one word = awesome

ive never been speach less but this gay does it ever time i watch one of these vid’s
wow

Great stuff! =D

sorry guy “this guy” sorry

two words = totally awesome!!!

Hang on a minute, why, when you posted a blog just for these videos a few days ago are you posting a blog just for these videos AFTER the show with Ken Block in it?

do u know how good that looked on my new 50″ plasma! thanks TG

Ken Block- magician in a Subaru. If he came in second at the race, how good was the winner??

I’m going to try this in my WagonR… or mebbe not.

wow . nice . now that something, already . . . .wow .

hi

wow i cant stop laughing….some crzy moves there!!!

Watching these again I have to say I was a little disappointed with the TG Ken Block feature. It was good but, given how many times I’ve seen the boast “Ken Block’s amazing driving and Top Gear amazing editing” on this site, I thought both the camerawork and editing was inferior to that of both of the Gymkhana videos.

I think the addition of music and James May’s commentary ruined the pacing somewhat. Raw audio would have worked better – as it did in the Gymkhana One video. The whole thing struck me as a poor attempt to copy the “Gymkhana” style rather than being the usual Top Gear quality.

finaly i driver who makes motocross riders look like scared losers. BEAT THAT THEN STIG!!

Hi Mikeado,

I reposted these Ken Block vids in case we had any post-show visitors who hadn’t seen them. Regular visitors (like yourself) probably took a look last week, but they’re such a good watch I thought it worth another go.

(TopGear.com editor)

PERFECT audio and cinematographic photography and slow mo’s… The usual Top Gear quality! You guys rock!

Oh, and James’ faces were priceless! hehe

this guy can drive!
rally cars have the best sound

‘hammond’ why dose jeramy allways what to win all the time.and how come u guys don’t have one nice gye on there. witch is steave coogon on top gear. hmmmm.

the guy on the bike was good too! I really love rallying, it looks great fun!

i’ve seen plenty of people goin into a corner sideways, but BACKWARDS? holy crap

Unfortunately I have to agree with Steve. It was nothing better than the original internet videos Block has done. Apart from the slow motion jump at the end, the cinematography was about the same.

However, the premise on this website for this feature did make me think that it was going to be the same stuff, just with James May added, so maybe my view isn’t objective.

Classic! James looked like he had wet his pants the whole way through but man, it was EPIC!

I thought the video was great, however I think it would’ve been even better if they sent over the Hamster or Jeremy instead of Captain Slow. James is too reserved to be doing a segment on a wild driver like Ken Block.

You know how hard it is to time a Subaru STI jump with a BMX bike jump and a C-130 FLYOVER AT THE SAME TIME FOR A SHOT?

If I worked at TG I’d bannhammer some of these comments. I’d glady take a job at TG btw.

Ken Block is the coolest Ken ever showing on TG.

You’re dead right James (comment 23); there can be no doubt that some of the shots are fantastic.

However given that the Gymkhana videos (particularly the first one) were pure driving videos, it seemed a little odd to mix audio clips and music into the TG version. The little in car conversations were well placed, but hearing a “bloody hell” mid-drift spoilt the pacing (in my opinion anyway).

Still, to each their own. Hopefully we’ll get a raw audio version as a bonus on the next Top Gear DVD!

did anyone catch where it was? May said what sounded like “Inyuken Airfield, California” – obviously not spelled like that – can’t find it – want to find the location. Anyone know it? Thanks…

^ You’re close; its InyOken airfield – just one letter out!

Sorry to double post but Paul Regan, I assume its you whose altered the thread to show addition videos?

You might want to check your URL’s, as you’ve added videos of Ken Block on snow, Ken Block and Travis Pastrana doing jumps and an onboard F1 video from 1967.

One of three is the odd one out, I’ll leave you to figure it out and remove it accordingly…

Perfect for Tesco’s car park and the Saxo- but once the hairs show on your face you’ll soon get bored.

kenny block is the best. his car is the best

That’s so awsome!
SUBARU IS THE SHIT
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Ha never knew he was around to drive an F1 car round the Nurburgring in ‘67. Needs some editing there I think…

Great videos though from a talented guy!

Dissapointed with TG on Ken Block, but just a bit. Reason is that on the TG feature, the car was a WRC spec with only 300bhp when the Gymhana videos were made with 500bhp+ subys

Wow!

Had to be a mistake on the bhp – the TG feature subie looked exactly like the DC-sponsored one in the “Infomercial”, sounded like it too. C’mon May, you knew that STI wasn’t stock – lol.

Sorry Bpanama. 2 separate subies. the Gymhana one has 2 exhaust pipes, different rims, much harder suspension from just a first look. And the TG subie is clearly underpowered compared with the Gymhana subie.

Nheo: to be fair they couldn’t have run the Gymkhana car on that course; remember that car was set up for tarmac and not for any sort of off-roading.

The car in the TG clip still had over 300BHP; thats not exactly to be sniffed at… (at it was still more than enough power to get the car massively sideways!)

Is he any good in the X Games

You realize that 300BHP is in a subie that weighs less then your mom. So its going to be damn fast…The subie not your mom.

You’re right Nheo – I can’t remember where I saw that single centered exhause before (thought it was on the video) – either way, with that exhause note, it’s gotta be pumping more than 330… 305 is stock and he has to be pushing more than 25 with the exhaust alone.

Hi guys,

anyone have a wallpaper like snap of the last jump ? one with all 3, bike, car & plane ??

thanks,

no way he has done that befour…
just impossible god driving/drifting!

what is the music as the bike and car jump with the plane in the background.

cheers

toopchi, that’s what I’m looking for as well. I just thought that particular scene of the car, bike & plane in the air together was breathtaking and I’d appreciate a link to a still. Any appreciated

remember a few years ago Hammond and Clarkson had a fight at the cool wall about naming a “cool Ken”

well there you go Clarkson, there is at least 1 out there

Hey toopchi!!

hope this is good enough for you, its the best i could find right now

http://cache.gawker.com/a ssets/images/jalopnik/200 9/07/Ken-Block-Top-Gear.j pg

sorry the link didnt appear in that last one

Dear followers,

Check out the Ken Block, James May episode, converted to 3D.

Wow!!! That was properly amazing!!! I was glued to the screen!!!

I missed that episode My dad was in a mood wiv me… So i didn’t get to watch it… Oh well…

Not sure if anyone at Top Gear HQ actually checks these comments, but the Irish have now had a go at Gymkhana and made a nice film to accompany it…

http://www.youtube.com/wa tch?v=Oy73wPYkPr4

(Driver is Kevin Lynch)

Nice blog you got here. It would be great to read a bit more concerning this topic.

Can anyone let me know what the music is they use in the slo-mo directors cut on the top gear website?