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Complex X Bing – Largest Sneaker Giveaway Of All-Time
Stop and think for a second about all the hot releases that have eluded you over the years. The ones that got away, the must have sneakers that you missed out on for whatever reason on release day. Now imagine getting another shot at them, all for free no less. Complex is teaming up with Bing for the Magical Holiday Calender for a giveaway that will let you have just that, a heap of heat taken from their rundown of the rarest and most hard to find drops in recent memory. Check out the fitting #23 on the Bing calender to enter and keep your fingers crossed for a Christmas miracle.
The Best Test Drive Ever. Period. | MINI USA
We asked you to describe The Best Test Drive Ever. Period. in just six words, and you did. From thousands of entries only one rose to the top, and we made it a reality. Congratulations to Mathew Foster, whose description was picked as #1 in The Best Test Drive Ever. Period.
Mathew’s six word entry: STEWARDESS, SALT FLATS, PARATROOPERS, SUSHI, FALCONER
Watch what happens as MINI USA helps make Mathew’s Test Drive dreams come true!
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720 Double Kickflip at 1000 fps Slow Motion
Robbyn Magby lands not one but two 720 double flips off the kicker at Riley skatepark in Farmington Hills, MI. Filmed with a Redlake N3 high speed camera at 1,000 frames per second.
Merry Christmas Everyone!
Thanks to all the supporters and followers of my blog. Hope you’re having a great xmas with your friends and loved ones. Peace.
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Prometheus Teaser Trailer
Ridley Scott, director of “Alien” and “Blade Runner,” returns to the genre he helped define. With PROMETHEUS, he creates a groundbreaking mythology, in which a team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a thrilling journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race.
Starring:
Michael Fassbender, Noomi Rapace, Charlize Theron, Idris Elba, Guy Pearce, Ben Foster, and Logan Marshall-Green.
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Vans Waffle Sole iPhone 4 Case
Not only did the case sell out from the official Vans online store in minutes, they also seem to have trouble to restock immediately. The brand has now announced that the next drop will be in February 2012 and the case will go for 28 USD.
1-2-1 w/ jeffstaple feat. Greg Selkoe of Karmaloop
1-2-1 w/jeffstaple feat. Greg Selkoe of Karmaloop from jeffstaple on Vimeo.
This is the 13th installment in the “1-2-1 w/jeffstaple” Series. Each segment, jeffstaple, Founder and Creative Director of Staple Design & Reed Space, talks to someone one-to-one. Direct. Intimate. No BS. For this segment, Jeff talks to the Founder and CEO of Karmaloop— a multi-platformed web retailer specializing in global urban fashion and streetwear. The Karmaloop family of sites includes online retailer Karmaloop, Plndr and KarmaloopTV. Mr. Selkoe talks about the beginnings, the presence and the future of street culture.
V Magazine: The Ballad of Lana Del Rey
The title harkens back to Notorious B.I.G. “Quite accidentally, I might add,” she demurred, when asked.
A beautiful young woman with a transcendent talent, a distinct look, and a stage name—one that seemed hotwired to the finely tuned smoke and mirrors of arcane pop theatricality—Lana (née Lizzie Grant) inevitably caused online contention. She was subject to the slings and arrows of outrageous Web-speak. Again, the dolorous texture of rumour around her seemed to have informed a new serenity in the singer. Hey, we all have a past. I suggested that the Oscar Wilde quote “the only thing better than being talked about is not being talked about,” might be playing into her hands. “Oh no, honey,” she rebuked gently, “I have had an entire life of not being talked about. That’s fine.” She seemed to mean it, too.
“You talk about all these things that have happened to me in this short space of time, but the one thing that has really changed is that I now have an audience. I turn up in Glasgow or Manchester or Amsterdam and there are good people waving at me from the crowd. That’s amazing. There are people outside the venue at sound check that want to chat and take a photo.” She has found peace in this response. “Someone showed me their ticket stub and asked me to sign it. You know how much it costs to come and see a show?” She paused. “These people really wanted to see me.” She sounded quietly flabbergasted.
“I’m not competing with those girls,” she said of her MTV-flooding generational contemporaries. “I’m not competing with anybody.”
Prior to meeting her, Lana’s management had sent me a link to some twenty-odd songs she had in a locked file, accessible only by password on the Internet. It has since been deleted. I liked the way she sounded bred on witty hip-hop rhyme schemes and subjected them to the confines of classic songwriting, like Carly Simon incubated in the early ’80s Bronx. I loved her simultaneous reading of high and low culture. When we had said farewell at that bus stop in London, she told me she was flying to L.A. in two days to meet a heavyweight hip-hop producer that wanted to work with her.
