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- Uh, what's he jumping on?
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A little trampoline jump thing?
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- There gotta be a method to their madness.
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I haven't a clue why they're doing this.
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- Young kids, they push it to the limit.
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- I'd actually like to do that because,
being from here,
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that would just be a really neat experience
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for me to be in real snow like that.
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- It's cold!
- (off screen) Go!
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(girl giggles off screen)
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(laughing along)
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(girl giggles off screen)
- Oh!
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- (girl cracks up) Oh my god!
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- Actually, that was kind of neat,
but I'm sure she was cold.
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- (girl) Go!
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- Oh, a couple guys doing it now,
jumping in the snow.
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- That even makes me feel cold.
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And I'm from Colorado,
so I've seen it snow like that.
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- Doggone!
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- Why are those people...
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(chuckling) ...swimming in the snow?
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(snickering off screen)
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- Don't do it. Don't do it!
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Ayyy, he jumps on in the snow from inside.
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- I'm freezing-- just watching that.
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- Whenever I see
something like that though,
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I always get leery, like,
you don't know what's under there.
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- Uh-oh. A back dive.
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- Oh my goodness.
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(dog barks)
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(woman screams)
(laughing)
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(hearty laughter)
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- That one wasn't three or four feet!
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- (Finebros) Okay, so would you say
you were entertained by these?
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- Yes!
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- Yeah. I was.
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- Yeah, I'm entertained
by it because it's funny.
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- For a little while.
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I know I've jumped into cold water,
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like up in the mountains.
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I've had it where it's so cold
that actually my kidneys hurt.
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- (Finebros) Had you ever seen
anything like this before today?
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- Never.
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- No, I hadn't.
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- Jumping into snow? No.
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- No. Never any snow.
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And I've seen the jumping
into freezing water.
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- (Finebros) Why do you think these people
would want to subject
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themselves to jumping into snow
with almost no clothes on
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for these videos?
- 'Cause it's fun.
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'Cause they can.
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- The adrenaline.
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And the challenge too.
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- They do it for fun.
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I think they do it 'cause it is a challenge.
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- A quick little thirty seconds of fame,
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just to do something
that's challenging, exhilarating.
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- People in general always have
challenged each other
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to do some strange things.
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What did we used to do?
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How long can you hold your breath?
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How long can you look
at the other person without blinking?
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- (Finebros) Did you ever do
something crazy like this
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when you were younger?
- I don't believe I did.
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- I was not that adventurous
when I was a kid,
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but I'm more adventurous later.
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- I wouldn't say so. No.
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You know.
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We did have big snows in New York.
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Of course, you'd jump in,
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but I had snowsuits and stuff on.
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I wasn't jumping off a porch.
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- When I was a kid,
I used to jump off the house.
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I have always had a fear of heights,
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but I thought if I kinda
challenged myself, I'll get over it.
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- (Finebros) Do you think that
if social media existed
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when you were younger
that you or others would have
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filmed themselves and posted it online?
- Probably would.
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If you got the opportunity to do it, sure.
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- I think so.
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We like to share our experience.
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- Yes, of course they would have.
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It's just fun!
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It's like some wild and crazy thing,
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and why not give it a try?
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- We had a rotary phone and a party line.
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I can't imagine what this would be like.
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- (Finebros) Now this is known
for being an internet challenge,
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but would you say that jumping
into the snow like this
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is something new, or were people
doing things like this in the past?
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- Well, kids always made snow angels,
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but they were in their snowsuits.
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- No, I'm pretty sure
they did it in the past.
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They do some pretty
outrageous stuff on skis.
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- Doing it in the past? Probably.
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Especially young men.
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I don't mean to be sexist,
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but young men used to challenge each other
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to do all kinds of crazy things.
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- I bet people were doing it
and we just didn't know about it
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because it wasn't being broadcast.
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- (Finebros) So why do you think
something from the past
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has reemerged with social media,
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and then people act like it's new
when, really, it's not that new.
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- I don't know. That's a good question.
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- It wasn't readily available
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because of the technology that we have
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to be able to videotape stuff like that.
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