This is a compilation of the worst wipeouts from the 2023 Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational surfing competition in Hawaii, in which waves have to be at least 20-feet tall for the competition to begin. That is not a competition you’ll see me participating in. And not just because it’s
This is a video from Chiang Mai, Thailand, of a bar band trio absolutely crushing a cover of Louis Armstrong’s ‘What A Wonderful World’. It’s really the singer’s vocals that send the song over the top — if you closed your eyes and couldn’t see who was singing it would
This is a video of pianist Vinheteiro (previously) performing the Pizza Theme (one of the best themes of all time) from the Spider-Man 2 video game (that plays during pizza delivery missions), dressed as a jolly Spider-Man and playing the piano with “webs” attached to his hands and feet. Most
Because the circle of life is not always a circle, this is a video captured by Kruger National Park field guide Mfundo Nyambi and a group of tourists featuring two porcupine parents successfully defending their young from a hungry leopard. The leopard gets quilled several times trying to make a
Because music is everywhere, this is a video of HarvardTHUD (The Harvard Undergraduate Drummers) performing AC/DC’s ‘Thunderstruck’ on boomwhackers (previously: ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’ and Outkast’s ‘Hey Ya’). They do a great job, it just doesn’t have that edge that the original does, presumably a result of being performed
Because some people like to brag about how they have infinitely more balance than I do, this is a video of freestyle cyclist Fabio Wibmer riding down two sets of stairs backwards, balancing only on the front wheel. That’s impressive. Entirely impractical, but impressive. Still, if Fabio was your weed
This is a video of athlete Eugen Enin performing an incredibly long railgrind (the sharp curve at the end is most impressive) while wearing a pair of Red Lava Grindshoes from Epic Grindshoes. He makes it look easy. Me? A friend of a friend in high school allegedly saw a
Because I stopped trying to understand the internet a long time ago (I just work here with my head down), this is a video of Buckets the Drummer going unnecessarily hard on 10 drum intros while wearing a horse mask and performing on a bucket in the bathtub, usually with