Archives for the ‘Everything Else’ Category
Crowd Surfing in a Waterball?
By Action Isle • Oct 11th, 2008 • Category: Everything ElseWe've seen what the waterball is like when it's used on water, but how about on top of a crowd of screaming fans? A band called Flaming Lips cleverly uses the Waterball for crowd surfing!
Fastest Man Rolling Down a Hill in a Zorb
By Action Isle • Sep 15th, 2008 • Category: Everything ElseA New Zealander set the new speed world record for rolling down a hill in an inflatable balloon. He did it in a zorb, and went 32 mph (52 kmph).
More Skateboarders Swapping For Longboards?
By Action Isle • Aug 21st, 2008 • Category: Everything Else
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Longboarding has been in the shadow of skateboarding for some time now, but that may all change as more skateboarders are seemingly swapping their shortboard for a longboard.
"Although no definitive numbers are available to quantify longboarding's growth, manufacturers report steady increases in sales. Even new skateboard manufacturers, such as the unfortunately named snowboard builder Never Summer, are entering the market. And manufacturers and retailers love that many users own a variety of boards for different uses."
Link: More skaters switching to longboards
Why would a skater switch to longboarding?
Longboarding isn't just about tricks. Most people can't ride a skateboard without being harassed to do a kickflip or some other kind of flippy trick. Longboarding still has it's tricks, but you don't have to be able to do one to ride one. Some people ride longboards for transportation, some bomb downhill, some do sliding, some do fancy footwork, some work on tricks, and some do everything. You also can be any age (as long as you can move well) to ride one. On top of all this, longboarding is easier than skateboarding, so frustrated skateboarders can find it a great alternative.
Win Your Own T-Board
By Action Isle • Aug 12th, 2008 • Category: Everything Else, SkatesWant a T-Board but don't have the funds to buy one? Enter the contest going on right now at T-Board's website. They are giving away one T-Board every week to a lucky winner.
Sign up here for a chance to win your own T-Board!
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Skateboarding Around the World With 14Degrees.org
By Action Isle • Aug 9th, 2008 • Category: Everything ElseIf you haven't heard of this yet, check it out, it's quite amazing. Robert Thompson has traveled a distance of 12,000 km on a recumbent bicycle, and 8,000 km on a skateboard. He's unofficially broken the Guinness World Record for the Longest Journey by Skateboard. Some of his journey was done on a Rolls Rolls, which he now uses as a trailer. Currently he is skating across China from Zhangye to Xining.
His human powered adventure around the world has been going for 2 years, and he has done it all solo.
Check out his website, 14degrees.org.
Flying Tubes: The Manta Ray
By Action Isle • May 4th, 2008 • Category: Everything ElseThe Manta Ray was available a couple years ago, but after so many people hurt themselves (and even died) using these flying inner tubes, they were pretty much banned from the U.S.
I guess tubing was meant to stay on the water.
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 Manta Ray Flying Tube ONLY USED ONCE  US $250.00
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 NEW Sevylor Manta Ray Flying TubeRAPTOR BLASTER ver US $529.00
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 Sevylor Manta Ray flying towable tube NEW US $400.00
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 MANTA RAY SEVYLOR FLYING TOWABLE WATER TUBE W EXTRAS US $203.50
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Flying inner tubes… better leave out the “flying” part
By Action Isle • May 4th, 2008 • Category: Everything ElseAround 2005 Wego released a kite tube that would fly in the air with the rider on it. By 2006 Wego stopped selling it, because too many people hurt themselves, and a couple of people died using it.
On the tube it warned, "don't go higher than you are willing to fly." They even had a giant skull and crossbones on the tube.
Video of the Wego Kit Tube in Action
I read many comments by many people who had used one of these say that the trick was to have the driver ease up on the throttle when the tube went in the air, otherwise, something like above would happen.
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Manta Ray Flying Tube ONLY USED ONCE US $250.00
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NEW Sevylor Manta Ray Flying TubeRAPTOR BLASTER ver US $529.00
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Sevylor Manta Ray flying towable tube NEW US $400.00
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MANTA RAY SEVYLOR FLYING TOWABLE WATER TUBE W EXTRAS US $203.50
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The Waterball – Fun and Tormenting at the Same Time?
By Action Isle • May 2nd, 2008 • Category: Everything ElseThe Waterball is a giant ball made of transparent plastic. A person gets in it, has the Waterball inflated, gets zipped inside, and then goes out on the water to float, lay or roll around like crazy.
One question I had about the Waterball was, how long until you run out of air? The answer is, don't stay zipped in there for longer than 30 minutes.
Looks like it would be fun to try, but then, at the same time, it looks tormenting.
Take a look at what I mean...
Meet the TankChair, an All-Terrain Wheelchair With POWER
By Action Isle • May 1st, 2008 • Category: Everything ElseMeet the TankChair, it is an all-terrain wheelchair with the power to take a person anywhere.
The TankChair is an all-terrain beast that can easily conquer streams, mud, snow, sand, gravel, and it can even climb up stairs.
Video of the TankChair
For more information and videos, visit the TankChair Website.
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 ROLLEEZ All Terrain Beach Recreational Wheelchair US $1,049.00
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 Wheelchair 2 Wheel All Terrain Flotation F 075ATC US $1,172.99
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 New ALL TERRAIN WHEELCHAIR W HIGH FLOTATION WHEELS US $800.00
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For Free Bikes & Other Great Free Stuff, Check Out FreeCycle
By Action Isle • Apr 16th, 2008 • Category: Everything ElseMany people, instead of pitching something they don't need anymore, have begun to use FreeCycle to give it away to someone else. FreeCycle.org is a great site where people can give away something they don't need/want to someone who wants it. Join your local area's network and give away something you don't or get some great stuff for free!
Lots of people have received free bikes out of this site from people in their area. Who knows what else you could get for free?
Zorb: Roll down a hill in a giant ball
By Action Isle • Apr 13th, 2008 • Category: Everything ElseForget rolling down a hill in a giant rubber wheel, or a trashcan, that's a thing of the past. Now you can roll down a hill in style, by getting in a giant sized air cushioned ball called the Zorb.
As it reads from the official Zorb web site http://www.zorb.com/,
"Zorb is the sport of rolling down a hill inside a giant inflatable ball and where New Zealand, once again leads the world in stupid things to do while you're on a vacation."
I'm not surprised that the Zorb was created in New Zealand. New Zealand is the home of many outdoor and action sport enthusiasts and attracts many more in tourism each year. As for this being "stupid"? I think it's more stupid to bomb down a hill in a trash can, the Zorb is a body saver. Imagine all that cushion.
Would I Zorb down a hill? Without a doubt yes!
Check out this video of people Zorbing down a hill...
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