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Gymkhana World Tour 2011

Gymkhana World Tour 2011

The highlights from Monster World Rally’s Gymkhana World Tour 2011. People in Vienna, Los Angeles and Melbourne got to see, hear and smell Ken Block do his thing live. First-person GoPro shots here.

Gymkhana 4: Hollywood Style

Gymkhana 4: Hollywood Style

Ken Block takes his Hybrid Function Hoon Vehicle for a wild ride through the backlots of Universal Studios for DC Shoes. Expect pyro, a robot shark, an ape on a Segway and a surprise cameo.

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Hybrid Function Hoon Vehicle

Hybrid Function Hoon Vehicle

A stop-motion video explaining how Ken Block’s new custom Ford Fiesta RS WRC can be tweaked so that it can be used to compete in Stage Rallies and Rallycross and also burn rubber at gymkhana.

Gymkhana @ Battersea: Tilt-Shift

Gymkhana @ Battersea: Tilt-Shift

Dirt 3 milks Ken Block’s endorsement for all its worth with this wonderful tilt-shift version of the gymkhana run through Battersea Power Station, making Block’s car look like an R/C toy.

Gymkhana @ Battersea

Gymkhana @ Battersea

Ken Block takes his rally ride for a dizzying, dust-filled spin through London’s Battersea Power Station as part of a promo for the new DIRT 3. Commercial or not, it’s still awesome driving.

Big Rig Drifting 2

Big Rig Drifting 2

12-time Big Rig Pikes Peak champ Mike Ryan took his 10,000 lb., 1950hp semi truck to the El Toro Marine Base, the site of Ken Block’s first Gymkhana video, and did some drifting of his own.

DiRT 3: Gymkhana Mode

DiRT 3: Gymkhana Mode

Think you can do better than Ken Block? You can try in DiRT 3. Practice your tight turns, daring leaps and slides without thinking of the cost of wrecked tires in the new Gymkhana Mode.

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Gymkhana 3.2 (Video)

Gymkhana 3.2 (Video)

Forget about part one. This is Gymkhana 3 – nothing but a jaw dropping, adrenaline-pumping and tire-punishing run through l’Autodrome de Linas by the one and only Ken Block.

Pastrana New Year’s Jump

Pastrana New Year’s Jump

Watch as Subie-maestro Travis Pastrana rings in 2010 with a New Year’s jump over 269 feet of water in Long Beach with his WRX STI, breaking teammate Ken Block’s 171-foot record.

Gymkhana Two Remix

Gymkhana Two Remix

Ken Block and DC Shoes have released a bevy of videos in recent days, but we dare you to try and forget the Artist’s Remix; also: G2 Director’s Cut and Block vs. Pastrana. Thanks, everyone!

Subaru WRX STI TRAX

Subaru WRX STI TRAX

Ken Block takes his monopoly on awesome to new heights with the Subaru WRX STI TRAX: it’s a 400 hp/400 lb-ft torque carbon fiber snowmobile with steel skis and heated RECARO seats.

Video: Gymkhana 2.1

Video: Gymkhana 2.1

Ken Block racing Rob Dyrdek is special enough, but Gymkhana 2.1 is a must-watch with a Subaru WRX STI taking on a replica miniature shifter car; even better: synchronized drifting.

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Video: Salt Flat Tricks

Video: Salt Flat Tricks

It may be puerile and dangerous, but Ken Block arguably has the best job on earth: he visits the Utah Salt Flats and sets speed records for garbage cans and $3 plastic sleds in his STI.

Video: Gymkhana Two

Video: Gymkhana Two

Inspired by Gymkhana Practice, DC Shoes’ Gymkhana TWO may be an infomercial, but watching Ken Block tear up the Port of LA in an WRX STI (with Rob Dyrdek) is pure driving bliss.

13 Great Kitchen Gadgets + Gifts

13 Great Kitchen Gadgets + Gifts

Most kitchens are equipped with pots, pans, and basic utensils. We’ve assembled a baker’s dozen of the best kitchen gadgets and gifts to help take your food prep to the next level. Each of our selections is useful and clever in its approach, from unique measuring spoons to cake and pizza slicers to a tool that turns a lemon into a juice spritzer.

Elephant Rifle vs. Ballistic Gel in Slow Motion

Elephant Rifle vs. Ballistic Gel in Slow Motion

The Slow Mo Guys were joined by Scott from Kentucky Ballistics to test how destructive a .577 Tyrannosaur rifle cartridge is by firing it at close range into thick blocks of ballistic gel. It’s amazing (and terrifying) to see how the bullets deform the gel and the destructive forces at work. No wonder they say these things can stop an elephant.

Making an Ice Cream Scoop with Sprinkles + Resin

Making an Ice Cream Scoop with Sprinkles + Resin

Maker Peter Brown once made a handle for an ice cream scoop out of moldable thermoplastic, but it didn’t last. So he decided to retrofit his brass scoop with something more appropriate. He took a big batch of colorful sprinkles, submerged them in resin, then turned the block on a lathe to form the handle.

World’s Smallest Barbecue

World’s Smallest Barbecue

When it comes to barbecue, we like large meat. But maker W&M Levsha went and built a teensy oven that cooks the tiniest portions of food ever. They used a laser cutter to create the metal structure and skewers, then milled its handles out of a block of wood. We can’t help but think of playing foosball with the chicken, though.

Electric Piano Wire Instrument

Electric Piano Wire Instrument

Inventor and musician Nicolas Bras continues to expand his collection of unconventional musical instruments with a gizmo that looks like a guitar had a chunk taken out of it. Nic assembled a pair of bass guitar pickups and eight lengths of piano wire on a wooden block, resulting in a wonderfully weird and unique sound.

Drilling Hundreds of Holes

Drilling Hundreds of Holes

To prove how fast and durable the Kennametal HPR drill bit is, the guys from Titans of CNC: Academy programmed one of their machines to drill a perfect grid of 672 holes in a block of cast iron. The tool moves at an impressive 103 inches-per-minute, drilling 1.85″ deep holes over and over again without wearing down.

Turning Trash Into Bricks

Turning Trash Into Bricks

The UN Environment Programme introduces us to Nzambi Matee, a materials engineer based in Kenya, whose business Gjenge Makers creates low-cost construction materials. By heating and compressing waste plastic and sand, they form durable blocks which weigh half that of traditional clay bricks.

Minecraft Smartphone

Minecraft Smartphone

Verizon worked with Minecraft artisans BlockWorks and ad agency Wieden+Kennedy to make a gigantic virtual smartphone in the sandbox game. The phone has a functioning web browser, front-facing camera and video calling.

Conan Plays The Witcher 3

Conan Plays The Witcher 3

(PG-13, Crude humor) The increasingly pervy Conan O’Brien checks out The Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt. Watch him embark on a quest to impress a girl in a land filled with talkative people, chicken sandwiches and Cockblockula.

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