{"id":3546,"date":"2013-12-13T11:00:29","date_gmt":"2013-12-13T15:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/national\/?p=3546"},"modified":"2013-12-13T11:57:05","modified_gmt":"2013-12-13T15:57:05","slug":"urban-planet-extreme-skiing-detroits-abandoned-buildings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/national\/2013\/12\/13\/urban-planet-extreme-skiing-detroits-abandoned-buildings\/","title":{"rendered":"Urban Planet: Extreme skiing in Detroit’s abandoned buildings"},"content":{"rendered":"

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There are risks involved with skiing, but falling off the side of an abandoned warehouse typically isn’t one of them.<\/p>\n

For the thrill-seekers featured in the Tracing Skylines<\/em> video, though, that’s exactly the chance they take.<\/p>\n

Poor Boyz Productions<\/a>, the company who shot the video, show the unique way in which a few daring athletes make the best out of urban decay.\u00a0Grinding on an old schoolyard’s railings and catching air atop a large industrial warehouse, the crew take full advantage of vast areas of abandoned buildings in Detroit.<\/p>\n

It’s all just part of street skiing, a variant of the sport where instead of hitting the slopes, skiers negotiate their way through settings of concrete and steel.<\/p>\n

Watch the video below.<\/p>\n