iPad Case, Hammerhead

You might not do this everyday, hopefully never but having a Hammerhead Carpo case could be a savor.

The Hammerhead Capo Case is a hard case that protects both the front and back of your iPad.

Hammerhead products are designed to keep you connected and protect your investment.

Features

• Automatically wakes and sleeps the iPad display when opened or closed
• Durable hard case shields front and back of the iPad
• Reinforced borders provide added protection against scratches and impact
• Lightweight polyurethane construction protects without bulk
• Cutouts offer easy access to all ports, switches and camera
• Folds to provide optimal angles for typing and viewing with three display options
• Perfect, secure fit for iPad (3rd Gen) or iPad 2

Check out this video. It really does say it all!

iPhone 5, First Hand Look.

iPhone 5 Concept by Antoine Brieux of NAK Studio Yanko Design

Looks sweet, I need the update so any speculation is a rewarding treat. They really need to blow it out to keep us all interested, this is the best design and thoughts as of yet.

RESCO Brings Second Generation Pieces To Bear

This limited edition watch is a collaboration piece between, RESCO and Navy SEAL Sniper Instructor and Author of "The Red Circle", Brandon Webb.

The Red Circle is RESCO’s first GMT watch and was designed with the help of Brandon. He’s a private pilot, surfer and avid underwater hunter. Brandon also leads a pretty active life above the water as well, not too mention he runs one of the best gear review blogs on the net (LoadoutRoom.com). This watch is designed for people who live an active lifestyle but require a little more out of a GMT watch.

50 Ways to Leave an Impression on Your Blog Readers, Ignite Social Media

50 Ways to Leave an Impression on Your Blog Readers  Ignite Social Media

50 Ways to Make Your Blog Different

1. Have a designer create a memorable logo for your header graphic.
2. Declutter your blog. Visual overload can drive readers away.
3. Choose a vibrant color scheme – just make sure it doesn’t hurt the eyes.
4. Embrace an identity that is NSFW.
5. Answer the questions everyone else is asking.
6. Customize your social media buttons to fit your theme.
7. Create a tagline no one will forget.
8. Write memorable blog post headlines that are more than just keyword optimized titles.
9. Don’t be afraid to try new formats for your posts, like audio and video. See what sticks.
10. Maintain a discussion forum for your blog community.
11. Let your personality shine! No one else can write just like you.
12. Find spectacular images to go with each post, not just “safe” stock photos.
13. Humor is a great tool. Make your readers laugh!
14. Respond to your commenters and let them know you value their thoughts.
15. Put something personal into your posts – anecdotes can drive a point home.
16. Create interactive content, like polls that will get your readers talking.
17. Find an angle to approach your topic that you haven’t seen before in your niche.
18. Link out to other blogs and resources. Those you link to may pay it forward!
19. Ask your readers what they would like to see you write about.
20. Make it easy for readers to close those layer ads that load first.
21. Go with a fluid theme with rounded corners instead of the standard boxy straight lines everywhere.
22. Take a controversial topic and write up both sides of the debate.
23. Take your own photos – so you’re not using the same stock images as everyone else.
24. Re-purpose your old how-to posts by turning them into videos.
25. Use a visually stunning background image.
26. Score the Big Interview with an industry superstar.
27. Make it easy for your readers to subscribe to your content – so they’ll come back for more!
28. Include a lot of negative space in your design.
29. Create the content that makes you the go-to resource in your niche.
30. Incorporate subtle shadow effects into your design.
31. Rotate your header images.
32. Use unique (but legible) fonts throughout your site design.
33. Change up the standard blog layout with something unexpected.
34. Spotlight guest posts from other bloggers in your niche.
35. Replace your stuffy about page with a sexier bio.
36. Highlight up-and-coming blogs that your readers may not know about yet.
37. Customize the design elements in your premium blog theme.
38. Don’t neglect your favicon.
39. Avoid using CAPTCHA for your commenters; this puts people off of commenting.
40. Adjust the number of characters per line in your posts for greater readability.
41. Make your navigation tabs pop.
42. Stay away from fonts like Arial, that everyone uses, or Times New Roman and Comic Sans, which no one likes.
43. Don’t have pop-up ads or subscription boxes.
44. Make sure your URL structure tells people what they’re in for before they click.
45. Provide different options for following your blog: newsletter, RSS feed, Facebook, etc.
46. Skip the Top 10 lists. Pick a different number. (Like 50?)
47. Make light text on a dark background work for you.
48. Shake things up with a caption contest or another way to have fun with your readers.
49. Check for broken links on a regular basis to ensure value for your readers.
50. Always remain authentic and true to yourself.

