A whopping title, but a whopping video. Jetman Yves Rossy soars across the Swiss Alps, boasting is own tailor-made jet pack. Leaping from a helicopter and performing a series of aerial acrobatics, Rossy joined two fighter jet planes in synchronized flight.
In the past, Rossy has also flown the English Channel and looped around a hot-air balloon.
Nerve Rush HQ salutes you, sir.
Attempting to ride in a place where nobody has is exhilarating and scary.
Every movement is critical.
Knowing that one small mistake can literally be fatal.
With helicopters hovering delicately above, Darren Berrecloth, professional mountain bike freerider, tackles Cameron, Arizona. No other mountain biker has ridden the kind of line he sought out.
This video is part of a four-part series via Degree Men on select adventure sport athletes including snowboarder Travis Rice, base jumper Miles Daisher, mountain biker Darren Berrecloth and adventurer Bear Grylls.
As both fans and competitors gear up for the 2012 Olympic Games, we are country-first. However, for three female mountain bikers, this year’s participation goes beyond the flags on their sleeves.
Instead, it will be about leveraging their collective strengths and determination to achieve greatness.
In 2008, LUNA Chix Pro Team riders Georgia Gould for the U.S.A, Catharine Pendrel for Canada, and Katerina Nash for the Czech Republic, competed for the Gold in Beijing. Catherine, the current world champion in cross country mountain biking, finished 4th at the Olympics (by 9 seconds); Georgia, the reigning U.S.A. cross country champion finished 8th; and Katerina, a three time Olympian, did not qualify. They have come together as team members with a renewed sense of purpose that they hope will push them to new heights in London this summer.
As this video highlights, they are ready for the quick and challenging course that awaits them. Even more so, they are excited to compete on behalf of the longest running, most successful, single-sponsor female team in the history of the professional sport. Sponsored by LUNA®, The Whole Nutrition Bar for Women®, the goal of the LUNA Chix Pro Team is to inspire and motivate women from diverse backgrounds to mountain bike together. In addition to that goal, the team works closely with the Breast Cancer Fund to raise awareness on the environmental causes of breast cancer (the team will wear the Breast Cancer Fund logo on their uniforms). For Georgia, Catherine, and Katerina, these factors help push them through the finish line.
[via Tom Channickat]
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Anthony Grosso sent us this video of his Parkour crew, kicking it in at Hillcrest Park in Fullerton, California on April 14th 2012. From the looks of it, their group, Movement 4 Life, is trying to open up a Parkour gym of their own. Parkour training, anyone? After watching this video…sign me up.
via AnthonyGrosso
Want to win a year’s supply of CLIF Bars?
CLIF Bar is running a Meet the Moment program to invite outdoor enthusiasts like yourselve
s to share photographs and experiences from the kind of gut-wrenching adventures you embark on. Through user interaction with their site, CLIF Bar will donate up to $100,000 to five non-profits dedicated to protecting the outdoors. For each uploaded Moment, CLIF Bar will donate $5 on the user’s behalf to their selected non-profit partner. Partners include:
• Access Fund
• International Mountain Bicycling Association
• Leave No Trace
• Surfrider Foundation
• Winter Wildlands Alliance
An additional $1 will be awarded every time the Moment is shared via a social networking site. Even cooler, a grand prize winner will be selected from the Top 25 most shared/liked Moments, and he or she will receive another $10,000 for a non-profit – and a year’s supply of CLIF Bars.
People are invited to upload their Moment at www.MeettheMoment.com. Each Moment will include a photo and caption describing it. Once submitted, the Moment will be posted to an interactive photo gallery where people will be able to learn the stories behind them, with the goal of inspiring more outdoor adventures.
What do you get when you take 10 Russian models, a Lamborghini, the middle of the desert and surfer Dion Agius, riding the some of the largest man-made waves in world history?
This epic conceptual film, that’s what.
via Grind TV and @SteveKamb
In April, we wrote briefly of an AT&T contest that called for an adventure filmmaker to hang out with and film Paul Rodriguez, a professional skateboarder. Fast-forward a few months, the winner has been chosen and the video above is a result of winner Andrew Lovgren’s hard and creative work. Shot in southern California.
Shot on location throughout Alberta, Canada, this promotional video shows off beautiful Alberta. Didn’t know much about Alberta before watching this video, but now thinking it’s worth a trip. Apparently this is one of many promotional commercials. Time to wade through the rest.
Ladies and gentlemen, meet the Seattle BASE Clan, a group of BASE jumpers out of Seattle, Washington. They’ve got some gnarly videos over on their Facebook page. This one features jumps in Twin Falls, California and Moab.
Show them some love!
[Submitted by W. Hayes Holman]
Based out of Bali, Nerve Rush reader Trevor is an avid Freediver (underwater diving without scuba gear), and GoPro enthusiast. After shooting this on his GoPro Surf, he sent it in and we just had to post it. This goes great along with his Freediving guide, so if you’ve wanted to get started in freediving, there’s never been a better time than now.