Jetman Flies in Formation with Two Jet Planes

“Jetman” Yves Rossy recently flew in formation over the Swiss Alps alongside two jet aircraft from the Breitling Jet Team.

Rossy, outfitted with a sturdy wing and four jet engines, jumped off a helicopter to begin his flight. He flew alongside the two L-39C Albatros jets using only his body movements to execute the midair maneuvers. The jets and their pilots are part of the Breitling Jet Team, a civilian aerobatics team.


Source: Breitling

Owl Loves Its Head Scratched

Who knew that owls enjoyed getting scratched on the head as much as any cat? This barred eagle owl, which looks more like a Furby than a living thing, coos and closes its eyes in contentment when someone touches its head, and then grimaces unhappily as soon as the hand leaves.

Flash Mob Invasion of Dubai Airport

A flash mob broke out at Dubai's International Airport in what appears to be the duty-free area. A medley of songs were mashed up, as airport workers, travelers and bystanders started dancing to songs such as "Moves Like Jagger", "Disco Inferno" and "Proud Mary".

Some observers look thrilled to be standing there watching, while others look a little dubious.

Shelter Pet Project Ad - Sandbox

The Shelter Pet Project is a public service ad campaign focused on spreading the word that pets in shelters are wonderful and lovable, and encouraging potential adopters to consider the shelter as the first place to find a new best friend.

To a kid, the sand box is a source of countless hours of entertainment. But to a cat, it’s just a giant toilet. I wonder what cats think when they see kids playing the sand box? Probably something along the lings of this.

Drivelapse USA, Time-Lapse Video of Entire USA Road Trip in 5 Minutes

Twenty-five year old Brian DeFrees took a two month roadtrip across America in his Honda Civic. The freelance photographer took footage of the 12,000 plus mile trip, and compressed it all into a five minute timelapse video. Now you can literally go across America from sea to shining sea in five minutes instead of two months. The video is going viral across the net, and is featured on DailyMail.

Run Against Ryan Ad, the Olympic Marathoner

Next time you're in New York and waiting for the subway, why not take some time to exercise? You can do just that with this Asics-sponsered ad installation, which shows a video of US marathoner Ryan Hall in action. Don't beat yourself up if you lose, though. First, he's really good. Second, the Ryan on-screen is about a foot taller than real-life Ryan.

Epic Stuntman and Free Runner Damien Walters

Damien Walters is a self-described professional stuntman, gymnastics coach and free runner. Every year, Damien, who I’m renaming “Not human probably an alien,” releases a special show reel of him doing flips, twists, turns, and stunts that boggle the mind and coccyx. In this video Damien Walters shows of his skills as a professional stuntman, gymnastics coach and free runner in his 2011 showreel.

Internet Meme Mashup Medley By Gag Quartet

From Leekspin to Trololol to Nyan Cat, The GAG Quartet mash up over 40 musical Internet Memes into one amazing medley. This is how a nerdy meme overload is done the right way.

Surfer Breaks the World Record Riding a 90-Foot Wave

US surfer Garrett McNamara made history by breaking the world record for largest wave ever surfed in Portugal. McNamara successfully surfed on a monstrous 90-foot wave (27 meters) in Praia do Norte off the coast of Nazaré, Portugal. The previous biggest wave record, 77 feet, was set by another surfing legend – Mike Parsons in 2008.

Kina Grannis Stop-Motion Video Uses 288000 Jelly Beans

This music video for the song “In Your Arms” by Kina Grannis is a stop-motion animation done with a background composed of jelly beans. It’s a crazy project that required 22 months, 1,357 hours, 30 people, and 288,000 jelly beans. They could have used CGI, of course, but each frame was carefully created by hand and photographed with a still camera.



Watch the making of video:

People Are Awesome 2011

Haven’t gotten your fill of action-packed videos this year? Then see the best of the best in four-and-a-half minutes, courtesy of YouTube user failarmyy, who created this mashup of thirty-nine unbelievable stunts.

Oh, and it goes without saying, don’t try any of this at home.

The World’s Longest Headed Goal by Ryujiro Ueda

Ryujiro Ueda of Fagiano Okayama set a new World Record for the longest header goal in a match against Yokohama FC. The defender Ryujiro Ueda hit an incredible header from 58.6 meters towards the Yokohama FC goal in the 69th minutes at Mitsuzawa Stadium, Japan. Just watch that impressive and incredible effort by Ryujiro Ueda.

Google Halloween Doodle 2011

In celebration of Halloween, the front page of Google is featuring a time-lapse Google Doodle animation of their logo being cared out of giant pumpkins on the lawn of the Google campus in Mountain View, CA.

The Mother of All Hot Wheels Tracks

The “Mother of All Hot Wheels Tracks” is a 2000 foot long Hot Wheels track which winds throughout a suburban home, down a sidewalk, and around a pool. A model car completed the course in three minutes. The track was built and filmed by YouTube user therealtexasaggie98.


Source: laughingsquid

Halloween Light Show 2011

The Huffington Post reported this house everything jack o lanterns constructed out of Christmas lights that will sing and bounce the beat during the entire tune.This house is located in Riverside,Ca and is known by millions for their outstanding,entertaining Halloween light shows, including "Thriller, Sandstorm and "Monster Mash."

According to the mastermind's YouTube channel, the light show includes:

4 singing pumpkin faces, tombstones, hand carved pumpkins, strobes, floods and thousands of lights. Most all lights have been changed from incandescent to RGB LED so power consumption is a lot less than previous years.

A Duet With Siri (iPhone 4S Song)

Siri can listen to you, talk to you, help you get things done, it understands you—but did you know Siri makes a great bandmate? Jonathan Mann proves it in this duet.

Epic Trick Shot Battle - Brodie vs. Dude Perfect

Fans of trick shots are well aware of the work of Dude Perfect, the quartet from Texas A&M who have achieved viral video fame for their remarkable antics, which include what could be world's longest made basketball shot.

For their latest video, they teamed up with frisbee trick shot expert Brodie Smith and took turns showing off their respective skills. As you can see from the video above, the results were impressive to say the least.

The Lion That Plays Football

Football fever grips South Africa ahead of this summer's world cup as this huge lion gets to grip with the beautiful game. Casting an image that will inspire England's own lions the majestic cat plays with his favourite football at his enclosure in Johannesburg Zoo. Footy mad Triton, an 11-year-old male who was born at the zoo, likes soccer so much he refuses to play ball with any of the seven females he shares his enclosure with.

Epic Trampoline Skills

Talk about some mad skills. This looks fun as hell!

Lassi Hurskainen Angry Birds

Lassi Hurskainen is back with a new trick shot video. This time he teamed up with his fellow UNC Asheville goalkeeper Dan Jackson for a real life Angry Birds soccer match.