The Dynamic Run Warm-up, Part 1: Muscle Activation - Posts - TrainingPeaks Blog

The Dynamic Run Warm-up, Part 1: Muscle Activation - Posts - TrainingPeaks Blog:


Except for the rare athlete who has never suffered an injury, most multisport athletes are all too familiar with the pain associated with injuries to skeletal muscles. In fact, over 30% of the injuries treated in sports medicine clinics are muscular injuries. Yet warding off such injuries can be as simple as including a proper warm-up into your training routine.   Continue

Solidoodle 3D Printer, 2nd Generation

Ever wanted to design something, new tri stuff, training wheels, iPhone holder. This is great $500 gets you a 3d printer..

Solidoodle 3D Printer, 2nd Generation

Lazer, Helmets, Illuminate the Night!

Established in 1919, Lazer, with headquarter in Belgium, designs, manufactures and markets its bicycle, motorcycle and leisure helmets in more than 50 countries, over 5 continents.

Lazer, the world oldest helmet manufacturers still in activity, is the result of over 90 years of experience, passion and dedication. Our objective has always been to find an excellent synergy between design, comfort, safety and technology.

Lazer stands for the passion of performance. Many great champions teamed up with Lazer along the years. Among them Paolo Bettini, Miguel Martinez, Axel Merckx, Richard Virenque, Luc van Lierde and Tom Boonen.

We also added the ProTour Cycling Team 'Katusha' with great riders such as Filippo Pozzato, Sergej Ivanov and Robbie McEwen.

Also great mountainbikers like 4 time World Champion Brian Lopes, the Trek World champion Stybar are important testers of our product.

Even in the triathlon world, great athletes like Terenzo Bozzone represent wear and enjoy Lazer

Re-Sizable Youth Hockey Equipment!

The short length of time it takes for kids to grow out of their clothes means parents are spending a lot of money on clothes- even more so when it comes to expensive sports gear. GRO is a set of protective hockey equipment designed to gradually expands as the wearer grows. Simple yet effective functionality that will protect kids (and wallets) for years after purchase!
Now lets get behind this and get it produced. 

OH MY, 2013 Viper!

This is amazing, bringing back what muscle cars should look like and better should do to the pavement.

You can see the full set of pictures here.

Here are some specs: The 2013 SRT Viper is all-new, from front-to-back and top-to-bottom, from the lightweight carbon-fiber roof right down to its road-scorching wheels. It features less weight, stiffer chassis, a more powerful engine, beefed-up close-ratio transmission, more powerful brakes and new electronic technology. It's all wrapped in aggressive exterior styling with gorgeous interior design, materials and appointments to make Viper more comfortable and capable, better riding, more agile and faster accelerating to a higher top speed. Advancements in materials and engineering lead to a new output of 640 horsepower and 600 pound-feet of torque. Watch out!

Galileo, Brilliant!

Plain and Simple, this is brilliant. Support this project on KICKSTARTER!

Galileo Overview

The Galileo is a revolutionary, iOS-controlled robotic iPhone platform with infinite spherical rotation capability. Just swipe your finger on the screen of your iPad or other iOS device and Galileo reacts, orienting your iPhone or iPod Touch accordingly.  With applications in areas of photography, cinematography, social networking, and video conferencing, Galileo gives iOS devices endless possibilities of remote-controlled motion. Capable of infinite 360° pan-and-tilt at speeds up to 200° per second in any orientation, Galileo is an invaluable tool to everyone from an amateur photographer to the professional cinematographer, and vastly improves the experience of video chat for anyone needing to stay connected.

Fat Gripz

Funny Name, I assure you it stops there.

