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Hot Wheels Legends: Chevy Corvair Rampside Truck

Hot Wheels Legends: Chevy Corvair Rampside Truck

A car-nut fantasy came true for Wayne Dick of Alberta, Canada, whose custom Chevrolet Corvair Rampside Truck won top honors at Hot Wheels’ El Segundo HQ in the toymaker’s coast-to-coast Hot Wheels Legends Tour quest to find real wild cars to recreate as genuine Hot Wheels toys.

Log-Rolling Showdown

Log-Rolling Showdown

If you asked us to stand up on a floating log, we’d faceplant in the water in about 2 seconds. But Tanner and Lyle from the Paul Bunyan Lumberjack Show have no such problem. Watch as they battle for supremacy and try to knock each other off the log at any cost. Tanner clearly had no qualms about splashing Lyle. Watch the full competition here.

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The Water Catching Olympics

The Water Catching Olympics

The guys from How Ridiculous are back at their 150-foot-tall tower and crane to drop stuff. But instead of just destroying things, they turned it into a game. The objective? The crew must catch as much water from each splashdown as possible. Another game involved keeping water in a container while taking a wild jet boat ride.

Tug of Oar

Tug of Oar

This high-energy sport combines the physicality of rowing and a tug of war competition in one. Watch as two teams go head-to-head in a swimming pool to see who can pull the other team across the center line by rowing backward.

Indoor Kite Routine

Indoor Kite Routine

We’ve seen choreographed kites before, but Spencer Watson wowed us and the crowd at the 12th Annual Windless Kite Festival with the precision of his indoor kite routine.

Ripping Without Legs

Ripping Without Legs

Italo Romano did not let the fact that he doesn’t have legs keep him from making his way into the Semi-Finals round of the Tampa Pro Skateboarding event earlier this week.

The Notorious IBE 2011

The Notorious IBE 2011

There’s no shortage of jaw-dropping action in YAK Films’ official recap of highlights from the “All Battles All” section 2011’s Notorious International Breakdancing Event.

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Slacklining

Slacklining

If you put breakdancing, gymnastics, a trampoline and tightrope walking all in a blender, something similar to slacklining would probably be the result. Skip to 1:45 to see the action.

Ice Climbing World Cup 2011

Ice Climbing World Cup 2011

Thanks to Vimeo user Matt Pycroft for giving us this intense glimpse into the world of competitive ice climbing with a highlights clip from the Saas Fee Ice Climbing World Cup in Switzerland.

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