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Have You Seen This? Car jumps over boat and other such insanity

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CRAZY TOWN — Do any of you have that friend who's just good at absolutely everything? Like, this friend has never even seen a basketball but once it's in his or her hands, they are immediately the best player on the court?

This friend for me was Jonny, and it was and still is infuriating. Travis Pastrana is the extreme sports world's Jonny, and there is just more proof of that in this heart-pounding video.

Gymkhana is fancy way of saying someone who drives their car in an incredible reckless yet controlled way. I know that's an oxymoron, but if you've seen any of the gymkhana videos out there, you understand.

Driver Ken Block has driven a car in multiple videos that have everyone's jaws dropping. Block is now passing the torch on to Pastrana, and this is the first video featuring the new driver.

For those of you not familiar with Pastrana, suffice it to say the man doesn't know what fear is and has done a lot of down right crazy things. He was the first to perform a double backflip on a motorcycle in competition. He's also won countless X Games medals, founded the popular Nitro Circus, and jumped out of an airplane without a parachute. He's babbled in NASCAR and monster truck rallies, so why not do gymkhana?

In the video, Pastrana jumps a boat, races an airplane, tops speeds over 140 mph, and even drifts on a dock managing to only keep three wheels on solid ground. The video is wildly entertaining, and you get sucked into all 8 minutes.

While most of you are enjoying the stunts and driving, I'll just be the old curmudgeon over here thinking about how obnoxious it must have been for all those residents to have their entire town shut down so this video could be made.

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John Clyde

About the Author: John Clyde

John has grown up around movies and annoys friends and family with his movie facts and knowledge. He also has a passion for sports and pretty much anything awesome, and it just so happens, that these are the three things he writes about. Contact him on Twitter at @johnnypclyde.

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John has grown up around movies and annoys friends and family with his movie facts and knowledge. He also has a passion for sports and pretty much anything awesome, and it just so happens, that these are the three things he writes about.

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