Monday, December 12, 2011 - 11:16am
Anybody can put on a wetsuit, hop on a surfboard and yell "Cowabunga!" and glide through their favorite body of water, but how many people will look like a Tron player doing so in the darkness of night?
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Friday, November 4, 2011 - 8:13am
The Matrix came out in 1999. That's twelve freakin' years ago. Back then, the "bullet time" time-slice filming technique was brand new, but as CGI has taken over, it seems like bullet-time has faded away over the last decade. Except, apparently, for surfing. And bullet-time surfing is awesome.
Monday, August 29, 2011 - 10:30am
Big wave surfer Shane Dorian almost drowned in 2010. After wiping out on a huge wave, he was pushed down 25 feet to the ocean floor, where he was held as two more huge waves rolled over him. The experience led him to conceive of the world's first inflatable wetsuit.
Monday, May 23, 2011 - 1:15pm
If you've always wanted to surf but are too lazy to paddle yourself out to the waves, you will probably be a terrible surfer. But if you think otherwise, maybe you'd be interested in the Wavejet.
Monday, April 19, 2010 - 4:46am
We can't decide if this thing is more jetski or surfboard, and its name, the "PowerSki Jetboard," certainly isn't helping. We'll put our deliberations to bed for now, though, and ponder the virtues of a 45 horsepower motorized surfboard that...
Wednesday, December 30, 2009 - 10:44am
"I'm a doctor, not a gnarly surfer, Jim!" That doesn't mean McCoy can't boldly go into the coldest water with a Star Trek wetsuit, pattered after those worn in the original series and custom-fitted for the dear price of between...
Friday, August 8, 2008 - 4:19am
Known as the Nike 6.0 Ill Mobile, the monstrous fun wagon you see pictured above came from ad/design firm Hub Strategy, which the shoe company tasked with making something that would make people stop and say, "Holy crap!" The...
Tuesday, June 10, 2008 - 8:27am
Simply called the 360, this new extreme-sport item from designer Francesco Sommacal is kind of a three-way hybrid between skateboarding, in-line skating and snowboarding. A rider inserts his (or her) feet into the wheel openings, balancing as if on...
