As the year draws to a close , we ’re not go to guess that 2017 is go to be lovingly remembered by everyone around the country . But instead of taking the well-heeled route and simply sham that 2017 never happened , let ’s instead sharpen on the fact that lots of amazing people did some really awesome things this year .
Over onSploidwe strive to feature humanity ’s most awe - breathe in achievement ; be itsoaring through the breeze in a wingsuit , slowing down time with a high-pitched - pep pill tv camera , or simplysuper - sizing a popular shaver ’s toy . The domain still needs fixing — we’re not going to pretend it doesn’t — but you should really spend a few moments to focus on the good out there , for the interest of your own mental wellness .
Using just a chute and guts to fell like an eagle ? Awesome .
https://gizmodo.com/this-guy-is-living-my-fantasy-of-flying-like-a-bird-1820610444
cut 225 times in 60 secondment to set a raw Guinness World Record ? Awesome .
https://gizmodo.com/watch-these-impossibly-precise-japanese-school-kids-set-1796255208
Letting eight fry see what it ’s like to float in zero gravity ? Awesome .
https://gizmodo.com/therell-be-something-in-your-eye-as-you-watch-these-kid-1819396075
climb a 29 - story hotel using nothing but your naked mitt ? Awesome .
https://gizmodo.com/breathe-into-a-paper-bag-while-this-real-life-spider-ma-1796176451
Getting polish off and thrown by a bus and then plainly walking away from the ordeal ? Awesome .
https://gizmodo.com/british-badass-gets-thrown-20-feet-by-a-runaway-bus-br-1796479501
Building the world ’s large Super Soaker water gun ? Awesome .
https://gizmodo.com/the-worlds-biggest-super-soaker-is-powerful-enough-to-s-1796820585
Using your jet boat to put out a fire on acres and relieve the daylight ? Awesome .
https://gizmodo.com/watch-this-heroic-captain-use-his-boats-powerful-jet-st-1797391927
Keeping your wits about you and surviving a bear attack by just scream at it ? awful .
https://gizmodo.com/what-it-looks-like-to-get-attacked-by-a-bear-1795665011
Diving chief first into 1,000 mouse traps just so you may catch the secure carnage in utmost boring - motion ? Awesome .
https://gizmodo.com/diving-into-1-000-mouse-traps-on-a-trampoline-looks-eve-1795089896
twist a classical Lego set into an RC toy that really flies ? Awesome .
https://gizmodo.com/an-aerospace-engineer-turned-a-classic-lego-set-into-an-1795019611
kayak through an abandoned shipwreck ? awe-inspiring .
https://gizmodo.com/kayaking-through-an-abandoned-shipwreck-is-like-discove-1797648229
Perfectly manoeuvre a 200 - animal foot farsighted tractor lagger around a tart 90 - academic degree right spell ? Awesome .
https://gizmodo.com/badass-trucker-nails-the-gnarliest-right-hand-turn-you-1819223815
make your own camera lens from bread ? awe-inspiring .
https://gizmodo.com/watching-someone-make-a-camera-lens-from-scratch-explai-1794718826
Building the most epic Rube Goldberg machine we ’ve ever consider ? amazing .
https://gizmodo.com/it-took-297-agonizing-tries-for-this-complex-rube-goldb-1814080408
Hand - carve an incredibly intricate designing onto a Lincoln penny ? Awesome .
https://gizmodo.com/watch-this-talented-carver-turn-a-lincoln-penny-into-a-1794525616
Building and flying an RC woodworking plane that can hit 450 MPH without crash it ? Awesome .
https://gizmodo.com/how-do-you-even-pilot-a-450-mph-rc-plane-1819443126
Painting your ego - portraiture backwards while looking at a mirror ? Awesome .
https://gizmodo.com/watch-this-incredibly-talented-artist-create-a-self-por-1820329876
Creating Vegas - bore sorcerous illusions using just your smartphone ’s camera ? Awesome .
https://gizmodo.com/this-guys-simple-looking-camera-tricks-are-actually-pre-1809074820
build a chain saw - powered tricycle ? Awesome .
https://gizmodo.com/rule-the-playground-with-a-chainsaw-powered-tricycle-1794416483
Autotuning brute to sing the Duck Tales theme song ? Awesome .
https://gizmodo.com/autotuned-singing-animals-absolutely-nailed-the-duck-ta-1794038595
Parkour die hard while wearing an inflatable T - rex costume ? Awesome .
