Saturday, November 7, 2009

Human Wrecking Balls and Parkour

On Wednesday, November 11th, a great TV Show returns to the air with all-new episodes - Human Wrecking Balls. Here's the premise - each episode, two professional breakers (like breaking stacks of wood, bricks, etc.), the Pumphrey Brothers, try to dismantle something with their bare hands. And by "something" I mean a helicopter, plane, boat, house, arcade, bar, movie theatre, office, hotel room, or gas station. They have a structural engineer there to explain just how hard it will be to break this stuff. Then the brothers break them.

It really is amazing how these guys completely wreck anything without any tools. It also makes you think about how cheap some of your stuff might be. The best part of the show is that they have a "big break" every episode. It's either something cool that they both want to do, or something really dangerous that neither of them want to do. They have a contest, and the winner/loser has to do the big break. A sample "contest" was to see who could break 6 stacks of cinder blocks. With 6 different moves. And the cinder blocks were on fire.

The ridiculousness of the show is only surpassed by its awesomeness.

Speaking of which, I'm currently watching a show on MTV called Ultimate Parkour challenge. Parkour is a sport/activity that basically involves getting from Point A to Point B in the most creative way possible. These guys do crazy wall jumps, handstand walks, flips, all sorts of crazy stuff. The bad landings are brutal, but most of the whole time, you just stare in awe and wonder how they do things like that. I mean I'm not gonna put it on the TiVo, but it's alright to watch every once in a while.

human Wrecking Balls returns for a new season Wednesday at 8:00 on G4.

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