Home owners in England built a maze for a squirrel that frequently visited their garden, adding pieces as the squirrel learned the previous section of the maze. The clever squirrel quickly figured out how to run the maze in order to get to the ultimate prize; a bowl of nuts left out by the property […]
In this artistic video directed by Taras Pozdnyakov, contortionist and performer Pavel Stankovich exhibits his extraordinary physical strength and muscle control. With a beautifully fluid motion, Pavel performs a number of difficult movements and poses in and on a structure made of four poles. The simplicity of the background and camera angles used in this video […]
Directed by William Spencer, featuring parkour and free running stars Daniel Ilabaca, William Spencer and Tim “Livewire” Shief. This cool video shows three daredevils performing stunts on and around a moving car. Part of the appeal of this video is that no-one is driving the car, which adds to the element of danger in the film. […]
Derick Watts and the Sunday Blues sing a parody of Carly Rae Jepsen’s “Call Me Maybe”, as a part of a campaign to raise awareness about testicular cancer. Every year in Movember hundreds of thousands of men from Ireland, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Spain, the United Kingdom, Israel, South Africa, Taiwan and the United States grow […]
Prepare to be inspired this Mayhem and Muse Monday with “People are Amazing 2012”, an extreme sports compilation video by Youtube user LeCzarny. The video consists of clips of daredevils leaping, diving, spinning through the air and just generally being awesome. Keep an eye out for a few urban sports that are becoming more popular […]
Rico Leroy is a world famous tandem surfer. Tandem surfing is the art of surfing with two people on a board. The surfers will perform various acrobatic tricks while riding a wave. Some tandem surfers have trained their dogs to surf with them, though the majority of tandem surf couples are made up of husband […]
Children of the 80s and 90s grow up to take their childhood pogo stick jumping games to a whole new level, transforming a simple game into an extreme sport. Any day now someone’s going to take one of these across a tight rope. Viva la evolution!
Tough Mudder is an incredibly difficult obstacle course designed by the British Special Forces. The obstacles include scaling walls, mountains of hay bales and every kind of mud-crawling activity imaginable. Competitors are in for a shock as some of the obstacles are electrified. View the course through the eyes of one of the athletes as he […]
Danny MacAskill is a professional Scottish trick biker. His stunts are a cyclist’s version of parkour, also known as free running. In this video, the extreme sports enthusiast hops, jumps and flips his bicycle across the Scottish countryside, journeying from Edinburgh to his home town of Dunvegan in the Isle of Skye. Music: Loch Lomond “Wax […]
Shaolin Kickers aka Shaolin Soccer is arguably one of the most entertaining sports films. Featuring a group of shaolin monks who take up soccer, the film follows their experiences as they merge their kung fu skills into their football matches. Wikipedia has more info on this fun film here.