Mevio Men

Everyone has goals and ambitions in life. For one man in Australia his goal is the do absolutely nothing. Well, actually you can’t say absolutely nothing. He actually does a whole heck of a lot. Except for anything that involves working: “I hate working. A traditional nine to five job, I can’t stand working,” says the man whose birth name is David.

Known as the “Walkabout Man” to those who cross his path, this 33-year-old Aussie has taken it upon himself to walk across his homeland just for the fun of it. And there’s one other bit of interesting information about the Walkabout Man – he has an alter ego. The two personalities of the Walkabout Man differ greatly. One personality – David – generally doesn’t have much motivation or enthusiasm for adventure. The other personality – named Benjamin Safari – has the drive, ambition and determination to do whatever in the world he damn well feels like. And Benjamin feels like trekking the 2,485 miles from Sydney to Perth. That’s what he does. “He walks, he camps, and he surfs,” explains David, “and he drags me along with him sometimes.”

If you think it’s odd that a man three decades old is led around an entire continent on foot by his alter ego, you are not alone. When David and Benjamin finally reach Perth, they have vowed to see a psychiatrist with a hope to figure out exactly what in the world is going on in that brain they share.

If you would like to see the adventure of Benjamin Safari and David, check out the film they shot on a trip from Queensland the Victoria. It is called ‘Curious Safari.’ Here is a clip.

More stories just like the Walkabout Man’s are available on Podsurf — with new episodes published all the time.

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Aside from natural talent, hard work, and dedication, what would you say is the biggest factor in achieving great success in the sport of snowboarding? Throwing darts at the board I’d say the bulls eye is overcoming fear. Fear keeps you from committing to your position. Once you don’t fully commit, you don’t do your best, and you fall short.

One youngster who has learned to overcome his fear years ahead of most of us is 16-year-old Canadian professional Sebastian Toutant. One minute into his segment here on Crushed you see a person who takes a fall and stands back up again with a smile on his face and tougher look in his eye. The kid – known to his friends as Toots – stacks at least ten times in his video. No matter how hard he falls he pulls the trick on another attempt.

Seb’s born with the natural talent to go big. But I guess the lesson learned from the mad teenager is commit to what you can achieve. No matter what it is. Make a smart decision and give it your all.

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Their is a small cove in Taiji, Japan where the ocean water is dyed red from the blood of dolphins.

Each year approximately 2,000 dolphins are killed during the dolphin drive hunting practice which involves fisherman using boats and nets to circle pods of dolphins and drive them into the cove, where they are stabbed and drown and sold.

Not exactly uplifting but it’s an important issue that deserves full exposure.

Last year professional surfer Dave Rastovich and actress Hayden Panettiere led a team of conservationists into the cove to document and possibly rescue the dolphins during the hunt. They were unsuccessful in rescuing any dolphins, but they did film and document the secret fishing practices. The footage they recorded is now on PodSurf TV:

There was one man everyone wanted to see during the MotoX Best Trick comp at X-Games 15 last summer. That man was 25-year-old Travis Pastrana. Pastrana, who has twice as many X-Games medals as any other contender, hired an Olympic gymnastics coach to teach him how to twist, spin, and contort his body into ways never before seen in motocross. With the help of his trainer, Travis brought a new trick to the games – a Corkscrew 720. The trick required adding an extra two-foot wedge under the kicker ramp for extra height.

Travis launched his 125cc bike off the ramp and flipped, then twisted, and nearly 95% completed with the trick he stacked and hit the ground flat on his back. He squirmed and wiggled around a little, surrounded by medics, then got up and hobbled to the top of the dirt runway to wave to the crowd. Was a great moment which landed Pastrana in fourth place for Best Trick.

Travis Pastrana is just one of the hellmen causing havoc in the muddy lots and dry deserts featured in Invasion 3. We are happy to bring you Pastrana, Ben Milot, Nate Adams, Twitch, Jean-Sebastien Roy, Ronnie Renner and more in this clip featured on Crushed. Plus you get to hear the great punk rock sounds of The Turbo A.C.s. Check it out:

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Over the first two weeks of September organizers at the Hurley Pro Trestles surf competition asked Facebook users to vote for who they believe should win the event’s Expression Session.

A field of twelve competitors, including nine time world surfing champion Kelly Slater, competed for the prize. After all votes were tallied a clear and present winner emerged. With 40% of votes – far more then any other competitor – 24-year-old Dane Reynolds came out victorious.

On MeVIO Men we just published some footage from Dane’s debut movie First Chapter. In the flick we see Reynolds travel the coast of Morocco, pulling into massive barrels and punting airs at a rapid clip. Surfing like you’ve never seen before. The California native took a year off from competitive surfing to shoot the film. Surely a decision you would never want to be forced into, right? Travel to Morocco, Portugal, France, Australia and Hawaii to surf and film, or travel to Portugal, France, Australia, Hawaii, Tahiti and Costa Rica to surf and compete. Life of a surfing prodigy sucks.

