Weekend Warmup

Trying to do something you saw on the internet always seems like a good idea right up until everything goes terribly wrong, and the paramedics have to scrape you up with a silver spoon. Remember folks, professionals do these things so you don’t have to.

Spencer O’Brien’s Backside 9

Proving the gap between genders is closing, O’Brien becomes the first female snowboarder to land a backside 9 in competition.

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Evolution of the Bicycle

From dandy horse to race machine in just over a minute.

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Bending Jaws

When unusual swells hit an already world-renowned big wave surfing spot, the resulting waves were truly gargantuan.

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Jenson and Fernando: Back to the Race Track

Maclaren F1 drivers Jenson Button and Fernando Alonso see what happens when you take the 650s past 88mph.

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Butter 180 Switch Frontflip

Blink and you’ll miss it; this trick has more combo modifiers than a complicated Starbucks order.

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Excavator Fun

Don’t worry, he’s wearing a ski helmet and some old-timey motorcycle goggles! That’s enough safety gear, right?

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Into the Dirt. Namibia

While it might not be the first name in mountain bike destinations, from the looks of this footage it damn well should be.

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In case you were wondering, the excavator guy was Finnish, not Russian…