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Dude’s Way, Way Too Strong; He Seems To Have Knocked Out Half His Teeth With His Toothbrush

Dude’s Way, Way Too Strong; He Seems To Have Knocked Out Half His Teeth With His Toothbrush

X-12! I don’t know if X-12 is a person, or a thing, or a state of mind, or some kind of cabbage dish, or whatever, but I just like saying, “X-12!” really loudly, and then yelling, “WHOO!” Try it, it’s fun.

The YouTube notes are not to be missed:

I broke a 2 by 12 16 inches long yellow pine wood with my right hook, and that’s the biggest piece of 2 by 12 that any human has ever broken with a fist without breaking the hand. That is the first time that I’ve ever broken that 2 by 12 16 inches long in that video. That is the biggest piece of wood that I’ve ever broken in my life with my fist, and that is X12 Superhuman strength right there. That 16 inch long 2 by 12 yellow pine wood can hold half the weight of a 3200lb Nissan Altima when that board is set along the grain. No martial art expert wouldn’t dare to attempt to break any 2 by 12s with their fist due to the high risk of breaking their hand. I did not break my hand, otherwise, I wouldn’t be able to hold that piece of wood in my hand if my hand were broken.

WHOO!

Where The Sidewalk Ends (And The Lifts Don’t Go)

Where The Sidewalk Ends (And The Lifts Don’t Go)

To say BSBFB fave Xavier de le Rue knows how to snowboard would be an understatement. But of course, no matter how good you are, there’s always a problem with snowboards that skiers don’t have quite so much: How the hell are you going to get anywhere that isn’t downhill with your feet bolted at an odd angle to a plank? A downhill skier can at least turn into a shabby cross-country skier if he’s got to get somewhere somewhat uphill. All snowboarders can do is trudge. And if you’re like Xavier, and often go where the lifts don’t, you spend a lot of time up to your knees in snow with your board on your back.

Thus the splitboard is born. A splitboard is a modified or specially made snowboard that allows you to turn your board into two separate boards, almost-not-quite skis and practically-not-really snowshoes. The extra surface area allows you to slide atop a lot of snow that wouldn’t hold your boots, and facing forward with opposable feet puts you in ski mode. Xavier shows us how:

Splitboards and splitboard stuff at Amazon