Awesome Videos

Wingsuit pilot Brian Drake flies insanely close to the ground along the dangerously steep Couloir de l’Ensa in the French Alps. Fortunately, the winds were just right to keep him from smashing into the rocks just beneath him.

Jean-Louis Nguyen created another compilation clip celebrating the triumphs, tragedies, and most significant moments of the past year. It’s not as slick as Google’s clip, but more emotional, and much more comprehensive. Full list of clips here.

(NSFW, Flashing Lights) A short film dedicated to anyone who’s ever had a bad night out. Or to introverts in general. We know that feel bro. The Line nails the experience with great animation and audio.

Cy Kuckenbacker continues his San Diego Studies series. This time he compressed and edited a four-minute shot of San Diego traffic, reorganizing the passing vehicles according to their color. More here.

Following up on last year’s Christmas Sweatz, Rhett and Link are back with their friends to bring a little random holiday cheer our way – perhaps starting a new Christmas trend to replace ugly sweaters along the way. Or not.

Frisbee trick shot master Brodie Smith shows off his best shots of the year, including a few football and basketball shots, plus a serendipitous moment with a stranger. The upside-down backhand shot was sick.

This incredible feat of LEGO engineering by Steve Sammartino and Raul Oaida is comprised of over 500,000 LEGO bricks, and drives at speeds up to 20MPH. Its working engine is even made of LEGO, and runs on compressed air.

21-year-old pro biker Ethen Godfrey Roberts pulled off three tricks in one go at a Nitro Circus Live event, sandwiching a Superman in between two backflips. He had a sketchy landing, but he still completed his run.

During the Farmfoods British Par 3, golfer Matt Wheatcroft found his ball stuck in the rough, just inches away from a fence post. But instead of taking aim towards the green, he decided to do a bank shot off the post – with incredible results.

YouTuber cheekflapperer used his Google Glass to record part of his practice session at a gun range. However, he said that he doesn’t actually recommend wearing the device while shooting because it was distracting.

Jay Pharaoh and the rest of the Saturday Night Live cast poke fun at the bargain basement, gossamer and tight-ass clothes of fast-fashion store H&M. Featuring a very game John Goodman and rapper Wale.

Google once again recounts significant events, viral moments, the highs, lows and other recent memories from the past year – based on search volume. We only wish they would make these clips longer. So much more happened than this.

So you’ve got an old car to sell. Sure, its Blue Book value stinks, but you might stand a better chance getting top dollar if you put together a fancy commercial for it, like this guy did with his 1996 Nissan Maxima. Craigslist listing here.

Jaguar has made no bones about its newfound intent to be the bad boy of European car manufacturers. In this parody spot, Jag takes a direct jab at rival Mercedes-Benz chicken-flavored Magic Body Control commercial.

The Holderness family turned Will Smith’s summer jam Miami into a funny Holiday song about what they did this year. Leave it to a family guy to feature a Prius in a rap video. And now we wait for the deluge of horrible copycats.

Now and then we click a dead or broken hyperlink, which leads us to the infamous Error 404. The Association for Computing Machinery’s web server really takes it hard if it can’t find what you’re looking for.

“Everyone’s having fun floating, and I’m just standing here T-rexin’.” Lots of dogs are excellent swimmers, but this tall chocolate Labrador doesn’t get its appeal, even as its buddies seem to be yelling at him to try it.

YouTube’s resident illusionist brusspup is back with more static images that spring to life, thanks to our silly brains. Just make a spoon graphic already dude. Check the video’s description for links to the images.

Whipcracking entertainer Adam Winrich and his partner Dakota “practice” their throwing knife routine with actual weapons and their own bodies. Then they add flaming weapons to the mix. Capt. Disillusion won’t debunk this one.

For his latest build, swordsmith Tony Swatton replicated Kratos’ iconic Blade of Chaos weapon from the God of War games. He had to shrink it a bit to make it wieldable, but it’s no less deadly. We only wish he had made a pair. On fire.

20th Century Fox offered Casey Neistat $25,000 to create a promo video for Walter Mitty. With Fox’s permission, he spent the money helping victims of Philippines typhoon Haiyan. Casey, you’re an awesome human being.

Further proof that virtually everything that was ever made that was worth a damn stole and repurposed earlier ideas. Case in point, Apple’s iPhone – which took numerous ideas previously executed and just made them more accessible.

(NSFW) Bobby Moynihan and the Saturday Night Live cast gamely depict a real nightmare before Christmas, starring the reviled celebrity chef Guy Fieri and his motley crew, the worst that TV has to offer.