Santa the adrenaline junkie
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Water skiing (Bettmann/CORBIS)
Hang gliding (Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS)
Sail fishing (Bettmann/CORBIS)
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Mountain biking (Karl Weatherly/CORBIS)
Surfing (François Duhamel/Sygma/Corbis)
Motorcycling (Fox Photos/Getty Images)
Sky surfing (AP Photo/Horst Reckmann/Skymax)
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