Seems Dane made the right choice though as his film one two awards at the annual Surfer Poll Awards. Reynolds and First Chapter took away the prizes for ‘Best Male Performance’ and ‘Video of the Year’ in 2006. Not bad for a first timer.

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Is there any doubt that you have to be completely mental to go chasing big waves? We’re talking waves that loom as large as a city block and move like a freight train. Waves that are so big and fast that you actually have to have someone tow you into them with a jet ski. It might be safe to say, for those of you who believe in a supreme being, that had God intended for man to ride those waves he would have put a jet pack in your ass.

But far be it for these crazy bastards to obey the laws of nature. These are the kind of guys who see a big wave and know they have to own it. These are the kind of guys who eat danger for breakfast, though they may slather some Vegemite on it first.

This is Mark Viser… crazy 60-foot wave riding mofo.

And what’s cool is that in this interview, Mark gives mad props to his “tow partner”, the unsung hero who drives that jet ski AND you get to see some footage of Mark Viser riding these insane waves. On the long shot that little spec moving across that wall of water… yeah, that’s him.

Also up in this episode of Podsurf, Clash of the Titans: Occy VS Curran, which no is not some undercard in a title fight but a showdown of surfing prowess between surfing great Mark Occhilupo and his arch rival Tom Curren. Two legends face off.

In a word: AWESOME!

When you take off from ramps that are the size of a small mountain, you can’t legitimately feel like you’re entitled to a landing.

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One look at this video and you’ll understand why Crushed calls it Don’t Try This at Home — or anywhere in the world, mmmm, k?

It’s all air, baby!

That’s right… ALL AIR on this loud and super kinetic episode of CRUSHED. Bikes, snowmobiles, more bikes! There’s even a minivan in there. A go cart, some base jumping… I’m telling you, it’s madness!

But the kind of madness that will make your heart beat like a jackhammer. In these clips, you’ll witness some of the coolest Xtreme video moves you’ve ever seen and more aerobatics than you can shake a stick at — while not making you think of Flashdance at the same time. Impossible? Well it is now.

These guys catch so much air, they should file a flight plan with the FAA.

And of course when I watch stuff like this, it makes me wonder how many times they didn’t land that one in practice?

So get ready to eat pavement on CRUSHED’s new episode “Don’t Try This At Home… Part 9“… because eight episodes of high flying mechanical mayhem is nowhere near enough to sate my Xtreme video jones…

You know when you’re riding a fast moving vehicle, possibly of the two-wheel variety, and you happen to, uh, leave the vehicle while said vehicle is in motion and go skidding along the ground.

Well, that reddish and painful thing on your skin where it made impact has a name: Road Rash.

And true to form, what would an episode of CRUSHED entitled “Road Rash” be without a few wipeouts?

Answer: BORING.

But if it was jam-packed full of wall-to-wall wipeouts, pavement kissing and clips of guys just eating it on their bikes it would be in a word, AWESOME!

And I guarantee you this episode of CRUSHED brings the pain. So much, in fact, that your spleen will feel bruised from just sitting there and watching it. So much, in fact, you will need a catheter.

Okay, maybe not that much… but there certainly are a goodly number of “ouchie” moments to be seen. We’re talking heavy impact theater, baby. BMX stunts gone wrong, way wrong. Think of it as X Games meets Faces of Death.

So strap in and bring your ice pack. This is ROAD RASH… in yo’ face.

Moto! Moto! Moto!

Wow. Throttle up, dudes! Today Skuff TV brings you a truly amazing moto special (I mean more moto than you can shake a stick at) that will rock you down to your toes.

First up, Trail X rider Julian Dupont shows off his incredible range of skills and balls with some two-wheeled trickery that only a complete lunatic would try. Serious. Watch him cross a bridge in a way that would make the rest of you crap yourself and then see what happens when he tries to go up to the upstairs balcony of a restaurant… with his bike.

Following that, we go all “Cribs” with FMX Legend Carey Hart. See how the man lives with a tour of his pad along with some of the hot rods parked in his driveway. If you ever wanted to see where all that moto prize money goes, take a look at this.

Then lastly, it’s moto Madrid-style with X-Fighters highlights. We’re not talking big air. We’re talking GIGANTIC air with some of the most massively incredible death-defying tricks you’ll see this year.

And yes, it’s all right here on this truly electrifying moto special episode of Skuff TV on Mevio. Rev up and go. And when you haven’t quite had enough extremism, then take a ride with us on our exclusively extreme show Crushed.