Russian Olympic Snowboarder Alexey Sobolev Learns the Pros and Cons of Putting Your Phone Number On Your Helmet

Crazy or genius?

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Russian snowboarder Alexey Sobolev is either crazy or a genius for pulling off the stunt he did during the slopestyle qualification at the 2014 Winter Olympics. Funny thing is, it has nothing to do with what he did on the slopes per se. You see, Sobolev decided to put his actual phone number on his helmet for all of the world to see. Check out a picture of it below. 

Соболев пробился в полуфинал в слоупстайле на Олимпиаде http://t.co/tHhwE6Ndmu кстати его номер pic.twitter.com/sbE674ZhUn

Since that moment, Sobolev has received thousands of texts, including some naked pictures from female groupies fans. And it got so hectic for Sobolev's phone that it pretty much broke or something like that. "The battery didn't die. The thing just gave up," the Russian snowboarder told Yahoo. Eventually, Sobolev was able to get his iPhone to restart, so he shared a, um, interesting photo with a reporter. 

"He turned the brightness of the screen to full blast and focused on one particular girl in what can only be described as the tightest dress in human history.

Upon further review, we can confirm that this was a genius move.  

[via Business Insider]

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