To each their own. Canada has hockey, the Norwegians have wing-suits. And the Aussies? They have waves that would give Kelly Slater wet dreams for the next fifty years. This is a compilation video, of just some absolutely disgusting waves and the surfers who ride them. This is big wave surfing, by the way. Don’t try this at home.

Dog Power!!! Base Jumping is an art form and, done correctly, is one of the greatest thrills of life…so why should humans get all the fun? A couple of Norwegian girls and their pooch Aro a spunky terrier, had nothing better to do one day, and Aro seems to show an affinity for parachutes and video. That’s a recipe for an awesome Base jump if there ever was one.

Something tells me this wouldn’t have worked if Aro was a basset hound. Watch his tail wagging before he jumps, and those crazy Norwegian girls cheering when he lands, also with a tail wag. Too cool.

What do you get when a professional skier happens upon a polar bear on a ski jump?  A video that’s garnered over a million hits.  Bear with the amateurish video, cause the brief encounter is so worth it.  The skier looks petrified, but the bear’s more like WTF?

You just gotta love those Norwegians.  Vikings, death metal, and now…their best invention ever…wing-suits.  I’m not sure what I like better, the absolutely SICK video of these guys hitting 200 miles an hour, or the screams of the observers as the wing-suit wackos fly past.  But the best part?  Listen to the blond lady’s only English words in the Norwegian-conducted interview.  I’ll give you a hint.  What would you say if you saw two guys flying at you at 200 miles an hour?

Exactly!

God bless those Norwegians!

After watching this video I realized three things.  First I am glad to have Norwegian ancestry because if YouTube is correct, Norwegians have mastered the art of skiing and BASE Jumping and have cojones big enough to fit in a dump truck.  Two, this video, of Norwegian daredevil Halvor Angvik speed flying (if that’s what you want to call it) in Wengen, Switzerland this year is amazing, and three, I am definitely asking Santa Claus for a wing-suit for Christmas!

There are no words that can really capture the poetry of this video, in which J.T. Holmes and some Norwegian BASE Jumpers glide over the cliffs of Norway. Amazing. Just amazing. I want a wing-suit.