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Awesome Stunts

Dirt Bike with Sawblade Wheels

Dirt Bike with Sawblade Wheels

We already know it’s possible to drive a car on a frozen lake using sawblades instead of wheels. The guys from CboysTV attempted the same feat with a dirt bike. To pull off the crazy stunt, they fabricated 100-pound steel sawblade wheels for both a dirt bike and an ATV. The blade wheels work shockingly well, though falling off could be deadly.

Skateboarding Through an Underground Drain Pipe

Skateboarding Through an Underground Drain Pipe

Between the claustrophobia and the potential for nasty things living in it, a drain pipe is one of the last places we’d want to spend time. Daredevil Nicholas Coolridge, aka ModernTarzan threw caution to the wind and skateboarded down a drain pipe on his back for a low-budget thrill. It looked like a pretty clean pipe, but we’d still never do it.

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Bicycle to Unicycle and Back

Bicycle to Unicycle and Back

Iñigo Arroyo is a master of BMX flatland freestyle and a professional circus performer. In this short clip, he shows off a neat stunt where he removes the front wheel of his bicycle while riding, continues to balance on it as a unicycle, and then reattaches the wheel. Watch this longer video for more of Iñigo’s balancing badassery.

Golfing from a Ski Jump

Golfing from a Ski Jump

The How Ridiculous guys returned to the Utah Olympic Park to see what else they could roll down the snow-free ski jump. After an attempt to score some basketball hoops and a bottom-of-the-hill round of dodgeball, they played a little mini golf – first with individual putts, then with a cascade of 2000 balls.

Driving Upside-Down

Driving Upside-Down

We can’t think of a good reason that you’d want to drive your car while upside-down. Still, we’re impressed that someone figured out how to do it. YouTuber Chris Rollins built a custom vehicle that requires its driver to lay face down to drive it. You definitely wouldn’t want to test its ground clearance with your head.

Riding a Bike Down a Ski Slope

Riding a Bike Down a Ski Slope

Athlete Fabio Wibmer headed to the slopes of Kitzbühel, Austria, to take in some winter sports. But his high-speed ride down the challenging course known as The Streif was on two wheels instead of skis. Beyond his brass balls and cycling skills, his only advantage was the studded tires on his bike and a SICK! outfit from Nineyard.

Treadmill on a UTV

Treadmill on a UTV

After betting Travis Pastrana that he could run a mile in under four minutes, Jim York and his pals from Channel 199 came up with a cheat code. They welded a treadmill to the roof of a UTV, powered it with a generator, and then took it for a spin. It looks fairly tame on the pavement, but hanging on while doing an off-road jump looks a bit more sketchy.

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Mercedes G-Wagons Do G-Turns

Mercedes G-Wagons Do G-Turns

Some electric vehicles can turn on a dime thanks to independent electric motors at each wheel. Mercedes-Benz showed off the 2025 Mercedes EQG (aka Electric G-Class) by having four of the SUVs perform the so-called “G-Turn” spin on the Las Vegas strip. While real-world use for a 360º turn is limited to maneuvering in tight spaces, it’s a fun party trick.

Ken Block’s Electrikhana Two

Ken Block’s Electrikhana Two

Ken Block was one of the greatest rally drivers ever. Shortly before his tragic death, Block and team Hoonigan visited Mexico City, where they filmed what would become the final installment of the Electrikhana series. The footage has since been edited and released, bringing us one last ride along with Ken in his AWD electric Audi S1 Hoonitron.

Spinning on a Giant Yo-Yo

Spinning on a Giant Yo-Yo

The latest stunt from Nitro Circus’ Life Size Toys is a real doozy. The team built an 8-foot-tall replica of a Duncan butterfly yo-yo. Then, they strapped a pair of daredevils to its sides and lowered it from a 100-foot crane to make it spin. The dizzying ride would test even the most iron of stomachs.

Wakeskating BASE Jump

Wakeskating BASE Jump

Well, here’s a stunt you don’t see every day. Watch as Red Bull athlete Brian Grubb wakeskates across a Dubai rooftop swimming pool, goes flying off a ramp, then deploys a parachute for an epic BASE jump from 964 feet up. They used a customized drone to pull him across the pool since there was no room for a boat.

Insane Backyard Mountain Bike Park

Insane Backyard Mountain Bike Park

Most backyards are covered with grass or maybe have a patio or a swimming pool. Adolf Silva has a mountain bike park in his yard. MTB rider Sam Pilgrim and his pals Max Fredriksson and Nicholi Rogatkin stopped by Silva’s compound to do some jumps and tricks through this amazing and challenging backyard dirt course.

