Wave Garden

Wave Garden is apparently an artificial wave generator for surfing. Via.

*Buy Gary Wright's Am I The One at Amazon.

(Anyone know why I would post a link to this song in this post?)

Soul Surfer movie poster

Movie poster for Soul Surfer. Via.

*Buy Retro Stud: Muscle Movie Posters from Around the World at Amazon.

Surfing a giant wave at night

Short video of Mark Visser surfing at night while wearing a vest covered in LEDs. You can see more here and here (both links include auto-starting videos).

Surfing plus bullet time

Surfing plus bullet time:

In collaboration with Timeslice Films, Rip Curl took on an ambitious bullet-time campaign shoot in Malaysia's Sunway Lagoon Wavepool with lead surfers Mick Fanning, Stephanie Gilmore, Owen Wright and Matt Wilkinson.

The revolutionary campaign captures surfing in a way never seen before, with the final visuals baring more resemblance to a fight scene from the famous Matrix movies than a promotional surfing video.

The two-day rental of Sunway Lagoon Wavepool allowed Rip Curl and Timeslice to operate in a more stable environment than the open ocean offers. The Rip Curl surfers were repeatedly towed into the machine-controlled waves by Jetski and their operational space was determined by the 52-camera rig set up in the pool.

Here's slightly more footage featuring Steph Gilmore:



And this is the making of video:



Via.

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Extreme surfer girl

A few paintings from Damian Fulton's "Surfploytation" show at La Luz de Jesus. he has various prints on sale here.

Surfing alpaca

Domingo Pianezzi surfs with his alpaca, Pisco, on his board. Although, as the video indicates, the alpaca mostly wipes out Domingo. Via.

*Previously: Llama golf caddy.

*Buy plush llamas at eBay.

Rogue wave takes out spectators (video roundup)

Rogue wave takes out spectators at Mavericks surf contest. Via.



Zebra on the loose in Atlanta.



Creepy turtle terrorizes Japanese girls in this ad for Sours. Via.



Lots of cuteness in Behemoth's new game Battleblock Theater.



Sir Ian McKellan explains acting to Rickey Gervais.

*Previously: Brain Wave sofa.

*Buy vintage surf posters at eBay.

Aliens-esque gunship (link roundup)

SciFi Gunship by Ignacio Bazán Lazcano. Via.

And a few more links:

1. Thus year's Volcom Pipeline Pro was about as close to a retelling of North Shore (one of my favorites) as could be. Gerry Lopez even plays a role.

2. $27,000 Hermès suitcase, $18,000 Slayer Espresso Machine.

3. Trees with ominously grasping shadows.

*Previously: Surf-jousting with sea monsters.

*Buy vintage surf posters at eBay.

Hollywood Drinking and Drawing (link roundup)

Hollywood Drinking and Drawing spotted here. To be a party invitation, I presume.

And a few more links:

1. Comment and win buttons.

2. Why would the government bail out newspapers when the public clearly prefers news on the web? It's so much easier to leak stories to newspapers and then tell tell them what to publish.

3. Photo of angels descending from heaven, perhaps?

*Previously: Street Angel the movie.

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Surf-jousting with sea monsters

A surfer fights through true monster waves in this "Tame the Beast" short by Elastic for Fuel TV.

*Previously: Troy Polamalu goes crowd-surfing during victory parade.

*Buy tiki statues at eBay.

Legendary Surfer t-shirt design (link roundup)

Japanese demon surfing on a giant carp - - a t-shirt design by Matheus Lopes Castro up for vote at Design by Humans.

And a few more links:

1. One of the book covers I highlighted recently is actually part of a bit of a scandal - - it features a white girl with long hair, even though the book is actually about a black girl who has short "nappy" hair. The author was not pleased. (Which all adds up to tell me, whoever decided on the cover did a good job.) Via.

2. The letter "U" as a plush monster (scroll down).

3. An impressive list of incredibly stupid serial killer ideas.

*Previously: Armored carp.

*Buy oni at eBay.

Lego Morphing Hulk (link roundup)

Bruce Banner turns into the Hulk in Lego by Matt Armstrong.

And a few more links:

1. Garfield and Friends cupcakes, and at the same site, Triple Chocolate Trifle.

2. The China Military Report blog includes these recent blog posts:

a. evil! the strange rotating running tank of Soviet
b. CG:Super horrible missile battleship
c. China's netizens to imagine the future of Chinese air force stealth bomber

Via.

3. Using Mail-Order DNA and Iguana Heaters, Hobbyists Brew New Life Forms; Is It Risky? Via.

4. Diving surfer.

*Previously: Romain Jerome's Titanic-DNA watch features metal taken from the Titanic.

*Buy home DNA kits at Amazon.

Threadless T-Shirt Design: The End of Summer