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Amazing Footage of Hang-Glider Mark Watson Soaring Over Australia's Morning Glory Clouds [VIDEO]

95.1 The Moose — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:38:38 +0000

This amazing video will captivate you and educate you. I never knew of the Morning Glory clouds before. They are basically like waves that roll in one by massive one and this hang-glider, Mark Watson, volunteered to fly right over them. From the video’s description Extreme sports photographer and Nikon Ambassador Mark Watson tells of [...]

Miraculous Accident Allows Paralympic Cyclist to Walk Again [VIDEO]

Danny Groner — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 14:20:53 +0000

Normally it’s an accident that causes permanent limb damage and changes the course of an athlete’s career. But for paralympian Monique va der Vorst, the opposite proved to be true. The paralympic cyclist and two-time silver medalist recently got into an accident and found herself left with a bit of a surprise — after 14 years of living in a wheelchair, she could suddenly walk again.

Watch Legless Skateboarder Italo Fernandes Romano Perform Amazing Moves [VIDEO]

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 21:02:55 +0000

Skateboarder Italo Fernandes Romano can do all the tricks you typically see in a skateboarding video.

But the stunning difference between Romano and the countless other boarders with baggy pants and over-sized T-shirts who have recorded their moves on camera is that the 23-year old Brazilian has no legs, having lost them in a train accident as a teenager.

Watch this inspiring athlete below.

It's Basketball vs. Frisbee in an Epic Trick Shot Showdown [VIDEO]

Jeremy Taylor — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 20:21:14 +0000

The extremely accurate foursome of Dude Perfect are pioneers of the trick shot video genre, and hold what is believed to be the world record for longest basketball shot.

In their latest effort, they challenge frisbee wizard Brodie Smith to a trick shot showdown.

Cop's Amazing Somersault Escape From Car Crash Caught on Camera [VIDEO]

Jeremy Taylor — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 14:57:53 +0000

If this footage of a Belarusian cop’s Houdini-like escape from his hurtling van was in a movie, it would surely be deemed “unrealistic.” But you know what they say about truth and fiction, so here it is below, in all of its for-real glory. [via Asylum UK] Read Original: Cop’s Amazing Somersault Escape From Car Crash [...]

Couple Survives Vicious Bear Attack in Their Own Living Room [GRAPHIC VIDEO]

Don Deane — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 17:27:34 +0000

What exactly do bears have against us? Last month, we wrote about a bear who stole a car and took it for a joyride. And now, an even more brazen bear has viciously attacked a Pennsylvania couple in their own living room. According to ‘Today,’ Rich and Angela Moyer were mauled by a bear who [...]

Cleveland Indians' Shelley Duncan Makes Amazing, Mid-Air Catch – Three Times in a Row! [VIDEO]

Jeremy Taylor — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 02:19:00 +0000

Cleveland Indians left-fielder Shelley Duncan used all of his six-foot-five frame to make spectacular – and eerily similar — catches on three consecutive Texas Ranger batters. Elvis Andrus was the first victim of Duncan’s glove when he hit a drive to the left-field wall with one out in the bottom of the first. Then Duncan robbed Josh Hamilton [...]

Woman Juggles Five Basketballs With Hands and Feet [VIDEO]

Jeremy Taylor — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 19:39:14 +0000

While juggling five basketballs would be quite difficult for the layman, it’s a trick any self-respecting clown should have in his arsenal. Juggling five basketball with your hands and feet, however, is an almost infinitely more difficult task, and one that acrobat Selyna Bogino is able to flawlessly pull off in the video below. [via The Daily What] [...]

Man Miraculously Walks Away After Horrific Motorcycle Crash [VIDEO]

Chris Illuminati — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 18:46:30 +0000

Let this video of a motorcyclist crashing at top speed into a passing truck be a lesson to all drivers: Motorcycles are dangerous, riders should always wear a helmet and Ryan Gosling probably won’t be around to smooth things over when the two drivers meet. Despite the severity of the crash (which shatters the motorcycle in question), its rider miraculously gets up and walks it off.

East Coast Earthquake May Have Restored Deaf Man's Hearing [VIDEO]

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 14:03:52 +0000

Not only was last week’s East Coast earthquake nice enough not to seriously injure anybody, but its rumbling effects may have actually helped a deaf man hear again. Washington D.C.-area cancer patient Robert Valderzak, who lost most of his hearing on Father’s Day when he fell and fractured his skull, said the quake “shook me terrible – right out [...]

Indian Train Surfing Is Completely Insane [VIDEO]

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 16:28:01 +0000

In this video, a bunch of Indian youths grab hold of the side of a train and “surf” it through the station’s platform. Then the train leaves the station, with the boys still casually hanging on, and things go from pretty nutty to completely insane. Check out the most harrowing station-to-station train ride we’ve ever seen. [...]

