This is a video of skateboarding pioneer Tony Hawk (I wonder what he’s up to these days) performing a casual half pipe 540 while holding a glass of milk and not spilling any of it. I’m not sure how many attempts it took, but based on the amount of milk
This is a video of Japanese soccer player Takefusa Kubo scoring a goal versus Jamaica by successfully shooting the ball between four different players’ legs (aka nutmegging), including the goalkeeper. At first I thought the goalkeeper actually deflected the ball, but in the slow-motion replay it looks like he’s closing
Because special talents come in all shapes and sizes, this is a video of a smoothie maker demonstrating his very impressive pouring skills by performing several rainbow pours while preparing a drink. Man, could you imagine if I had those pouring skills? My floor would be way less sticky, that’s
This is an incredible seven day timelapse video of artist and DP Truong creating a 182,336 dot portrait of Princess Shuri from Black Panther. Per DP, “I used click software to count the number of dots. My right hand is drawing and my left hand is clicking at the same
Visual effects designer Clinton Jones challenged 3D artists to create a scene rendering from their imagination, all using the same base animation of a human figure struggling to move forward. 2,400 different artists submitted animations, and the top five and top 100 were selected. The first video below is the
Not to be outdone by this high-jumping unicyclist (although now that I think about it they may be the same person), this is a video of a man who tries so hard and believes in himself with such conviction that he’s able to launch himself to the top of a
This is a video of the world’s most decorated gymnast Simone Biles performing a floor exercise tumbling pass in ultra slow motion. Well, it was filmed in ultra slow motion, she isn’t actually performing it in slow motion. That would require breaking the laws of physics and not just bending
This is a clip of a student from Datong University in northern China’s Shanxi province who volunteered to act as cameraman during a 100-meter dash, and does a damn fine job keeping pace with the athletes. As a matter of fact, I wouldn’t be the least bit surprised to learn