JCW, June 22, 2012 — 16:14pm

Something for the weekend

It’s Friday. Time to settle down with a nice cup of tea/can of energy drink/bottle of whisky (if your week went really bad) and check out our regular round-up of videos from the wider world beyond MTB.

Bicycle Jumping Mercury Morgan

How come we’ve never heard of this guy before? Not only does he jump over elephants on his bike but he does it dressed all in yellow, and wearing a cape! Mercury Morgan, we salute you.

Source: Mercury Morgan

Hot Rod trailer
Let’s stick with the stuntman theme – we’ll seize any old excuse to resurrect this trailer for the 2007 movie Hot Rod. Anyone got a copy they can lend us? It looks awesome!

Source: Hot Rod Movie

Bam Margera and Steve Fisher tandem kayak off one massive waterfall

Bam Margera reckons this kayak drop is the gnarliest thing he’s ever done – and he once starred in Jackass. Nuff said.

Source: Contour

Grandma shoots MacBook & iPhones

The title says it all really. This one’s an ad, for a screen protector, but it’s so odd we had to show it to you.

Source: ClearPlex

Isle of Man TT 2012 – Slow motion camera action!

Riders in the Isle of Man TT push their bodies and their bikes to the limit, all captured in super-slow motion. And we think downhill racing is tough.