https://gizmodo.com/parkour-in-a-t-rex-costume-is-the-jurassic-park-sequel-1793987366
Making arrow change direction mid - flight with your amazing archery skills ? Awesome .
https://gizmodo.com/this-mind-bending-archer-fires-arrows-that-change-direc-1820604807
Mountain biking down an give up mine shaft ? Awesome .
https://gizmodo.com/mountain-biking-down-an-abandoned-mine-shaft-is-a-dimly-1793518341
Using your rocket skill acquirement to build a dart board that always assure a bullseye ? Awesome .
https://gizmodo.com/brilliant-motion-tracking-dart-board-guarantees-a-bulls-1793481286
Electrocuting a watermelon vine using 20,000 volts ? awful .
https://gizmodo.com/pumping-20-000-volts-into-a-watermelon-ends-as-spectacu-1793211092
Kayaking down a flood mountainside ditch ? Awesome .
https://gizmodo.com/riding-a-kayak-down-a-mountain-in-a-ditch-is-scarier-th-1793126896
Turning a logging political machine into a bucking rodeo bull ? Awesome .
https://gizmodo.com/riding-a-logging-machine-like-a-rodeo-bull-is-the-new-d-1792782024
build a process jetpack ? Awesome .
https://gizmodo.com/gorgeous-aerial-footage-makes-me-want-to-spend-all-my-m-1792669775
perform beautiful concert dance - same maneuver inside a wind burrow ? Awesome .
https://gizmodo.com/we-should-definitely-replace-the-olympics-with-these-ba-1792080988
Building a self - drive potato that ends up being the perfect house pet ? Awesome .
https://gizmodo.com/guy-builds-a-self-powered-driving-potato-that-turns-out-1796328830
jump off a mountain wearing a wingsuit and then landing in an airborne plane ? Awesome .
https://gizmodo.com/watch-these-daredevil-wingsuit-flyers-land-in-a-flying-1820815059
Designing a trashy pair of self - lacing gym shoe using Lego ? Awesome .
https://gizmodo.com/save-700-and-build-your-own-pair-of-self-lacing-sneake-1791963235
Letting those of us hold fast on Earth experience what it ’s like to take a outer space walk ? amazing .
https://gizmodo.com/incredible-first-person-footage-of-a-real-spacewalk-wil-1795253272
work up a never - ending Slip ‘ N Slide ? Awesome .
https://gizmodo.com/try-not-to-lose-your-lunch-on-this-bonkers-never-ending-1791772336
doubled back - flipping a snowmobile ? Awesome .
https://gizmodo.com/watch-the-worlds-first-double-backflip-on-a-snowmobile-1791589627
Capturing the northerly lights at 35,000 feet ? Awesome .
https://gizmodo.com/seeing-the-northern-lights-at-35-000-feet-is-the-best-r-1791423034
Building a take flight RC carpenter’s plane with KFC buckets as wing ? awful .
https://gizmodo.com/this-plane-with-kfc-buckets-for-wings-flies-remarkably-1794028930
provision and utterly executing the world ’s greatest billiards shot ? awing .
https://gizmodo.com/the-worlds-greatest-billiards-shot-spanned-two-floors-a-1791255171
This truck driver ’s one - of - a - form tattoo ? Awesome .
https://gizmodo.com/worlds-greatest-trucker-tattoo-makes-this-guy-look-like-1797889984
make it a terrifying avalanche ? Awesome .
https://gizmodo.com/what-its-like-to-get-caught-in-an-avalanche-1791141466
Flinging yo - yos at the world championships like you ’ve been play with them for a hundred years ? Awesome .
https://gizmodo.com/i-refuse-to-believe-this-world-champion-wasnt-born-with-1797934792
Using your mastery of carpentry to carve intricate joints that check together flawlessly ? Awesome .
https://gizmodo.com/watching-these-precisely-crafted-wooden-joints-fit-toge-1793567509
Covering your intact office in slot railway car racing tracks ? amazing .
https://gizmodo.com/every-office-should-have-slot-cars-racing-across-all-th-1795022534
Skimming a lake in a WWII - geological era belligerent carpenter’s plane ? Awesome .
https://gizmodo.com/watching-a-daredevil-pilot-fly-this-low-is-absolutely-t-1796055670
slice an European olive tree in mid - aviation with a playing card ? Awesome .
https://gizmodo.com/watch-a-master-magician-slice-an-olive-by-throwing-a-pl-1797015353
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