Archive for the ‘Sports’ Category
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The Killer Whale Submarine
This is the streamlined, two-person watercraft that breaches and submerges just like the Orcinus orca after which it is designed. A pilot protected beneath its watertight 1/2″-thick acrylic canopy pushes and pulls twin control levers to articulate the whale’s pectoral fins for rolls and stealthy dives. With a finger on the right lever’s throttle trigger, steering is provided by dual foot pedals that control the vectored ...
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Cool Underwater Photos Of Fallen Surfers
Australian photographer Mark Tipple’s The Underwater Project captures surfers and swimmers frozen mid-action as they’re thrown down by the force of waves, escaping a cloud-like avalanche of frothy water, plummeting toward the sandy ocean floor, and thrusting themselves triumphantly towards the rippled, silver surface. Yes, these images are quite striking and totally refreshing… because Tipple wants them to be. With this deliberately appealing project, the photographer ...
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spnKiX: Motorized Shoes To Make Life Easier
spnKiX are battery powered, motorized skates that strap right on to your shoes. They are hand controlled by a wireless remote. All hardware and electronics are integrated into a frame made of fiber reinforced nylon. One motor and battery pack per foot. A wireless remote controls both feet at once. The remote straps to your hand and you can vary the throttle with the continuously variable ...
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Gold Snowboard Boot From Nike
Introducing the Complete Technique Nike ZF-1 American Eagle Snowboard golden boots. Inspired by Japanese art forms such as the Saint Seiya and Berserk, this set of boots use extensive amounts of yellow gold to form a carved structure. Nicknamed the American Eagle Snowboard Zoom Force 1, these boots were the brainchild of Osamu Koyama from the designer label Complete Technique, who had got into a partnership ...
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Clever Fishing Rod With Underwater Video Camera
Admit it: you’ve always wondered what those poor fishes who think they are about to enjoy a meal but instead find themselves with a giant hook of metal in their mouths look like. No? Oh…Well, whoever does have such a strange curiosity as this is in luck, thanks to Fish Eyes. Fish Eyes has developed a standard fishing line with 20 feet (6 meters) of combined ...
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Cool Mexican Wrestler Beer Labels
José Guizar is a young Mexican graphic designer who is responsible for this hilarious and perfectly fitting branding behind premium Mexican brewed beer, Cervecería Sagrada. Guizar conceptualized the Mexican wrestling mask branding as an homage to Lucha Libra – one of the most iconic symbols in Mexican pop culture. According to Guizar, the brand’s identity is “inspired by the golden era of lucha in the 1950′s, ...
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Apartment Designed With 25,000 Ping Pong Balls
Snarkitecture has designed a 90 square meter (968 square foot) loft using 25,000 ping pong balls. The Brooklyn-based project is entitled the “Box Box Project” and belongs to one of the partners of Snarkitecture, Daniel Arsham, a graduate of The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art. Luckily for visitors, the ping pong balls actually blend together to create a surprisingly interesting appearance of ...
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Flyboard: The Human Dolphin Machine
The Zapata Flyboard from Zapata Racing is a water powered jetpack that attaches to your feet and hand and sends you flying above the water using 100 horsepower. The Flyboard is also easy to use, all you need is the bravery to ascend to such heights above the water and the ability to swim and it’s a go. Very easy to use, connect FlyBoard on every ...
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CTV: The Motor-Cross Skateboard Tank
Allow us to introduce you to the DTV Shredder (the Dual Tracked Vehicle Shredder) – a freaky combination of tank, skateboard and motocross bike designed and privately funded by Canadians, Benjamin Gulack and Ryan Fairhead in 2009. The DTV Shredder vehicles remind us of segways, but there’s no way you will look like a lazy bot-riding loser on these babies (sorry, Segway-riders). These babies are meant ...
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Aeromax: The Handmade Luxury Sports Car
The Morgan Motor Company is a British motor car manufacturer. The company was founded in 1910 by Harry Frederick Stanley Morgan, generally known as “HFS” and was run by him until he died, aged 77, in 1959.[1] Peter Morgan, son of H.F.S., ran the company until a few years before his death in 2003. The company is currently run by Charles Morgan, the son of Peter ...
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Custom Golf Carts For The Rich
You can be the coolest cat on the green with one of these custom golf carts from Luxury Carts. Each cart’s custom body style is bolted to a Club Car, EZ -Go, or Yamaha Chassis and work off the golf course as well (ideal for gated communities, retirement homes and country clubs). If you can’t find a ridiculously cool cart to call your own, don’t fret ...
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THE NIKE ‘AIR-BURGER’ SHOE
Quirky Swedish designer, Olle Hemmendorff and 7 other creative designers, photographers and artists were commissioned by Nike to interpret the Nike Sportwear icon. Hemmendorff’s interpretation of the Nike Air Max 90 is nothing other than a shoe-shaped hamburger. When describing his work of art, Hemmendorff stated “I constructed a running shoe using the most powerful, must durable and most delicious material known to man: hamburger.” A ...
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SKY HIGH BICYCLE
The crazies over at Atomic Zombie have designed and built this outrageous bicycle that uses a step ladder to create a sky-high bicycle seat. The bicycle is called the Sky Walker, and thanks to its rigid frame, it is able to accommodate several passengers on the ladder – the bike can carry as many people that can squeeze on. And now, for the fun part. Atomic ...
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JOSEPH KITTINGER’S FREEFALL FROM SPACE
On Aug. 16, 1960, Colonel Joseph Kittinger stepped from a balloon-supported gondola at the altitude of 102,800 feet (31,333 meters). In freefall for 4.5 minutes at speeds up to 714 mph (1,149 km/h) and temperatures as low as -94 degrees Fahrenheit (-70 degrees celsius), he opened his parachute at 18,000 feet. Pressurization for his right glove malfunctioned during the ascent, and his right hand swelled up ...
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HI-TECH GOGGLE CAMERAS
Have you ever wanted to know what the extreme snowboarder sees when he is whipping down the mountain side, or what kind of alien creatures a diver encounters when she is exploring the deep blue? Well, now you’re in luck thanks to Liquid Image, a company that sells masks with built-in HD recording and photographic ability. Each product has it’s own specifications and unique features, for ...
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THE LINGERIE FOOTBALL LEAGUE
The Lingerie Football League (LFL) is a women’s 7-on-7 tackle American football league, created in 2009, with games played in the fall and winter at NBA, NFL, NHL and MLS arenas and stadiums. The league was founded by Mitchell S. “Mitch” Mortaza. The league’s administrative offices are in West Hollywood, California. The concept originated from the Super Bowl halftime alternative television special called the Lingerie Bowl. ...
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HOVER BIKE
Chris Mallyo has unveiled his latest design for the first generation of wind-powered bikes. The bike remains a prototype and is not yet available for purchase – Mallyo’s invention still has to undergo some additional safety testing before it can be released to the public. The bike’s frame has a light foam core with kevlar reinforced carbon fibber. The blades on both front and rear propeller ...
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WORLD’S HIGHEST TENNIS COURT
By now you’ve likely heard all about the incredible feat of architectures in Dubai, well, there’s more! Leave it to the incredible architects and engineers behind the Burj-al-Arab, the fourth tallest hotel in the world, to develop an outdoor tennis court nearly 700 feet above the ground. The circular court doubles as a helipad when there aren’t any bouncing balls around. Famous tennis players, Andre Agassi ...
