Category — Stared At

There’s some wicked airs and spins in this video, shot in Edinburgh. I never thought a bike could clear such heights and obstacles, but more for the creative I guess.

Via The Awesomer

Technorati Tags: Bicycle Parkour, mountain biking, parkour, video

WTF?! Out of all the challengers, this competitor from the Tough Guy Challenge 2009, must be the toughest!

More on the Tough Guy Challenge 2009 from The Big Picture

Technorati Tags: mankini, Tough Guy Challenge 2009

This is one of those videos that you just need to watch for a bit, even if you’ve seen something similar. The initial tantalising edits, which cut before the boxing glove hits the faces, eventually reveal all the face vibrating glory from about half way through, rewarding your patience.

Via Urlesque

Technorati Tags: slow motion face punches, video

Real or not, watch as these dudes show how lights are switched off via ricocheting ping pong balls…

Technorati Tags: ping pong, light pong masters

This Durex Balloon Animals ad made by NY animation studio Superfad for Atlanta agency Fitzgerald + Co, is going to be a classic. Its obvious but wonder why it has never been done before! Genius…

Via Creative Review

Technorati Tags: advertising, condoms, Durex, Durex balloon animals, stared at, video

Can you do this? Check out this beach babe hula hooping – at the same time and swinging on the hoops!

Technorati Tags: beach girl, hula hoop

Big Dog looks to be one mighty development as it can travel over different terrain carrying baggage.

Unlike previous robots I’ve seen before, Big Dog moves in an eerily realistic way as if it was some strange insect, and its can legs move quickly to compensate for when it gets kick or when it detects its about to fall (potentially).

Technorati Tags: Big Dog, robot, video

This little dude really freaked me out when I saw it recently – its the assassin spider from Madagascar.

Scientists say these newfound spiders are “exquisitely evolved“! Damn right – they have a poisonous bite, and deadly hunting skills.

The spiders stab their prey with their giant jaws, which are barbed at the ends with venomous fangs. To be able to lift their outsized jaws, the assassins evolved elongated necks, giving the spiders a unique ability to strike from a distance.

But arachnophobes can relax: Assassin spiders are a mere eighth of an inch (two millimeters) long and are harmless to humans. Not that I was worried.

From National Geographic

Technorati Tags: assassin spider, Madagascar, nature, spiders

My god, if you ever wanted to do any unassisted flying, wearing just a wing suit, this is it! New year’s resolution – to go out more.

Via The Best Article Every Day

Technorati Tags: base jumping, video, wingsuit

German photographer Martin Schoeller’s new book of portraits aims to highlight the contrast between the extreme physiques of female bodybuilders and the vulnerability expressed through their eyes and nuanced facial expressions.

Female bodybuilders are by no means an undiscovered culture, but I find Martin’s stark and straightforward style a compelling watch, drawn in by the eye contact of the subjects and the subsequent rippling of their muscles lower down!

You can view a collection of his work at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery through 29th September 2009 or grab a copy of the book, “Female Bodybuilders” at Amazon.

From Etoday via Coolhunting

Technorati Tags: bodybuilders, female bodybuilders, stared at