Parkour is growing by leaps and bounds and it’s never been more apparent that this is a sport that has no limits than by meeting stuntman Alex Duong and Jumpy, the parkour dog. In this video, Alex and Jumpy show off just what is possible with parkour. You’ll be amazed and entertained as this duo jumps, flips and flies over all sorts of obstacles from trees to picnic tables to the soundtrack of “Straight West” by Kasket Club. Jumpy was trained by Omar VonMuller and teams up with Alex to entertain and amaze you with their skills and talents.
This video was directed by Darren Dyk with Beyond SlowMotion and shows off the skills, talents and abilities of stuntman Alex Duong and Jumpy the Parkour Dog trained by Omar VonMuller. This duo teams up to showcase just what is possible with parkour and blast through the limits. Man’s best friend can definitely keep up and even upstage other two-legged partners. Jumpy flips and flies his way through this video as the two enjoy some time in the park.
The video was made at a park and a skate park to allow both Alex and Jumpy plenty of obstacles to show off their skills. From easy things like leaping over bushes to scaling trees and leaping over picnic tables, this duo let’s nothing stand in their way as they play together in the park.
You get right into the action from the very beginning with this video of Alex and Jumpy as they get into their parkour fun. The pair vault over a garbage can (0:15) and launch you into a nonstop action adventure at the park. Jumpy starts to steal the show with his skateboarding skills (0:42) and then continues to amaze us with some tree climbing (1:31) and ball catching before jumping over Alex (2:06). However nothing stands out more in this high energy video than the double back flip (2:27) which just leaves your jaw dropping watching them in action. Another fun moment was watching the two leap over a picnic table (2:56) showing off both their power and grace. Watching Jumpy leap from post to post (3:06) followed by Alex is just a fun moment and continues to make you smile. This is a video you just have to watch more than once so that you can be sure you did see what you just saw.
A group of monks decide to do a dedication to Adam (MCA) Yauch of the Beastie Boys who passed away. MCA was a strong buddhist and was the founder and creator of th e“Free Tibet” concert series. These young monks head to union square to put on a show in dedication to him by showing the public a series of break dancing moves and skills preformed by them in his honor. Though the video seems short, it is really heart warming to see them give MCA a proper send off this way. If you are in to break dancing, this is a video worth watching.
The dance was choreographed by New York advertising firm KNARF. Most people didn’t realize that it was a publicity stunt, and more importantly, people didn’t know just what the Beastie Boys and Tibetan Monks had to do with each other, namely that Yauch wasn’t just an iconic rapper but also a devoted Buddhist who dedicated much of his life to the cause of Tibetan liberation. This video may not be as spontaneous as it seems, but it’s a beautiful tribute to his legacy nonetheless.
This video is made by someone who was at the scene of the break dancing performance. They captured the dancing of these monks who were dancing to give Adam Yauch a proper send off after his passing. They headed to union square to showcase this dedication. They did this mostly out of respect for Adam Yauch and the Beastie Boys, but also because Yauch was a Tibetan Buddhist himself and was the creator and founder of the “Free Tibet” concerts that raised awareness for Tibet in it’s politics and urge for freedom of choice and religion from the government that rules them.
This video was made in the bustling section of Union Square with a camera phone, in the middle of the street where several people could see and watch as they walked by to and from work, or possibly to and from diners and shopping districts in the area nearby them.
(0:06) Beastie Boys music begins playing as the monks begin dancing. (0:12) One monk flips over another frontwards. (0:17) all three monks begin spinning on their hands. (0:25) One of them jumps in the center and bows, they then begin doing “Matrix” types of dancing. (0:32) The monk in the middle begins slowly spinning on his head. (0:41) He leaves the center and allows another monk to enter it, who then does a front flip and spins quickly on the ground. (1:00) He then leaves as well and lets another enter the center who comes in with a series of kicks and fast spins on the ground ending in a headstand. (1:15) Another Monk enters and begins spinning himself on the ground but using his arms to hold his body in the air going from two hands to just one. (1:28) A monk does a somersault and then begins break dancing in the center, spinning on his knees. (1:46) A monk slides across the ground showcasing break dancing moves and vaults his body in the air. (2:04) One monk does a handstand leading in to his dance act. (2:08) his robes roll over his head. (2:20) A monk starts doing the running man, then jumps in an acrobatic showcase of dance moves. (2:35) The performance winds down as the three of them roll in and pose together.
