Because everybody’s used their time in quarantine differently (unless you’ve only played video games and eaten ridiculously high sodium microwavable meals, in which case, twinsies), this is a video of Youtuber Kevin Parry performing a very clever stop motion trampoline routine. I only wish I could have been there to
This is a clip from WIRED’s ‘A World of Difference’ of Korey Kiepert, engineer and owner of wooden roller coaster design firm The Gravity Group comparing and contrasting the eight main types of roller coasters, how they operate, and what decisions lead to building one style of coaster instead of
Presumably to pitch an entirely unnecessary remake of The Big Lebowski, this is ‘Right Up Our Alley’, an awesome one-take drone fly through of the vintage 8-lane Bryant Lake Bowl in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as captured by videographer and drone pilot Jay Christensen. It really was well executed, and includes some
This is a video from Mauriceville, Texas, of a team cutting into a live 6-inch water main to install a shut-off valve. Some more info while I speculate why they didn’t convince a couple rich women to sit in that hole and charge them for a luxury mud bath: “We
This is a video of a dog catching a surprise slide on a frozen deck and managing to stomp a relatively graceful dismount through the railing at the end. I mean, if I were a judge (and I judge everything), I would have easily held a ‘7’ or ‘8’ scorecard
The Falcon’s Flight roller coaster being built at the currently-under-construction Six Flags Qiddiya in Saudi Arabia will be the world’s tallest, longest, and fastest roller coaster to date, featuring a three-minute, 2.5-mile long ride at heights up to 525-feet and speeds up to 155MPH. For reference, the current longest coaster
Because apparently it takes a medic to secure an ambulance on the back of a trailer and they’d already hitchhiked back to the hospital, this is a video of an ambulance falling off the back of an auto transport and trying to race the truck down the highway (previously: car
Note: Volume on but not crazy on. This is a short, perfect video of some freerunners/traceurs(parkourers)/gymnasts practicing their falling and yelling, because those are important skills if you ever plan on scoring a perfect 10 from me at the Olympics. I’ve also seen the video posted on social media described