Awesome Stunts

Preparing for a New Years Eve stunt, Levi LaVallee jumped 361 feet on his snowmobile. Sadly, Levi was injured on a later run, and won’t be doing the stunt – but he still broke the record during practice.

They have JetSkis in the summer, so why not JetSleds in the winter? These maniacs tied their sleds to skitch behind a Swedish fighter jet. They left out the part where the jet takes off.

For some reason, the combination in Peter Miller’s Canon Rebel T2i video of spirited motocross skills, the evocative music of Sigur Rós and the season’s luminous light has us really mesmerized right now.

Every two years, thousands gather in Tarragona, Spain for a challenge of strength and balance. The objective: build the tallest human castle possible. The collapses are as spectacular as the triumphs.

If you thought the whole William Tell shooting-an-apple-off-your-head thing seemed dangerous, check out Freddie Wong’s watermelon helmet vs. .50 caliber rifle. Do not try this at home. Ever.

Whether you love or hate wrestling, your mind will be blown by this over-the-top series of acrobatics performed by a Luchador during a visit to the ring. We don’t care if it’s fake – it’s awesome.

If you thought unicycling was a dorky pursuit, watch this video featuring the amazing Max Schulze pulling off the most extreme unicycle stunts we’ve ever seen, and you’ll quickly change your mind.

The guys at 3RUN do martial arts, parkour, free running and acrobatic stunts for film, tv and com. They’ll blow your mind with this compilation of some of their incredible moves.

We’ll start out by saying that we don’t recommend that you try this at home. We suggest you leave surfing on the top of moving trains to daredevils lunatics like this guy, who goes by the name “537.”

We’re not sure if the skateboarders in Garth Davis’ incredible short film for Burn are actually on fire, or if it’s just the most amazing CGI we’ve seen. Either way, our minds are boggled.

Stunt duo Sam Hargrave and Monique Ganderton end up kicking the crap out of each other over a simple argument over snack food. We suppose wars have started over less, though.

This moped rider not only hit the highway at 85 mph – without a helmet, he does it lying down, with his face towards the ground. We’re amazed the stunt ended without tragedy.

Streetbike Freestyle champion and trick hero Nick Apex presents Shinsuke Kinoshita, his Empire teammate from Kobe, Japan, in this video, who busts out with some pretty cool moves.

Russian FMX bike rider Alexey Kolesnikov undertook this incredible stunt for Red Bull, pulling off multiple jumps over an 8.5 ton Kamaz truck as it jumped its own 39-foot gap beneath the bike.

You have to be really daring, or really stupid to inline skate jump off of the Eiffel Tower, but that’s exactly what Taïg Khris did this weekend, setting a new world record with this 40-meter jump.

In this new Mythbusters-esque show on Spike, professional stuntmen and scientists risk their lives to replicate accidents to try and figure out what actually happened. The pilot airs Tuesday 4/27.

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.