Denis Burakov, 27, died of his injuries after he and a friend, Vladimir Shcherbov, 33, paid to roll together in the zorb down an unfenced snow slope at a ski resort in the Karachayevo-Cherkessia ...

A MAN has plunged off a cliff while rolling around inside a giant plastic inflatable ball in Russia, sparking calls for a global safety crackdown on the extreme feat. Father-of-two Denis Burakov was ...

Video of two Russian men climbing into an inflatable ball and rolling down a Russian mountain on a ride that would take them over a cliff, into a ravine, on to a frozen lake and cause one of the men's ...

MOSCOW — It was supposed to be a thrilling ride down a ski slope inside a giant inflatable ball that is to be one of the symbols of next year's Winter Olympics; it ended in tragedy for the two Russian ...

Moscow - Russia has launched an investigation into the death of a 27-year-old man in an inflatable “zorb” ball that tumbled down a mountainside in a horrific accident that was caught on video, a ...

A thrill-seeking sport became a tourist’s death trap when a Russian man and a friend hurtling down a snowy slope inside a large inflatable ball couldn’t stop — and plummeted off a cliff. The final ...

A supposedly thrilling ride down a ski slope in a giant inflatable ball ended in tragedy for two Russian men inside. One died and the other was badly injured when the transparent plastic ball - called ...

Russia has launched an investigation into the death of a 27-year-old man in an inflatable "zorb" ball that tumbled down a mountainside in a horrific accident that was caught on video. 09 January 2013 ...

Zorb co-inventor Andrew Akers believes criminal negligence charges should be laid over the death of Denis Burakov. Photo / Alan Gibson Kiwi fears tragedy at Russia ski resort could damage New ...

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A Russian who survived hurtling down a mountainside in an inflatable "zorb" while his friend died has spoken of the moments immediately before his companion's death, saying he will never forget the ...