FREEDIVING AN AIRPLANE WRECK Photograph by FREDERIC BUYLE The stunning photograph above is from the book One Breath, A Reflection on Freediving. Written by Emma Farrell and photographed by Frederic Buyle, One Breath is an 112-page book with 84 full colour photographs that takes the reader into the world of freediving (i.e.,…
ONE BOAT AND 145 WATER-SKIERS Photograph by MARK SEATON PHOTOGRAPHY 154 water-skiers from around the world gathers in Strahan, Tasmania to attempt to set a new world record. To qualify, the skiers had to stay upright for a full nautical mile. Unfortunately nine of the skiers were unable to complete the full…
Photograph by Nicholas Gray Super Bowl 46 is this Sunday (Giants vs Patriots). What better way to celebrate this most glorious occasion then to feast your eyes on the most ridiculous Super Bowl Snack Stadiums ever created? Below is a collection of thirty snack stadiums that are sure to challenge your New Year’s…
TRAVIS PASTRANA DOES A DOUBLE BACKFLIP Photograph via NITRO CIRCUS ON FACEBOOK This is an incredible action sequence of the mighty Travis Pastrana doing a double-backflip. It was posted on Nitro Circus’s Facebook Page on January 16th, 2012. Since then it has amassed a cool 16,222 Likes, 1,042 comments and 1,608 shares.…
SERENITY NOW Photograph by ZAK NOYLE for SURFER MAGAZINE Sun, water, wave, surf. Oh and a rainbow. This gorgeous photograph by Zak Noyle was the winner of Surfer Magazine’s ‘photo of the year’ and it’s easy to see why. The image was taken with a fisheye lens at Teahupoo in Tahiti. The…
THE ART OF SKI JUMPING Photograph via Alexander Hassenstein/Bongarts/Getty Images A reflection of the Alps mountain “Nordkette” is seen in the ski googles of Anders Bardal of Norway during the training round of the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup event at the 60th Four Hills ski jumping tournament at Bergisel on January…
SUPER MOM! Photograph by MARK GORMUS/TIMES-DISPATCH With an 8-month baby in one hand, a golden glove in the other, super mom Tiffany Goodwin shows the boys how it’s done; catching a foul ball with ease at a home game for the minor league Richmond Flying Squirrels. The photograph was snapped on May…
JUST HANGING OUT Photograph via splitwheel on Reddit Pictured above is the late Dan Osman (February 11, 1963 – November 23, 1998) an American extreme sport practitioner, known for excelling at the dangerous sports of “free-soloing” (rock climbing without ropes or other safety gear); and “rope jumping” (falling several hundred feet from…
THE DEFINITION OF EXTREME Photograph by MICHAELA REHLE/REUTERS Freddy Nock from Switzerland balances on the ropeway of a cable car leading to Germany’s highest mountain, the 9,718-ft. (2,962 m) Zugspitze, near the southern Bavarian resort of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, on Aug. 20, 2011. Nock balanced on the 3,264-ft. (995 m) rope to break his…