Sports & Athletics Videos Hacker News Recommends
Sports & athletics videos on HackerTube: the talks, lectures and explainers Hacker News commenters keep sharing, covering Olympics, running, marathons, sports history, extreme sports, climbing, cycling races, soccer, basketball, athletes, records and feats of human performance.
23 videos · ranked by HN recommendations
Most recommended sports & athletics videos
The ones HN returns to most often when a thread turns to this topic.
other#644The 919 Tribute Tour: On-board record lap, Nordschleife.
Porsche
“If anyone hasn't seen this, I highly recommend it, even if you're not a car fan.”
3 HN recommenders · 2018–2026
talk#1004Pop an ollie and innovate! | Rodney Mullen | TED
TED
“talks a bit about the relationship between hacking and skateboarding in his TED talk”
4 HN recommenders · 2018–2021
talk#1212High Altitude Leadership | Chris Warner | Talks at Google
Talks at Google
“I highly, highly recommend listening to Chris Warner's talk on summitting K2”
3 HN recommenders · 2010–2014
demo#1236Lars Andersen: A new level of archery
larsandersen23
“Lars Andersen taking archery to the next level by using forgotten skills he learned by looking at old art and various texts. Worth a watch!”
4 HN recommenders · 2015–2022
commentary#1276RAT POISON AND BRANDY: THE 1904 ST. LOUIS OLYMPIC MARATHON.
Jon Bois
“He has a video on the marathon that's very worth the 21 minutes”
3 HN recommenders · 2019–2024
talk#1531Are athletes really getting faster, better, stronger? | David Epstein
TED
3 HN recommenders · 2014–2020
documentary#1561Climbing SOLO with Alex Honnold **INSANE EXPERIENCE**
Magnus Midtbø
“I need to share a video [0] which helped contextualize Alex Honnold for me”
3 HN recommenders · 2022–2026
demo#1638Stealing Baseball Signs with a Phone (Machine Learning)
Mark Rober
“This video explains neural nets/machine learning and had my kids riveted”
3 HN recommenders · 2019–2023
commentary#1807The NCAA: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
LastWeekTonight
“John Oliver has an excellent take on NCAA salaries issue”
3 HN recommenders · 2015–2019
tutorial#1874Principles of Natural Running with Dr. Mark Cucuzzella
NaturalRunningCenter
“This is the best video I have seen on natura running form”
3 HN recommenders · 2014–2026
documentary#2068El Sendero Luminoso ft. Alex Honnold | The North Face
The North Face
“one of the most frightening videos I have ever seen”
1 HN recommenders · 2015–2017
documentary#2092The ascent of Alex Honnold
CBS News
“The whole video is pretty interesting, but may make your hands sweat even more.”
2 HN recommenders · 2012–2017
other#2371Michael Jordan "Failure" Nike Commercial
JayMJ23
“which everyone should see”
2 HN recommenders · 2010–2016
comedy#2377Sabine Schmitz's Nurburgring Van CHALLENGE | Top Gear - Part 2
Top Gear
“If you havent watched her take a van around the ring in a smidge over 10 minutes it is worth a watch.”
2 HN recommenders · 2018–2025
demo#2493Why Figure 8 knot is NOT hard to untie!
Hard Is Easy
“Apparently there is a wrong way of tying a figure 8, that leads to a version that is much harder to untie.”
2 HN recommenders · 2021–2022
other#2593Shanghai Tower (650 meters)
On The Roofs
“An absolutely fantastic watch.”
2 HN recommenders · 2015–2020
demo#2607Inner Game of Tennis
TheCoach
“This video of Timothy Gallwey teaching a woman how to play tennis. In 5 minutes.”
2 HN recommenders · 2015–2016
demo#3101Olympic Cyclist Vs. Toaster: Can He Power It?
The Toaster Challenge
“Here's a neat video of an olympic cycle sprinter powering a toaster”
3 HN recommenders · 2015–2023
podcast#3136Joe Rogan Experience #1027 - Courtney Dauwalter
PowerfulJRE
“some of the stories she tells about persevering through physical fatigue (and hallucinations, etc) is unreal”
2 HN recommenders · 2017–2019
explainer#3310Cyclists' hearts: can you be so fit that you die?
Medlife Crisis
“Medlife Crisis (a YouTube channel that deserves a much larger following) has a good video related to this topic”
2 HN recommenders · 2019–2023
other#3778Maradona Goal of the Century - Víctor Hugo Morales commentary - Argentina-England 2-1 1986
forfunny59
“Best commentary of that goal is in Spanish”
1 HN recommenders · 2017–2022
documentary#3843Rowing 3,000 Miles Across the Atlantic Ocean
Laura Try
1 HN recommenders · 2022–2026
demo#4080369 km/h on the Nordschleife | Lap Record Porsche 919 Hybrid Evo
Nürburgring
“watching video of that run still blows my mind (I have a racing background)”
1 HN recommenders · 2019–2023
Channels HN cites most for sports & athletics
Each channel page lists every video of theirs that HN recommends.
More in Arts, Comedy, Music & Film