February 23, 2005

That ball was out!
posted by mare 19 years ago
  • Holy crap that gave me the willies.
  • What about the wind? I'm not too afraid of heights, but I would imagine the wind that high up must be pretty fierce. The lack of railings would make me pretty nervous. One strong gust of wind and... whoops!
  • Fantastic.
  • this is very interesting, photos of the same exact location except with tiger woods hitting golf balls is floating around email...
  • GAAAAHHHHH!!! *hugs the ground*
  • parts of my body have now retreated into spaces much more interior than they usually occupy...if ya'll know what I mean... they may never return... More here it is actually a 'copter pad....
  • I am trying to picture what a tennis ball would look like after hitting the water (or the ground) from that height.
  • Good stuff. ESPN.com has a short story on it too. Notice how close to the net they are in this picture? I don't blame 'em.
  • I'm now hyperventilating. Stupid me, with fear of heights, and I still clicked on the bloody images. I wonder if anyone standing underneath that court ever got killed by a ballistic tennis ball?
  • i hope they don't chase those balls too far.... now my hands are sweating
  • Oh god, that's just too much. I've got the shakes now. The edge! They're too close to the edge! Still, cool link. ;)
  • This was on the news last night. Very scary, since there's not that much of a barrier to stop someone running right off. I kept imaging one of 'em, caught up in the game, chasing the ball right over the side.
  • I wonder if anyone standing underneath that court ever got killed by a ballistic tennis ball? Actually a tennis ball has so little mass, and so much friction that it will slow down when it falls. It will never reach the speed that it has when hit by a tennis racket of a pro tennis player. So evry body under that helipad is safe.
  • no. just no. not for any reason. (but i get antsy just standing on a chair)
  • So they've had Tiger hit golf balls off of the helipad and now they're playing tennis. They should have some more interesting sports played up there, Jai Alai, for instance. Or Tchoukball.
  • NASCAR....!! i say we do a little race up there.. :)
  • Actually, I think NASCAR races might be particularly well-suited to the venue. Cricket, on the other hand, less so.
  • Or they could put up a tower for Ice climbing.
  • Do you see what Agassi is doing here? That'd be me. Hugging the nice, accomodating ground. Still, the images are gorgeous.
  • Roger Federer fights for the users.