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Written by Ben Branch |
April 30th 2012
It seems a shame that this clip is only 0:48 seconds long, seeing people skiing down a mountain being pulled by a Porsche 550 Spyder, Porsche 356, assorted Triumphs and other motorcycles is genuinely incredible.
I shudder to think what would happen if you arrived at an Alpine skiing village in a 550 nowadays and insisted on making a run down the double black diamond.
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