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warriors in the national progrid league. >> ultimate athletic experience. >> you're already losing. >> what? >> don't get hurt. what happens when we try the new sport requiring insane stamina. >> trip her, trip her, trip her! unless you're delivering a newspaper at 4:00 a.m. or dropping off milk, you're up to no good, which is what this homeowner capture on surveillance camera. the suspected dog thieves came at 4:00. you see it? two dogs right there, kiki and domdom. the white dog. watch domdom. he was tasered. >> they tazed that dog? >> look at him. he fights back. this is a bad ass dog. he does not stay down. you can't keep this dog down. he's fighting to get up, struggling, the legs and tail are moving, hit him again. >> that is awful. >> are they trying to steal the

dogs? >> the homeowner believes they are trying to steal the dog, but they can't because of the metal gate, but he gets the legs and back legs, finally able to walk up to the ramp and get to the back door. >> this is awful. >> he was not dumb dumb. he fought hard to get into safety. >> he sure did. he suffered burns, but he's going to be okay. this dog needed help getting out of the sticky situation it was caught in. this was a six-week-old puppy stuck in a pipe for 14 hours in durbin, south africa, but the rescue crews worked for seven of the 14 hours to get this six-week puppy out, and notice the guy is bare handed, reaching down the pipe to grab the puppy. the way it's pulled out, looks like the pipe gives birth to the puppy. reaches in, pulls it out. >> is that how puppies are born? through a pipe?

>> the puppy was reunited with mom and rescued unharmed. got a pair of videos, two teps moments high up in the sky. first from a guy name timothy in the max air hummer ultra light. what's that? it's a single seat, high wing, wire brace flier. aluminum framed aircraft, high wing part, wing above him, a long thin tail. >> and wheels. prop behind him. >> cool looking aircraft. we have a shot of what he's seeing. looks like he knows what he's doing. >> he has the flight suit, helmet there. >> like he's a skilled pilot. he's got skills. all going well. sounds all great until -- that, my friends, is the sounds

of a partial engine failure because of the wind, but he's going down quickly. >> oh, man. >> he says he posted this as an example to others flying the same aircraft. he said $400 in total repairs, not much, landing gear bent, a crack in the propel lar, and the engine had a ring power, cause of the power loss. could have been worse. >> another one, guy high up in the air in the czech republic. he's going to the maid of metal festival, music festival. he's the only person arriving by plane. you think it's cool, except he didn't arrive at all. >> oh, no. >> silence. this is not supposed to happen. he's going down quick. >> queagain, they are lucky.

perfect. able to land. he said, yeah, eventually, everything worked find, engine start the up, and i went back to the airport. >> what? like after that happened? just risk taking it back? >> i'm sure they did the repairs they needed to do, but still. some pretty spectacular video coming from a water spout caught off the coast of italy. >> there's more than one out there. you see one in the distance too. >> yeah. you see one that looks like a big cloud in front of us, but in the distance, there's a second one, a thin spout. this is another video posted on facebook shows a water spout also in the distance. >> they are not as dangerous as tornados, you know, still scary. i can't imagine being on a beach filming this and not freaking out a little bit. >> this other video, don't worry, nothing wrong with the television. this is just severe,ere

weather in an arty ka. everything is white until they get closer to the building. >> a building? >> it's there somewhere. you have to find it. >> okay. i thought maybe for a second -- >> there it is. >> finally start seeing what looks like a railing. you see someone running towards, across the bridge to a door. >> woah. >> the camera's iced over. >> can you imagine what that's like? >> makes you feel happy it's august. that's a few months away for most people right now. if you're going to race your car, you have to accept the risk and possibility that you may crash your car. this video, short from road america, very popular racetrack, guy's got the camera on the z 06

corvette, and around the corner he comes into the slippery grass and carrying that steam into the retaining wall, crunch, good-bye corvette. >> a good way to say good-bye to a lot of money. in guy in his rally car in eston estonia, around the corner, kicking up dust. oh, boy. left rear tire off in the ditch, flips him over, turns him around, and all spectators helping him out, he's okay. no problem there. a lot of the folks were sitting out in the field enjoying the action from a distance. >> now, these three guys racing in their scis at the nuremberg

ring, a popular track. >> oh, you're in the grass. see there up ahead what caused this whole thing is a course marshall waving the flag, caution slowing everybody else down, but the guys around the corner carried speeds causing them to wad up, but no real accident. they avoided everything which is good. no damage there. >> woah! >> they are going all extreme to challenge their breath holding skills. >> but these are not divers, guys. >> how long the red bull pros can hold it in when they go under. >> and the angry blackbird on the attack. >> woah! n't en ce.

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big jump. >> watch again. >> oh, that sounds bad, really, really bad. >> oh, the poor thing. >> yeah, that's what he thought. he goes out to look for the kangaroo. he says it may have been dark, but he could not find it. he thinks it hopped away. >> yeah, i mean, they are really, really muscular, strong animals that are built like tanks so it's possible it survived. >> he's looking at the front of the car for damage, and this is the damage that that kangaroo did. he said it was minor, but, still, that is a nice scratch in the front and didn't on the hood. >> i bet the car is worse than the kangaroo. >> now, meanwhile ince place to unless this blackbird is around. this video, you can see this is a roadwemake of "the birds." june captured quite a bit of video of bees going on it on people's head. >> does not care, kids, dog,

anybody. >> does not discriminate, race, age, male, female, doesn't care. >> well, there's probably a nest nearby or something, and the bird's trying to protect the nest. whatever. who knows. >> good point. accurate, yes. that's what happened. the filmmaker not only protect her protecting its young, but you see three babies in there waiting for mom to feed them. >> can't blame her. she was just protecting her babies. >> yep. what are some of the amazing things you find at the bottom of the ocean? >> buried treasure. >> good guess. you also find a bunch of athletes holding their breath. these are extreme athletes like kevin, and athle a surfer, a fr skier, matt pool, and jimmy poe, a progamer.

