Daredevil tests hoverboard skills on the edge of a Dubai skyscraper

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Brian Koerber
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Rooftopping, or accessing the roofs of skyscrapers for the thrill (and Instagram photos), is dangerous enough, but when you add a hoverboard into the mix, it adds a whole new level of danger.

Russian daredevil Oleg Sherstyachenko, aka Oleg Cricket, recently tested his hoverboard skills on the edge of a the MBK Tower in Dubai. According to the Instagram post, the clip is a snippet of a full video that appears to have not been released yet. 


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Now the tower isn't the tallest in the world, or even the tallest in Dubai, but at 656 feet, it's enough to make anyone's palms sweat. 

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Brian was the Culture Editor and has been working at Mashable on the web culture desk since 2014.

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