With the Super Bowl coming to Indianapolis, Indiana in a less than two weeks (I live just south of Indianapolis), there are many a commercial that are submitted to get played during the Super Bowl.

A local film making group headed by David Ward got one of their commercial submissions rejected for the Super Bowl. However, they are spearheading an effort to get the Super Bowl Committee to reconsider:

They have my vote! :)

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Japanese Soccer Team vs 100 Kids

Frankly, I’m surprised the ball could even move around on the field with over 110 people running all over it. And the pros were obviously taking it pretty easy becasue I’m sure they could have knocked one of these kids out if they took a hard shot.

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Chrysler's Superbowl 2011 Commercial with Eminem

In between goals and injuries, it was the advertisers who were battling to get the most attention. Here are our favorites from the 2011 SuperBowl:

Chrysler 200

I think I have to call this the best commercial of the Superbowl. It’s at least the best American car ad in a very long time. And it stars Eminem who delivers an impressive message.

Doritos

A small pug is determined, no matter what, to get those Doritos!

Doritos brings things to life! Even Grandpa…?!?!

Eww!! The guys liked this one, but the girls were a bit grossed out at the finger licking!

Bud Light

The first Bud Light commercial played off home improvement shows. These homeowners are happy with just adding some Bud Lights to their kitchen.

Pepsi Max

Love Hurts.

Guys are so one track minded!

Chevy

A Chevy truck plays the role of good ol’ Lassie.

Chevy Camaro

Great dialogue in this commercial.

GoDaddy

WAIT!!!! Joan Rivers is the new GoDaddy .CO Girl?!?!

Motorola Xoom

Motorola makes fun of how many people are walking around with Apple earbuds in their ear. They encourage you to do something new with the Xoom.

Volkswagon

Love this one – a kid dressed as Darth Vader finally finds The Force.

CareerBuilder.com

Work with a bunch of monkeys and feeling trapped? This guy does.

Snickers

Roseanne Barr gets…um…you have to watch.

CarMax

A guy completely freaks out when he receives good customer service.

Bridgestone

Bridgestone Tires save a beaver, and later the beaver returns the favor.

VW Beetle

This one was a mystery right up until the very end…

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I don’t care if you don’t like basketball. Heck, I don’t care if you don’t even like sports in general! You MUST see the 2008 Slam Dunk Championship highlights reel here!

If the NBA were anything like this highlight reel, this would be the richest sport in the world! Without exaggeration, this slam dunk contest even involves a lit birthday cupcake! You’ve never seen anything like it…

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Thanks to Mark Ramsey of Pigskin Radio I was fortunate enough to attend the Dallas Desire vs. San Diego Seduction Lingerie Football League game on September 3, 2010. The following is a collection of images I took courtesy of the full press credentials that Mark got me to stand on the sidelines and shoot till I got my fill (which is never).

These are a magnificent group of ladies who absolutely play their hearts out! They do everything the men do, only they do it while wearing almost no protection. Frankly, they are a whole lot tougher, and unfortunately there are quite a few injuries during each game. Anyway, without further ado, here are the images – which I know you are all anxious to get to!

First, here is a little flickr gallery which contains some of the photos below. It’s nice because you can just click through the images. For the rest, see all of the thumbnails below. There are over 200 images in total! ENJOY!!! :-)

Here’s the complete Gallery:

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Have you ever heard of the US Army Golden Knights? Before you answer that question, think carefully! Because if you’ve ever watched an Army / Navy football game, or seen the Indy 500, or basically any other major event where Army parachutists dramatically land in the center of the action then you have seen the Golden Knights!

Well, not only did I get the chance to spend a few days with the Golden Knights, I also had the extreme privilege of going on a tandem jump with Sergeant Jon Ewald while Sergeant Joe Abeln took care of videography duty documenting my first ever jump. Michael Battise, the battalion’s resident multimedia expert assembled the following edit of clips from Joe’s footage. I’ve also got some additional footage that I’ll be working on another edit with later so stay tuned for a different take entirely.

I should note that the Golden Knights are the same team that took President George Bush on a tandem jump just a few months ago.

In addition to getting to personally experience the thrill of free falling, I was also able to spend time with all of the members of the various teams. The Golden Knights are comprised of several groups of specialists who each do different things. For example, Jon and Joe work on tandem jumps – meaning Jon straps people directly to himself, while Joe flys around him shooting photos and videos. They take people like Tony Stewart, Channing Tatum, Anthony Munoz, Steve Harvey, and so many more awesome people on the ride of a lifetime.

But it’s not all about thrill-seeking. The tandem missions have roots in real-world applications. For example, these Airborne Special Forces team members are called upon to deliver mission critical supplies or personnel into war zones. As an example, sometimes a translator, doctor, or other specialist might be needed in an emergency situation. But without parachute training they need to be personally delivered into a hot zone. That’s where the tandem certified team comes in.

But there are other teams too. Some do demonstration jumps, like into the Coca Cola 600 NASCAR race, skydiving exhibitions, or even high school sports events.

