Longboarding at Goat Hill filmed by Mammoth Media using a Nikon D90. The vintage grading is perfect.
Nearly forgot: the 33rd America’s Cup starts tonight in Valencia and will be decided by next weekend. No New Zealand boats are competing due to the change in race format, but there are at least half a dozen kiwis competing across both the US and Swiss crews. Might well be a yawnfest, but have a read of Alinghi’s tech specs:
Its canting mast is the equivalent height of a 17-storey building and withstands compression comparable to 50 SUVs balanced on a foundation the size of a tennis ball.
Not to be outdone, BMW Oracle’s trimaran has an optional wing sail that is more than twice the area of a Boeing 747’s wing, the largest of its type ever fitted to a racing yacht.
Would we be surprised, or judgmental, that Elvis cheated on Priscilla? No. People had class in those days, even the media. People knew to turn a blind eye. Even Priscilla looked away. She didn’t act all trashy, chasing his car out of Graceland, smashing the windows with blue suede shoes.
— Raybon Kan, writing in the New Zealand Herald, offers a voice of reason in defence of Tiger Woods. Hilarious. (via Michael Green)
I’ve written about William Trubridge previously, but missed this footage of his record-breaking unassisted free dive to 88 metres in the Bahamas on April 10 of this year. Superhuman. He’s answering fanmail in the comments thread. (via Sockyung Hong)
Scott Hansen profiles Swedish photographer Kalle Gustafsson for online magazine Adobe Inspire.
These games were real to him: he saw them in his head, where he was able to store everything. To me it’s another indication of the kind of mind that allowed him to be the writer he was.
— Isaac Gewirtz, author of Kerouac at Bat: Fantasy Sports and the King of the Beats, which tells of the Beat author’s lifelong secret: a fantasy baseball league of his own creation. (via Hadyn Green)
The trailer for Darren Aronofsky’s new film The Wrestler. Mickey Rourke seems born to play this role.
Mickey Rourke is generating Oscar buzz for his role as Randy Robinson in Darren Aronofsky’s new feature, The Wrestler. The film debuted at this year’s Venice Film Festival, winning the Golden Lion for best film. Slashfilm has an interview with Aronofsky, and a review.
Noah Sakamoto and Patrick Rizzo bomb Claremont Street. Utter madness, but the blue suits are a nice touch. (via Jarred Bishop)
Clever Olympic medal infographic by Lee Byron, Amanda Cox and Matthew Ericson for the New York Times. (via Kris Lane)