Amazing Toothpick Replica of San Francisco Built Over 35 Years [VIDEO]

Jeremy Taylor — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 13:41:13 +0000

Scott Weaver has spent the last 35 years building a highly-detailed tower replica of San Francisco using only toothpicks. And it that wasn’t impressive (or insane) enough, his tower allows ping pong balls to take a half-dozen differently routed tours throughout San Francisco’s neighborhoods and famous landmarks.

In the video below, Walker walks you through all of his painstaking creation’s twists.

Amazing Animated Short Uses 500 People and 1500 Photos [VIDEO]

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 13:29:55 +0000

Israeli filmmaker Eran Amir created a pretty dazzling 100-second short by having 500 people hold up 1,500 synced photographs, thus creating a stop-motion, picture-in-picture effect. Check out the intricate video — which probably isn’t for folks prone to seizures — below. [via Laughing Squid] Read Original: Amazing Animated Short Uses 500 People and 1500 Photos [VIDEO]

Meet Otis, the Skydiving Pug [VIDEO]

Andrea Rosen — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 12:00:31 +0000

Will DaSilva started taking his pet pug otis skydiving when he was a mere puppy. Now, at ten years old, Otis has been on 64 jumps.

Sure, Otis looks adorable in his little doggie goggles with his little doggie cheeks flapping in the wind, but is it safe for dogs to skydive? And does Otis really enjoy hurtling through the air?

World's Smallest Origami Sculptures are Truly Amazing [PICTURES]

Shauna Wright — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 14:57:09 +0000

Origami, the Japanese art of folding paper, is impressive enough on its own, let alone when it’s done in miniature form. Yet that’s what artist Anja Markiewicz does, creating amazingly tiny sculptures of things like animals and snowflakes out of paper less than an inch in width. Here are a few examples — see more [...]

Pro Skier Ani Haas Punched a Bear to Survive Attack [VIDEO]

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 12:09:55 +0000

Ani Haas, a former member of the U.S. ski team, was jogging on an outdoor trail in Missoula, Montana Friday when she inadvertently got between a mother black bear and her cubs.

When momma bear attacked the 24-year-old, Haas “got big,” which is the counter-intuitive protocol for dealing with an aggressive black bear. Since that wasn’t enough to stop the bear’s charge, Haas was forced to punch the wild beast in the head, and then beat it with a rock.

Who Needs Paper? Animated Ad Drawn on 900 Fake Fingernails [VIDEO]

Shauna Wright — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 17:28:00 +0000

To help market the new Picanto, the smallest car in its fleet, auto manufacturer Kia put together a stop-motion animation film — on fingernails.

The project took 1,200 bottles of nail polish and 900 artificial nails. Artists spent two hours painting each one, working around the clock for 25 days straight to create the world’s first nail art animation.

Improv Everywhere Flash Mob Lights Up NYC With 3,500 Glowsticks and Flashlights [VIDEO]

Dylan Schenker — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 14:45:05 +0000

On July 16, New York’s Rockefeller Park was lit up like a Christmas tree when over 3,500 people converged for Improv Everywhere’s latest MP3 Experiment. The popular series of “missions,” as IE calls its stunts, asks participants to download an MP3 file, gather in one spot, hit play at the same time and follow the audio instructions for an awesome effect.

The eighth installment in the MP3 mission series included activities with flashlights and glowsticks, giving the phrase “flash mob” an entirely new meaning. Check out video of the mission below:

Geyser Erupts From Manhole, Lifts Car Into the Air [VIDEO]

Don Deane — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 12:38:58 +0000

Earlier in the week, a massive storm dumped almost 12 inches of rain in less than hour on Montreal, causing the city’s sewer system to swell. In this amateur video shown on ‘Today,’ a cameraman filmed as a geyser of water blew off a manhole cover and lifted a parked car into the air.

The geyser started slowly at first, lifting the car only inches off the ground. But eventually, a massive torrent of water exploded from the sewer system and hoisted the backend of the vehicle several feet off the ground.

College Football Player Rescues Man By Lifting 3,500 Pound Car [VIDEO]

Jeremy Taylor — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 19:59:34 +0000

University of South Florida football player Danous Estenor sprung right into action when he saw that tow truck driver Pedro Arzola had become trapped under the Cadillac Seville he had been trying to load onto his truck.

Two men and Arzola’s hysterically screaming wife hadn’t been able to move the 3,500 pound car at all. But the six-foot-three-inch, 295-pound offensive lineman, who was on his way to get a bite to eat, took a crack at lifting it all by himself.