This is the helmet-cam footage of Killian Bron’s winning run of the 2021 Mountain Of Hell downhill mountain bike race held on the Glacier des Deux Alps in the northern French Alps. The race, which Killain also won in 2019, consists of a 25km (15.5-mile) course over snow, ice, pebbles
Because being able to smoothly recover from a misstep is the sign of a true master, this is a minute compilation of gymnasts making mistakes in their routines and playing them off the best they can. And they do well. As a matter of fact, are we even sure these
This is a video of 25-year old International Chess Federation (Fédération Internationale des Échecs, FIDE) master Alexandra Botez challenging three of the best hustlers in New York City’s Union Square Park. She takes the first two easily before losing to ‘Russian Paul’, who’s widely considered the best in the park
This is a video of Brazilian musician Johnatha Bastos performing Guns N’ Roses’ 1987 banger ‘Sweet Child O’ Mine’ on electric guitar with his feet. Johnatha was born with partially formed arms, so he plays with a pick between his toes as a testament to overcoming life’s challenges. Most impressive.
This is a video of a blindfolded fruit ninja slicing an apple, allegedly locating the fruit based on the sound it makes when it bounces in front of him. So maybe he was bitten by a radioactive bat? I don’t know how superpowers works. Because if I did, trust me,
Water sports: hands down the wettest of all sports. This is a video of a guy making a little wave ramp for himself with his jet-ski, then casually performing a low-speed double backflip after launching off of it. Damn, if I were a mermaid I would definitely be throwing my
Because who doesn’t have completely unrealistic dreams of being anywhere even remotely as cool as X-Men’s Gambit, this is a video of a man throwing a playing card, then watching it sail wildly over his target. Undeterred, he then throws another card and quickly grabs a knife from his belt,
Jesus: sometimes he takes the wheel. Case in point, this dashcam footage of a motorist who drifts over into another driver’s lane (no turn signal but they have just been making a casual lane change in front of a speeder), overcorrects, then spins a 180 before Jesus finally decides it