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
This is a first person POV ride down the Jais Sledder desert mountain roller coaster in the United Arab Emirates. The video captures the full experience, including the single rider car’s 7-minute climb to the top, so I embedded the video to start at the actual downhill part at 7:10.
This is a short video of a kid playing in virtual reality and attempting to cross a balance beam held aloft in the sky when he gets to the end and does what anybody would: spreads his wings and attempts to fly. Props to him for not being afraid, even
This is a phenakistiscope drawn by artist and musician Yohei Kisanuki featuring a bunch of stick figures climbing up a large set of steps. Or, when played counterclockwise, climbing down the same steps. Are you a climbing up or climbing down kind of person? I’m a sit and take a
This is a first person POV trip down the Rail Runner, America’s first (and currently only) single-rail mountain coaster, located at Anakeesta adventure park in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. The coaster is 1,600 feet in length, has an elevation change of 400 feet, and each car holds a single rider, with a
This is a video of adventurer Jay Alvarrez and friends jumping around on a trampoline that’s suspended below a hot air balloon floating above the clouds. There’s also a video of him skateboarding a mini half pipe suspended beneath the balloon (Red Bull did this previously). Per one particularly insightful
Note: Check your volume, windy. These are two videos of speedwing paraglider David Edwards demonstrating his skill by making an incredibly precise landing next to a friend sitting on a bench. FULL DISCLOSURE: Yes, I did hope he was going to land right on top of dude’s head. Still, that
Because you’re never to young to start training to be a Ninja Turtle (or Tortoise), this is a video of Leann Rooks’ juvenile tortoise repeated riding a slightly sloped iPad like a playground slide. And can you blame it? This is probably as fast as it’ll ever move in its