This is a video of jump roper Cen Xiaolin setting a new world speed record with an astonishing 228 jumps (technically alternate leg skips) in 30 seconds. That’s 7.6 jumps PER SECOND. Cen has been at it the speed jumping for awhile, and his record 8 years ago was only
This is a video of “movement artist” ModernTarzan (aka Nicholas Coolridge) taking a break from swinging from the tree tops to ride a skateboard through a sewer pipe, ending in a dry water runoff/makeshift skatepark where a friend tries to matador him with a flannel shirt and everyone cheers like
Red Bull teamed up with the drone experts at Dutch Drone Gods to develop a real missile of a drone that can keep up with F1 cars in order to capture chase footage. Some more info about the project while I repeatedly fly the cheap drone I got for Christmas
This is a comparison video from Red Side (previously), this time comparing the top speeds of various species of birds (whether walking or running). It begins with the slow 2.4MPH march of the penguin, and works its way all the way up to 242MPH dive of the peregrine falcon. Damn,
This is a video of Robert ‘Rocketman’ Maddox taking his valveless pulsejet powered green lawn chair out for a spin. The chair was actually Robert’s grandmother’s chair from the 1960’s. Heck yeah, I repurpose family heirlooms all the time. I like how there’s nothing between Robert and the road in
This is a clip of a Boston police officer inspecting a children’s slide for safety (I’m kidding, totally just dicking around), and getting taken on the ride of his life in the process. At least he didn’t shoot it afterwards. But why was he riding face-down? Who taught you how
This is a video of bartender Jemina demonstrating her skills behind the bar by casually opening one bottle held in place with her neck, then a rapid fire five bottles in her arm quicker than the Flash. Damn! I’d argue the only way you could open a six pack any
This is a short clip of a jumping spider approaching a house fly, determining which way it will take off (SPOILER: forwards), then grabbing it out of the air as soon as it does. Impressive. Of course the right way to take off would have been as soon as it