The Wave is a two-wheeled board that lets you surf the streets. By combining the motions of surfing, snowboarding and skateboarding, The Wave has created a new extreme board sport called Street Surfing. Unlike skateboarding, you never have to step off of The Wave to push. Just move your feet back and forth, and The Wave creates motion. Having recently ridden ‘The Wave’, I can definitely say that it is a lot of fun, though starting and turning take some getting used to, and I still feel like there is a definite possibility of destroying an ankle when you fall off. Don’t let a little hospital trip prevent you from trying The Wave though, because soon you’ll be sitting on top of the world.
Last week’s Stockpile Saturday was a success, so this week, I’m bringing you 20 more links that I’ve been saving for some time now. Enjoy.
The Amateur Gourmet is a great food blog that does the occasional review in comic book style. It’s a refreshing look at alternative ways of displaying content.
Locksport International has put together a Guide To Lock Picking that serves as the perfect primer for anyone that’s looking to get into the sport. It’s done in graphic novel form, and gives great step-by-step information about lock picking, re-pinning, making tools, and more.
Jeff Thomas loves Nixie tubes (glass tubes that are filled with gas and can display numerals or other information). Most people are content with clocks that feature the technology, but Jeff wanted a watch, so he designed his own. Sadly, he only made 20, and they’re already sold out, but hopefully another company picks up where Jeff left off.
Extra Tasty is a site devoted to inebriation, thought the design is clearly attributed to the more sober, as drink recipes, drink possibilities, tips and tricks, and a soothing color scheme are all easy to access. Get your buzz on.
Su Blackwell cuts amazing sculptures right out of the pages of well-known books. Each design ties into the plot, and the results bring the story to life.
Toss ‘N’ Track is a Frisbee that can be tracked on the Internet. Each disc has a unique number printed on it, and after playing with it for a while, you simply toss it in the disc’s intended direction, and let someone else find it. They can then log the disc into the site, and you can see how far it travels.
Steve ‘The Grape Guy’ Spalding is currently The World’s Fastest Grape Catcher with his record 67 grapes in one minute from 15 feet. And you thought your talent was worthless.
Reuters has an amazing video of the current world record for most dominoes toppled, 4,079,381, being set by an international team of 90 builders from 13 countries. I’ll bet they were glad no one sneezed.
My Monopoly lets you create your own unique and personalized Monopoly game. You can choose a theme, and then add your own names to all of your favorite places. Want to call Boardwalk ‘Your Mom’? Go ahead, the world is yours.
Evere wonder what words your bartender hates hearing? Thankfully, Jeffrey Morgenthaler, bartender extraordinaire, has created a list of the Eight Things You Should Never Say To Your Bartender. If you want to get served up right, make sure you follow the list.
9 to 5 Paintings record what you do on your computer during the day and turn it into art. The site gives examples of the final result, as well as a tutorial for setting up your own double mouse feature so that you can make 9 to 5s of your own.
If you’re a blog writer, there’s no better place to go for advice than ProBlogger; which is why the list of ProBlogger’s best posts for 2006 is an indispensable resource for all online authors.
William Spencer’s skateboarding style is like nothing I’ve ever seen before. It’s part skateboarding, part gymnastics, part old school, and part Rube Goldberg, all rolled into a very high-energy package. This clip, part of The Denver Shop’s Hollarado video, is sure to make Will a well known name in the future.
And here’s a few more sections from the Hollarado video, which looks like it’s going to be a classic.
To Cross The Moon is an attempt to snowkite across North Dakota from Canada to South Dakota (370 miles) in an effort to bring attention to the potential for wind power to be a viable alternative energy source. I had never heard of snowkiting, though I’ve seen people kitesurfing, so I’m assuming that snowkiting is similar to that, only without the soft water landing to break your fall. But you know what they say about assuming…
I think the problem with some people is that they just get bored too easily. These guys launch themselves into the air with a giant human slingshot, and then parachute back down to the ground. Who thought of that? Can you imagine the scene where he proposed it to his buddy? “So, I’ve got this idea. I want to catapult myself with a giant crane so that I go high enough that I can parachute back down to the ground. It’ll be like a base jump, only twice as dangerous. Think I can do it?”
I can’t decide weather the RollerCycle looks like fun or if it looks like suicide, but either way, it looks like something that will earn you a free trip to the hospital eventually. Who needs a Personal Power Accelerator?
