This is a video from Instagram user and rollerblader the_stuttering_skater providing a follow-cam for roller skater dev2me as he flies through a tunnel in reverse. Such control. For reference, I’m an incredible roller skater (I really am), but only going forwards. I’ve just never been able to master skating in
This is a video from Darren Dyk of Youtube channel Beyond Slow Motion featuring a bunch of skilled fingerboarders (including himself) performing tricks, filmed at 1000FPS for some ultra slow motion goodness. And what goodness it was! Except for the song he chose for the soundtrack, I’m pretty sure that
This is a video of a Singaporean foursome performing a choreographed indoor skydiving routine at the 2023 World Indoor Skydiving Championships, complete with a bunch of flips and twists and hand-holding and all sorts of other fun stuff. You know, I’ve always considered trying this indoor skydiving thing, but I’m
Hands down one of my favorite internet cats of all time, this is a video of Maru demonstrating his ability to melt himself into glass fishbowls. Man, he is GOOD at it. If I were half as good at anything as Maru is at melting into fishbowls, maybe I’d have
Do you spin your pen? I spin my pen. Usually while I’m watching myself on camera during online meetings I’m tuned out of. But enough about me being the model employee, this is a video from Wired of champion pen spinner Peter Davis breaking down the sport’s skills into 21
This is a clip of Italian beatboxing champion Azel demonstrating his skills with some otherworldly sounds coming out of his mouth. Wow, I can hear why he’s a champion. Still, not to toot my own horn in an article that’s supposed to be about someone else, but I’m just as
This is a video of Red Bull skydiver Maja Kuczynska’s 2023 Indoor Skydiving Championship performance. The moves she makes in that tube — they’re unreal. It’s almost like the zero-gravity dance scene in Ready Player One. That is some serious mind and body control. For reference, nine times out of
This is a video of musician Joel James singing Rick Astley’s ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’ entirely backwards, then playing it forwards to see how close he was. The result? Amazingly close. Better than I can even sing the song forwards, especially at karaoke night when everyone realizes the song