It might not be a Bulldog but at least you won’t have to wait until 2012 to get it. This how-to video goes over turning a chunk of plywood and a leaf blower into a functional hovercraft. The guy tests it out in a gym where it works pretty well, though I’d prefer to [ more... ]

A store in Dublin promises that you’ll become a “competent skier” in 12 hours of lessons on their gigantic treadmill ski slope. Hopefully there’s a section where they talk about not pushing people off the traverse. The ski treadmill might actually be fun if it would shoot you off the back into a padded Velcro [ more... ]

  Surfing Mag has a lengthy review of the new Rip Curl H Bomb power-heated wetsuit up on their site. If you’re looking for actual information about how the suit performs skip to the end of the article. If you’re looking for the price of the suit, skip it entirely. The H-Bomb costs a staggering [ more... ]

  Atomic is offering a voluntary recall of 125,000 alpine bindings that were sold between 1998 and 2002. This cannot be good news for a company selling expensive sports equipment in a year when everyone’s trying to cut back on their costs. The recall covers bindings priced from $150 to $350, including some of the [ more... ]

Firefighters were called to a Yakima skate park three times over a 24-hour period to rescue kids trapped inside of deep bowls after a snowstorm made the walls of the pool slick. Apparently they’ve had to string up some ropes so that kids can haul themselves out of the pool without bothering firefighters. Better be [ more... ]

It’s a good thing this guy has a helmet on just in case his jet sled loses control and he crashes into some of those families ice skating right behind him. Ky Michaelson updated the classic Radio Flyer sled with some custom aluminum rails, a steering bar, speedometer, and a rocket. Why a custom steering [ more... ]

Now that Shimano is making cyclocross-specific Dura Ace parts, it’s time to recognize the formerly fringe sport as something to get pissed off about. Velo News has this hilarious story about a brawl at a local cross race in Kansas where heckling lead to a hockey-style brawl with several bikes being stomped in the process. [ more... ]

If there’s a better contraption for catapulting yourself over the handlebars then I haven’t seen it. This Bike Plow from Brian Dryer in Winthrop, WA will at least toss you into a pile of compact snow, unless you manage to catch it in a crack of the driveway you just plowed out.

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Not just being outside, but being in a natural environment, according to a new study published in Psychological Science. Two groups of dead-broke students, laid-off workers, and generally people who don’t work during normal hours were hired for a study where they were sent on walks through a city or a park between tests. Those [ more... ]

I’m not very good at sticking a $20 bill in the back of my wallet and only pulling it out for emergencies—well, unless you consider not wanting to leave at halftime to visit an ATM an emergency. These Cash Can key fobs are a discreet way of carrying around a stashed $20 or $50 in [ more... ]