I only vaguely remember how I felt at the wheel of a supercharged bright red car. I pushed the throttle and accelerated. As I started reach top speed, I noticed another car coming my way and crashing into me from the side. My car rolled over and absolutely mutilated some unlucky nearby pedestrians. They practically exploded by the force of the impact as the blood splatters stained the asphalt. I grinned sadistically.
It’s hard to pinpoint exactly what made the original Carmageddon so much fun and so addicting. It was released in 1997 when I was I was only ten years old. It’s one of the first video games I remember playing. Around that time I had also been addicted to less violent games such as Jazz Jackrabbit and less sadistic games such as Wolfenstein 3D. In the latter, at least the violence was directed to Nazi’s well-deserving of being shot as one could argue self-defense. However, Carmageddon was a whole new experience. There’s something frighteningly enjoyable about mowing down innocent pedestrians, not excluding grandmothers. I was hooked.
Video games have come a long way since those days. Here is a video showing the evolution of Carmageddon including a preview of Carmageddon Reincarnation.
Almost two years ago while browsing the web I stumbled upon a Kickstarter for Carmageddon Reincarnation. I hadn’t really heard of any releases after the original version and as such have never played them. However, upon seeing the Kickstarter, I felt as excited as I had been almost two decades ago when I first discovered Carmageddon. When I noticed that they were offering to insert people as characters in the game, that seemed like an awesome idea. I could already imagine family and friends playing Carmageddon and running me over in brutal ways. However, this reward tier was no longer available.
I considered the other tiers such as being featured on an in-game holo-ad or billboard, but it just didn’t seem as funny, and cost about 250% of the previous tier. I contacted Nobby from Stainless games through Kickstarter to find out what the options were. A week went by without any response. I’m not one to easily give up when I have an idea, so I sent him another message through Facebook. He replied a few days later:
Hi Ken,
I’m really sorry – with all these modern methods of communication, and Kickstarter currently keeping me really rather busy, I completely missed your message (the KS message system is a nightmare because our email system keeps blocking the incoming mail as spam and we’re missing out on notifications!). Thanks very much for contacting me, and now I’ll answer your question.
The billboard Reward will see you featured on all of the numerous billboards in the levels, but the ads that feature you will share time with other ads that will be shown in rotation. So you could drive past billboards without being guaranteed to see yourself.
The most prestigious Reward is to get yourself into the game as a driver. We didn’t think that someone being a driver would also really be appropriate as a pedestrian too, however given the level of the Reward, I can’t see any reason why your character shouldn’t also appear as an individual, high value pedestrian in races that their car doesn’t appear in. How does that sound? We know we’ll be featuring Screwie Lewie in his motorized wheelchair in some events, so we could work on a similar cool idea for your driver…
I hope that info helps, Ken. Please let me know if there’s anything else I can clarify for you. Apologies again for the delay responding.
Best,
Nobby
I mailed him back with an idea which would allow the character to be a pedestrian as well, and he replied “That sounds absolutely SPOT-ON! I can already tell we’re going to work together really well!”. That was all I needed to know. Spurred by nostalgia, I decided to sponsor development of the reincarnation of my favorite game with the following reward tier: “HANG ONTO YER HELMET: We’ll fly you from a nearby major international airport to the UK. You will be collected by the 600hp Carmageddon Range Rover. Once here, you will get a once in a lifetime chance to get together with the design team at Stainless and create a new opponent character based on your likeness! You can join in with the team to create a backstory and to customize a vehicle to your liking. You will forever be enshrined in Carmageddon folklore. People will be talking about you in bars all around the world. Governments will debate you, and civilisations will fall. OK, maybe not. But you’ll be DEAD COOL. Literally. Includes flight, all UK travel and 3 nights in a local hotel. Reward is subject to attendees obtaining any necessary Visas. Attendees can bring a guest, but must cover the additional travel & hotel costs themselves. (+Previous Rewards below $750.)”.
