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 French BASE jumper Jumaidee Elias 50/50 grinding his way off the side of the Millau Viaduct bridge on a skateboard near Millau in Southern France. Thankfully for him, he wasn’t hit in the head with his board on the way down and knocked unconscious the
This is a very impressively designed LEGO Great Ball Contraption (GBC) module built by Youtuber NDL-GBC featuring minifigs shootings the balls like basketballs thanks to their spring legs — real LEGO minifig pieces that were made in the early 2000’s for basketball themed sets. Very clever, and about 90% of
Because every race has to have a loser, this is a video of a jet boat losing control and launching off a large rock and performing an instantaneous dry docking during a river race. Honestly, I’m not sure if you could have done it more perfectly wrong if you tried.
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 clip from a player competing in a round of Mario Golf: Super Rush when their ball spins around the hole a full eight times before not going in, teasingly scorching the green as it spins. Now I’ve broken controllers before, but this would be the most broken
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
This is a video of a ~$3-million Bugatti Chiron attempting to drag race one of Red Bull’s 2011 RB7 Formula 1 cars. Sure the Bugatti costs $3-million, but the Formula 1 car is one of four built for the 2011 race season with a total budget of $250-million, so it’s