AWESOMECON » sports http://www.awesomecon.com/blog 'cause the web is f#&%ing awesome! Fri, 15 Oct 2010 16:15:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 No f—ing way… http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/2010/10/no-f-ing-way/ http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/2010/10/no-f-ing-way/#comments Fri, 15 Oct 2010 16:15:36 +0000 james http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/?p=574

Jeb Corliss wing-suit demo from Jeb Corliss on Vimeo.

Wing suits enthusiast are crazy. ’nuff said.

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TshFWSsrn8

Ken Block, who is a WRC driver, skateboarder, snowboard and co-founder and CBO (Chief Brand Officer) of DC Shoes; just put out a new video.  In this vid he is doing another redonkulous Gymkhana rally.  Gymkhana is:

Is an automotive sport that takes place in a parking lot, an abandoned airport, an international shipping port or an epic 86-year old European track that requires drivers to skillfully maneuver the cars around a series of cones, slaloms, turns, figure eights and possibly a 51-degree bank using extreme acceleration, braking and drifting.

Similar to “autocross”, Gymkhana courses are often complex, and memorizing the course is a significant part of this type of motorsport.

As always… watch this thing fullscreen at 1080p.  It is damn impressive…

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTDNLUzjkpg

’cause if it is then I need to get one of these bad boys!

[via @aaronpedersen]

]]> http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/2009/11/is-it-winter-yet/feed/ 0 Prank Wars: part 7 http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/2009/07/prank-wars-part-7/ http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/2009/07/prank-wars-part-7/#comments Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:56:39 +0000 james http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/?p=532 I haven’t really been following the internet meme “Prank Wars” by a few of the members over at College Humor, but I recall catching bits and pieces of the pranks.  Here is the most recent one pulled on Amir. After seeing the last one Amir pulled I have no sympathy for him and feel this was well deserved.  Pretty damn impressive setup if you ask me…

The only way this is going to end is with one of the pranks ending in death, I think.

[via @joestump]

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Jordy Smith pulls off an amazing rodeo flip by using the lip of the wave. Just amazing to watch…

[via @hookjaw]

]]> http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/2009/06/surfing-rodeo-flip/feed/ 0 Danny MacAskill Can Kinda Ride a Bike http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/2009/04/danny-macaskill-can-kinda-ride-a-bike/ http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/2009/04/danny-macaskill-can-kinda-ride-a-bike/#comments Sat, 25 Apr 2009 17:24:16 +0000 niki http://www.awesomecon.com/blog/?p=401 Here’s a video of Danny MacAskill absolutely tearing it up in an amazing display of street trials riding. Danny, an Inspired Bicycles-sponsored rider, cuts the tightest, most insane lines I’ve ever seen. Physics is his bitch.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z19zFlPah-o

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