A few months later I was on my way to the Isle of Wigth in the United Kingdom. I live in Cancun but since my family lives in Belgium I made a pit-stop there. Unfortunately, whilst hitting the town with my friends from Belgium we were attacked by a group of drunk or drugged guys. I broke my hand punching one of them in the face as my friends and I tried to fend them off. The bad news was that I had to visit the hospital the day after to have a cast put on. The good news was that the creative people at Stainless Games had a blank canvas to express their inner-most emotions. Here’s the result:
As you can see, they’re a very mature bunch, almost to the point of being enlightened. I should mention that this photo was taken before the final night, when we all headed to a bar. In other words, these drawings were made by sober people. Now imagine what these same people drew after about a dozen beers. I don’t know how I made it through airport security with the mental-scarring images on my cast, but somehow I did make it back to Belgium albeit with some strange looks from fellow travelers.
Fast-forward about a year and a half to present-day. I’m downloading the pre-Alpha version of Carmageddon Reincarnation just released today while writing this post. A few days ago I received some renders from the Stainless team to preview the driver and car. Unfortunately the legal team discovered just now that the name Venom already been claimed by another sports car; the Hennessey Venom GT, supposedly the fastest car in the world at the time of writing with an average 0–300 kilometres per hour (0–186 mph) acceleration time of 13.63 seconds. Anyway, without further ado, here are the renders:
The matching driver. They had told me they’d give it cast on one arm since that’s the only way they’ve known me, but judging by the render that was said jokingly:
I also received 10 licenses for Carmageddon Reincarnation today. Some of them I’ll be giving to family and friends, but I’m holding onto a few to give away to readers of my blog. The first one is going to the person who can come up with the best suggestion for a new name for the car. To give you some idea of possible names, Nobby suggested Fangtastic. It’s a good pun, but unfortunately it has been coined by a vampire fiction book already, and we want people to think about snakes upon hearing the name, not vampires. Comment your best name suggestion below and you could win a free license for the new Carmageddon!
Women with curves are one of the most mesmerizing displays available to the mass public. In three days this Sports illustrated Swimsuit teaser has accumulated more than two hundred thousand views and one thousand likes. The world’s favorite women such as Kate Upton and Nina Adgal come together to show off what world class genetics and dedication look like.
This video is shot exclusively by the professionals with the swimsuit division of sports illustrated. Technology has allowed us to view the finest women in the world in up to 1080p quality. Some of these women include Kate Upton, Nina Adgal, Irina Shayk and others. These women are not just dolls to be gazed upon. These women are strong independent human beings who go through tough exhausting photo shoots in often uncomfortable temperatures to be able to share a piece of their private selves with the world. No easy task, these women put in hours of training to be able to show off beach bodies most of us will never realistically obtain.
This video was made in many exotic locations including many beaches which are a common theme among Sports illustrated Swimsuit photo shoots. Many of the areas which are not a beach are bodies of water which capture nature’s beauty. These locations make for a marvelous backdrop for these gorgeous women.
This video starts off with the infamous Kate Upton laying around with her most favored lady parts inside of a beautiful bathing suit which leaves little to the imagination. At 0:04 you get to see a dazzling backside of one of their top models. The video continues through a broad assortment of footage in different settings. At 0:08 we get to watch the magnificent Irina Shayk show off a nerdier old fashion bathing suit in slow motion.We get to see a smile which only Emily DiDonato could pull off. At 0:29 we get to see the charming Gigi Hadid model a red bathing suit as Pamela Anderson once famously did in bay watch.Bregje Heinen comes in right after at 0:32 with cheek bones as unique as the shade of lipstick which graces her plump lips. As the video goes on we get to see compilation peices from ladies such as Sara Sampaio and Kate Bock. These ladies have legs which have been immortalized as Goddessess once were.
James Lee is a very lucky man. He was diving out of a plane with some friends when he was was accidentally struck and knocked unconscious by another jumper. The other skydivers realized something was wrong and came to his help. They gathered around him making sure his parachute would open. James woke up under his canopy just moments before hitting the ground, a true miracle. James says he feels blessed that they realized something was wrong, had they not, he would have died that day.
