This is a video of Red Bull using a giant hot air balloon to lift a skatepark into the sky, and BMW rider Kriss Kyle performing tricks in the bowl some 2,000 feet up. But don’t worry, Kriss was wearing a parachute in the event he found himself outside the
A feet of modern engineering, this motorized electric skateboard built by Youtuber Vagabond Works (vagabonds typically don’t work is the thing) moves on 24 legs inspired by the Strandbeest kinetic sculptures of Theo Jansen. It’s totally rideable and steerable too, featuring two motors powering its legs, and a 661 pound
This is a video of what is allegedly (at least the announcers think it is) the greatest curling shot of all time, made by Swedish curler Niklas Edin at the 2023 Men’s Curling Championship. Niklas manages to avoid a couple of his own team’s previous shots, hitting the opponent’s stone
This is a video of dreamer and Youtuber Everything Is Hacked turning his body position into keyboard letter inputs, effectively making his entire body a keyboard. After much trial and error trying to make practical body positions, he discovered flag semaphore (an alphabetic system created using two signal flags held
To promote his new appropriately titled movie Selfiee, this is a video of Bollywood star Akshay Kumar setting the Guinness World Record for most selfies taken with different people in three minutes, with a respectable 184. He actually took 209 total, but 25 were disqualified due to being blurry, as
This is a video of a skateboarder forming an extremely low budget Voltron by combining his skateboard with a milk crate, then ollieing the whole thing over two obstacles. Impressive! He definitely thought outside the box for this trick. Outside the box, but on the crate. Wocka wocka wocka! I
In hold my beer news, this is a video of Scottish cyclist Danny MacAskill (previously) riding his bike across the length of a tennis net. What is he, practicing to be an extreme ball boy or something? Because that would make tennis a lot more exciting to watch. Right now
Because if you really put your mind to it, you can try anything, this is a video of pro freeride mountain biker Sam Pilgrim attempting to ride a penny farthing bike on a downhill trail, then around a BMX track. He does a good job all things considered. All the