Inflatopalooza 2010: Beachball Drop

Last weekend one of my good gear+inflatable friends decided to pay me a visit. He hasn’t made videos before and we’re still working on an alias for him. For the time being, let’s just call him Mr. X. ;-) We filled a 3-day weekend and 5 video tapes with inflatable destruction. This is the first video in what should be a long series :-) A beachball drop and popping contest. I don’t remember the final tally, but I know that he beat me by about 5 points. Scoring: 1 point for most, 2 points for the flame beach balls, 5 points for the little blue jet but it has to be the last thing popped, otherwise -5.


Product Testing

Recently I learned about Rhode Island Novelty from a couple of different sources. All of them told me that they sold cheap, crappy inflatables that popped too easily. Perfect :-)

My thoughts
Horses: Fun, wish they were bigger, stupid squeakers are a PITA to remove (and even more annoying if left in).
Small B&W orcas: Squeakers are easy to remove, cheap (but small). Nice bang :-)
Dolphins: These have bells in them… not squeakers… FUUUUUUUUU- Otherwise, they also pop rather nicely… jingle jingle jingle POP!
Big blue whales: These are actual Bestway ride-ons. An amazing deal for $4.80 / ea.


Birthday Bust 2009, Part 3

Annnnnd I’m spent! You cannot imagine just how beat I was by the end of this. I spent the better part of a day setting this up, filming it, and cleaning up the mess that I’d made. Was it worth it? Of course. Will I do it again next year, only bigger? Hell yes!


Birthday Bust 2009, Part 2

The madness continues. One of these days I will pop a boat without the assistance of an air compressor.


Birthday Bust 2009, Part 1

New content! Hooray! I know a lot of you have been eager to see this, and I’ve been busting my ass (literally and figuratively) to get it put together and online. Even though I no longer have to deal with YouTube’s 10 minute video limit, I’ve broken this video up into a few chunks (3 to be exact) as it’s a long one. Lots of different gear, different balloons, and different inflatables. One thing that I’ve wanted to do ever since I got into inflatables a few years back was to pop a whole pile of them and, well, you’ll just have to watch the video and see how things turn out.

One last item of note: some new gear that I’ve alluded to previously makes an appearance in this video. Happy birthday to me :-)


Ride ‘em Cow…Biker?

Here’s the last video I posted on YouTube before my account was shut down. *deep breath* That was a lot of work. I’ll have new content up soon, including my birthday bust for this year, which was huge. Watch for that in the next day or two.


Purple Balloons

Another request from a former YouTube fan.


Mr. MotoX Presents: Episode 1

The first in a couple of videos inspired by my being featured on RayWilliamJohnson’s YouTube show.


Biker Trapped in Tube

I’d love to try this with a real innertube one of these days (and the proper gear… not sure if motorcycle leathers would provide enough protection). I was getting impatient near the end of the video and reaching for the knife that I had on the bookshelf, but the tube let go before I needed to use it.


New Years Bust with Sneaks01

Here’s the first in the final batch of my old YouTube videos. I know a lot of you have been asking for this one.


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