Some teams focus on competitions. They demonstrate amazing teamwork along with incredible feats of individual skill. They even routinely set records such as the new 14 person heads down record, and the world’s record for furthest distance in freefall in a wingsuit.

All of the member’s of the Golden Knights also rely on an amazing staff of highly trained and competent support personnel, to whom those of us who are given the opportunity to jump owe a great deal! So, thank you to the entire Golden Knights organization for making an absolute dream and miracle happen for me and the others who you share the experience with.

When I wasn’t preparing for the jump I was turning my camera on the team, and I’ve selected nearly 100 of my favorite photos from the trip to try and share the story of what it’s like being a Golden Knight. I’ll share more later, and for those of you who are attending OpenCamp, I’ve got some special treats in store for you. Stay tuned…

The Photos

Here is a slideshow of the entire photo set I uploaded to Flickr. If you’d like to view the set on Flickr directly you can do that here.

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This video was forwarded on to me from my dad via mail and titled whoisthisguy.wmv! And I have to echo that question! Who the heck is this guy???

Seriously these are some of the most amazing soccer skills I’ve ever seen, no matter how many takes they scrapped while making this little video. This guy kicks a soccerball through a rolling tire, over a street to hit a beercan, and even throws something in the air and pegs it with the ball in mid-flight! Again, I’ve never seen anything like it…

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I don’t care who you are, this is just plain worth watching! These girls demonstrate unbelievable athleticism with nothing more than a pole.

Yeah, the guys are going to love this for sure, because the women competing in the US Pole Dance Championship are smokin hot. But on top of that, if you watch what these ladies are doing you quickly realize they are actual athletes. I mean, they have to have been full blown gymnasts – and they are definitely strong enough to kick your ass!

I also took a few screen caps of the video below to stop the motion and you can see that seriously, only a gymnast could pull these moves off.

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YES! YES! YES!

I would like to find the guy whose brainchild Bully Beatdown was, and buy that man a beer! This must be the greatest show on the planet. Ever. And Mayhem is the perfect host!

You see, this is a show where people who are getting picked on coerce their bully into being beaten down, on TV, in a cage, by a professional MMA fighter! Again I say unto you, “YES! YES! YES!”

And the good folks over at MTV are kind enough to provide an embed link (a 5 minute preview) that I can share with you right here on OneMansBlog! Could I love this any more? I think NOT!

Now, if you are ready to watch the entire episiode, or ALL of the episodes, just head on over to MTV and get your Beat on!

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On Friday night my friend Mark Ramsey took me out to watch the Dallas Desire take on the Los Angeles Temptation. You might be saying, “the WHO take on the WHAT”? Yeah, I know. And no this is not a joke – those are two of the teams that make up the Lingerie Football League!

UPDATE: In addition to these photos, don’t miss the new ones I posted here: Photos From the Lingerie Football League – Dallas Desire vs. San Diego Seduction. They are even better (if that’s possible)!

And believe me, the teams were named appropriately! Good lord! Let me see if I can describe to you what we experienced, even though who am I kidding… by now you are probably already staring at the photos below! (All taken on my Canon 5D Mark II with the 70-200mm 2.8L lens attached by the way…)

Anyway, Mark and I went out to the game, which started at 9pm on a very chilly Dallas evening. It was 50 degrees outside and windy. Those of us on the sidelines were wearing jackets, pants, etc. and were still cold. But out on the field, there were about 20 ladies wearing nothing but “uniforms” the size of bikinis and shoulderpads. And, it was obvious that they were cold…

Anyway, as soon as the game got underway, two things became clear:

1. The chicks were smokin hot! And I’m pretty sure the fact that they were playing football contributed to the sex appeal, because it’s like most men’s dream come true. A girl who loves football!
2. These ladies are tough! This was absolutely full contact football, and none of them was afraid to tackle or be taken down. They were in it to actually win the game, not just stand there and look good.

I will warn you that if you look hard enough at the photos I’ve posted, there are a few which captured an unintentional “wardrobe malfunction” that one of the girls had after scoring a touchdown. I had no idea I photographed that because it was across the field from me at the time, but such is the power of long zoom lenses combined with 21 Megapixel camera technology.

You can see all of the images and get the full resolution versions on my Lingerie Football League collection on Flickr.

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Yesterday I went to the pre-season Cowboy’s game and watched them lose in the last few seconds to the 49ers. It was miserable. But at least I got some decent photos while at the game!

That’s right, Jerry Jones has decided to allow people to bring their cameras to the game! So I marched right on in with my big ass Canon 5d Mark II with the huge 70-200mm lens on it for good measure. It was fantastic! And it allowed me to get most of the shots you’ll see here below. Though a few were taken with the 50mm prime and a few with the 15mm fisheye.

Hope you enjoy them. And I’m embedding a Flickr slideshow in the site here for the first time instead of uploading all the images. This is experimental for me, so you guys let me know if you like this better, or not so much as when I put all the images here.

