I am fond of skateboarders/snowboarders/in-line skaters/street lugers/trick cyclists. It's because they tend to be unnervingly courageous, graceful, and they like going really fast - all of which appeals to me (yet I am fundamentally incapable of mimicking).
This is a fine example (try not to contemplate how often this dude wiped out before he mastered all of those corners at that speed):
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C'mon, how cool was that? I'm gonna have dreams about doing that now! And how much of a geek am I? Well, all the way through that I was having pleasant flashbacks to my
SSX Tricky-playing days ;)