(16 Apr 2025)
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Frisco, Texas – 03 March 2025
1. Various of new headquarters of Dude Perfect
2. Dude Perfect founders hosting a live show for visitors at new headquarters
3. UPSOUND (English) Tyler Toney, co-founder of Dude Perfect :
“Excited to be here with you guys. Thanks for coming out to the new office. We have a lot of fun in here and wanted to let you guys have some fun as well.”
4. Medium of audience watching live show
5. Various of live show with Dude Perfect members interacting with the crowd
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Coby Cotton, Co-Founder of Dude Perfect:
“It’s pretty surreal. I was just thinking back on that video the other day, and I feel I have strong emotions towards just that original feeling.”
7. Various of live show with Dude Perfect members interacting with the crowd
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Coby Cotton, Co-Founder of Dude Perfect:
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“It’s been 16 years of incredible experiences. We’ve got to share together as five best friends. And not every day is easy, and that’s for sure. But to have the experiences we’ve had is, is pretty unbelievable.”
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Coby Cotton, Co-Founder of Dude Perfect:
“We just filmed with Tom Brady the other day. Was in a podcast with Noah Lyles the other day. I mean, just the list goes on.”
10. Various of visitors playing in new facility
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Andrew Yaffe, CEO of Dude Perfect :
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“If you ask Coby, or the the guys, what they intended in 2009, I don’t think. I think I don’t know that this would have been in their wildest dreams. And so, you know what? We hope there’s a lot of creators out there dreaming about what makes sense for them and how big the world can be. You know, I think we think about this is this is what a media company looks like in 2025.”
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Coby Cotton, Co-Founder of Dude Perfect:
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“Families need stuff they can watch together. And you mentioned how has that changed over time. We now all have kids, kids ages ten and under between the five of us. And now we can think about, okay, what would we want to be able to watch together as a family? What would be something fun that our oldest kid down to our youngest would enjoy together? And that’s something that drives some of the decisions that we’re making.”
13. Various of visitors playing in new facility
STORYLINE:
The five buddies who now comprise Dude Perfect had no intention of creating a brand or even a business 16 years ago when they started making a video of basketball trick shots while they were attending Texas A&M.
“My dad would say we were procrastinating studying for finals at that time, which he is 100% correct,” said Coby Cotton, whose twin brother Cory is also part of the group. “We were just having fun, and that’s one thing that I am grateful to say has continued.”
When they posted that first video on YouTube in April 2009, the nearly 3 1/2-minute clip was just a way to share with family and friends what they were doing on an $80 portable basketball rim they bought for the backyard.
Things have expanded far beyond that small circle. And the tricks got much bigger, like the world record shot made from 856 feet high in Las Vegas two summers ago on the third day of attempts.
Dude Perfect now has more than 61 million subscribers on YouTube, with 482 videos that have gotten more than 18.5 billion total views. An "Average Dude vs. Steph Curry" video did 16 million views just four months ago.
More than trick shots
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