James Lee a 25 year old was taking part in a sky-dive jump when just seconds after leaping from the plane he was hit by another skydiver. The blow knocked him out and sent him hurtling towards the ground uncontrollably. Thankfully two other skydivers noticed something was wrong and chased after their unconscious colleague. After realizing he was unresponsive the two men managed to roll James into a more stable position and deploy his parachute for a safe landing. The Telegraph, the most popular UK newspaper on YouTube, published this video.
The video takes place in Wiltshire, which is South West England. It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset, Somerset, Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and West Berkshire. In this video, it takes place in the air above Wiltshire as a group of people jump out of an airplane for a sky diving excercise.
(00:05) We see the group jump from the plane beginning the sky diving activity. (00:10) we notice that after the jump, James had been hit by another diver and was knocked out. (00:17) we see the wind and pressure of the air knocking his helmet camera around slightly. (00:19) Words are displayed on the screen telling us what happened to James to put him in danger. (00:31) the other sky divers circle around James and are trying to get in to position to help him get his parachute deployed. (00:42) they realize James isn’t responding and are working quickly to deploy his parachute with one of them grabbing on to his arm to steady himself. (00:50) Another sky diver grabs James’s other arm and does the same, by the time a third sky diver has realized something is wrong and is coming to help. (00:56) Two more sky divers see that everyone is gathered around James and float over to see if they can help as well. (00:58) The sky diver on the right makes a hand motion to the other telling him to reach for James’s rip-chord on his parachute. (01:07) The Parachute is deployed and James beginning slowly floating torwards the ground. (0:1:10) James wakes up underneath his canopy. (01:27) James lands safely on the ground.
The Red Bull Winch Sessions used a high-powered winch to explore action sports in unusual locations, and this short video is no exception. They take the winch and wakeboarder and snowboarder Josh Tranby to a Wisconsin cranberry bog. This short but beautifully-shot high definition video has over 300,000 views and shows Josh wakeboarding through the red sea of cranberries. The winch makes the boat unnecessary and Josh is pulled at a rapid pace from one end of the bog to the other, making his own waves and a visually stunning video that became a classic among action sports enthusiasts.
Josh Tranby is the star of this video. He is a wakeboarder and snowboarder from Minnesota who is very active in the wakeboarding scene. He is sponsored by Slingshot Wakeboards, Reef, Bern Helmets, Lake-Life Apparel, Pinewski’s Boardshop and Vision Wake Park. The video was shot as part of Red Bull’s Winch Sessions, which featured action sports athletes such as paragliders, wakeboarders and snowboarders filmed performing their sport with the help of a high-powered winch. The videos were featured on Red Bull’s website, and Josh became more well-known because of his participation in the project. Red Bull is an energy drink and one of the primary sponsors of action and extreme sports.
Wakeboarders are normally towed across the water tethered to a motorboat, but this video makes use of Red Bull’s winch and takes place in a cranberry bog. The bog in this video is located in Tomah, Wisconsin. The blanket of red fruit covering the water makes the video somehow intensely appealing to watch.
“I’m headed to the frickin’ cranberry fields right now,” Josh begins in this video. As he travels in the Red Bull van towards his destination, he continues, “I don’t know what to expect but I know if you look to my right you’re gonna see one!” Some beautiful shots of the cranberries and surrounding fields are overlaid with Josh talking about the project. At (0:35) he begins his session, wakeboarding back and forth across the ripe cranberries. The beautiful, high definition, slow motion shots are interspersed with shots of the Red Bull winch at work, close-ups of the cranberries and the stunningly beautiful area surrounding the cranberry bog. (1:11) features a wonderful shot of the wakeboard floating among the bright red cranberries. At (1:15) the Red bull logo is floating in the berries and at (1:20) the van is loaded and rolling away from the bog. Music throughout is the song “909s and Half Minds” by Jack D. Elliot.
Set to the music of Crave You (Adventure Club Dubstep Remix) from Flight Facilities, the up tempo beat is the perfect backdrop to the heart stopping, heart pounding, jaw dropping and edge of your seat thrills showcased in this mix of video footage. This video brings all the finesse, style and excitement of parkour to your screen with entertaining tricks as well as cool first person camera views so that it’s almost like you were out there putting your skills to the test. If you’ve ever wanted to know what it felt like to jump, flip and scale your way over any and all obstacles, watching these clips from groups like Team Farang, In Motion, Cionn and Dante Grazioli will have you ready to jump up and go learn a few tricks of your own, or at least click onto another video to see more these experts in action. Some of these feats can only be described as “insane”.