• Fat Gripz are being used by thousands of athletes and military around the world for weight lifting, strength training and powerlifting, including members of the US Special Forces, teams in the NFL/MLB/NHL, top MMA fighters and top bodybuilders
• Thick bar training with Fat Gripz immediately targets your body’s weak links – increasing muscle activation and giving you more strength and mass (see how below)
• Fat Gripz fit virtually all barbells, dumbbells, chin-up bars and cable attachments in seconds – making the bar more than twice as thick
• Made from a military-grade high-density compound, they grip the bar like a clamp and don’t compress – even when deadlifting extreme loads
• Immediate Impact Guarantee: You must feel the impact in your first workout or we'll give you a full and immediate refund – no questions (we’ll even pay for shipping)

$39 Dollars 

Holtkamper Kyte, Beautiful Design, What's Not To Love!

Going camping is sometimes a hassle, not with the HoltKamper. Set it and forget it. Almost like having your house at a campsite.
One-of-a-Kyte.
The Kyte pole-free awning is truly one-of-of-a-kind, worldwide. The pole-free awning 'floats' above the ground, without the need for any loose upright poles to support it. That places all of the awning space at your disposal! All you need to do is tighten the outer ends of the awning: the pole-free awning requires no ropes at all. The suspended carbon mast of the pole-free awning keeps the entire awning taught, even during storms. 
Bert Holtkamp, the Kyte's designer: "At our 'test rock' off the coast of Normandy the Kyte has had some very stormy conditions to contend with during the past few months. The pole-free awning is built in such a way that simply nothing can go wrong with it. The endurance test proves that beyond doubt." When the Kyte is folded in and out, the awning stays connected to the mast. Because of this, positioning the mast is a piece of cake. The carbon fibre makes the mast extremely strong, but at the same time very lightweight. In no time at all you transform a few metres of fabric into a majestic kite.
Sophisticated Roof.
The pole-free awning runs seamlessly into the Roof Extensions, which have been especially designed for the Kyte. These self-bearing roofs shield the windows and the side wall of the main tent against rain and direct sunlight
Control the climate.
The Kyte is equipped with a worldwide patented system for ventilation, insulation and condensation prevention: the Holtkamper Membrane Airco Tent system. Once you've used this system once, you'll never want to do without it. During hot weather (above 30 degrees) you open the roof and the hot air flows out of the tent. At the same time the sun is prevented from reheating the air in the tent: the air under the outer roof escapes straight away as soon as the sun causes the temperature to rise. 

Pedal Lock by Cheng-Tsung Feng & Yu-Ting Cheng » Yanko Design

Pedal Lock by Cheng-Tsung Feng & Yu-Ting Cheng » Yanko Design
As we all start to bike commute more, this will be great, based on this application we have a bicycle lock that deters theft in a very clever way. The pedals double up as wheel clamps and are designed such that breaking the lock (or pedal) will not only be a tough job but also a foolish endeavor. Superb!

SylvanSport, GO!

Sylvan Sport has this great trailer hauls and hold a load of different stuff, from motocross to trash. The  only problem is that you could by a used pick up for the price they are charging. $7500.

This is the most unique camping and travel trailer you'll ever find. The GO was designed from the frame out to be a one-of-a-kind mobile adventure trailer that's even more versatile than a Swiss Army knife. It's lightweight and easy to manage in the parking lot, garage or on the road. Weighing in at 840 lbs, the GO can be pulled by even the smallest cars.

Beyond its beautiful surface you'll find that no design element was left untouched. The tent sets up in minutes and stows cleanly into the roof's storage box. It also comes equipped with a weather-tight gear box that locks to keep your weekend camping essentials secure and ready for whenever you go.


Includes:
• SylvanSport Mobile Adventure Trailer and Tent
• 2 Self inflating mattresses
• Allows the GO to be configured into two twin beds

Mountain Khakis, Cargo Pants

Mountain Khakis, new original cargo pants, are great. The feel of the originals has been brought into these, soft, durable, roomy crotch and pockets to spare.

Ever the chameleon, our Original Cargo collection is perfect for all-things utilitarian and adventure, yet dresses the part for more sophisticated functions, like brunch with the in-laws. Our proprietary 2-ply 8oz cotton canvas breathes easy and moves with you so effortlessly, you’ll forget you have them on. Low-profile snap cargo pockets, back snap patch pockets and a cell phone stash pocket make 5 pockets in all. Inseam action gusset. Triple stitched. “Mud flap” reinforced heel cuffs. Mid-rise, relaxed fit. 2 inseam lengths. Garment washed in 3 colors. Rise Above It with MK

Steady, Ready, Shoot, Gerber Steady

Gerber's, always has their hand on the pulse of what outdoorsman want, the Gerber Steady, allows you to connect your DLSR or point and shoot.

