Awesome Videos

Now that Argentine professional surfer Aritz Aranburu has modded his surfboard with LED lighting, we can watch him rip the waves up day or night, as seen in this vid here. (Thanks Brandon!)

Matt Mulholland does his crazy vocal thing on this classic skateboarding chase scene from the original Back to the Future. So what are you waiting for? Make like a tree and play the video already.

Musician Adam Ben Ezra takes on the theme music from Dexter with style, panache and plenty of tarps in this beautifully shot video by Guy Dayan and Sergey Maydin with sound by Dan Zipori.

It’s not as seamless as the exchange between Travolta and Cage in Face/Off, but Arturo Castro and Kyle McDonald’s real-time face substitution is still pretty crazy. Kyle’s freaky variant is here.

It’s not quite as awe-inspiring as a witnessing the real deal, but Desrumaux Celine still did a good job of capturing the buzz and excitement before a rocket launch. Plus points for the POV bits.

This time-lapse taken from the front of the International Space Station gives us a quick glimpse into what flying over the planet would be like. Full screen and HD are a must for this ride.

From New York to Paris, Sarah Klein and Tom Mason continue to capture the transition from the subway’s depths to the world above. We love the shot of the faces of emerging passengers.

NBC re-cuts Community as a sexually-charged thriller to promote the upcoming third season of the hilarious TV show. Not that we ever forgot about it. September 22 can’t come soon enough.

Dethan, the Landseer Newfoundland pup is about the cutest damned dog you’ve ever seen. He also isn’t exactly the sharpest tack in the box, as is evidenced by this video.

An animated short made by students of Southern Adventist University in Tennessee, led by Justin Burks. Danger Planet is as charming and perfect as the adventures we (day)dreamed of as kids.

A great example of the high-quality work coming from the designers and storytellers at Polynoid, Loom delves deep into the intense relationship between the hunter and the hunted.

Kelly Sears transforms a high school yearbook from a representation of youthful potential and innocence to a record of tragedy and a harbinger of doom in this masterfully constructed thriller.

Different sides of Tokyo – from random citizens to the swarm-like urban populace, from snapshots of daily life, to a salary man sleeping standing up in a busy train station – presented by Alex Lee.

Marvel at the talent, skill and recklessness of man on display in this collection of clips. Features jumps, flips and other tricks both on foot and in vehicles, from freerunning to waverunning.

While Annie Wu might not yet be at the level of Nathan “Flutebox” Lee or Greg Patillo, we can say with certainty that we couldn’t beatbox and play the flute at the same time when we were 15 years-old.

Shrews may look like blind rats with ADHD, but all that fidgeting comes in handy when it’s time to eat, because they prefer the taste of live scorpion, poisonous stinger be damned.

Skateboarding legend Tony Hawk pulled off a 900º aerial spin not once, but twice. This kid can “only” pull off a 720º, but considering he’s only 8 – eight! – he deserves to be called Tiny Hawk.

George Lindell was minding his own business when – BAM! He got rear-ended by an SUV and “Aaaaah!” and sparks and the guy was trapped and, you know, reality hits you hard, bro.

Modder Cr4zyb4st4rd has made a mutator for Unreal Tournament 3 that turns the Redeemer – the most powerful weapon in the series – into a meme launcher. Might as well call it the Humiliator.

One of YouTube’s resident knowledge droppers C.G.P. Grey reminds us of how language and other arbitrary distinctions made by other people shapes how the rest of us view – or divide – the world.

YouTuber Armago24x has justified the existence of hats and accessories in Team Fortress 2. They’re for machinima, like this remake of the Elder Scrolls: Skyrim trailer. Guess who the dragon is.

Which part? Well, almost all of it. In his action sequence primer In the Cut, Jim Emerson exposes Christopher Nolan’s Achilles’ heel and explains why the chase scene in TDK makes no real world sense.

A brief and entertaining primer on how TV ratings are made. Courtesy of ESPN Research & Analytics and JESS3, who used puppets to capture the attention of to – oh, so that’s what ESPN stands for!