This remix video shows the skilled performances of a number of different talented athletes showing off just what puts the epic in this parkour video. The footage is a combination of clips from Team Franag, KrapVideo, Scott Reynolds and Sam Mcfarlane from Urban Artists, Daniel Arroyo, Dante Grazioli, Cionn, In Motion, Cherpk and shows everyone getting into the action with their best dazzling moves and will have you holding your breath to see just what each one will do to top the last trick. From urban landscapes of rooftops and stairways to indoor set obstacles, these guys flip, twist and jump their way through the video in gravity defying actions.
These videos are bits and pieces of some of the best each of these skilled and talented athletes have to offer so you follow Team Farang as they race through the rooftops and other urban sprawl in Bang Na, Bangkook, Thailand to flips, twists and wall scaling around Praha, Czech Republic with In Motion. As well as clips with Dante Grazioli and friends while visiting North Carolina and Florida in the United States and with Scott and Sam in Scotland.
One of the first actions is a dismount off the cross bar has a push off from the ceiling. You know you are in for a wild ride when everything gets turned upside down. Then followed shortly after that by the amazing freefall off the building by Team Farang member Pavels Petkuns (0:35) has your stomach churning as the action just keep ramping up as each athlete continues to push it to the next level. As you follow others over rooftops and over walls you just don’t imagine that there could be anything you haven’t seen yet. Then by the time Urban Artist Scott Reynolds scales the brick fence section at (3:32) and finishes with a twisting leap off the top you’re ready for a break in the action so you can catch your breath.
Professional gymnast, coach, forerunner and stunt-man Damien Walters shows off a wide variety of skills in this amazing compilation from 2011. Leaps from buildings, trampoline, parkour moves, tumbling routines, high dives, and death-defying stunts like leaping over moving cars are mixed with fun, creative tricks like a tumbling routine that works him right out of his clothes. Damien has a gift for showmanship and ingenuity to match his athletic skills. He shows off in gyms, abandoned buildings, the pool and his own home in this beautiful high definition video. Music is “Follow U” by Yogi ft. Ayah Marar (Xilent Remix).
Damien Walters is a British former gymnast who specializes in tumbling and trampoline, and participated in four Trampoline World Championships. He has focused on his career as a stuntman since 2007, performing in films like Hellboy II, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, The Eagle, I Am Number Four, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, Captain America, and Kick-Ass. He won an award for “Best Fight” at the Taurus World Stunt Awards in 2010 for the film Ninja Assassin. He is also a freerunner and has one of the most-watched youtube channels, with over 80 million views. Currently Damien runs Derby City Gymnastics Club in Derby, England.
This video is a compilation of a lot of tricks in different locations: a jump from a building, trampoline work in a gym, parker in a parking garage and on a city street, tumbling in a park, gymnastics in a gym, inside of a truck, his own bedroom and living room, a pool, a street, the woods and an abandoned building.
After an intro with his personal logo, Damien appears at (0:20) and starts the video off with a bang by doing a stunt-jump off of a building. At (0:27) we see Damien doing trampoline flips in a gym. At (0:30) we get a taste of parkour in a couple of city locations, and then at (0:35) we begin a mix of freerunning and tumbling in the gym, the park and city streets. He takes on two big wooden cylinders at (0:50), leaping one and then ducking the second. He leaps a car at (0:52) and leaps through a moving truck at (0:57). Tumbling and freerunning return at (1:00) in the gym and the city. Damien does some creative gymnastics in his home at (1:04) and then at (1:10) leaps a moving car from the top of a ladder. At (1:16) he grabs onto a moving workcart and zooms away. At (1:21) Damien returns to tumbling in the gym and then at (1:24) he heads to the high dive for some impressive pool work. At (1:27) he takes parkour to an abandoned building and then back to a park. He does a stunt where he leaps out of a car at (1:37). Trampoline, tumbling and diving follow in quick succession. At (1:56) he does a tumbling routine on the trampoline while removing his hat, shirt and pants. The video finishes up with more tumbling outdoors in the park and city, in an abandoned building and inside the gym, showing off Damien’s impressive skills. Credits roll at (2:26).
