Beach Tramp MAIN2

In 6 Months Time

"... we'll all be doin' it."

... with a training ball, a pump, a spade, a sandy beach, a 'little bit' of imagination and a lot of pactice.

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Categories Culture Tags Sport

By Sammy on 9/12/11

Go Pro HD2

'today's Fix.'

"... I want one."

Dear Santa .... I have been a very good boy this year.  And if you really exist you will bring me one of these 'Go Pro HD2 Creative Weapons' down the chimney this Xmas .... so that I can make some very cool films.  Like this one ...

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Categories Film Tags Sport culture

By Sammy on 25/10/11

Proper Vid

Away From The Riots

"... a brand of inner city poetry was being filmed."

Pre, during and post the riots, South London and it's backdrop of  'council estates' (or social housing) was the venue for a talented crew of riders and cameramen.

Rory Duncan, Janis Cunculis, Jamie Guile, Dan Figg, Max Wood (aka Peter Prang), Radek Dźwigała, Ben Marvin, and Shaun Jinks and Tonash Goodyear ... very nice work.

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By Sammy on 12/10/11

The Wand MAIN

It's All In Your Head

"... all of it."

Filmed in Madison, Wisconsin on 16 mm film in 1981 by Joel Fletcher, set to the iconic orchestral score by Wagner and Holst, welcome to the surreal but highly athletic upside down world chosen by Mark Daniel..

 

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Categories Culture Tags Sport Endeavour

By Sammy on 16/8/11

Park Main

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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By Sammy on 28/6/11

sLACK MAIN

A Slacklife?

".... not for artists in this field..."

'Slacklining' is a balance art ... with a difference.  It differs from tightrope-walking in that the line is flatter and not held rigidly taut (although it is still under some tension) and instead allows a stretching and bouncing as if you were on a long and narrow trampoline. Cool eh?  And particularly cool if you're any good at it....

Tricklining, waterlining, highlining, yoga slacklining (!) and freestyle slacklining ... all impressive skills that require an imagination to first happen upon and a determination to develop.  And it you're good enough how about scrapping it out as they do at slackwars.com?

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By Sammy on 22/9/10

Rollerman MAIN

Roll With It

"... not your average blading session..."

Not much to say here, other than watch and be 'entertained' ... maybe even inspired.

...you have to love the way he handles the tighter bends!

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Categories Endeavour Tags Sport

By Juan on 17/6/10

Bruce MAIN

One Inch Ping Pong

"If not Bruce then who?"

"As long as I can remember I feel I have had this great creative and spiritual force within me, that is greater than faith, greater than ambition, greater than confidence, greater than determination, greater than vision.  It is all these combined.  My brain becomes magnetised with this dominating force which I hold in my hand."  Bruce Lee (...as we remember him)

"Take your paddle, let me choose my weapon ...

... and let's play."

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Categories Fun Tags Sport

By Juan on 11/2/10

Soccket MAIN

Can You Kick It?

"... yes you can!"

According to a recent report from the UN, over 1.5 billion people—one quarter of the world’s population - live in areas with no access to electricity.

Introducing sOccket, the soccer ball that turns energy from a kick into electricity. This the product of the imagination and creativity of a group of Harvard students who have found a way to harness energy from the world's favourite sport and pastime.

"This portable energy-harvesting device captures the impact energy normally dissipated when the ball is kicked, storing it to charge lights, cell phones and batteries. It works with inductive coil technology, similar to that found in flashlights that power up when shaken. For each 15 minutes of play, it can store enough energy to power a small LED light for three hours."

Simply brilliant!

Currently in its prototyping stages, sOccket has been successfully piloted in Durban, South Africa, and the development team has plans to market a commercial version of the sOccket in Western countries as a high-end tech toy, possibly using a "buy one-give one" model, to subsidize the cost of distributing sOccket in developing nations. If ever you needed an excuse for a lunchtime kick around this is it!

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Categories SUSO Tags Sport

By Juan on 6/2/10

Trick MAIN

The Martial 'art'

"... an aesthetic blend of flips, kicks, and twists."

Take the backflip from gymnastics, a 540 kick from Taekwondo, a butterfly twist from Wushu and  a double leg from Capoeira and you get close to the highly artistic world of tricking (or martial arts tricking as it is more formally known).

Tricking has only recently come into its own as a recognized activity although its origins are placed in the early 60s when martial artists working the competitive circuits began incorporating more advanced techniques into their forms. Unsurprisingly it was the emergence of the internet that launched Tricking to a wider audience and by the end of 2003, the online tricking community was well-developed, bringing 'trickers' (or tricksters) from across the globe together. 

Unlike many established sports, tricking has no formal rules or regulations, and there are no governing bodies that regulate the sport. Specialized coached training is practically non-existent leaving it almost entirely down to the imagination and creativity of the individual.  Mats, plyometric flooring, trampoline or jumping jamporees are the tools of a tricksters trade and it goes without saying that a special dedication and determination is required to first learn and then hone the required skills.  Strictly speaking, participants are free to perform any kind of dramatic maneuver and call it a 'trick' - though there are certain moves which are generally accepted as tricking moves. One thing is for certain this gentleman, Sean Ellis, aka Sesshoumaru, has one big bag of tricks...

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Categories Art Tags Sport culture

By Juan on 4/2/10

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