Awesome Extreme

A group of scientists have successfully captured the first video of a giant squid in its natural habitat, 2,000ft beneath the surface of the Pacific Ocean. Discovery will release a longer video on 01/27/13.

Props to the water chugging viral hit kid, but Redditor Squirt_Locker points us to this clip that’s better for two reasons: the dude drinks 1.5L in less than 5 seconds, and the crowd reacts accordingly.

According to YouTuber Haywiredigital, the boat on fire was carrying two big tanks of gas and the wind was carrying the boat to shore. Good thing a quick thinker on a nearby jet boat came to save the day.

An epic wingsuit flying clip from Team Need 4 Speed, Phoenix-Fly and AdrenalinBase, with incredible formations over beautiful terrain. The smoke trails alone are worth the price of admission.

An excerpt from a BBC Earth video about the Shark Reef Marine Reserve in Fiji, where divers and fishermen make extra income taking tourists on an unusual attraction: feeding wild sharks by hand.

Paraglider Horacio Llorens jumped from a plane over Guatemala and managed to flip himself over an astounding 568 times before landing. We’d love to see the full, unedited version of his dizzying trip.

We don’t think it beats our pick for goal of the year, but this goal from futsal legend Alessandro Rosa Vieira aka Falcão is certainly the weirdest and most stylish free kick we’ve ever seen.

Red Bull Winch Sessions returns to play at one of Wisconsin’s beautiful cranberry bogs, this time to wakeskate. The action begins at 3:15, but we highly recommend watching the whole video.

Awesome footage from the 2012 World Parachuting Championships. The skydivers appear at around 3:30, but you should watch the whole thing to get a gander at the sheer wonder and opulence of Dubai.

National Geographic’s short profile on the sensational free solo climber Alex Honnold. While he’s talented and brave, we have to applaud the people behind the camera for the awesome shots.

When we were 5-years-old we congratulated ourselves if we woke up early enough to watch Saturday morning cartoons. Meanwhile Tsung Tsung here is beasting on the piano. Here he is on Ellen.

In Sweden’s friendly match against England, Swedish captain Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored a ridiculous bicycle kick from 30 yards out that left even his coach in utter disbelief.

We love human Rube Goldberg vids; here, the Red Bull Kluge combines the agile athletic prowess of Lolo Jones, Danny MacAskill, Robbie Maddison and more with complex machinery. (Thanks everyone!)

Check out this long, bumpy and goofy bowling strike from the Aussie guys over at How Ridiculous. They make silly trick shot videos like this one to raise awareness for child poverty around the world.

Steve J. Ellison – not to be confused with this dude – has a great memory that lets him pull off a unique trick: he can remember the birth year and death year of many famous personalities.

The complete live footage captured from Felix Baumgartner’s death defying balloon flight to over 128,000 feet, and his extraordinary skydive back to Earth. We dare you not to be moved by this.

A documentary about wingsuit flyer Espen Fadnes, whose love for the outdoors led him to the sport. We’ll never get tired of listening to the sound he creates as he speeds to the ground.

Devin Graham filmed the Parabatix team’s Sky Racing competition, where contestants zip around a course while wearing engine-powered paragliders. They’re no Jetman, but these folks are still daring.

We’ve featured a lot of bottle openers, but this man doesn’t need any of those to drink beer. First of all, he drinks from a can and second… just watch. Don’t even think about trying this.

(NSFW: Language) While on recon in Afghanistan, a group of US soldiers were pinned by gunfire. This soldier went into the open so the others could escape. Thankfully he survived. More on YouTube.

A hovering, drone follows climbers as they ascend Pakistan’s mighty 20,623 foot Trango Tower, capturing amazing footage of this challenging mountainous region. Though we wish it was in HD.

Is there any ride that people can’t do stunts in? Watch Kevin Kartchner, Colby Thomas and their friends pull off stunts that will make your shins and crotch cringe. The latest from Devin Supertramp.

Geoff Mackley, Bradley Ambrose and Nathan Berg descended to the lava lake of the Marum volcano in Vanuatu, becoming the first people to ever come this close – about 98ft – to the scorching lake.