Awesome Pov

The crazy free-climbing duo On the Roofs shared their latest video – a view from the very top of the 1,094ft. Shimao International Plaza in Shanghai, China. We nearly peed ourselves when they got to the lightning rod.

Extreme athlete Graham Dickinson shared his recent wingsuit flight from France’s Le Brévent mountain not to show off, but to point out the skill of his buddy Dario Zanon, who shot this video and kept up with Graham the whole way.

The Red Bull Hardline is a treacherous downhill mountain bike run in the hills of Wales. This year’s course is so hard that designer Dan Atherton and several other pros got injured while attempting it. Here’s Dan’s brother Gee on a practice run. Contest results here.

BMX rider Nigel Sylvester takes us on a breakneck ride through New York City, offering an enveloping first-person perspective of the Big Apple. The audio mix is just as impressive as the visuals. And yes, that was Jackie Cruz from Orange Is the New Black. (Thanks, Flex!)

(PG-13 Language, Gore) We’re not expecting nuanced performances or depth of plot, but the non-stop video game style action and violence in the entirely first-person shot Hardcore looks like it grabs you by the balls and doesn’t let go (Thanks Zootor!)

YouTuber XeteraCX pokes fun at GoPro’s slogan and the staple action POV song Sail by showing two people who got punished hard for being reckless. Fortunately both men lived through their painful lessons.

Team Xhover pilot Kevin Dougherty aka StingersSwarm shows off his ace flying skills by zigging and zagging his quadcopter through a livery stable. We’d love to see quadcopter racers recreate the Battle of Yavin.

Downhill longboarder Zak Maytum takes to a steep stretch of highway in Colorado. We’re not sure if we’re more impressed with his facemelting near-70mph speeds, or the fact that he managed to stay on the board for the entire run.

Blood & Iron principal instructor Lee Smith has an exciting saber duel against The Phoenix Society of Historical Swordsmanship’s principal instructor Richard Marsden. YouTuber Skallagrim’s slow mo replays are much appreciated.

While travelers curse the airport’s overpriced coffee and slow Internet, their luggage goes on a thrilling roller coaster ride. Here’s an inside look at the baggage handling system of Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport.

Canyoning expert Laso Schaller set a world record for a cliff jump when he leapt off a ~194ft. high cliff in Switzerland. His target landing area was aerated for safety, but he actually missed that spot. Thankfully he came out okay.

(PG-13 Language) Realm Pictures set up a live-action zombie FPS and then let anonymous people on Chatroulette and other chat programs control their actions. It’s the evolution of text-based games. Behind the scenes here.

We’ve seen that it’s possible to make mundane activities look exciting with the help of a GoPro and clever editing. But just how low can we go? YouTuber Matt Dyson shows us in this quintessential bro video.

Harrowing and immersive video captured by San Bernardino County firefighters as they fought their way through a blaze which damaged two homes in Victorville, California. Their efforts paid off in limiting the spread to more homes.

You’ll need to use Chrome, the YouTube mobile app, or Kolor to view this 360º video from GoPro’s spherical rig, but it’s worth the effort. After all, how often do you get to ride on the back of a Triple Crown winning race horse?

Action Park employee Maria Bitko tries the water park’s nearly 2,000 foot-long slide. It will take you over a minute to reach the bottom, enough time to hypothesize where that gross brown stain came from.