Check out this actually insane GoPro footage of Rush Sturges taking an icy drop down the 70 ft. Outlet Falls in Washington.
Category: Videos
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Kelly Slater’s Ridiculous 720
Age simply doesn’t seem to impact Kelly Slater’s surfing capabilities at all. Last month, the 42 year old surfing legend was in Portugal, where he hit the waves during some free time at a competition. All we can say is that we’re glad someone had a camera on.
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Dean Potter Performs the First Ever BASEline
Today, extreme athlete Dean Potter posted a photo on his Instagram feed of the first ever BASEline. He balanced, with his arms spread, across thin webbing, suspended above a deep canyon. While most would do everything in their power to stay on the line, clinging for dear life, Dean Potter was there to jump off.
Dean Potter performed the first BASEline. BASElining, like it sounds, is a combination of BASE jumping and slacklining. Potter teetered across a line of webbing, wearing only his parachute pack and a pair of pants before diving into the air.
Photo from Dean Potter’s Instagram, by Jim Hurst The feat was part of the promotion and research for Steven Kotler’s new book the Rise of Superman. The book examines the point of consciousness that all extreme athletes share. “How did they do it?,” the book’s website reads. “In a word, ‘flow.’ Flow is the source code of ultimate human performance. It is a rare and radical state of consciousness where action and awareness merge, self vanishes, time slows down and major aspects of physical and mental performance skyrocket.”
With his Flow Genome Project, Kotler works to explore how this mental state allows rock climbers, snowboarders, surfers and other extreme athletes to make split-second decisions and push their bodies to the their limits.
The book goes out on March 4, 2013, but you can watch the trailer here:
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Jeb Corliss, L’Impossible
“If you think something can’t be done. There you go…it can’t be done.” Jeb Corliss claims that he’s not superhuman, that he’s like everybody else. I’m not so sure I agree.
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Flatland BMX in Melbourne, Australia
Filmed at historic Luna Park in Melbourne, Australia, this clip features the sport of flatland BMX. Another one from INFINITYLIST Productions.
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Skeleton, a Head First View
Skeleton riders launch down ice tubes at speeds of more than 80 mph/130 kph…head first. This is what a skeleton run looks like from the rider’s point of view. Wow.
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Dean Potter’s Ultimate BASE Jump
Dean Potter, adrenaline guru, leaps off the North Face of the Eiger in a wingsuit. No big deal.
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6-Stair Backflip, on a Skateboard
Not the best quality clip, but certainly one of the best quality skateboarding tricks we’ve seen here over at Nerve Rush. Kudos to you, sir.
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The Racer’s Group Finale
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Le Mans, a 24-hour automobile race and one of the world’s oldest. Now, an American version. A “10 hours or 1,000 miles, whatever comes first” race. Great cinematography.
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BASE Jumping Tombstone in Moab, Utah
BASE jumping, from an amateur’s point of view. Can you imagine, you’re out there on a biking trip and stumble upon a group of BASE jumpers?