Back at the 1999 X Games, the world's most famous skateboarder, Tony Hawk, pulled off the first 900 degree spin on a half pipe - after 10 failed attempts, and outside of the official regulation time.
Since then, he's pulled off the trick of tricks numerous times, even nailing it last year at the ripe old age of 42. Tony Hawk is a hero, basically.
But though there's no doubting his legendary status, he has been shown up a bit recently. Just take a look at this clip of a 12-year-old kid called Tom Schaar pulling off a - you guessed it - 1080.
That's three full revolutions on the board, in mid-air. That's incredible. Of course Master Schaar here is aided by a huge ramp to take him down to the quarter pipe, as well as his small stature and weight.
Still, we don't mean to to the little lad down - he's done something truly amazing and we're incredibly jealous.
]]>Meet Shimon Levi and his feline friends, Sky, Kyla, Lowu and Angie. As you can see from the video above, they like chilling out on top of a zebra-colored car from time to time. So that's nice.
Despite having this video uploaded onto YouTube, Shimon here is pretty shy about who he is and what he does for a living - though we're guessing he's an animal handler. Hell, we hope he's an animal handler.
That, or he's some sort of lion whisperer. And if that is the case, Mr. Levi, fair play to you, because we're seriously damn impressed.
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]]>It's often said that taller basketball players have more difficulty shooting from long range, but tell that to the team who sank a basket from a helicopter hovering 192 feet in the air.
Frankly, this just makes Shaq's free throw problems all the more inexcusable.
NBC's "Today" show reported on the footage, which the hosts said seems authentic because of the multiple angles shown.
Explaining the timing of the epic shot attempt, team member Rob Bliss tweeted, "Check out this world record 192 ft. basketball shot from a helicopter for #MarchMadness!"
While the team claims the shot set a world record, Michigan radio wonders, "where are the Guinness people and their clipboards?"
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Forget what the mainstream media will tell you about national security. In reality, the realest of real threats against our nation is a secret army of female ninja assassins currently being trained in Iran. In case you aren’t sure of what you just read, allow me to reiterate the sobering truth: Iran is in possession of secret, all-women ninja army technology. Why are we still worried about nuclear weapons?
Ninja master Akbar Faraji is in charge of the school in Tehran where the female ninjas receive their training. When asked about the purpose of the training program, Faraji said, “We train women to have strength and ability. We have to do everything in our power to protect our homeland.”
Is it time for America to produce its own elite ninja woman army? There are an estimated 3,500 women in Iran’s ninja corps. Are we prepared to deal with the very real dangers our enemies threaten us with? Obviously, the answer is a resounding “no.” So please, write to your congressman and make sure they are informed about this critical issue.
]]>Best education system? Not so much. Best quality of life? Don't think so. But when it comes to bikini parades, America leads the way.
Australia set the previous Guinness World Record for longest bikini parade last year, with 357 participants. But that comparatively puny number was crushed this month in Panama City, Florida, when 450 participants marched the good ol' US-of-A into its rightful place at the top.
One Panama Beach marcher summed up the significance of the historic event. "This is the most exciting day of my life, tears were coming out of my eyes, I’m so proud of the United States,” said Karly Quinn.
While chanting, "U-S-A! U-S-A," the 450 women walked one mile across Panama City Beach to break the record.
Panama City Beach officials couldn't be more proud of their community's place in history. "We are thrilled to have challenged and broken the record for the World’s Largest Bikini Parade,” said Dan Rowe, president of the Panama City Beach Convention & Visitors Bureau.
]]>Setting a world record is not something to take lying down -- especially when the record is for "human mattress dominoes."
But 850 people in New Orleans were willing to be "pushovers" in order to break the current record, set last year in Belgium.
The rules set by Guinness World Records for breaking the record are fairly stringent: Each person needs to touch the person behind them and there needs to be a consecutive chain of toppling mattresses.
Once the official pushed the first domino, the carefully-placed mattresses all fell in turn until the last fell on a red carpet. However, participants had to remain lying down until the record was confirmed. After that, the participants were allowed to jump for joy on their mattresses.
The record attempt was set up by La Quinta Inn & Suites, who wrangled 850 employees -- one for each hotel owned by the company -- and the mattresses were donated by the Simmons Bedding Company and will reportedly be donated to charity.
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