At 168 ft and 7 inches, Verrückt (German for ‘insane’) is the world’s tallest waterslide. Set to open this month at Kansas City’s Schlitterbahn Waterpark, riders will have to climb 264 steps to reach the top of this 17-story behemoth. Four-person rafts will reach speeds in excess of 60 mph before ascending a second…
This is what the inside of a fireworks show looks like! Jos Stiglingh attached a GoPro to a DJI Phantom 2 quadcopter and flew it through a fireworks show in West Palm Beach, Florida. His quadcopter emerged unscathed and he was able to capture some incredible footage. Music is Con te partirò by Andrea…
So intense! Unreal footage takes you inside the middle of a peloton during the sprint finish on stage 5 of the Tour de Suisse. For those unfamiliar, a peloton (from French, meaning little ball or platoon) is the main group of riders in a road bicycle race. Riders in a group save energy by…
Well this certainly isn’t your typical ‘extreme sports’ GoPro video. If you’ve ever wondered what the inside of a dishwasher looks like during a rinse cycle, your calls have been answered! It took YouTube user Bito three attempts to nail this footage. He says the biggest challenges were heat, battery time and lighting. The…
Ten month old Rasmus Futtrup wore a customized helmet/GoPro mount during an afternoon swing session. Good times were had, drool was drooled and everyone’s day is now a little brighter 🙂 Thanks Rasmus! Music is “Feeling Quite Large” by Insightful
In a once-in-a-lifetime journey that lasted 600 days, Alex Chacon rode a motorcycle through 36 countries, logging an insane 202,690 km in the process. Equipped with a GoPro, Alex took a 360 panorama of everywhere he went, editing the footage into one amazing video that will cause wanderlust for many. You can find hundreds…
Photographer Blair Bunting got to take a ride in an F16 with the Thunderbirds, the air demonstration squadron of the US Air Force. The views are great and it’s interesting to see how he handles the g-force when the pilot does his acrobatic manoeuvres.
At 829.8 meters (2,722 ft), the Burj Khalifa is the tallest man-made structure in the world. Vince Reffet and Fred Fugen broke a new World Record by BASE jumping from above the pinnacle by way of a custom-built platform constructed at the very top of the structure. The jump, sponsored by Skydive Dubai, was…
Pairing GoPro’s with quadcopter drones is starting to really take off and the results are changing the way we experience and document events. Take this fireworks show, this is the closest you’ll ever get to live fireworks! For those curious, the song is: Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) by Arcade Fire.
At the Suzuki Nine Knights event in Livigno, Italy, Jesper Tjäder (SWE) double backflipped a 55 metre transfer over a halfpipe. Jesper of course was wearing a GoPro and other camera operators were on hand to capture the gnarly trick. The progression of freestyle skiing has been a pleasure to watch!
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