Built for the weekend adventurer, the Gerber Steady combines the utility of a multi-tool and the functionality of a camera tripod. It comes equipped with an adjustable cell phone and screw-in camera mount and two foldable legs that serve as a tripod. The rest of the tool is all Gerber ingenuity – a fine edge blade, a serrated blade, three screwdrivers, a bottle opener, pliers and wire cutters. Steady on down the trail.

More Companies Need To Be Brilliant, Weltunit Is!

Weltunit is a brilliant piece of iPad equipment, not sure why others are not this savoy. 

Looks simple, elegant and just perfect, to improve you could have another angle cut into the board, other than that this is great. 

iDevice support accessories made from laser-cut cardboard.
Ecologically made and semi-durable.

Ever found yourself in front of an unused gadget accessory for which the Gadget doesn’t even exit anymore in your household?

Todays tech-loving people have an average update cycle of a bit more than one year. This holds especially true for those apple branded iDevices. And often your supporting accessories doesn’t fit the new model anymore.

iDevice support accessories made from laser-cut cardboard.
Ecologically made and semi-durable.

Ever found yourself in front of an unused gadget accessory for which the Gadget doesn’t even exit anymore in your household?

Todays tech-loving people have an average update cycle of a bit more than one year. This holds especially true for those apple branded iDevices. And often your supporting accessories doesn’t fit the new model anymore.

Reactor Poseidon

Well the Poseidon went belly up, so not sure what's in a name since this watch looks bullet proof. 

Poseidon takes Reactor toughness to a whole new level with a 1000M depth rating and ISO Professional Diver certification. Dual rotating bezels allow timing of overall dive time and safety stops while the bold dial design is easy to read under any conditions.


STANDARD FEATURES


• Reactor DNA
• Forged, solid 316L stainless steel
• Internal & external rotating bezels
• 10-year lithium power cell
• Bracelets feature wetsuit expander
• 1000M/3300Ft depth tested


LIMITED EDITION FEATURES


• Numbered limited edition of 500 pcs.
• Self-charging auto quartz movement
• Exhibition caseback with logo'd rotor
• Interchangeable bracelet & rubber strap
• Never Dark® dial illumination 


SPECIFICATIONS
• Case diameter: 48mm
• Thickness: 17mm
• Weight: 255 grams
• Width at lug: 34.7mm
• Width at clasp: 22mm

BioLite, My iPhone Too!

Little things like this make many people happy, including me. No more fuel to lug around and who does not travel with a phone anymore, you are tracking, geo'ing, surfing and the worst taking calls, in the end your phone will be charged and your meals cooked all in one unit, oh you can use it to work a USB light. 

Forget the fuel. Our stoves cook your meals with nothing but the twigs you collect on your journey, eliminating the need for heavy, expensive, polluting petroleum gas. It’s quick to light, fast to boil and clean to use.

Charge your gadgets. By converting heat from the fire into usable electricity, our stoves will recharge your phones, lights and other gadgets while you cook dinner.

Have fun. Like a campfire, you can sit around the CampStove and watch the flames dance as you roast marshmallows and tell stories with friends. 

Stay green. By using renewable resources for fuel instead of petroleum, you're reducing your carbon footprint. You'll also keep fuel canisters out of the landfill. 

Be prepared. The CampStove isn't just for camping; it's great to have on hand when the power goes out in a storm or other natural disasters. You'll be able to cook and keep electronics charged while power lines are down.

Support a better world. Half the planet cooks on open fires, leading to 2 million premature deaths each year and contributing to global warming. We're using the same technology inside the CampStove to bring clean, safe energy access to families across the developing world.

Magrette

Magrette a New Zealand watch company, has some wonderful designed watches. The Regattare, is simple, yet elegant, rugged and sophisticated. A watch that can be worn everyday. It has automatic movement, and two bands, rubber and leather. The bezel works a bit different than normal, you adjust it with a turn of the adjustment dial, like you would the time, eliminating any problems you might have while underwater, like bumping it or rubbing up against something, turn the bezel to a different time.

