Because the need for speed is real for some people (I have the need for naps), this is a video of a Division 1 superkart in action. The tiny 450-pound (including driver) kart is powered by a 100HP 250cc twin-cylinder engine and 5-speed manual gearbox capable of hitting 0 –
These are two videos (the second being the NIGHT MODE version I was hoping for) of a (potentially modded) Tamiya 4WD scale race car speeding around a mini race track at speeds so quick it’s hard to believe it can go so fast. Of course it’s also hard to believe
This is a video of a Costco baker scoring the tops of its loaves of country French bread IN A HURRY. Dude must be late for a date. Or opted to get paid by the loaf instead of hourly. Whatever the case, this guy is quick with those knives. But
This is a video imagining what the retired Concorde jet’s Mach 2 (twice the speed of sound) cruising speed, or around 1,350MPH, looks like at ground level. It’s definitely fast, but things really don’t go by as quickly as I thought they would. Now what I really need to see
This is a Thrasher compilation of some of the best San Francisco hill bombs performed by skateboarder Sean Greene, runs that can only be described as entirely too steep and a bad idea. I like how with the speed he generates he can easily ollie over an entire crosswalk. Me?
This is a video of electric bike and quad modder Domo constructing what is allegedly the world’s fastest mobility scooter for his pal Sur Ronster after Sur busted his ankle. The scooter features a Surron Storm Bee 22.5 kW electric dirt bike motor powered by 72-volt batteries, full suspension, and
Harnessing his inner Rick Allen from Def Leppard, this is a video of drummer El Estepario Siberiano performing some impressively heavy riffs with a single hand while smoking with the other. Damn, he moves FAST. Me? I move at more of a turtle’s pace. You know what they say —
Because the records you don’t need any special equipment for are the most economical to beat, this is a video of 20-year old Iowa clap master Dalton Meyer setting a new Guinness World Record for most claps in one minute, with a staggering 1,140, beating the previous record of 1,080.