Blink and you’ll miss Ken Block in new Gymkhana video

Explosions, hooks and slides and the destruction of fluorescent light bulbs–all in the name of gaining attention for DC Shoes?

Noted rally driver and DC co-founder Ken Block slides his way through Gymkhana Two, a high-performance sequel to his popular Gymkhana Practice video.

Block maneuvers a 2008 Subaru Impreza WRX STI, custom-built by Crawford Performance, around the Port of Los Angeles.

Gymkhana requires drivers to push their limits of car control while juking cars around a series of cones, 180-degree, 360-degree and figure-eight turns and other obstacles using extreme acceleration, braking and drifting.

Block’s car is fitted with BFGoodrich g-Force KDW tires, carbon fiber, a custom graphics package, body mods and custom parts.

In the video, Block swings the car sideways more than he travels straight, knocks a goo-filled balloon out of a dummy’s hand and slides under an exploding trailer.

Pretty impressive for an infomercial.

DC team

rider and MTV funnyman Rob Dyrdek makes a cameo in the video.

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