Robust Flavor spy cam operators grabbed some shots of Shaun White’s new ride. It’s a Lamborghini Murcielago and here are the it’s stats:
It sports a 6.2 Liter version of the legendary Lamborghini V12 engine, a six-speed manual or six-speed sequential automatic transmission, and four-wheel drive. It also has a rear spoiler that can be raised to an angle of 70 degrees, side mirrors that fold in to improve aerodynamics, and side scoops that automatically open to the needed size to let in just the right amount of air needed to cool its engine.
Kinda reminds us of something our favorite former NFL playing rap artist F-a-m to the o-u-z said: “just look at me now, I’m gettin’ it . . . on the Lambdy Lambo, as many bad bitches as a nigga can handle. . . ”
We’d like to hear more stories like this one from the Baltimore Sun:
A Baltimore police officer was suspended Monday after a YouTube video surfaced on the Internet showing him berating and manhandling a teenage skateboarder at the Inner Harbor.
On the video, the officer, Salvatore Rivieri, puts the boy in a headlock, pushes him to the ground, questions his upbringing, threatens to “smack” him and repeatedly accuses the youngster of showing disrespect because the youth refers to the officer as “man” and “dude.”
Here it is in all it’s glory. A nice reminder to keep those cameras rolling no matter what. Guess this is what happens when a grown man is forced to patrol the city in an electric golf cart. Congrats, Officer Rivieri, you deserve all the trouble you’re getting, dude.
The New York Daily News‘ Jim Farber says Jack Johnson’s new, darker album Sleep Through The Static has “a certain blandness to it all.” In fact, he titled his review “Jack Johnson’s surf sound wipes out in serious undertow.”
By his measure, this may mark an uptick in seriousness. But even the breeziest surfer’s soul deserves more.
With unusually deep and unstable snowpacks in many areas of the country this winter, and more skiers and snowmobilers hungry to make fresh tracks, 30 backcountry users weren’t so fortunate this avalanche season. The 30 avalanche deaths have this season nearing the record of 35 from the winter of 2001-02.
Park City Resortcreated a cool event with the World Halfpipe Championships, but each year they seem to screw it up more and more. This year, snowboarders and skiers will be competing at the same time in the same pipe.
While uneducated spectators may appreciate seeing world class snowboarding and skiing going down in the same pipe, mixing two completely different sports in one contest is just silly. It completely removes all legitimacy and authenticity from the title and the event. It also makes anyone who participates look like performing monkeys. But then we’re guessing they had to pay most of them to come anyway.
It took a bit of anxiety and an ill-timed break right in its midsection, but the Legendary Banked Slalom celebrated another successful year Sunday. . . The event’s second day (Saturday) didn’t happen and its third day nearly didn’t, but all the necessary factors came together early Sunday morning and the show went on.
The Mt. Baker Highway was closed due to avalanche danger, but on Sunday it was all go.
We guess when you design your own contest the chances of you winning it are pretty good. That’s exactly what happened for Travis Rice. According to an early press release the Natural Selection contest was created by Travis and funded by Quiksilver:
This innovative event is the brainchild of Quiksilver athlete and one of today’s most versatile and accomplished snowboarders, Travis Rice, who envisioned a competition that removes the constructs of snow parks and half-pipes, and instead uses a natural-terrain course to bring out the best in riders’ style and technique.
Seems kind of weird to compete in your own contest, but apparently Travis has no problem with it. Congrats, Travis and Quiksilver is nice that you aren’t letting a little thing called a “conflict of interest” get in the way of some great riding.
For the average person, days are comprised of routines. But Todd Grossman’s days are anything but normal. The Spaulding graduate has spent his adult life pursuing his passion, lucky enough to find success and make a living at it. And every day is different.
Ian McDonald, 67 the founder of the Gunston 500 surf competition is apparently suing Knysna socialite Lesley Young, 62, for half of her estate as they had a “universal partnership” for seven years.
McDonald lodged his claim after Young, the wife of former Bophuthatswana finance minister Leslie Young, ended their relationship in May 2006.
It’s of course much messier than this so click the link to read the entire story.
