These are two videos of the world’s first successful frontside and backside 2160s (six full rotations) on a snowboard. The backside (rotating clockwise if you’re riding with your left foot forward) 2160 was accomplished by Japanese teen snowboarder Hiroto Ogiwara in 2023 (he was 16 at the time). The frontside
This is a video of Swedish pole vaulter Armand “Mondo” Duplantis beating his previous world record (the 6.25m vault he made at the 2024 Olympics) by an additional centimeter at the Diamond League Silesia, bringing the record highest vault to 6.26m, or 20.54-feet. This is the tenth time in his
In a quest to make an infinity bubble, Youtuber Engineezy constructed a bubble machine that feeds a continuous supply of bubble formula (soap, water, lube, and baking soda) to a car-mounted bubble wand. For the lube, he uses veterinary J-Lube, which has some worthwhile reviews on Amazon. While he fails
Because there was always that kid on the playground who could never go as fast as he wanted on the merry-go-round (the same kid could often be found during craft time eating a glue stick), Cody of YouTube channel WhistlinDiesel took it upon himself to mount a 7,000 horsepower jet
25’5″ to be exact. Built by Nicolas Barrioz and David Peyrou, the Starbike requires a crane and crew to stand upright, and a scissor lift for a rider to mount. Just to be clear, that is entirely too tall. It doesn’t even have Spokey Dokeys! Also, why is the Guinness
Very appropriately named Nimble the “All-American” dog (read: mixed breed, mutt) recently destroyed the competition in the 12″ class of the Masters Agility Course at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. Nimble beat the times of over 350 other dogs to become the first mixed breed to win the competitions.
This is a video of Red Bull freeskier Jesper Tjäder conquering the ‘Impossible Loop’, a loop-de-loop that’s missing the top portion of its shape so he has to transition upside-down in the air from one side of the ramp to the other. And, on attempt #42, he nails it. Me?
This is a Red Bull video of Olympic ski jumping gold medalist Ryōyū Kobayashi setting a new world ski jump record with an absolutely insane 291-meter jump. It beats the previous world record by a very respectable 37.5 meters, and was performed on a special ramp made just for the