "I never saw that side of it because it was more fun and an adrenaline rush and just the help that we do. ... I never really thought we could actually get killed in this job.
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The questions that [Scott McVey] and his fellow drivers fielded ranged from how fast the cars go, to where and when drag races take place and how someone can become involved. "The main focus of our association is to promote the sport of drag racing and educate people," said McVey. "We don't race on the street, we race on a track, and we strive to educate the public about our sport every chance we get. It's really fun," said [Katelyn Forrest] with a gush of youthful exuberance one would expect from a teenage racer. "It gives you an adrenaline rush like nothing I've ever felt before and as soon as I get down the track I can't wait to line up and do it all over again." McVey shudders at the thought of the results of an accident like [Jessica Rear]'s if it had occurred during a street r...
