everyday is halloween to this acrobatic nyc rickshaw spiderman

just a typical day in the office at cirque du soleil

I want to make a highlight video of my time at work and get it all edited together with a bangin’ soundtrack. It would probably look a lot like this except instead of magically floating, and spinning, and flying through the air, I’d be making copies, getting coffee, and blowing people’s minds with my sick powerpoint skillz.

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freerunning

Enjoy:

The filming of this is an acrobatic acheivement in and of itself. Wish I knew more about its origins, but I found it on No Veas Este Blog. All the bar spinning gives my hands blisters just from watching, but this could be my favorite internet video since that one with Danny Macaskill.

feathered 80s hair: it’s aerodynamic

To commemorate the unofficial last weekend of summer, let’s take a final dip in the pool, shall we? And by “take final dip in  the pool,” I mean “possibly take our  final dive into anything ever because we could very well be obliterated by the impact.”

Here’s the short and sweet version:

Here’s the longer and scarier version, which really takes the time to show you just how mind bogglingly high this is. You see him stand there on his tippy toes, from the overhead shot you see how the tower wobbles a little bit, and the longer he waits, the crazier it gets.

freerunning championships

This is a pretty awesome idea. Basically it’s like a street course for skateboarding or bmx, but you parkour/freerun/trick your way through it. I imagine that we’ll be able to watch this on ESPN by this time next year. Very entertaining.

indoorcycling

My understanding is that these two lovely fräuleins took second place in the Pairs Bicycle Dancing World Championships. Kevin Bacon, of course, took the gold.

back from vacation

…which I spent constucting giant slip and slide launch ramps. It was like the one featured in the video below, only bigger, badder, and deadlier slightly less successful.

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viral marketing looks fun

From time to time my bosses task me with creating a “viral” marketing campaign. It kind of makes sense since I do work in the marketing field. What doesn’t make sense, though, is that the products I am marketing are academic resources. There is nothing about academic resources that could be considered even remotely appropriate for “viral marketing.” I think I need to show them this video and ask, “Do you see that ad on the back of the bus for the HTC Hero? Imagine that ad being for one of our books. Now do you see any potential here for a video like this to reach our target audiences (scholars and researchers)?”

Who knows? Maybe they’ll be all for it. Maybe they’ll be like “Make the calls. Hire the stuntmen. It’s ON!”

Hey, it’s Friday, the weekend’s here, and a boy can dream, right?

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double front on a bmx

Courtesy of Anthony Napolitan at this year’s X-Games.

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UPDATE: Nevermind, looks like this has already been removed. So here’s some front flipping action from some excellent athletes that aren’t owned by the man:

How do you like that for XTREME espn? In your FACE!

Literally!

you’ll poke your eye out

Seriously Wushu guys, be careful with those pokey things.

And ladies, be careful with those…um…light? sabers? It’s all too easy to lose a limb with those things.

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