One concern I have, after wearing the watch for a couple hour of receiving it the pin came out, watch dropped to the floor, lucky I was on a carpet. I have set Dion a message, let's hope he gets back to me. I will keep all posted. A nice screw in pin like other watches of this quality would have been a better choice, especially if you are changing the bands often.

Smith Optics and Recon Instruments

Oh it is on, you think the internet hit us with serving information up, heads up displays and augmented reality is going to be in everything.

Smith Optics Partners With Recon Instruments | TransWorld Business

MSFT is really stepping it up, if this is there vision then go for it, many will buy in.

Love These Glove Or Are They Mitten

So having a mitten or glove has always been a preference for many. You either can't tie your shoes or you can, scratch your head or not, you get the idea. This design from CAMP-USA, the price is excellent as well, $80. 

ABOUT CAMP USA

CAMP USA is the exclusive US importer and distributor of CAMP Technical Adventure Equipment, the 120 year-old Italian climbing and mountaineering brand.

From our offices just outside of Boulder, we occupy our time obsessing over gear, taking care of customers, and exploring the Colorado rockies. Lunchtime romps in the Flatirons, morning alpine climbs in Rocky Mountain National Park, and dawn patrol ski tours on Loveland Pass keep us honest.

In addition to our small and dedicated staff, we rely on our athletes and customers for feedback and that not-so-subtle kind of pressure climbers like to exert when they talk about gear. If you have feedback or need anything from us, please do not hesitate to contact us. We look forward to hearing from you and thank you for visiting.

• Updated for 2011
• Ski Mountaineering Competitions, Winter Running
• Attached wind shells hide away in a pocket on the wrist
• Durable synthetic leather palm
• Grip’R pads on thumb, index finger, and palm for superior grip
• Reinforcement patch to prevent abrasion from pole straps
• Terry wipe on thumb

The ultimate glove for spring ski tours and races! For pre-dawn starts and above tree line ridges when the fingers need a bit more protection simply pull out the hidden wind mitts. The coated ripstop nylon Windmit’N covers the fingers and thumb while leaving the palm exposed for good grip. The G Comp Wind is also a great glove for cycling in foul weather. 

mi adidas - Create Your own

mi adidas - Create Your own
Everyone who ones a sailboat should have a pair of thees.

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.

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

Uggcitrin, Get the Vaccine!

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).

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.

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.

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.

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.

Augmented Reality, Good Use

There are many uses for Agumented Reality Game companies are trying to figure out a good use, The Daemon, has some good examples of this as well, along with heads up display. This would fall into both. One delivering info while another updating items as you pass. 

European Satellite Navigation Competition in Munich and this beautiful system won the competition. This is a True3D GPS navigation system designed by Making Virtual Solid (MVS-California). In this solution the images are projected onto cars’ windshield to provide a non-distracting and transparent route guidance. With True3D a 3D surrounding is projected over the real world keeping drivers’ eyes on the road. There are virtual road signs for potential hazards and an opportunity that advertisers would love to get their hands to display business logos floating over them. 

Virtual Cable™

Virtual Cable™ is an augmented reality (AR) application for automotive navigation. The system, using our breakthrough
true-3D technology, presents a wayfinding line visible right through the windshield; presenting the information as a natural part of the landscape. As you can see in the video below, the line appears to be stretched over the road for several hundered yards in front of the car, above the street-level activity of traffic.

Current GPS systems distract the driver's gaze from the road to animated two-dimensional maps, with a distinct lag as the brain interprets the map information and applies it to the route. Often several glances are required to resolve the differences between the "cartoon version" of the GPS data and the real world. The Virtual Cable™, with its naturalistic perspective and foreshortening, appears to the driver as a solid overhead cable, showing turn-by-turn information way before the driver needs to act on it.

This  is a s

New Vision, Kayak!

Interesting take on Kayaking. I see that the body is secure but how about the legs. Design is wonderful and if this could transform into a workable solution I am all for it, especially when surfing in the waves.

Freestyle kayaking is a relatively young offshoot of the canoe sport, where athletes perform maneuvers similar to those of skaters, snowboarders or surfers. This freestyle kayak design by David Laudert aims to improve upon the ergonomics, appearance, and overall user connection to the kayak. The athlete “fuses” with the hull and is fully supported within the interior without the use of straps that normally hold an athlete in place, relieving the fear of getting stuck under the boat in the event that it turns over and simultaneously enhancing the adrenaline-pumping experience.