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Rolling Down a Hill In a Giant Tractor Tire

Rolling Down a Hill In a Giant Tractor Tire

Sitting inside a tire and then rolling it down a hill seems like a really bad idea. That didn’t stop Mikey Leach from doing it anyhow. So he and the guys from Travis Pastrana’s Channel 199 created a three-story high dirt ramp and outfitted a tractor tire with a racing seat and a five-point harness for some degree of safety. Kids, don’t try anything like this at home.

Epic Grindshoe Rail Grind

Epic Grindshoe Rail Grind

Pulling off a rail grind can be tricky. We learned that playing the Tony Hawk Pro Skater and Jet Set Radio games. Athlete Eugen Enin did one of the longest rail grinds we’ve seen – only not on a skateboard or inline skates, but wearing some slippery-soled Epic grindshoes on a curvy section of railing. And then there’s this.

Fire Mario IRL

Fire Mario IRL

Sushi Ramen likes to do dumb things in pursuit of YouTube views. This time, he wanted to recreate Mario’s fire-throwing abilities in real life. All he needed was a furnace, a crucible filled with 1800ºC molten iron, a fire suit, and a fireproof room to pull off the stunt. The fiery goodness starts around the 12:20 mark. Here’s the Japanese subtitled version.

How to Ride a Bike Down Stairs

How to Ride a Bike Down Stairs

When approaching a staircase with your bicycle, it’s best to dismount and walk it down. That is unless you know what you’re doing like freestyle cyclist Fabio Wibmer, who makes it look easy. And he did it backward while balancing on the front wheel. Or, you could just skip over the entire staircase.

Jean-Baptiste Chandelier: No Way!

Jean-Baptiste Chandelier: No Way!

Jean-Baptiste Chandelier and a very skilled camera crew take us on a wild ride through the mountains, as the paragliding pro flies over moving cars, chases down motorcycle riders, bicyclists, and skateboarders, and gives the cops a run for their money. The accompanying track is Ca Plane Pour Moi by Plastic Bertrand.

Riding a Bike Down Too Many Stairs

Riding a Bike Down Too Many Stairs

(PG-13: Language) It’s really not a good idea to ride a bike down any number of stairs, but that won’t stop someone like daredevil cyclist Adam Hayward. In this POV clip, he takes us on a ride down a seemingly endless flight of snow-covered steps giggling and giving his body the ultimate shake test all the way down.

Trying to Break the Parallel Parking Record

Trying to Break the Parallel Parking Record

Before making this video, the world record for the tightest parallel parking was just 8 cm (3.15 in), and a professional stunt driver did that. Overdrive hosts Will, Callum, and Scott attempted to break the record by squeezing into a smaller and smaller parking space using handbrake turns. Can one of them get it done?

BMX Tricks in the Sky

BMX Tricks in the Sky

BMX rider Kriss Kyle proves he has balls of steel by performing a series of tricks while 2100 feet in the air. The Red Bull-sponsored stunt features a custom-fabricated mini bike park that hangs from the bottom of a hot air balloon. We can’t believe he did the part where he balances on the outer rail. Catch the behind-the-scenes film here.

Paul Swift Stunt Driving Showreel

Paul Swift Stunt Driving Showreel

Stunt driver Paul Swift and his precision driving team have performed in numerous movies, TV shows, commercials, and live shows. This showreel compiles some of their many amazing stunts, including Audis dancing in a swimming pool, a Ford Raptor jumping from an airplane, and cars balancing on two wheels.

Landing an Airplane on Top of a Skyscraper

Landing an Airplane on Top of a Skyscraper

We’ve seen an airplane land on a ridiculously short runway before, but never like this. Red Bull Poland stunt pilot Lukasz Czepiela landed his lightweight, single-engine plane on a 93-foot-long helipad atop the Burj Al Arab Jumeirah, a 56-story-tall hotel in Dubai. Then he took back off.

Extreme Penny-Farthing Bike Riding

Extreme Penny-Farthing Bike Riding

Freestyle mountain bike rider Sam Pilgrim got his hands on an old-timey penny-farthing bike with a huge 32″ front wheel. But instead of riding it over to the neighborhood thrift store, he hit a sketchy downhill trail and a BMX track on the two-wheeler. That fixed hub for pedaling looks like quite the workout.

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