Awesome Sports

If you thought unicycling was a dorky pursuit, watch this video featuring the amazing Max Schulze pulling off the most extreme unicycle stunts we’ve ever seen, and you’ll quickly change your mind.

Kobe as Iron Man? Magic as Wolverine? MJ as Nick Fury? Marvel artists teamed up with ESPN to create a series of comic book cover-style art of NBA stars. If you’re a Cavs fan, brace yourself.

Pro bowler Chris Barnes takes on EARL (Enhanced Automated Robotic Launcher) capable of rolling an identical shot nearly every time. But its precision is its downfall. The score stands: humans 1, robots 0.

Well, it isn’t free diving or sick parkour moves; it’s 4 non-extreme dudes having some good fun jumping through a hula hoop in a synchonized and humorous fashion. You’ve got to start somewhere.

Great camera angles in killedthewind’s sweet video footage of riding above the ocean through progressive strapless surfing, kite wake-skating, and other wind fueled mayhem. (Thanks John!)

If you thought the 200-foot shot was nuts, check out this looper from the second highest tier of the Dallas Cowboys’ Stadium. Watch the side view to get a better idea of how insane the shot is.

Rule number two in any race: even when the odds are against you, don’t ever give up. Why? Because of Rule number one: the competition isn’t over until someone crosses the finish line.

A high school football drubbing turns into a display of compassion. Up by 35, Lake Stevens Vikings let the Snohomish Panthers’ Ike Ditzenberger, who has Down Syndrome, rush a 51-yard touchdown.

Beginning this 2010-2011 season, four Rocky Mountain resorts will provide skiers tickets and passes with RFID tags, allowing EpicMix to track their location and award achievements.

(NSFW) A football anthem made by and for people who are NOT fans of the sport. Hilarious, offensive and creepy. We don’t understand why this doesn’t have millions of views. Then again, we do.

If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball: congrats to the Arizona Rampage, the 2010 Adult Dodgeball World Championship winners. Yes, there is adult dodgeball and a World Championship.

The bold Converse Scoreboard Watch was inspired by game time and adapted for any kind of play. One piece construction with stacked digital display, silicone case and strap. (Thanks Tony!)

The Fighter, starring Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale, tells the compelling tale of boxer “Irish” Micky Ward’s rise to the world light welterweight title, shepherded by Dicky, his troubled half-brother.

The Funny Or Die team prove that bowling can be fun to watch. The tricks are lame at first, but quickly become hilariously ridiculous. We are now fans of outdoor bowling. And bowling victory poses.

They are the future LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Kobe Bryant, they’re the future Harlem Globetrotters, they are the future… of swimming pool basketball. Oh, to be young and stupid.

We had no idea that you could pull off such mad tricks on one of those little Micro Scooters, but that’s exactly what Terry Price manages to do as he takes on the entire skate park with his.

The House of Air, an indoor trampoline park at Building 926 in the Presidio is “giving flight to the flightless” with dodgeball, open jump time and aerial training. Opens 9/15/10. (Thanks Carter!)

Since it wouldn’t be summertime without someone shredding it on a rope swing by a body of water, check out Mike Wilson killing it on the Truckee River doing 60′ double and triple back flips.

Can you imagine having a golf shot that’s accurate enough to hit a tiny 9-inch metal gong at a distance of 200 yards? Most of the pros in this video come awfully close, but David Howell hits it dead on.

We really want to call “fake” on this clip, but after watching it numerous times, we think it’s real. The Legendary Shots calculate that Evan Sellers threw this ball over 200 feet to make a perfect basket.

Oregon Scientfic’s action-cam shoots full 1080p video at 30fps (720p at 60fps) in a sturdy waterproof housing. A sensor even measures and records G-forces during your escapades.

Simply choose your favorite sport, type/length of training and playlist on the Nike BOOM app and you’ll get blasts of encouragement from elite athletes and coaches throughout your workout.

From the looks of this baseball-playing primate from Japan, we’re pretty sure we know where the Cubs, Astros and Pirates have been filling their rosters from lately. Ouch. The truth hurts.