Ken Block is back to promote DC in the third installment of his wicked Gymkhana series. One thing you’ll notice is he has jumped off the Subaru team and into devilish little Ford Fiesta. It’s just a guess, but I think he loves his job.
Ok, so I have been going a lil crazy with the ‘rad’ posts this week, but this one is just too good to continue in a blogosphere holding pattern. A month or so back I posted on DC x Ken Block’s Gymkhana 2 video (watch here) that blew us all away visually. The breathtaking slow motion videography evokes palpable levels of stoke that are becoming harder and harder to capture in extreme sports these days. Well, by way of hype mad man Rob Dyrdek and his Fantasy Factory show on MTV, we present to you, Gymkhana 2.1
And if you thought that was great, I give you my personal favorite, Ken Block’s version of an ‘interview’ on the smashingly entertaining gear head tv program Top Gear. Be sure to look out for dirt biker Ricky Carmichael’s cameo half way through the video. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
If you are anywhere in the know about DC Shoes owner Ken Block, you know he is mentally unhinged when it comes to rally driving. Aside from being a rally driver for Subaru America and racing around the globe, he has also been seen hitting 70 foot kickers at Snow Park in NZ (check out the cover shot from Snowboarder,) overshooting and 171 feet off a dirt jump for the Stunt Junkies series, and recently jumping under a back-flipping Travis Pastrana .
His newest contribution to awesome, the Gymkhana 2 Project, falls somewhere between “WTF” and “OMG!” Although being loosely catalogued as an “infomercial” for the new line of performance clothing and shoes based on his rally outfit (which totally suck btw,) the video is more of a Hollywood showcase of his godly driving skills than anything else. 360’s, 80 mph horizontal burnouts, near death drifts, fluorescent lights, crash dummies, explosions, Rob Dyrdek and a paintball gun…this video has it all. Thanks to RadCollector for the heads up.
Remember breath while you watch, it may take your breath away…
Be sure to check out his other YouTube videos for further drooling.
