The Slow Mo Guys - wikipedia The Slow Mo Guys The Slow Mo Guys Gavin David Free ( 1988 - 05 - 23 ) 23 May 1988 ( age 29 ) Daniel Charles Gruchy ( 1988 - 07 - 28 ) 28 July 1988 ( age 29 ) Origin Thame, United Kingdom Nationality British Occupation Entertainers YouTube information Also known as Gav and Dan Channel TheSlowMoGuys TheSlowMoGuys2 Years active 2010 -- present Genre Science Subscribers 9.57 million+ ( The Slow Mo Guys ) 592,000 + ( The Slow Mo Guys 2 ) Total views 1.2 billion+ ( The Slow Mo Guys ) 19 million+ ( The Slow Mo Guys 2 ) Network Rooster Teeth Play buttons 100,000 subscribers 2012 1,000,000 subscribers 2013 Subscriber and view counts updated as of 30 August 2017. The Slow Mo Guys is a Streamy Award - winning science and technology entertainment web series created by Gavin Free, starring himself and Daniel Charles Gruchy and produced by Rooster Teeth Productions. It has been described as the biggest channel for slow motion videos on YouTube. The series consists of a wide variety of things filmed in extreme slow motion using a range of Vision Research Phantom high - speed cameras, capable of shooting over 343,000 frames per second. The series premiered on 3 November 2010. As of April 2017, their YouTube channel has over 9 million subscribers and over one billion video views. Contents 1 History 2 Awards and nominations 3 References 3.1 Citations 3.2 Sources 3.3 Footnotes 4 External links History Gavin Free and Dan Gruchy hosting a panel at RTX 2013 In 2007, Gavin Free joined Green Door Films, the first production house in Europe to utilize Phantom digital high - speed cameras as a source of slow motion, working as a Data Technician and Camera Operator. He began working on adverts, music videos, and films such as Hot Fuzz. In 2008, he was hired to direct the seventh season of the Rooster Teeth machinima series Red vs. Blue. Afterwards, he had decided to make a move to Austin, Texas and work full - time for Rooster Teeth. He then created The Slow Mo Guys along with friend Daniel Gruchy in order to get a work visa. Free and Gruchy met while working in a Waitrose in their home county of Oxfordshire. The Slow Mo Guys, featuring slow motion footage of various pranks and stunts of the pair, has garnered millions of views since it launched in 2010. According to Free, the name partially comes from a comment Richard Hammond made on the set of Top Gear. `` ( Richard ) Hammond was the first person to ever refer to me as a `` slow mo guy '' because he knew there was a high - speed camera on the shoot that we were doing, which was him going around in a Formula 1 car. And he hopped over the wall as we were setting up the Phantom... he said, `` oh you must be the slow mo guys, '' and I thought that sounds pretty good. '' In April 2011, the channel was voted the winner of YouTube 's On The Rise program, which highlights up - and - coming YouTube partners on the homepage. In September 2012, their episode involving crushing watermelons was featured on The Tonight Show. On 20 February 2013, Free confirmed that the series had been picked up by Rooster Teeth and that further episodes of the series would be released on Rooster Teeth 's website, as well as the series ' existing YouTube channel. A best of compilation was released by Rooster Teeth Productions for home video on 10 September 2013. In January 2014, in collaboration with GE Global Research, the R&D division of General Electric, they released a video showcasing the company 's latest innovations, including superhydrophobic surfaces and how magnetic nanoparticles behave like liquid magnets. Two additional videos featuring them demonstrating MEMS and `` cold spray '' 3D painting technology were also released on the official GE YouTube channel. Gruchy is a former explosives expert from the British Army and has plans to move to Texas to join Gavin. The series has been featured as part of YouTube 's `` Rewind '' year - in - review video in 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016. The series was nominated for a Webby Award in Best