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Vintage Olympic Bags

Filed under: Cool Ish, Olympics

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Feel like rocking the Eric Bana in ”Munich” look (minus the strange love scene at the end)?  Grab one of these. 

Image via Modculture

Posted on Jul 24th, 2008 by  FC Uptown 

It’s Pay Day

Filed under: Cool Ish, Toys, Upper Playground

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Today is Pay Day…Toy Illustrator N8 Van Dyke releases his highly anticipatedPay Day collection at Upper Playground. His Pay Day figurines features a bank-robbing chimp in a detachable walrus mask toting a gun and a bag of money. There are currently three models available with each toy coming in at 5 1/2″ tall.  The glow in the dark version is above. Check out the brown and gray versions after the jump.

Available at Upper Playground

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Posted on Jul 24th, 2008 by  beans 

Invention of the week

Filed under: Cool Ish, Design, Fines

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You know you have a Huka addiction if you make yourself a traveling edition to your collection. Meet the Huka-on-the-go. My friend Jason is everything Huka and is in the starting phases of his Huka table company. I can attest he leads the lifestyle of a true connoisseurs of the Middle-Eastern pastime.

I don’t think he’ll be able to market these in California with the new laws in effect.

image by The Tonus

Posted on Jul 24th, 2008 by  Tonus 

“Old Skool” Leather Football

Filed under: Cool Ish, FC Uptown

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Step back in time to the days of muddy pitches, wool shorts, bloody knees, and stout pints after the match with your mates at your local. They called the game “association football” and England ruled the planet both on and off the pitch. This old skool leather retro football completely rocks the house.

Available here.

Image via Modculture

Posted on Jul 22nd, 2008 by  FC Uptown 

Adidas Mark Gonzalez Gazelle

Filed under: Collabo, Cool Ish, adidas

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Adidas is killing it lately with Mark Gonzalez’ Gazelles.

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Loving these color schemes.

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images via HighSnobiety

Posted on Jul 14th, 2008 by  dunny 

Choke

Filed under: Cool Ish, Movies, Videos

Chuck Palahniuk’s follow up to FightClub.

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Victor Mancini (Sam Rockwell) is a sex addicted, medical-school dropout who has devised an ingenious scam to pay elder care for his Alzheimer’s-afflicted mother (Anjelica Houston): he pretends to choke on pieces of food while dining in upscale restaurants, allowing himself to be “saved” by fellow patrons who, feeling responsible for Victor’s life, go on to send checks to support him. When he’s not pulling the choking stunt, Victor cruises sexual addiction recovery workshops, visits his mom and spends his days working at a colonial theme park.

Posted on Jul 13th, 2008 by  dunny 

First Man In Space - Joseph Kittinger

Filed under: Cool Ish, Red Bull, Videos

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On August 16, 1960, Joseph Kittinger jumped his last Excelsior jump, doing so from an air-thin height of 102,800 feet (31,334 meters). From that nearly 20 miles altitude, his tumble toward terra firma took some 4 minutes and 36 seconds. Exceeding the speed of sound during the fall, Kittinger used a small stabilizing chute before a larger, main parachute opened in the denser atmosphere. He safely touched down in barren New Mexico desert, 13 minutes 45 seconds after he vaulted into the void.

The jump set records that still stand today, among them, the highest parachute jump, the longest freefall, and the fastest speed ever attained by a human through the atmosphere. Somewhat in contention is Kittinger’s use of the small parachute for stabilization during his record-setting fall.

Posted on Jul 13th, 2008 by  dunny 

Kinetic Car Sculpture

Filed under: BMW, Cool Ish

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This is made from 714 metallic balls and is at the BMW museum in Munich. If you stare at it, it looks like it is moving a little. Pretty crazy.

Posted on Jul 10th, 2008 by  beans 

Nike ACG Base jumping

Filed under: Base Jumping, Cool Ish, Nike

Our boy James over at one of Europe’s finest action sports companies (Kaos Brands in Action)  hit me off with a couple of videos this morning showing some of the illest base jumps I have seen. I remember seeing some guys jump off the side of a high rise building in downtown San Diego when I was there for the Air Races which was cool, but this is some other level type jumping.

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Posted on Jul 10th, 2008 by  beans 

Nike MSRTPLN ASRD Shoes

Filed under: Cool Ish, FC Uptown, Nike, WTF

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Tired of paying for wireless every month?  Confused when on the road where you can locate a free wireless hot spot?  Have you always admired the footwear stylings of Dick Bavetta?  These Nike MSRTPLN ASRD’s may be just what you’re looking for.

“The idea of footwear was pushed further by converging elements of digital culture with fashion and design into a wearble technology. The end product is a sneaker designed to detect Wi-Fi wireless internet hot-spots wherever the user may roam, with every step…”

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Image via Uberreview

Posted on Jul 6th, 2008 by  FC Uptown 
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