“I decided not to,” she said in Cologne. “I’ve kept it family. The beats are being looked after by my beat man. The arrangements are being done by my string man.” There will be no industry grooming for the current and future pop star Lana del Rey. Mostly, she came to the conclusion of this at the record’s playback. You really want to know why Lana del Rey suddenly found Zen?
“I made a really good record. That’s my defense,” she said. That is all. Paul Flynn
Born to Die is available in January from Interscope
Fashion editor Jay Massacret
Makeup Pamela Cochrane using Chanel (OBrepresents)
Hair Anna Cofone using Shu Uemura Art of Hair (Emma Davies)
Manicure Mike Pockock using Nail Rock (Streeters)
Digital capture Edouard Malfettes (Digit Art, Paris)
Photo assistants Antoni Ciufo and Antoine Breant
Stylist assistants Olivia Kozlowski, Mara Palena, Vera Calcagno, Maria Sbiti
Colorist Marc Ramos Makeup assistant Katie Nixon
Retouching Imagin’ Location Spring Studios, London
Creative consultant Johnny Blue Eyes (OBrepresents)
Special thanks Andy Silva, Kimberley Brown (Purple PR),
Town Hall Hotel and Apartments
Street League 2011 Best Of Chaz Ortiz
Street League presents the 2011 Best Of Chaz Ortiz. One of the youngest pros in Street League, Chaz has placed in the top tier at almost every Street League event in both years of the tour. Technically consistent and able to skate the bigger obstacles as well, Chaz is always someone to watch out for on Finals day. Here is his best from the 2011 tour of Street League Skateboarding. For more videos and information visit www.streetleague.com
THANKFUL 2 Mixtape
Tracklist / Method Man & Redman – How High (Remix) / ATCQ – Lyrics To Go / Busta Rhymes – Enjoy Da Ride / Jay-Z – In My Lifetime (Jaz-O Remix) / Naughty By Nature – Written On Ya Kitten (Remix) / Trends Of Culture – Valley Of The Skinz / O.C. – Let It Slide / Da Youngsta’s – No More Hard Times (Remix) / Illegal – Understand The Flow / Apache – Make Money / BTNH – For The Love Of Money / DMX – How’s It Goin’ Down / De La Soul – 4 More / Da Bush Babees – Melting Plastic / De La Soul – Dinninit / Gang Starr – Betrayal / Jay-Z – A Million & One Questions (Primo Remix) / Bahamadia – Rugged Ruff / Smif-N-Wessun – Stand Strong / O.C. – Point O Viewz / Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth – In The House / Mobb Deep – Give Up The Goods / Onyx – Live Niguz
Rob Dyrdek Successfully Kick Flips All-New Chevy Sonic
MTV-reality and action sports-star Rob Dyrdek successfully performed a kick flip in the all-new 2012 Chevrolet Sonic on Saturday.
A kick flip — a 360-degree rotation in mid-air — is a common stunt on a skateboard. Not so much in a vehicle. But Dyrdek, host of MTV’s Fantasy Factory and Ridiculousness, and the Chevy Sonic are up for trying ‘firsts.’
“A kick flip with a Chevy Sonic was a no-brainer,” said Dyrdek. “I am a Chevy guy from my ’69 Camaro to the Tahoe I drive every day. The Sonic’s power and sportiness made it the perfect vehicle for this awesome stunt.”
Dyrdek performed the stunt before spectators at Six Flags Magic Mountain, while MTV filmed the feat for the Season 5 premiere of Fantasy Factory. Dyrdek executed the kick flip over the world’s-largest skateboard that he created for a previous stunt.
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Game feat. Tyler, the Creator & Lil Wayne: Martians vs. Goblins
Game has unveiled the official video for Game’s collaboration with Tyler, the Creator and Lil Wayne “Martians vs. Goblins” off of The R.E.D. Album.
Danny Clinch Photography
Danny Clinch has established himself as one of the premiere photographers of the popular music scene.
Vans OTW Presents: Time & Space – Morning Breath Part 2
Vans OTW follows Jason and Doug, otherwise known as Morning Breath, as they prepare for their art show at the White Walls gallery in San Francisco.
HBO’s How to Make It in America Cancelled?!
HBO’s How to Make It in America will be its last. I am yet to find out WHY THE HELL IT’S BEEN AXED?! Along with How to Make It in America, HBO axed Bored to Death and Hung as well.
Inverted Warehouse Townhouse: New York
The Inverted Warehouse Townhouse has received numerous U.S. awards. It is the creation of Dean-Wolf Architects of New York, where architect Charles Wolf and designer Eunjeong Seong were in charge of the project. The main achievements of Dean-Wolf’s work are cutting the roof open to let the natural light in and then using glass panels to let it shine into the dark centre of the expansive structure.