How Ridiculous

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How Ridiculous
How Ridiculous New Icon.jpg
New logo from late 2019 [1]
Personal information
BornBrett Stanford
(1988-04-22) 22 April 1988 (age 33)
Derek Herron
(1988-03-03) 3 March 1988 (age 33)
Scott Gaunson
(1992-01-03) 3 January 1992 (age 29)
NationalityAustralian
Websitehttps://howridiculous.org/
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2009–present
GenreTrickshots
Subscribers6.73 million[2]
(28 November 2021)
Total views1.21 billion[2]
(28 November 2021)
YouTube Silver Play Button 2.svg 100,000 subscribers
YouTube Gold Play Button 2.svg 1,000,000 subscribers 2019
Updated: 13 September 2021

How Ridiculous is an Australian YouTube channel based in Perth, Western Australia. The channel's main personalities are Brett Isaac Stanford, Derek Douglas Herron and Scott Steven Gaunson.[3][4] As of November 2021, they have 6.62 million subscribers and more than 1.167 billion video views.[5] They are mostly known for their trick shots and experiments involving dropping objects onto other objects from a great height, typically 45 meters. Objects that have been dropped by the channel include, but are not limited to, bowling balls, basketballs, anvils, lifting stones, custom-made heavy metal objects such as giant darts and a mjolnir-like hammer,[6] household appliances,[7] cars/motor vehicles,[8] and even a small plane.[9] The group also frequently devises interesting targets to drop said objects onto, such as RC car race tracks, giant axe blades, multiple cans of spray paint or silly string taped/grouped together, bedliner-covered obstacles, a bulletproof glass table, and pools full of oobleck.

History[]

The group- whose members met at church[10]- began in 2009, with trick shot videos made for fun in backyards,[11] originally with 4th member Kyle Nebel.[12][13] Currently, the trio's main stunt is throwing or dropping objects from great heights. Many of their videos since 2015 are recorded at the Gravity Discovery Centre at the Leaning Tower of Gingin.[14][15][16] However, they still occasionally attempt trick shots, and recently released a series of videos testing various objects' strength when thrown against obstacles such as giant balloons, panes of glass, and sheets of drywall.

On 12 October 2018, How Ridiculous uploaded their most popular video to date, in which they dropped a bowling ball onto a trampoline from 165 metres (541 ft) at the Luzzone Dam in Switzerland.[17] Their previous most popular video uploaded in March 2018 also involved dropping a bowling ball onto a trampoline from a great height, although it was from only 45 metres (148 ft).[18][19] The group have released several other videos from various dams in Switzerland, and also have traveled to other locations to film special videos, such as RAC Arena, Optus Stadium, Perth Motorplex, Texas, Los Angeles, Turkey, Lesotho, Dubai, Serbia, and the Australian Outback.

On 19 October 2018, the group released another highly popular video (Over 16m views) in which they dropped a giant metal dart onto a table of bulletproof glass from 45m up. The dart became embedded almost perfectly halfway through the glass,[20] and the image was considered so artistic/iconic that the group saved the sheet of glass and dart as it was,[21] later making a new table out of it which now sits at the Gravity Discovery Centre as an attraction. They also released a limited edition T-shirt of the visual of the dart stuck in the glass.

In recent years, the trio added a fourth member to the recurring team - Jack Wallace [22] aka "Editor Jack", whose primary job is camerawork and post-production editing. However, he has appeared in person in several videos, most notably a video in which he showed his skills at speedcubing while riding a waterslide at Aquaventure in Dubai.[23] The team have also had several friends, celebrities, and fellow YouTube stars occasionally assist with the videos. The most frequently recurring friends are named Harrison, Michael, and Big Nick, and celebrity appearances include Tiger Woods, Ernie Els, Mark Rober, Shadiversity, Team Edge, Matt Carriker, and Gabriel Conte.[24][25][26][27][28][29] Mark Rober, in his appearance, helped the team build a two ton, Kevlar-and-steel trampoline which was featured afterwards in several videos. The trio also list a Tyrannosaurus rex test dummy that they call "Rexy" as an official team member. The test dummy has featured in many of their videos, mainly those shot at the Gravity Discovery Centre.[30]

On 9 October 2020, How Ridiculous launched a spinoff channel titled HR Gaming, in which the trio, Editor Jack and his brother Toby Wallace compete in various games such as Among Us, Minecraft, Rocket League and Fortnite, often with secondary challenges to make playing the games more difficult.[31]

Guinness World Records[]

In 2017, the trio set the current Guinness World Record for "Longest golf putt (non-tournament)" at 120.6 metres (396 ft).[32][33] The record was achieved by Brett Stanford, who sunk the putt in question at the Point Walter golf course in Western Australia. The shot was covered in one of their videos, uploaded on 23 February 2017.[34]

On 19 January 2018, How Ridiculous uploaded a video in which their basketball shot from 201.42 metres (660.8 ft) set the current record for "Greatest height from which a basketball is shot." [35][36][37] This took place at the Maletsunyane Falls in Lesotho, Africa, and was achieved by Derek Herron. This marks the fifth time that How Ridiculous has held this particular record, since they first broke it in 2011 with a ball shot from 66.89 metres (219.5 ft) in height.[38][39][40]

In a video released 27 August, 2021, Brett Stanford also attempted to set the Guinness World Record for "Highest ping pong ball shot into a red plastic cup". The shot was successfully made from the catwalk of the RAC Arena in Perth, but failed to qualify for the record because the cup in use was 90 millimetres (3.5 in) in diameter instead of the regulation 85 millimetres (3.3 in). How Ridiculous announced that the oversight was completely unintentional, and that they fully intend to try again at a later date with a correctly sized cup.[41]

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