Because the human body is a magnificent machine (except mine — mine appears to have been slapped together with the parts left over from Frankenstein’s monster), this is a video of world champion 110-meter hurdler Grant Holloway doing his thing with his head stabilized in the video. Some more info
You really want your demo reel to offer something that sets you apart from everybody else trying to join the circus, so what do you you? This is a video of a man doing push-ups first by balancing two beer bottles on the top of another beer bottle, then two
Proof that ninjas come in all shapes and sizes, this is a video of Monkey the dog making a ninja warrior style obstacle course look like a cakewalk. I thought the bare rope bridges and the front paws on balance beam/back paws on wall crossing (above) were particularly impressive. My
In always try hard and believe in yourself news, this is a video of 9-year old soccer player Aleks repeatedly trying to kick the ball through a tire hanging in the top of the goal. He always comes close, but never gets it in there. I mean, until he does.
This is a short video of 70-year old climber Diduh Andrey Andronovich casually Superman-ing down a rock crevasse face-first with no ropes in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, for a crowd that almost certainly thought they were going to witness an old man die that day. Not exactly how I’d choose to spend
Who puts their pants on two legs at a time? Mr. Clean apparently. Well, with the help of a swing set and two assistants, which has to make for a rather awkward morning routine, particularly if Mr. Clean doesn’t own his own playground. These are three videos of professional stuntman
This is a video of guitarist yourauntstripe (I have an aunt Dottie!) performing 71 Nirvana riffs in five minutes. In his own words while I play Nevermind at full blast because I’ll fight anybody in this shared office space: A small tribute to my favourite band growing up. Nirvana is
This is a video of 7th grader Tanner Benedict, who’s been playing guitar for four years, performing a metal medley on electric guitar at his school talent show. He’s, uh, he’s pretty good. His set list, which I begged him for his hard copy of after the show along with