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Photographer Scott Alexander was shooting video for the Red Bull National Wake with a Phantom HD Gold camera, and captured this awesome slow-mo footage of a guy doing a flip off a wakeboard rack.

Looking for a unique gift for a Star Wars fan? Check out this replica of a director’s clapper used in scene 88B – a close-up of Luke Skywalker in his snowspeeder – of The Empire Strikes Back.

To promote Cirque Éloize‘s imminent arrival at the Birmingham Hippodrome, this good sport reporter bravely submits his most vulnerable body parts to the harrowing whims of a quicksilver bicycle stunt.

(NSFW: Language) Need a dose of dark humor? Check out this webcomic. Hugh D. Crawford’s pessimistic and jaded strips will make you sad and happy at the same time.

Designed by studio HeyHeyHey, Melvin the Magical Mixed Media Machine is the most complicated Rube Goldberg contraption we’ve ever seen. It’s purpose? Promoting itself.

If you enjoyed the drifting on the rooftop in the previous vid, then you’ll probably like the way the BMW 1M seamlessly slips through the Tetris-like cuts in the concrete walls here. (Thanks David!)

Here’s what you need to know: this is a TV spot for a company’s movie theater promo, which lets users buy two movie tickets for the price of one. Bonus clue/made-up word: trailerbomber.

The winner of the 2011 Nokia Shorts Competition, JW Griffiths’ Splitscreen: A Love Story was shot entirely on a Nokia N8. Hardly a new concept, but still well executed. Making of video here.

A young filmmaker adds an extra gadget to his Amazon cart and gets more than he bargained for. A clever way to advertise Magic Bullet Suite 11, the effects package used to embellish this short film.

In the future, London’s Brixton district will be home to countless robotic workers, living amongst humans, forced to do the jobs they no longer want. Solid social commentary, brilliant CG animation.

Piff attempts to fool Penn and Teller for a chance to open for them in Las Vegas. Will the dragon’s secrets be revealed? Will he trick the master tricksters? Why isn’t this show on in the States?

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Yeah, we know the fireworks are faked in with computers, but we still think it’s cool way to celebrate Independence Day. Now go outside, eat some barbecue and blow some sh*t up already.

See that loose brick in the middle? Stuart Ashen stumbled upon this wall in Jurnet’s Bar in Norwich, UK while shooting video for a project. Prepare your best Xzibit impersonation and watch the vid.

Weird Al takes on B.o.B.’s “Nothin’ On You“, with his latest track, “Another Tattoo”. Hey, why didn’t we think about tattooing our grocery list on our wrist before now?

Kids, this is why you don’t do drugs. Watch and learn what happens as this couple smokes up some Salvia Divinorum without quite understanding the “legal” hallucinogen’s consequences.

Freddie Wong messes with the wrong ball of junk, and ticks off the wrong prince in his latest clip. But the diminutive Prince will soon get his revenge. That’s just how he rolls.

Is it just us or are cats randomly falling asleep all over the place? Is it some sort of high-pitched alien sound that’s knocking them all out, or are they just really, really sleeeeeeeepy?

Patrons ordering a glass of fresh orange juice are very impressed when the waitress effortlessly squeezes a whole glass of the good stuff from just one half of the fruit. And then…

The talented musician/comic Matt Mulholland seamlessly blends Will Smith songs together here in his tribute to Big Willie, while doing the bassline and instruments a capella. (Thanks Ronald!)

Ever had a friend who doesn’t walk it like he talks it? See if you can relate in this latest installment of Robert and Sheepy, where Sheepy has the perfect opportunity to put Darryn the bull in his place.

Another work week’s over. While some people just have to get down on Friday, we know many of simply want to lie down and pass out, just like Maru here after a day spent playing.

Ever wanted to know what it looked like from the point of view of a bottle rocket? In preparation for this weekend’s Independence Day festivities, let’s go for a ride-along with some fireworks and see.