Saturday, November 22, 2008

Stunning

The collision of digital video technology and human stupidity has not been a pretty thing. The interwebs are chock full o' nuts maiming themselves in every conceivable way on skateboards, motorcycles, snowmachines, bikes, yadda, yadda, yadda. It's as if people think a video isn't worth watching unless someone in it has a date with the emergency room.

Hey, I understand the sentiment behind the T-shirt that says, "It's only funny until someone gets hurt. Then it's hilarious." It's just that I prefer to apply it mainly to colossal wastes of time like NASCAR and baseball.

There is great beauty in fluid motion. Treat yourself to three and a half minutes of Sergio Layos.




Thanks to Jeff for posting this over at Bike Carson.

4 comments:

lemmiwinks said...

There's no denying that although watching some idiot take a dirt nap is entertaining it does become repetitive quickly. I'd forgotten how good it is to watch someone land their tricks. Nice sound track too.

bikegirl said...

beautiful!

thanks

EscortRacer said...

Great video, thanks for sharing!

Anonymous said...

I just wish he was wearing a helmet, to set a good example for the kids.