Web Personality / Host ( Online Film & Video ) in 2016. At the 2016 Streamy Awards, the series won in the Cinematography category. Awards and nominations Year Award Result 2016 Web Personality / Host Webby Awards Best Web Personality / Host ( Online Film & Video ) Nominated ( as The Slow Mo Guys ) 2016 Team Internet : YouTube Ensemble Shorty Awards Nominated ( as The Slow Mo Guys ) 2016 Cinematography Streamy Awards Won ( as The Slow Mo Guys ) References Citations Jump up ^ Goodman 2016. Jump up ^ RTX 2013 Panel 2016. Jump up ^ 343,000 FPS 2016. Jump up ^ The Slow Mo Guys 2016. Jump up ^ Green Door Films 2016. ^ Jump up to : FOSTER, ALASTAIR. `` How the Slow - Mo Guys have amassed 7.5 million YouTube subscribers around the world ''. Evening Standard. Retrieved 16 April 2016. Jump up ^ `` Slow Mo Guys Q&A Panel - RTX 2016 ''. The Slow Mo Guys 2. Retrieved 17 July 2016. Jump up ^ Daily Mail 2016. Jump up ^ The Sun 2016. Jump up ^ Shorty Awards 2016. Jump up ^ Free 2016. Jump up ^ Tubefilter GE 2016. Jump up ^ `` Dan 's New Look ''. YouTube. 4 May 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2017. Jump up ^ 2013 Rewind 2016. Jump up ^ 2014 Rewind 2016. Jump up ^ 2015 Rewind 2016. Jump up ^ `` 2016 Rewind ''. YouTube. Retrieved 21 December 2016. Jump up ^ Cavassuto, Maria. `` Michelle Obama, Netflix Among 2016 Webby Nominees ''. Variety. Retrieved 16 April 2016. Jump up ^ `` The Slow Mo Guys Win Cinematography - Streamy Awards 2016 ''. Retrieved 9 October 2016. Sources `` The Slow mo Guys Jornal Post ''. Rooster Teeth Productions, LLC. 2013. Retrieved 24 February 2016. RTX 2013 Panel : The Slow Mo Guys. 15 July 2013 -- via YouTube. Goodman, William ( 5 May 2011 ). `` Giant water balloon exploding in super slow - motion ''. CBS Interactive Inc. CBS News. Retrieved 25 February 2016. `` ' Slo mo guys ' fast becoming stars ''. News Group Newspapers Limited. The Sun. 9 May 2011. Retrieved 25 February 2016. `` The Slow Mo Guys - About ''. YouTube. Retrieved 24 February 2016. `` Ouch ! Slow - motion film that shows exactly what happens when we take a knock ''. Associated Newspapers. Daily Mail. 10 May 2011. Retrieved 25 February 2016. Glass Explosion at 343,000 FPS ! - The Slow Mo Guys. The Slow Mo Guys. 17 July 2016 -- via YouTube. `` About the Slow Mo Guys ''. Shorty Awards. Shorty Awards. Retrieved 25 February 2016. Gutelle, Sam ( 6 January 2014 ). `` GE Lets The Slow Mo Guys Play With Its Cool Science Gadgets ''. Tubefilter. Tubefilter Inc. Retrieved 25 February 2016. `` Youtube Rewinds 2013, 2014, 2015 ''. Youtube ( YouTube Rewind Channel ). YouTube Rewind Channel. Retrieved 25 February 2016. `` About Us ''. Green Door Films. Archived from the original on 30 July 2010. Retrieved 24 February 2016. Youtube Rewind 2013. 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Footnotes External links YouTube Channel Rooster Teeth Page Rooster Teeth List of works produced Productions Shows Red vs. Blue characters episodes specials The Strangerhood characters episodes Rooster Teeth Podcast The Slow Mo Guys RWBY characters episodes Chibi BlazBlue : Cross Tag Battle Ten / Eleven Little Roosters Day 5 Crunch Time Films Lazer Team Lazer Team 2 Blood Fest Events RTX Let 's Play Live Divisions Rooster Teeth Games Achievement Hunter Personnel Founders Burnie Burns Joel Heyman Matt Hullum Geoff Ramsey Gus Sorola Current staff Barbara Dunkelman Gavin Free Gray Haddock Ashley Jenkins Lindsay Jones Michael Jones Former staff Paul Marino Monty Oum Griffon Ramsey Meg Turney Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Slow_Mo_Guys&oldid=798062833 '' Categories : English comedy duos Internet celebrities YouTube channels Rooster Teeth channels British video bloggers English video bloggers Hidden categories : Use dmy dates from April 2017 Talk Contents About Wikipedia فارسی Edit links This page was last edited on 30 August 2017, at 19 : 28. 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Question: what kind of camera do the slow mo guys use
Answer: a range of Vision Research Phantom high-speed cameras