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How Angel Peterson Got His Name: And Other Outrageous Tales about Extreme Sports
How Angel Peterson Got His Name And Other Outrageous Tales about Extreme Sports Author:Gary Paulsen Carl stopped dead and said, ?I can do it.? — ?Do what?? Pete Amundsen asked. — ?Break the speed record on skis.? — There was a pause. Then, from Pete: ?Here? There isn?t a hill for a thousand miles ? maybe two thousand. How are you going to get up — any speed?? — Carl shook his head. ?I don?t need a hill. It didn?t say anything about a hill. It just ... more »said you have to go fast on skis. Well, I?ve got these old army trooper skis and we can smooth them up.?
?I don?t care how smooth they are, on flat ground they won?t move??
?Archie,? Carl cut in. ?We get Archie to pull me with his car. He?s got a hot car,
hasn?t he? We just get him to pull me faster than seventy-four miles an hour and bingo, I?ve got the record.? And then he said the one thing he should never have said.