Parkour has gone to the dogs. Elchaninov Eugene is the owner of the amazing dog Tret, who is the feature of this video. Tret does Parkour tricks that need to be seen. Not only is this video entertaining but watching it will keep you smiling. Train your dog along side you doing Parkour. From now on you won’t have to leave man’s best friend at home. If you love Parkour and love animals this video will be a favorite of yours. The trick where Tret climbs trees and walls just blows my mind. Who would have ever thought that dogs could join in on your Parkour run.
This video is filmed by Elchaninov Eugene and is all about his dog Tret. It was filmed in the Ukraine and has some fantistic slow motion shots of Tret doing some of his famous Parkour tricks. Elchaninove Eugene trained Tret and shows you just what you can do if you spend time training your dog. Tret is fun to watch and would be an awesome workout partner.
The video was made in the Ukraine. It shows you what can be taught to a dog if you spend the necessary hours in training. The urban setting of this video shows just how things already in place can be used to train. You don’t need a fancy gym to train parkour.
Right from the start you see Tret the amazing Parkour dog doing a free run over a brick wall. (0:08) Love the tree climb he does. (0:15) Running up the sides of walls and over walls. His dog glasses they make the outfit. (0:56) Jumping over the pipes in this part of the video show his coordination. (1:26) When he looks at the camera at that moment you can see happy all over that dog face. (1:50) Hes full of energy as he runs in the forest. Watching this dog, Tret doing what he loves running and jumping, makes you understand why he is quickly becoming an Internet sensation.
Wingsuit Flying has been described as “the most fun you can have on this planet” and, more succinctly, “pure awesomeness.” This short video features some stunning shots of wingsuit flying clipped together with wingsuit flyers talking about how much they love their extreme sport, and why they do it. Perhaps nothing makes for more exciting video than wingsuit flying, with nothing between the viewer and the experience but the camera and a thin, expanded suit. Many people can see themselves doing traditional skydiving, with the comfort of a parachute to guide them gently to the Earth, but wingsuit flying is too extreme for all but the most gung-ho air sport enthusiasts.
This video features extreme athletes Mike Wilson, Miles Daisher, Suzanne Graham, Carson Klein, and Andreas Matischak talking about their favorite sport. The video was compiled as part of Intel’s “A Momentary Lapse” photo and video contest, and includes the athletes speaking frankly about their enthusiasm for wingsuit flying and about the dangers involved in the sport. Mike, miles, suzanne, Carson and Andreas are among wingsuit flyers that appear regularly in popular videos about the sport, many of which have gone viral. One of their most popular videos features a wingsuit “race” in Hawaii. The Intel contest was created to celebrate creativity and technology, and this video certainly accomplishes that.
Neither the video nor its description say exactly where the footage for this video was filmed, but the scenes on the ground all appear to be in a lightly wooded area. Most of the exciting footage is pure, crystal-clear, blue sky, of course. The other shots present in the video are close-ups of the extreme athletes giving their testimony to the power of wingsuit flying.
The video begins with a bang: the athletes in their wingsuits jump out of a small plane into the blue sky. Carson Klein is the first to talk about wingsuiting (0:08). Suzanne Graham (0:11) talks about the excitement of the sport. The athletes pile back into the plane (0:12) and then (0:18) Mike Wilson talks about wingsuiting. Andreas Matischak chimes in at (0:19). More quick hits of description are followed by Miles Daisher (0:33) talking about the “pure awesomeness” of wingsuit flying. Breathtaking shots of the wingsuit flyers zipping through the air (0:45) are interspersed with more description and at (0:49) we get a point of view shot. At (1:09) there is another shot from the air, more description, and back to the air at (1:14). The rest of the video follows like this, with talking and then shots of flying, until (1:34) where they come in for the landing. At (1:40) we return to the descriptions, and at (2:09) there is more of the landing followed by more of the athletes talking about the sport they love.
