Mike Boyd doesn’t skateboard, but he wanted to see how long it would take to learn a particular skill so he chose skateboarding and set about teaching himself to kick flip—which is a trick that involves flipping a skateboard 360° along the axis. Boyd recorded every second of him learning the trick.

Adam Buxton plays Rock Dad in this very funny sketch from an old BBC3 sketch show from 2007. As well as being hilarious it also shows dads how they can show off their cool music cred without having to offend their young offspring. Because Buxton plays his young son the sweary and violent NWA’s F*ck [...]

People at some point googled it and now Samuel L. Jackson is going to answer those search queries. They range from his place of birth to his first movie, to what part he plays in Inglourious Basterds. He’s due to appear in the upcoming Kong: Skull Island movie, so Wired sat him down to [...]

Your standard promotional ski video usually amounts to a professional skier gracefully showing off their effortless skill at winter sports. Carving up the slopes with their athleticism, you watch in awe (and jealousy) as they make a mockery of mere mortals’ skiing skills with their twists, jumps and daredevil speeds.
But that’s not how these [...]

Steve Kardynal has been away from YouTube for awhile, his videos pranking Chatrouletters and incorporating songs into real-life conversations were viral gold. Well now he’s back again using songs in real life, this time lip-syncing along in a conversation with his buddy, who lip syncs back any replies.

As an outlaw himself, both in literary and lifestyle terms, writer Hunter S. Thompson is in a fine position to discuss the outlaw life. In this interview from 1967 with Studs Terkel Thompson talks about his time spent with one of the most notorious outlaw groups in America, the Hell’s Angels.

Just because death isn’t always the cheeriest of subjects doesn’t mean to say we should shun it away and forget about it. It isn’t necessarily healthy for us to never discuss it or think about it, even though in Western society it’s not something we mention to friends or even family. But maybe it’s time [...]

The Modular Body is the work of Dutch filmmaker and artist Floris Kaayk. In the video above we’re shown what looks like skinless fleshy body parts that can be put together in a modular fashion and then starts to move. It’s actually just one of over 50 interconnected videos which make up an online [...]

Watching people get slapped in the face by a huge fish or fall off their bicycle or faceplant onto the ground is all very amusing, but it’s extra amusing if that footage is slowed down. Add some classical music over the top too and you have yourself something that’s verging on the cinematic.

Driving down a highway in Japan can be an intriguing experience, especially if you came across the tricked-out vehicles from their DIY truck culture. The subculture is called dekotora and it’s where long-haul drivers add custom graphics, lights and swag to their vehicles on an insane level. And it’s not cheap, some dekotora customizations cost [...]

Video conferencing is about as enjoyable as it is successful—anytime you and your coworkers have to partake in one you just know it’s going to be full of frustrations and annoyances. Acting those out perfectly, and upping the cringe factor by doing it in real life, is comedy duo Tripp and Tyler, in this amusing [...]