Clips of Awesome
Won Over By Reality
By Tim Bayer
BRIGHTON New York—(Weekly Hubris)—5/27/2013—Last Monday, my weekly column comprised a well-choreographed, smartly-written, beautifully acted (well, you can’t top Leonard Nimoy’s timing) commercial titled “Old Spock versus New Spock.” This week . . . we’re going off the rails.
The video I’m sharing today is made up of clips of people doing amazing things. Many of the stunts shown are extremely dangerous, and though I would never attempt some of these feats “at home,” so to speak, I found them all entertaining to watch at a safe remove, and thought you might, too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=A6XUVjK9W4o
If you, yourselves, come across an entertaining link or video, I’d be interested in seeing it, and sharing it with my readers at Weekly Hubris. Please contact me at: Email: tim@safegdriver.com.)
Tim Bayer
Tim Bayer, Webmaster, and Assistant Editor of Weekly Hubris, was born and brought up in Webster, New York. He attended St. Bonaventure University, earning a BS in Computer Science, and then worked in the hi-tech world. In 2002 he turned his creative energies to product development and video production with the release of his first independently produced products. When the demand for web site design and freelance writing increased, he once again switched skill sets . . . to writing and web work. An avid or, to be more accurate, rabid, disc golfer, he may often be found chasing plastic while in pursuit of the perfect round on a disc golf course, or designing and developing disc golf products for Demogrid.com. He says he tries to find the humor hidden in everyday experiences, because, “life is too important to be taken seriously.” (Author photo by Tim Bayer. Author Head Shot Augment: René Laanen.)
4 Comments
diana
Riveting, Tim. Think of all the breaks and bruises those people must have suffered before they perfected their acts — amazing, and as you say best enjoyed at a good distance.
tbayer
I used to do some near-the-edge things in my teens and twenties. But I never did anything requiring me to be upside down in mid air. It is amazing to see.
Anita Sullivan
Tim, this was so inspiring, it made me weep. These particular amazing feats are sort of like archetypal examples — and actually the rest of us do similar things in a much less spectacular way, not often, but now and then! This kind of film allows you to realize that! Thanks!
Tim Bayer
Thanks Anita. I am glad you found this inspiring.