Because this is the internet, here’s a surprisingly worthwhile compilation of dancer and Youtuber Smac McCreanor performing interpretive dances to a variety of different objects getting absolutely crushed by a hydraulic press (courtesy of the Hydraulic Press Channel). I finally managed to get Al Gore on the phone to ask
This is a timelapse video of talented and seemingly appropriately named sculptor Leonardo Ugolini sculpting a proportional replica of the Millennium Falcon out of sand (plus BONUS Barad-dûr/Eye Of Sauron and Hogwarts Castle). Very nice. You know I made a sand castle at the beach once, but then some kid
This is an impressively shot and almost hard to believe video of gymnast Oleg Chernyshenko infinitely backflipping his way down a steep sand bank at Cape Kiwanda Beach in Oregon. There’s also an Instagram embed that shows the cameraman (Oleg’s brother) running down the hill beside him at full speed
This is a video of a skateboarder ollieing his board through a tire while he goes over the whole thing, reconnecting with his board like two old friends on the other side. Pretty impressive. For reference, at the pinnacle of my greatest skateboarding skills I tried to ollie over a
This is a video of a magician demonstrating his very impressive version of the detachable finger trick. Now as I’m sure you’re all aware, I pride myself in my deftness at the detachable finger trick, so it’s a little disheartening to see somebody so skilled and who probably didn’t even
This is a video of a street-vending chef stir-frying some noodles and performing an interpretive dance to PSY’s ‘Gangnam Style’ while twirling around with her wok. I’d be lying if I said I’d be standing as close as anybody you see in the video. I’d also be lying if I
Because there can be only one, this is a video of 13-time arm wrestling World Champion Irina Gladkaya (previously seen destroying challengers at Miami’s Muscle Beach) facing off against World Championship silver medalist, European Vice-Champion and US National Champion Aleksandra Ozerova in a battle of the biceps. I mean among
Presumably to promote the new Space Jam movie, this is a video of basketballer Tristan Jass performing some sort of spinny over-the-back layup trick-shot that can only be described as “How did he do that?” and “I would have broken both my legs.” Honestly, I think I may have sprained