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Slow Yourself Down....

... and you'll see so much more."

If there is another way to live, this is it - introducing the Goodwin Project - beautifully captured by the team at 'Avocados & Coconuts'.

Risk yes. Reward, hell yes.

... for now, I for one intend to live it vicariously. 

For now.

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Categories Tags Endeavour

By Sammy on 9/8/11

"reality Is...

"... only what you make it."

So states DYNAMO, the best young magician since the teenage Paul Daniels.  One question - where's Debbie?

... oh and maybe how did he does he do it?

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Categories Culture Tags

By Sammy on 11/7/11

Freerunners On Their Hols

"... saving the knees in the off season."

The odd offensive set of grape smugglers aside ... this is so how to spend those hot summer afternoons.

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Categories Culture Tags Sport

By Sammy on 28/6/11

Tell Me I Can Dance?

"Doh!"

The last thing we would promote here at SUSO is a sense of 'you don't have it or it can't be done'.  Or indeed a sense of what others say matters.  That said, sometimes, you might choose to face the music ... eh Mr Tibbs?

Enjoy this short from one of SUSO's talented Writer/Director friends, Mr Anthony Wilcox (....and respect to Virgin in their support of film making talent.) 

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Categories Film Tags A Short

By Sammy on 16/6/11

Make Mine A Triple

"...straight up."

No words required.  It is what it is.  Bloody impressive.

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Categories Sport Tags

By Sammy on 29/5/11

Photo Realism

".. on another level."

Robin Eleys ability to imagine and then create 'polaroid perfect' is simply breathtaking.  Enjoy.

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Categories Art Tags Design

By Sammy on 9/5/11

Hell Yeah!

"... who wouldn't want a ride on this?!?"

This the creation of Raymond Li, a Chinese Canadian from St. John’s, Newfoundland.  His dream, his creation.  Yours to buy today for just under 100,000 USD.  Bargain.

And the soundtrack so let's us all know summer's just around the corner!  Enjoy.

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Categories Culture Tags Design

By Sammy on 13/4/11

Stand Up. Stand Out.

"...on the perfect wave, with the perfect camera shot."

This is a clip from the BBC documentary “South Pacific”. The talented soul standing tall on this 12fter is surfer Dylan Longbottom captured and immortalised by photographer Rudi Diesel on a Typhoon HD4 high speed camera. It’s the first shot of its kind ever recorded, and simply mind-blowing. Enjoy.

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Categories Photography Tags

By Sammy on 30/3/11

The Beautiful Game

"Pure artistry..."

Skills from football's hottest young talent, animation genius by Richard Swarbrick.  More of the same tonight please Mr Gareth Bale (when the mighty Spurs take on AC Milan for the uninformed!)

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Categories Sport Tags Design

By Sammy on 9/3/11

Urban Earth

"Through the eyes of the Urban Geographer."

We have introduced you to Daniel Raven-Ellison before.  This a man with a compelling story to tell, and many still to write .... and of course photograph. Welcome to URBAN EARTH, only now in his words and with his video compilation of images.

"Cities are awesome places. They are as much an ecosystem as any tropical rainforest or coral reef. Inhabited by one of the most successful animals on the planet, humans, these urban masses are our nests. At some point in 2008 someone was born or moved into a town or city and tipped the balance so that now, for the first time in history, more people are living in urban than rural places. The home of free running, government, businesses, over 3 billion people and probably you – how well do we really know and understand these places? I wanted to get a new take on the concrete jungle and so it became my mission to start walking across some of the largest cities on Earth.

Exploration is a state of mind. Anyone can explore, everyone is an explorer and anywhere can be explored. From kissing a mouth to peering into the limits of visible outer space we all search for answers and experiences. For me exploration is all about searching for answers to questions even if you don’t know what they are when you set out. While trekking to the heart of tropical jungle forests may be distant and exotic, exploring near and familiar places is just as important.

Despite most of us living in cities few of us explore them properly. If you live in a city you probably live as an island hopper, living in one (island) area and using a car, bus or train to hop to other islands for school, work and places to chill out. For most people the spaces between and around these islands are left unexplored and remain confused or blank on their mental map. The reasons why we don’t go places are numerous with time, interest and fear all playing their part.

I am fascinated by urban exploration. I’m not only interested in cities themselves, but why so many people want to go on adventures across countryside and not urbanside. And, why when people do explore cities so many people visit landmarks (does Big Ben represent London?) that fail to capture the feel of a city but leave feeling they can ‘done’ and can tick off visiting that place? What does the city feel like away from the bias of guide books and commercial adverts?

For all these reasons and more URBAN EARTH was born.

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Categories SUSO Tags Photography

By Sammy on 27/2/11