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fysurf:
“Young Brazilian Pockets $40,000 Cash, Most Valuable Trophy in Surfing and 6,500 ASP World Ranking Points
Gabriel Medina, 18, has claimed the 2012 ASP PRIME Nike Lowers Pro title, defeating veteran campaigner Glenn Hall, 30, in two-to-four foot waves at Lower Trestles. The win earns him a $40,000 paycheck, a 14-karat solid-gold spike (the richest trophy in surfing valued at $30,000) and major ASP World Ranking points.
Medina got the best of an opening exchange against Hall and held the lead throughout the heat’s entirety, marking him as the second consecutive Brazilian to win the Nike Lowers Pro following Miguel Pupo, 20, in 2011.” (Source: NikeLowersPro)
fysurf:
Tilt Shift by Tim Mckenna
treselegant:
An excellent demonstration from Barton-Wright’s classic Pearson’s Magazine article, “Self Defence with a Walking Stick”, 1900 (Bartitsu.org).
fysurf:
Jamie O’Brien standing tall in a Nias pit. Photo: photobrent/SPL
fysurf:
Nate Yeomans at home in San Clemente during a recent combo swell. Photo: Checkwood
A bad day skating is still a great day (Source: fyskate)
hahamagartconnect:
Sock Portrait
Not long ago we posted a story about artist Hong Yi’s Coffee Stain Portrait of Jay Chou. Well, she’s finished a new project and it’s just as amazing as the last.
This portrait of famous Chinese Film Director, Zhang Yimou was made with bamboo sticks, pins, and socks. (<—I know you love that oxford comma).
Yi (a.k.a. RED) says she was inspired by an old residental alleyway where she saw bamboo sticks poking out of windows with laundry hanging onto them, waving in the air. For her, the beauty was in seeing something so traditional in a modern, pumping city like Shanghi.
And because many of Zhang’s movies (House of Flying Daggers, Hero, art director for Beijing Olympics) highlight the beauty of the Chinese culture through the use of bamboo fields, and traditional dress, she choose her materials accordingly.
*Hong Yi’s website
*For more on the project, visit Oh I see Red!, where we picked up this great story.
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