Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Who Wants A Slegoon? I Do

Slegoon

Description

Slegooning is a new winter sport in which participants travel down a snow-covered slope in single person sledge-type crafts, called Slegoons, in full-contact races. They can continue even when overturned.

The Slegoon won first prize in the UK IOM3 Design Innovation in Plastics competition 2003, sponsored by Bayer AG, and has received international press, including Blueprint magazine.

It was recently featured on Core77 and Gizmodo.com, resulting in hundreds of other blogs picking it up.

Ok, if you have ever skied in Switzerland you know they have sledging yes sledging on most mountains, some even have courses set up, well this would be wild, crazy to take on the Swiss Alps. Hope they start to product. would be great to pull behind a quad as well.

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Biking To Work With Kids

One of the biggest struggles that one faces when trying to go green is, how do I drop the kids off. Well now you can Double Dutch Bikes Taylor Cargo Bicycle makes it possible. What a deal at $1950, what can go wrong.


CARGO BICYCLE SPECIFICATIONS

  • Powder coated Stainless steel frame
  • 20" Front wheel double walled alloy rim, stainless steel 48 spokes
  • 24" Rear wheel double walled alloy rim, stainless steel 36 spokes
  • Shimano 7Speed Coaster brake
  • V Brake Promax
  • Alloy 300 mm Suspension Saddlepin
  • 14mm Alloy rear carrier
  • Fully enclosed steel chain guard
  • Velo Brown leather look saddle & grips
  • 3 Pointed alloy buckled safety belts
  • Birch Wood Wooded carrier crate
  • Black Box protection Cover PVC 0,4mm, Including plastic lashes
  • PU leather bench soft seats
  • Battery powered front and rear lights
  • Tuesday, November 22, 2011

    Life Proof iPhone Case



    Keep your iPhone safe, from water, dirt, snow and shock. Your LifeProof™ everyday case for iPhone 4/4S is sleek, refined, convenient and unobtrusive.
    • Ultra-slim and adds only 1/16” (1.5mm) to the depth of your iPhone and weighs less than an ounce (28g).
    • Unique combination of materials that will not stick to your pocket
    • Protects against every-day hazards—full IP-68 rating against water and dust, and designed to Military Specifications
    • Ability to swim and take underwater (2 meters/6.6ft depth). Optional adapter allows use of waterproof headphones underwater
    • Double AR-coated optical glass lenses provide unprecedented crystal-clear photo and video quality
    • High degree of shock and impact protection—tested to Military Specifications MIL-STD-810F-516.5 (2 meters/6.6ft drop on all surfaces and edges. 26 tests)
    • Fully sealed protection against minute dust particles
    • All phone features are operational while maintaining a high level of protection
    • Compatible with all iPhone 4's and 4S's (International, AT&T, Sprint, and Verizon).

    Saturday, November 19, 2011

    Back Country Access, Stay Afloat on the Slopes

    Safety on the slopes is important, first we all started to wear helmets, great move. Now if you are going back country and hucking yourself off cliffs, well BCA (Backcountry Access), they have what you need.


    Preventing or minimizing burial depth is the key to reducing avalanche fatalities. That’s because the majority of time in an avalanche rescue is spent on excavating the victim. An airbag is designed to keep you at or near the surface, minimizing excavation time.
    Our Float avalanche airbags are the first airbags that are both affordable and easily reusable. A wide network of BCA-authorized refill centers provide unmatched service to Float purchasers. A small 2,700-psi (186 bar) compressed-air cylinder, single-chamber 150-liter airbag, and super efficient venturi system make the Float systems easy to refill, light and affordable.

    Friday, November 18, 2011

    MINUS 8, Astro Studio

    So we are all looking at movements of watches, hopefully they are swiss. Well The MINUS 8 brand, consisting of products designed in this West Coast culture, is proud of its position on the world stage and takes its name from this international nomenclature. Time is relative. We are only aware of its passing if change occurs. The MINUS 8 watch references our dependence on change through a series of subtle color shifts, each step only visible in the context of the others. This color shift is achieved through the process of Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD.) PVD is an industrial coating process which is inherently time dependent. A raw stainless piece is placed in a vacuum chamber where a hard coating accumulates over time. More time in the chamber produces a thicker coating and a more opaque color. A new wave of watch designers are starting to hit the market, using swiss movements, putting more focus on design. They are great, Professional Watches, has a great assortment of new and old watches with great reviews. 


    If you are new to the scene check out the directory, to see what you have in front of you. Watch collecting is coming back, so get on the wagon before the prices of some of these new watches gets out of reach.

    Thursday, November 10, 2011

    Newton's New Racer, MV2

    Along comes a new shoe, you think to yourself, how good could it really be! REALLY GOOD, Newton's MV2, is lightweight, stable, flexible, and those lugs. If you have a 5k or 10k, I can't speak to anything above that, put these on, you will move. Not sure why but you just want to go faster, feel like you can go farther and just feel great the whole time, effortless.

    Tuesday, November 08, 2011

    Ke11y Slater, 11 World Titles!

    Kelly Slater captures another World Title, that makes 11!
    So in the world of sports, nothing come close to the 11 World ASP Titles. You can think what you like, but 11 titles in any sport is remarkable to say the least.
    Cheers, Ke11y, you got to love the marketing.