Riding a Dirt Bike on a Wave

Ryan Nance August 2, 2015

Robbie Maddison partnered for 2 years with DC Shoes to come up with this stunt.

Long Exposure of Lighted Wakeboards at Night from Red Bull

Ryan Nance April 9, 2015

The boundaries dividing sport and art are blurred in this collaboration between Red Bull and Snap! Orlando. Mike Dowdy, Adam Errington, and Dallas Friday strap lights to their wakeboards and join with light painter, Patrick Rochon, in an effort to capture the inherent emotion and creativity of athleticism.

Patrick Rochon shot the Red Bull Riders doing some amazing wakeboarding on boards outfitted with amazing LCD lighting at the Orlando Watersports Complex.

via Red Bull

Death Defying Riders in India's Well of Death

Ryan Nance October 10, 2013

Mercury music prize nominees Django Django became obsessed by the infamous Indian Well of Death riders in Allahabad. So, naturally, they asked Noisey if we'd be up for travelling over to India and standing right in the middle of large lumps of precariously speeding metal for a day, to film a video for their track "Wor". We happily obliged, getting our shoes stolen in the process, but it was worth it to meet a bunch of guys with the most rock solid testicles we've ever come across. Buy the Album: http://smarturl.it/DjangoDjango Django Django - "Wor" (p) and (c) 2012 Because Music Directed by Jim Demuth, based on an original concept by Vincent Neff. Exec Producer Jane Third Supervising Producer Alex Hoffman Producer Posy Dixon Director Jim Demuth Editor Iain Pettifer Associate Producer Ruchi Bhimani Colourist Chris Rodgers (Splice Post Production) Production Manager Bree Horn Production Coordinator Zoey Roberts Thanks! http://www.djangodjango.co.uk http://www.becausemusic.co.uk Selected for Mountain Film Festival - http://www.mountainfilm.org/film/django-django-wor http://stereogum.com/1296501/the-5-best-videos-of-the-week-74/news/ http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/djano-djangos-video-for-wor-is-a-dangerously-high-speed-treat http://www.spin.com/articles/django-django-wor-video-motorcycles-watch/ https://vimeo.com/channels/staffpicks/66585349 http://www.promonews.tv/news/2013/09/04/django-djangos-wor-video-wins-2013-aim-awards

Riders in Allahabad’s Well of Death put on a dangerous show (for both them and the audience)by driving cars and motorcycles inside a wooden and metal cylinder 25 feet high and 30 feet across.

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14ft StoopidTallBike from CicLAvia

Ryan Nance April 26, 2013

Music: "Contact High" - Architecture in Helsinki (misspelt in video, DAMN) "Amoebaz" - RUNE! (aka Swoon) LA BIKE CULT ~*Los Angelopes*~ https://vimeo.com/33673595 -------- INFO --------- What an awesome adventure!! Thanks for all the support and all those beautiful smiles. CicLAvia 2013 - Los Angeles, CA http://www.ciclavia.org/ 14.5ft at the Seat Built in 12 work hours One Huffy beach cruiser, 2" square tubing, 3/4" round tubing, and 1" round tubing 26" single speed coaster brake wheelset 6 1/2 single speed bicycle chains (32.5ft of chain) To bend the pipe i used an upside down shopping cart and a split log. Ghetto, i know, but hey - IT WORKS. My last tallbike was just under 10ft tall at the seat and you can see us featured in 30 Seconds to Mars' music video, "Kings and Queens" - http://youtu.be/hTMrlHHVx8A STOOPIDTALL, is the inbetween from that one (Kafourki) and the world record tallest bike that i'll be building later this year. THANKS: Thank you to all the Angelopes who guided STOOPIDTALL through the sea of fellow cyclists! Thanks to all the photographers and videographers who documented STOOPIDTALL's Maiden Voyage! And SUPER Thanks to LAPD and the other Traffic Enforcement officers that allowed us passage to brightening people day. Much love, Richie What's Next? STOOPIDTALL will be featured in ZEN DOG, an indie film shooting in JULY - zendogmovie.com and facebook.com/zendogmovie Articles: http://la.streetsblog.org/2013/04/23/king-of-ciclavia-richie-trimbles-14-5-ft-tall-bike/ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/23/stoopid-tall-bike-is-the-t_n_3140088.html?1366740098 http://blog.halbergman.com/2013/04/22/stoopidtall-the-tallest-bicycle-in-los-angeles.html FOOTAGE COPYRIGHT © RICHIE TRIMBLE 2013

Last weekend's CicLAvia 2013 in Los Angeles, CA saw this enormous bike, called StoopidTallBike. Indeed.

Richie Trimble explains his work:

14.5ft at the Seat
Built in 12 work hours
One Huffy beach cruiser, 2" square tubing, 3/4" round tubing, and 1" round tubing
26" single speed coaster brake wheelset
6 1/2 single speed bicycle chains (32.5ft of chain)

Music is "Contact High" by Architecture in Helsinki

Wingsuit Flyer Flies Through A Hole In A Rock Wall

Ryan Nance April 17, 2013

Wingsuit / BASE-jump athlete Alexander Polli does the never before done-a tactical flight through a narrow cave on a rugged mountainside. The flight starts with a jump from a hovering helicopter, Alexander reaches speeds of 250 km/h (155 mph) while following a precise trajectory leading to the cave opening, he then fully commits and flies directly through the narrow opening of the "Batman Cave!"

The project page describes this crazy-stupid-amazing-daring video as:

Wingsuit / BASE-jump athlete Alexander Polli does the never before done—a tactical flight through a narrow cave on a rugged mountainside. The flight starts with a jump from a hovering helicopter, Alexander reaches speeds of 250 km/h (155 mph) while following a precise trajectory leading to the cave opening, he then fully commits and flies directly through the narrow opening of the "Batman Cave!"

Action Sports Photographer On Capturing Some Extreme Kayakers

Ryan Nance April 7, 2013

Tim Kemple's photography is about authenticity, rawness, passion and place. He doesn't take vacations. He pushes himself and his kit to the limits. Tim explains the lengths he went to on a recent shoot with some of the world's best kayakers in Mexico.

Tim Kemple a renowned action-sports photographer created this video documenting one of his trips to Mexico where he photographed some of the most talented kayakers in the world. He uses the Phase One, 645DF+ with an IQ180 digital back and 28mm lens at a shutter speed of 1/1600th.

My friends would say I like to tinker. Impossible flash syncs, complicated rope work, and razor thin focus planes. The athletes push the limits of their bodies and equipment. I do the same.

via PetaPixel

4 - JOHN COOPER WORKS MINI BACKFLIPS

Ryan Nance February 22, 2013

Guerlain Chicherit makes a bold and complete John Cooper Works leap of faith, this time in the frigid snowscape of Tignes, France. - Agency: Gravi-T Produced by La Main Productions x PVS Company Directed by Jean-Francois Tatin Music: Sebastien Galiana

Guerlain Chicherit does a backflip in a John Cooper Works MINI as a promo for Monster Energy Drink. Crazy.