When Things Just Work

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Thursday, September 22, 2016

Awesome New Drifting Car Video

Another blockbuster by Ken Block!! This time he found an old abandoned industrial or transportation center. Just look at the splendid tile floors in the opening scene. Very sad that such a grand old place of business is dead..... but Ken Block brought it back to life, for a moment anyway. Can anyone... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, August 18, 2016

When Things Just DON'T Work

This is a cautionary follow-up to the last cheery, upbeat video about amazing tricks on dirt bikes and BMX bikes. This is like "and now you know the REST of the story", as Paul Harvey used to say on his very popular radio feature (for those of you who even remember who Paul Harvey was). This is what... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, August 11, 2016

Dirt Bikes Banned From Olympics... OK, We Will Have Our Own

Motorized sports are banned from the Olympics. However, 2-wheeled sports are more physically demanding than many Olympic sports. Not to mention mentally demanding. The level of balance, eye-hand coordination, timing, and raw courage required in extreme 2-wheel sports is superior to Olympic sports,... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, July 23, 2016

World Record for Flyboard

You are about to witness an amazing event, that I hope you can appreciate. This is a short video about a long struggle, to produce something that will advance our collective human civilization. This man is doing something far more important than most people in the world, including presidents,... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, July 18, 2016

Working it out on my dirt bike

This is not a slick professional video by any means, but it is my video from my dirt bike riding adventure yesterday. I was testing a new camera position, and also testing a replacement carburetor that I put on the bike, to fix some performance problems I was having. It worked out pretty well, but... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, March 5, 2016

Gymkhana 8 in Dubai... of all places... A Muslim Paradox

If you liked the Ken Block video I posted before, you will enjoy this one (the last video in this post). This crew keeps trying to out-do itself. I don't know if they have succeeded..... personally, I think the video in San Francisco is better driving and better tricks. But more significantly, with... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, February 22, 2016

RC Truck VS Dogs

This is more like 'when things just DON'T work', LOL! I just chased a stray cat away from my front yard with my RC truck. It was very uneventful..... the cat quickly and wisely ran away. These dogs, however, went after this guy's truck: This gives me idea. I might take my truck to a public park with... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, February 17, 2016

Little Cars Doing Big Things

I recently got a 1/10 scale radio control truck just like one of these in the video. This is a commercial for Traxxas, but they really are doing some amazing things with these little cars. They are not really so little..... mine is almost 2 feet long. I don't think I will be trying to drive it... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, February 12, 2016

Making It Work in Low-Gravity

The video above was blocked by YOUTUBE, but clever me, I found another one of the same thing that is NOT blocked, at least not yet. We will see how long this one lasts..... This music group, OK Go, is doing very interesting things. This is the second video of theirs that has made the cut here, in... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, February 9, 2016

Kyle Swanson... Making It Work on 2 wheels

This is Kyle, the young man that Krisles told us about. I am very impressed with his talent, humility, and his willingness to fight injury and adversity to follow his dream. He has some sponsors now, according to his website. But when he started racing pro races on the national level, he drove... Sign in to see full entry.

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