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In case I haven’t mentioned it. I want to be Danny Macaskill. I kid you not. This man is a complete bad ass on a bicycle. In fact, before I saw this video I thought most of this stuff was impossible. I wouldn’t even believe it now, except that I don’t think the state of computer generated graphics is quite as good as all this.

Anyway, check it out as Danny does some of the most wicked bike stunts you’ve ever seen. And of course if anyone has seen more like this let me know!

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Some of you know that I absolutely LOVE Mixed Martial Arts. I don’t know why! I’m just violent at heart I guess. But for those of you who are like me, you’re going to love this video!

This is a 10 minute compilation of impressive knockouts from K1 MMA fighting. Every single clip ends very badly for at least one of the fighters, so if you are squeamish I don’t recommend watching the video. If not, let’s get it on!

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Now, I don’t know about her throwing arm, but the Ball Girl at this major league game literally came out of left field and up the wall to catch this fly ball. It would have been a spectacular catch if any professional had made it, but it was absolutely unbelievable that this cute little girl snagged it!

I guarantee there is no way that I could have caught it, and I’m betting very, very few of you guys might have either. Enjoy!

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I love to watch acrobats doing all sorts of amazing things, like Parkour and martial arts… but I’ve never seen one person bring so much together as Damien Walters. He is absolutely amazing!

This guy can jump in one spot and do crazy flips, he can run literally up walls, he can to high flying acrobatics – and when he’s done with all that, it looks like he could kick some serous ass. Now, that’s what I’M talking about! Let’s get it on!

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Not sure how many of you have had the opportunity to see Cirque du Soliel performances (I posted a bunch of videos here) but they kick ass. Anyway, there are usually a couple of guys who do some amazing feats of strength, and it seems like there are a lot of these occasions where they are brothers.

Well, the videos below are not just from Cirque, but they are of several groups of famous brothers who do things that are crazy, amazing, and unbelievable. Let me know if you’ve seen any others that should be added to the collection here.

The Rampin Brothers

Spain’s Pedro and Ramon Santos (who are twins) and older brother Javier who have traveled the world under the name of the Rampin Brothers performing the ancient art of foot juggling known as Icarian Games.

The Rios Brothers

The Rios Brothers doing what I believe was one of the most famous Icarian performances.

The Rippel Brothers

The kings of the extreme acrobatics: the Rippel Brothers are the stars in the Moulin Rouge Show in Paris.

The Grinchenko Brothers

The Grinchenko brothers from Poland have perfected their spectacular demonstration of strength, balance, and “gymnastic” skills.

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Good Lord! I’ve watched a LOT of wrestling in my days, but the junk we get here in the good old US of A just doesn’t compete with those crazy Mexicans who literally risk life and limb! One of these days I’ve got to get down to ol’ Mexico to watch a REAL wrestlin’ match!

Oh, by the way, my favorite is when the big guy is fighting the little guy, and the little guy is spinning around the big guy like he was the Tasmanian Devil from the cartoons. It’s muy fantastico! BTW, I wonder what the annual death toll is from Mexican wrestling? Cause it’s got to be HIGH!

Not enough for you? Well you may want to turn the speakers down a bit for this next one, but it’s an amazing compilation of crazy Mexicans! Viva la Loco!

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Here’s a question for you. How much would it take to get you to climb a 172 foot tall tower that is swaying in the wind, wearing multiple bikinis? Then, how much more to jump off? Finally, how about jumping off and doing somersaults all the way down to the water where you could easily break your neck and die?

For me? Priceless. For Dana Kunze? Oh, that’s free!

Dana holds the record for “World’s Highest Dive”, and this is a video of that actual event. Interestingly, he didn’t just successfully complete the dive. He did it with absolutely perfect form. Now that takes cojones of steel and iron nerves as well.

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What is the easiest way to define Parkour? How about this. The world, is literally, your playground.

Now, Wikipedia defines Parkour as follows:

Parkour (sometimes also abbreviated to PK) or l’art du déplacement (English: the art of movement) is an activity with the aim of moving from one point to another as efficiently and quickly as possible, using principally the abilities of the human body. It is meant to help one overcome obstacles, which can be anything in the surrounding environment—from branches and rocks to rails and concrete walls—and can be practiced in both rural and urban areas. Parkour practitioners are referred to as traceurs, or traceuses for females.

It’s also known as Free Running, but if you really want to understand what it’s all about, you just have to see it in action.

Here is David Belle giving a good demonstration of what it’s all about:

Here is a training session that occurred in New York City:

And here are some ladies getting into it

When you’re done with those, I’ve posted about this before. Enjoy!

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When I think of really crazy things that people decide to do, they usually involve activities that could end in broken bones and stitches. Well, then there are truly insane things people do such as methamphetamines or maybe wingsuit base jumping!

What? You don’t believe me? Well, take a look at these psychos who jump off of perfectly good mountains for the sole purpose of acting like a flying squirrel! They don winged jump suits that essentially just have fabric between the arms and body as well as connecting their legs, and then they make like a human lawn dart. You’ll see…

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