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  • sparkeyjames
    Veteran Member
    • Jan 2007
    • 1087
    • Redford MI.
    • Craftsman 21829

    #1

    Tennis anyone?

    Here's a great place for a tennis game. 300 meters up near the top of the Burj Al Arab hotel in Dubai. Don't go after the high smash. They converted the Helipad to a tennis court for a marketing gig for the pro tournament held in Dubai. Featuring a match between Roger Fedderer and Andre Aggasi.
    Last edited by sparkeyjames; 02-07-2009, 05:44 PM.
  • Ed62
    The Full Monte
    • Oct 2006
    • 6021
    • NW Indiana
    • BT3K

    #2
    Now I know why I never became a tennis pro.

    Ed
    Do you know about kickback? Ray has a good writeup here... https://www.sawdustzone.org/articles...mare-explained

    For a kickback demonstration video http://www.metacafe.com/watch/910584...demonstration/

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    • Mrs. Wallnut
      Bandsaw Box Momma
      • Apr 2005
      • 1566
      • Ellensburg, Washington, USA.

      #3
      Nope I don't think that I will be picking up my racket to play there any time soon...
      Mrs. Wallnut a.k.a (the head nut).

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      • Uncle Cracker
        The Full Monte
        • May 2007
        • 7091
        • Sunshine State
        • BT3000

        #4
        I would think playing tennis would be difficult whilst wearing that bulky parachute...

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        • BobSch
          Veteran Member
          • Aug 2004
          • 4385
          • Minneapolis, MN, USA.
          • BT3100

          #5
          What a racket.
          Bob

          Bad decisions make good stories.

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          • crokett
            The Full Monte
            • Jan 2003
            • 10627
            • Mebane, NC, USA.
            • Ryobi BT3000

            #6
            Not the first time it has been used for something like this. Tiger Woods hit some golf balls off it:

            http://www.marshu.com/collection-arc...woods-golf.php
            David

            The chief cause of failure in this life is giving up what you want most for what you want at the moment.

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            • docrowan
              Senior Member
              • Mar 2007
              • 893
              • New Albany, MS
              • BT3100

              #7
              Incredible! Between this hotel and the Burj Dubai skyscraper (636 meters at this point), I'm going to have to plan a trip to Dubai in my lifetime.
              - Chris.

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