LOOK away now if you suffer from vertigo. Professional BMX rider Mat Olson used a helmet-mounted camera to film his terrifying ride across the top of a newly-built bridge in Forth Worth, Texas.
“It seemed like I was on top of a mountain,” Olson told the Star Telegram. “It was all windy and crazy when I was up there. It was pretty exhilarating, that’s for sure.”
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Olson said he had been itching to ride the bridge since construction on the new span began. “You can turn anything into an obstacle with a little bit of an imagination,” he said.
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