Extreme airport sports make delayed flights exciting

 By 
Tricia Gilbride
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Extreme airport sports make delayed flights exciting
Credit: Match Made in HEL

Airports are miserable -- you wait in line to go through security, eat overpriced fast food and then squeeze on a cramped plane craving that something will break the monotony.

Skaters from all over the world got to live out a fantasy and liven up Helsinki Airport when they took it over in October for the Match Made in Hel 2014 invitational. The skaters did tricks off baggage claim carousels and brought half pipes to airplane hangars and runways.

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