>> oh, weir. how are they able to hold their breath that long because -- >> they are athletes. >> but riding motorcycle, you don't hold your breath. >> no, but you're in shape. these guys, yeah, i believe they can hold their breath quite a while. >> actually, a lot said they struggled holding their breath, so red bull decided to challenge them, putting through through high performance training where they actually learn how to hold their breath, how to release their breath to be able to not panni panic while down there and determine how to respond to whatever their body was asking for at any given point until they were strong enough to do it. then, like, all right, guys, time to hit the ocean floor. they got in a boat, and then using a line, they started lowering themselves as they held their breath, and it sounded like most of them were able to get to five minutes underwater. >> wow. >> you see one, chilling, hanging around, kicking sand up.

>> zen. >> they said you get to a point where your body is so relaxed you can push yourself way more than you thought you could. >> which is funny because they are amped up on red bull, you know? looks enough like legal street racing to fool the cops. see what happens next "right this minute." and still to come, two dudes one up each other with trick shot. >> and them this turns into a motorcycle trick shot montage. >> see how far they'll go on the back of a bike. plus, an artist goes to town on a canvas. what the heck is he doing? why a flip makes all the difference. >> holy smokes. >> what!

trick shot videos always a

good time. two buddies together like this, they start trick shot. boom, into the glass, his buddy, i can match that, boom, ping-pong ball into the icon helmet. simple stuff. when dudes challenge each other, it goes up and up and up. it ramps up quickly. starts the bike. >> no, i don't believe that. >> flip the helmet on your head, bingo, and this turns into a motorcycle trick shot montage. welsh, incredibly talented stunt rider, his buddy matches him shot for shot. here they go. welsh with the frisbee through the legs of the rider. how about the soccer ball, on the skate board. how about some basketball moves? >> oh. >> how can you be that good at that many trick things? >> i know. there's a lot. put i together here t a trick shot pyramid.

i can do that aside from standing on the motorcycle. >> really? >> what? >> a skid plate on the back of the bike. check it out. there's a tiny plate with the bike, and, boom, hit the water bottle full of fuel, erupting into a pile of fire. >> that's dangerous. if i'm not mistaken, there's fuel in the motorcycle as well, and they are just inches away from that huge ball of flame. >> yeah, but your gas tank is not leaky so you're safe. >> i can't get over that many trick shots, specialize in one thing. >> too much talent? >> almost too much. it's like high octane talent. zblmplgt i need your imagination. connects with the piece that's painted. tell me what you think you see. this is in taiwan, and the artist took the brush to the

canvas. >> now he's mad. this is cool and creepy. >> creepy a little bit. >> well, sometimes artists wear masks because they paint in places where they are not supposed to. in this case, that's not necessarily what it means, but what do you see? >> maybe a face. only going off that maybe being an eye and nose. >> a forehead and that the eye, the nose, and mouth, an abstract homer simpson. >> that's what i thought when i first saw it. >> really? >> i found out it's not homer simpson. >> man. >> it's coming together. going at it, he then just starts smashing them together. what the heck is he doing? wait until he turns the painting upside down, and you're going to see the painting of bruce lee. >> holy smokes! that's detailed too. >> isn't it gnarly?

>> he did it in, like, two minutes. that's cool. it's called the national pro grid league, and it's the ultimate strategic, athletic experience. we wanted to figure out what this sport was all about. >> so beth and i get put through the ringer. see why this is one intense sport. >> go, go, go,

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themselves? it's gorgeous. guys, there's a brand new sport, and it's sweeping the nation. >> two teams go head to head in 11 races, men and women together equal with unlimited substitution. >> it's called the pro league, npgl, did you hear that? men and women against each other, with each other competing in the ultimate, strategic athletic experience. this was just uploaded, has more than 20,000 views. the reason it's called the national pro grid league, they

compete on really cool grid setups with all kinds of things from bars to rings, and it's like a relay race. >> a spectator sport? >> yes, you can buy tickets and cheer on your favorite team. >>his is so extreme, though. we wanted to figure out what the sport was all about. >> nick calderón and i went to training this morning at the optimum performance training. we trained with and competed against the phoenix rides team, and here it goes. >> oh, my gosh. >> you're only as good as the rest of the teammates, there's nobody a star or a weak link, number one team, and racing as fast as we can against the other team. >> it's awesome what they are doing. i want to see what you did. >> yeah, yeah. >> oh, yeah. >> we obviously can't compete on that level, so they modified it for us, scaled it down, dialled it back for us.

>> three, two, one, race. >> you're already losing. >> what? >> don't get hurt. >> oh, my god. >> come on. >> there you go. >> what am i doing? squats? >> squats. >> come on. >> go, go, go, go, go, nick! >> squatted. >> they really lighten it up for you guys. >> they were cognizant not to hurt us because we don't train like they do. we don't want to pull a muscle. >> what do i do? i forgot? how many? ten? >> modified pushups. >> so sweaty. >> come on, you got this! >> now is the end of the relay race, the walk on the hands across the finish line. >> oh, gosh. >> you went for that? >> yes. >> here i go, here i go, here i go. >> the barrel. the barrel walk.

>> pathetic. >> trip her, trip her, trip her! >> got it, one more. >> oh! >> tons of fun. if you want to check out a match, there's a match between the d.c. brawlers andfection this saturday, august 23rd. go to npgl for scheduling and to buy tickets. that's all for "right this minute," we'll see you next that's all for "right this minute," we'll see you next time, everybody. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

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