But each time I seemed to be climbing into a roller coaster and finding myself coming through the downhill run with that sort of dazed feeling that we all know.
-Enzo Ferrari
All I can think of when I see pictures of you are the lyrics to Oh! Sweet Nuthin’
Oh, sweet nuthin’
She ain’t got nothing at all
(via notonthedole, lindamcneil)
“Phoenix patrols Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood every week- stopping fights, feeding the homeless and helping folks who have run out of gas.
Unlike most movie superheroes, Phoenix doesn’t have any super powers and he doesn’t need them. He is made of flesh and blood and has gotten hurt. He deals with real criminals and puts his life in danger nightly.
The group includes Phoenix Jones, Buster Doe, Thorn, Green Reaper, Gemini, No Name, Catastrophe, Thunder 88 and Penelope.
It takes a lot of tools to be a good superhero, and Phoenix has a lot of them.
He carries a taser nightstick, a net gun and a grappling hook. (Though he says the net gun and grappling hook are not very effective. The grappling hook was unable to support his body.) But he does not carry a gun or knife.”
"If everything seems under control, you’re just not going fast enough.” Mario Andretti"
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Being a service member, specifically a two-fisted, swaggering sailor, I come from a loooooong tradition of pin-up enthusiasts. For most of my career, I’ve had a pin-up of some kind stashed in my bunk, staring at me when I finally get to lay it down for the night. Andrew Bawidamann has been absolutely killing it. I wore his t-shirt with the War at Sea girl on it and the saltiest of dogs stood at attention for it. It just kicks a ton of ass.
Steve McQueen - Long live cool.
(via wheelsnheels)
These Ray-Ban Wayfarer II’s come with prescription lenses. The attitude is all mine. A fantastic birthday gift from a dear friend.
It’s been 30 years since Indiana Jones hit the scene in Raiders of the Lost Ark, but his hero style remains the gold standard for modern daredevil explorers. The iconic fur felt fedora is a given, but the poplin safari shirt and built-to-last boots are stars in their own right. The snakes? Well, purchase at your own risk.
Unspeakably cool.
First, Blue Note records produced and released some of the most prodigious talent of the bop and hard bop era. This is beyond dispute. Their record covers, the work of Reid Miles, a graphic designer who moved from Esquire magazine to Blue Note around 1955, was a stone-cold genius.
Secondly, the animation style is so FUCKING COOL. It’s that kinetic, clean animation style that’s both playful and effective.
It’s definitely a hard bop night for this cat.
The best thing about these guys is they had BOTH style and substance. YES! A rare double threat. Also, how about those album covers? Yeah. You want some. Don’t lie.
Watching All the Cool Girls.
Music for hanging back with a cocktail in hand and enjoying the scenery.
(Source: 8tracks.com)
Kelly Slater this week won a major surf competition in large waves at a notoriously treacherous venue in Tahiti. But the buzz around the Billabong Pro still is mostly about what transpired during an off day in the middle of the event, when more than a dozen tow surfers took over in gargantuan surf and participated in what some observers described as the most incredible and intense big-wave session ever recorded.
Waves at Teahupoo, which break over an extremely shallow reef, were peaking at 25-plus feet. The ASP World Tour had declared a “code red” situation because the swells were too large and breaking too swiftly too be safely caught by paddle power. Slater mentioned how they’re more like tsunamis because of the force with which the fast-moving swells shove against the reef. “They reach a point where they don’t get any taller. They just get thicker,” he said.
Tow surfers enjoy the benefit of skiing onto building waves behind personal watercraft, then letting go of the rope and surfing on customized boards. Many expert tow surfers, who had arrived in anticipation of the giant swell, eagerly took to the lineup, although this was no carefree day of surfing.
As viewers can tell by the footage, some of the barrels are cavernous enough to harbor a schoolbus. Just observing from nearby in the channel, a rollicking adventure in itself, is an unforgettable experience.
Among the men and women who conquered the thunderous breakers, including a handful of World Tour surfers and some who endured monumental wipeouts and can offer bruises and scrapes as proof, were Dylan Longbottom, Dean Morrison, Julian Wilson, Bruce Irons, Nathan Fletcher, Maya Gabeira, Keala Kennelly and Danilo Costa.
There were others but nobody kept a roster. It was not a tour-sanctioned event or a competition, just a very heavy day of surfing that, to this day, might be unrivaled.
As for the ASP World Tour, it now travels to New York, which is reeling in the aftermath of Hurricane Irene, for the Quiksilver Pro in Long Beach.
(Source: grindtv.com)
