This thing is going to be worse on your laptop than that seatbelt buckle on Chrome messenger bags. Hilarious friends who lack the commonsense to realize you’re using the Chrome bag to haul your laptop will punch your seatbelt so your bag falls to the ground—when those guys see you in the Built Laptop Bag, they’ll just start punching the hell out of your computer. I actually can’t say I blame them. The BUILT Laptop Bag is water resistant and costs about $80.
The point of contention here is whether a surf gang loosely organized by geographical boundaries can be tried as a gang. Tried for what? Beating another surfer to death in his mom’s driveway after the guy talked to some girl at a bar. The defense says it was a tragic and mistaken death, while prosecution claims the Bird Rock Bandits meet California penal requirements to be tried as a gang and suffer so called multipliers to their sentence for a gang-related killing. Either way, an ugly story that looks more like over-privileged kids from the country club getting out of hand after a night at the bar. I hope the gang related charges stick.
What is more concerning, the possibility of bigger crowds at the Bird because of this documentary or the fact that there is a hip hop song about Salt Lake City?
The Tomac brand of bikes is back, which is a sure sign that mountain biking is in need of a new hero. Naming road bikes after Eddie Merckx is one thing—but can’t we find a new mountain biker to rally around? At least they’re making a replica of Tomac’s winning bike from the 1991 World Championships, where he managed to make the hip new sport of mountain biking dorky by adding some drop bars to his bike. These days the look is actually kind of cool. I want to borrow one of these things and use it to run over a dainty track bike. Not sure where I’ll borrow it since only 10 were made.
Surfwise is a new movie about Doc Paskowitz, who one day decided to pack his family into a 24-foot RV and chase waves for the rest of his life. He and his wife had 9 kids on the road, most of who never attended school or developed social skills between surfing and scarfing natural food in Baja California. The trailer for the movie looks amazing, showing the downside of Doc’s living his utopian dream while the wife stays pregnant for 10 years and his kids try to move on when the surf trip ends.
If your kid thinks it’s a good idea to pack firewood for your hike let him do it—he’ll figure it out after hauling those logs for a few miles through the woods. Osprey just launched a new line of Sprint Series Backpacks sized specifically for kids. It’s a great idea, but kids grow faster than illicit plants fed on a hydroponics diet of Miracle Grow and powerful indoor lights. Might want to make sure they’ll be able to use their Osprey Ace 48 Backpack more than one weekend before shelling out the cash.
I love how skate companies still get away with this stuff. Let me clue you in—Affiliate isn’t planning on paying Spike Lee for using his picture on their T-shirt. The skate industry was founded on profit margins from T-shirts with ripped-off designs and non-paid celebrity endorsements. It’s good to see the new small companies are sticking to their roots.
This is like one of those tricks where the magician puts the Plexiglas scaffolding in the pool so they can walk on water. Only instead of Plexiglas and walking it’s confusing physics and a motorcycle.
The ash plume from this Chilean volcano was so charged with static electricity that it caused a “dirty thunderstorm.” More pictures that make your story about pitching a tent on a dry riverbed the night before a huge storm sound girly are here.
All the chemicals slathered on your skin might cause cancer and burn brain cells faster than smoking lead paint, but they work wonderfully for keeping insects away. SmartShield seeks to offer close to the same protection you’d get from the leading biochem companies on Wall Street, and they’re trying to do it without slowly pickling your insides. Cute idea, guys. A box of 50 of their SPF 30 Sunscreen Towelettes will backup your toilet paper supply for about $50. I’d pack a little DEET for the trip and let the idealist test this stuff out first.
