Okay, last year I discovered this beautifully bad idea while wandering around on the playa, and I highly recommend it to anyone who doesn't mind a few scars. The whole thing started with a last-minute decision to bring one of my old pairs of roller blades to Burning Man on the off-chance that they might be somehow usable and, upon arriving, I was pleasantly surprised to find that they actually worked quite well. Occasionally I would have to step through some softer areas near the outhouses, but most of the time they were great, and I had a lot of fun rolling around Black Rock City and cruising the theme camps.

Then, I found some rope that I had brought. Add this rope to aforementioned roller blades, throw in the back hitch of a willing art car, have them hit the gas pedal, and you get what I fondly refer to as Playa Roller Skiing. I ate shit eventually, and when going particularly fast this can hurt a lot, but it was so fun that I intend to get a pair of Skikes (crazy off-road roller blades with inflatable tires...Google them!) to try this again at the next Burn. Just thought that I would let everyone know because, seriously now, it is a fucking blast. Try it!