CANNONBALL! Photograph by ROMINA AMATO / RED BULL Third-placed Alain Kohl of Luxembourg dives from the 27.5 metre-high (90.2 feet) platform at the fourth stop on of the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series. (June 19, 2011) And these guys aren’t just diving, they’re pulling off an insane amount of flips and…
Lake Front in Chicago – Matt Wilhelm | Photograph by FAT TONY My friend Fat Tony recently sent me this fantastic collection of flatland BMX photographs he took. As the online editor of the world’s leading BMX web site, ridebmx.com, Fat Tony is no stranger to the BMX community. Check out these 21 photographs…
Photograph by FACE LEVEL INDUSTRIES I spent this past weekend compiling the best wingsuit clips I could find on YouTube and putting all of them into one sweet vid 🙂 There are some amazing talents in this video, including Jeb Corliss, Jokke Summer and Espin Fadnes. For the uninitiated, Wingsuit flying is the sport…
THE WAVE RIDER Photograph by SHALOM JACOBOVITZ Awesome capture by Shalom Jacobovitz from the 2010 Mavericks Surf Contest. What a rush that must be! via Wikimedia Commons
DIAMOND IN THE SKY Photograph by GUSTAVO CABANA An incredible capture of 81 skydivers in a ‘canopy formation’. The dive occurred on November 25th, 2006 and was planned by a group called CF World Record 2005. Jumpers dropped in from an altitude of 24,000 feet, descending at an incredible 1,000 feet per…
FREE AS A BIRD Photograph by MIKEY SCHAEFER Free-climber (i.e., no ropes) Dean Potter is beautifully captured, scaling a route on Glacier Point called Heaven in Yosemite National Park. An incredible shot by Mikey Schaefer that gives the Sifter goosebumps just looking at it. *shudder* It also conjures up memories of the…
THE SKY WALKER Photograph by photo61guy Photographer’s Description: Climbing partner at 17,000′ on Denali carrying his skis down to around 16,200′ where he will be able to ski down the rest of the way to base camp at 7200′. Taken on 6/11/07. via photo61guy on Flickr
VINTAGE DAREDEVILS Photograph via Museum Syndicate Vintage awesomeness from 1925, above Los Angeles, California in the United States. In this epic match, Gladys Roy plays Ivan Unger (member of the “Flying Black Hats”), with Frank Tomac as the pilot, keeping the plane at a steady 3,000 ft. Museum Syndicate via Arkarthick…
FLOAT LIKE A PUNCHING BAG Photograph by Jon David Photograph by Dwayne Oyler Photograph by Dwayne Oyler Made from 1,300 punching bags, 6.5 miles (10.46 km) of stainless steel cable, and 2,500 pounds (1,134kg) of aluminum pipe, this 22-foot high (6.7 m) art installation of the legendary Muhammad Ali can be spotted at…
WHEEEEEEE! Photographer Unknown That is none other than superstar racecar driver Kimmi ‘Iceman’ Raikkonen having the time of his life. The planes are flying above the F1 Australian Grand Prix track at Albert Park in Melbourne. Raikkonen, who won the 2007 Formula One World Drivers’ Championship currently competes in the World Rally Championship…
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