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Shaolin Warrior Stunts Are Even Crazier In Slo-Mo

If you live in a fairly well-populated city you've probably been visited by one of those Shaolin Warrior travelling shows. But the next time they roll through your town you should save your money and instead queue up this fantastic high-speed footage of their incredible acrobatics as captured by BBC Earth Productions. Read More >>

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A Slo-Mo Mouse Eye View of a Barn Owl Swooping In For the Kill Is Terrifying

Given you rarely see owls in the day outside of a zoo or museum setting, you've probably never thought of them as stone cold killers. But when hunting at night they can be as terrifying as a hawk, particularly if you happen to see them swooping in from a mouse's point of view. Read More >>

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Watch Levi Sherwood “Shaolin” Backflip His Motorcycle At 1000 FPS

Levi Sherwood is a professional freestyle motocrosser that hails from New Zealand. He's also the reigning Red Bull X-Fighters champion, which is a freestyle motocross competition that sees these guys flipping and jumping and, generally speaking, doing really crazy shit on their bikes for people all over the world. Read More >>

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A Hawk Hunting in Super Slow Motion Will Make You Glad You’re Not Its Prey

BBC Earth Productions is back with another mesmerising bit of high-speed footage that captures hawks as they're swooping in to attack their prey. Seeing all of the bird's complex feather mechanics in action as it slows mid-air to snatch its target is utterly fascinating, and seeing it extend those terrifying claws will make you happy you're not a tiny rodent caught in its crosshairs. [YouTube via Laughing Squid] Read More >>

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Stare In Awe At Wet Hedgehogs, Rats, and Dogs Shaking In Super Slow Motion

Slo-mo footage of wet dogs shaking themselves dry are a pound a penny online. But wet dogs and wet hedgehogs and rats? Now that's something new, and we can thank BBC Earth Productions for this mesmerising footage. Read More >>

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Bubbles Bursting At 18,000 FPS Is as Hypnotic as It Sounds

We've probably all seen high-speed footage of soap bubbles detonating in mid-air. But footage shot at 18,000 frames per second? That brings a whole new level of awesome to this childhood pastime. Just makes sure you stop and remember the countless bubbles that had to die so The Slow Mo Guys could bring us this lovely footage. Your deaths were not in vain. [YouTube] Read More >>

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Watching Petrol Bombs Explode in Slow Motion Is Strangely Mesmerising

You've got yourself a new Go Pro, and you're a farmer so you've got an empty shed; what do you do? I know -- how about hurl Molotov cocktails at a wall while filming at 120fps. Genius. Read More >>

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Slow-Motion Flaming Tennis Should Be an Official Olympic Sport

It looks like the usual tennis superstars are going to walk away with all the medals at this year's Olympic games—yawn. So to make it more interesting and unpredictable four years from now, perhaps the organisers of the Rio games should consider adding flaming tennis balls into the mix, and filming everything in super slow motion. Read More >>

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How Many Elastic Bands Does It Take to Make a Watermelon Explode In Slo-Mo?

I was asking myself that very question just the other day; thankfully the Slow Mo Guys have some sort of an answer for me in glorious, everything-is-better-in-slo-mo. Read More >>

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This Full Length Dredd Trailer Has Serious Gunfire and Grime In Impressive Slow-Mo

The Judge Dredd reboot might be a while out just now, but we've finally be treated to a full length trailer packed with more drugs, grime, crime and gunfire than you can shake a stick at. Read More >>

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Destroy Your Easter Finery in Super Slow-Mo

What's better than a tranquil tea party? How's about a tranquil tea party being utterly destroyed in spectacular fashion by a slingshot? Great, now put that in slow motion. What you are about to see is the pornography of exquisite destruction. [Zach King via Laughing Squid] Read More >>