Ken Block's Back With This New 'Terrakhana' Video
It’s been a little while since Ken Block’s last Gymkhana video, he’s back - and this time he’s doing a ‘Terrakhana’.
If you’re as confused as we were, think of it as Gymkhana-style driving stunts, but on natural surfaces - from “Terra” meaning “Earth”. Clever, eh?
Terrakhana is a new angle on some of Block’s antics, and something he seems to be planning more of. However, he’s found a pretty excellent spot to kick things off: Swing Arm City in Utah.
An offroad facility in southern Utah, Swing Arm City sits in the shadow of the Cainesville Mesa, one of Utah’s many glacial plateaus. It makes for a stunning backdrop that Block might find hard to beat.
It’s a 15 square kilometre playground that’s usually the home of dirt bikes and ATVs, but Block felt that the 600hp rallycross Fiesta from Gymkhana 8 would make a great fit.
The desert floor there is covered with a mineral known as ‘bentonite’ - a thick layer of silt that creates impressive dustclouds that show where Block’s been. Although given that it’s the same sort of stuff that make cat litter, our lungs are itching just thinking about breathing it in - rather him than us.
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Legend says that he used a rock climber for a few scenes…
Ken Block. Spoiling 50/50 weight ratio by putting his massive balls in front since 2009
Something like that?
This is coolll… But whatever happened to climbkahana with the hoonicorn v2?
Im wondering too
Ikr they said this summer, clock is ticking…
They apparently had some mechanical issues with the Hoonicorn and had to return to Pikes peak to finish filming, he says the video should be out by November or December.
Now it’s on “terra” ‘cause he can’t handle walls.
Lost of nice rocks and stuff in Utah
This was seriously cool, maybe even better than most of his gymkhana videos
Just saw this
Sometimes I wonder if Ken Block is from Earth. I mean how does his eyes not itch from the dirt (I saw dirt inside the Fiesta). Also, how does he know where he’s going: the dirt is so hard to see through.
Its all in practice, it isnt done in the first take