Awesome Stunts

Watch in awe as freestyle motocross rider Petr Pilat heads straight for pilot Kirby Chambliss’ stunt flyer, repeatedly jumping over the plane as it comes just feet from the ground.

We return once again to Moab, Utah, but instead of using R/C planes, Devin Graham captured flying humans, strapped to a huge rock formation and using it as a pivot point (Thanks, Everyone!)

People in Motion was shot in San Diego, Seattle, and at Burning Man, and captures some of the most talented free runners in the country and unique motion control technology. (Thanks Colin!)

Sure, we’ve witnessed plenty of awesome bike stunts, but they’re always using proper street trial bikes. Here, rider Mickael Dupont proves that skills always trump equipment.

Sure, this record was set all the way back in 1996 (and the video quality looks like its from 1986), but we’re still impressed with Sam Tartamella’s epic 2,255 foot-long skateboarding handstand.

Watch in awe as Daniel Sandoval spins his bike into the “world’s first” 720-degree double tailwhip at FISE Costa Rica. Thought it looks to us like this guy might have beaten this feat a couple of years back.

Watch as Shaolin Monk Si Xingsong demonstrates mental and physical strength, balance, and brass balls as he puts his entire body weight on his index fingers – without snapping them in half.

We’ll start out by saying we think the guys doing this stunt are idiots. But that doesn’t make the visual of a guy tubing behind a car at highway speeds isn’t cool to watch. Never, ever try this.

An astounding 145 waterskiers connect up to a massive towing rig in Tasmania’s Macquarie Harbour and into the record books. Excuse the cheesy pop tune on this otherwise awesome video.

Here’s a little lesson in what showmanship is really all about courtesy of legendary entertainer Larry Griswold. Watch as he wows Old Blue Eyes himself and try to not to gasp too loudly.

Voted “most likely to break his neck” in his yearbook, watch as Darren Taylor dives from a height of 36ft, 3in into a kiddie pool just 11.8in deep. The things people will do to break a record.

The guys from SPEED give us an eyeful with an old MG being blown to smithereens at a glorious 1,000 FPS. It’s all part of their Stuntbusters series, which is like, you guessed it, Mythbusters for car stunts.

While his video doesn’t have the polish of say, Danny Macaskill’s, we’re still impressed with the bike balancing skills (and patriotism) of biker John Webster as he auditions for Canada’s Got Talent.

(NSFW: Language) Questionable musical lyrics aside, we’re loving the sweet grabs and landings that abound here in this inspired snowy video featuring freeskiing talent Tom Wallisch.

You have to hand it to YouTuber 87mcmahan87 for having the cojones to go riding his dirt bike on these skinny, snow-covered ridges. It might not be as high up as it looks, but we still couldn’t do it.

File under made-for-the-internet/schadenfreude idiocy alert: this guy trying to do a slick Batman hang off of the fireplace mantel definitely looks more like a joker to us. (Thanks mrrockzstar!)

We’re not sure which part of the Werth Brothers’ stunt is more crazy: the guy flying the airplane upside-down inches from the ground, or the guy on the motorcycle trying to grab onto its rudder.

While this “prank” is clearly a staged bit, there’s just something too rewarding about a car being dissected by a giant axe to not share it. Though we think the Mythbusters did it with more style.

Travis Pastrana and the rest of Nitro Circus take their Jackass-with-vehicles antics to the big screen – and in 3D, naturally. We’re sick of the Angry Birds gimmick, but the other tricks are enticing.

Jean Yves Blondeau straps a rollerblade covered suit onto his body, lays down on the pavement and speeds down some of the most dangerous hills and roads in the world. Think wingsuit, but on land.

(NSFW: Language) While you might be able to pull one off playing Shaun White Snowboarding, we’re much more impressed by snowboarder Billy Morgan’s real world Triple Heelside Rodeo flip.

Skateboarder Rob Drydek nails an incredible stunt, landing with all four wheels on the ground after a death-defying flip through the air, using a Chevy Sonic as his skateboard.

We’re not talking the Nic Cage on fire type here, rather the invisible kind – driving this moped as it pulls a skater down the road. Or is the skater controlling the bike? – an equally impressive feat.