Designer: David Laudert

DemonBells

Each piece in the DemonBell line started individually with an ornamental design inspired from various global and cultural influences. Through extensive testing and evaluation of working prototypes, we have finally produced the fully functional works of art you see here. Each directional weight carries its own unique modifications, from anatomically designed handle grips and specific weight distribution for balance, to specially angled backs to match forearm angles during snatch movements. We designed each DemonBell while paying as much attention to function as we did form. In blending these ergonomic improvements with the art and tradition of warrior cultures around the globe, we’ve created a new brand, a more performance-oriented bell that truly represents the aggressive and competitive nature of our shared communities—CrossFit, Navy SEAL, Military, Fire Department, Law Enforcement, MMA. You know what it takes to excel in your arena, you know what it takes to dig deep within yourself, to find that motivation to complete that one last rep, that one last step. We created DemonBells to reflect that mentality, and to inspire you as well as enable you to push yourself even more. There is beauty in movement, elegance in form, and aggression and passion in art. Move and be moved. This is Art in Motion. These are DemonBells.

SnowMiner Headlamp/Lantern

This simply small and powerful headlamp is what you have been looking for. Not that you needed another head lamp this one can be converted to a lantern, really we would have never thought of that!

Snow Peak’s new headlamp, the SnowMiner offers a high quality headlamp that easily transforms into a hanging lantern. The backpacker can now light up the trail and the tent in a compact and lightweight solution.  The SnowMiner’s smart and patent pending design allows for the lens to be easily removed with a single hand, converting to an amazing ambient light spanning 180 degrees.  The multi-function, sleek design, and long battery life are all included in this new product, the SnowMiner. 

The Woz on Steve

Dumbbells Pull Back!

The ReCoil Workout System combines two existing fitness products: a dumbbell and a resistance band. A resistance band is coiled up inside each pod, which are color-coated based on their level of resistance. Each pod can screw onto either the specially designed dumbbell or curl bar, allowing the users to customize their own dumbbell by screwing on the desired pods.

Credits: Emron Jackson Henry and Professor Bryan Howell, IDSA of Brigham Young University

Contact: Emron Henry: emronhenry@gmail.com

The ReCoil is a 2011 IDEA Awards entry.

Sugru, Hacking Things Together!

Sugru.com

Very science-y indeed

Extremely clever scientists have been working on sugru for over 5 years to give it as many great physical properties as possible, so it can be as versatile and useful as possible for you.

Makes your stuff perfect (for you)

Why are so many products just so bad? Uncomfortable tin openers, leaky trainers, they get our goat! Why should you have to spend $30 on a designer tin opener? You shouldn't! Hack the one you have instead. Power to the (handy) people!

Makes your stuff last (really long)

sugru can help you dramatically prolong the life of your stuff. By applying in some cases even a teeny tiny bit to your things, you get to keep them for much longer and decrease your impact on our wee world. Repair with gusto!

Bouncing Together

Give the Shirt Off Your Back!

Today through November 27th, MK is rewarding you for donating the shirt off your back to a local charity. 

Here's the deal: donate a new or gently-used shirt to your local MK Retailer. For your generous donation, you will receive $20 off one MK Original MountainTop. Plus, the more shirts you donate, the more Original MountainTops you'll receive at $20 off (1:1). All donated shirts will be given by your MK Retailer to a local charity of their choice. 

Also, share the spirit of giving & win on Facebook! Post a picture of yourself donating a shirt on the MK Facebook page, and you'll be entered to win free MK apparel. 


Details, details. Offer valid only at participating MK retailers nationwide. For each shirt you donate, you will receive a $20 discount toward an MK Original MountainTop. The discount applies only to MK Original MountainTops (Stagecoach Jacket, Stagecoach Vest, Old Faithful Sweater, Original Mountain Denim Shirt, Teton Flannel Shirt, Teton Twill Shirt, Trapper Henley) and only one discount can be redeemed per item purchased. MK t-shirts & hoodies are not eligible for the discount. The discount(s) must be used the same day you donate for in-stock merchandise only. Promotion ends November 27, 2011.

Facebook Contest: (5) lucky MK fans will be chosen each month at random to receive a $75 MK Teton gift card to be redeemed online at mountainkhakis.com. (10) winners total for the two month promotion. Winners will be announced October 31st and November 30th.