Popular Mechanics for Kids

X-Treme Rides (4x1)

Air date: Jan 07, 2001

Our co-hosts indulge in some action-packed extreme sports. Tyler flies up to 400 feet in the air in the “Dream Machine,” a parachute-powered glider plane. Next, he flies downhill on a “street luge”, a gravity-powered board that sits just 2-inches from the pavement. And Vanessa goes kite skiing, at speeds up to 20 mph, powered solely by the wind.