Fakie News
A rambling collection of things that stoke us
Stoney
The Boys of Afghanistan Ski Fields
Somebody get these lads a snowboard
Full Article at Monster Children
Snowboarding's Forgotten Pioneer - Dimitrije Milovich
But Milovich never considered that snowboarding because a rider held onto a rope. What Stoveken did — arms free — was snowboarding, he said.
"Everybody lays claim to be being the first snowboarder. It wasn't me. It was Wayne Stoveken."
Well, of course gravity is not an illusion in the sense that we know that things fall. Most people, certainly in physics, think we can describe gravity perfectly adequately using Einstein’s General Relativity. But it now seems that we can also start from a microscopic formulation where there is no gravity to begin with, but you can derive it. This is called ‘emergence’.
Professor Erik Verlinde, an expert in string theory from the University of Amsterdam and the Delta Institute of Theoretical Physics
Meanwhile in Siberia
Here's 60 inches of powder, press mute, watch for a minute, move on
Now, it’s exactly the opposite of what was attractive about snowboarding all along. We’re turning it into something that’s not attractive anymore because we’re turning it into the thing that we hated in the beginning. Don’t we see that?
IRL
Mons Roisland, smooth
Behind the Viewfinder with French Fred
Easily one of my favorite photo books, fully recommended, get yours here.
Finally a break through in Super Mario
The Swedish Couple Who Travel the World Photographing ‘Death Metal’ Landscapes
If one had to classify their work, it would come under the umbrella of "landscape photography." After all, that is what they shoot. But the label hardly does them any justice—the pair's photography sits so far outside of the tradition.
And Now Some Bad Mittens
Water bears are not what I thought they were.
Rescuing a bus from a 40 year old forest grave
LAVECCHIAS
“You have to decide what you love and why you love it,” says Mike LaVecchia. “I’ve always been a believer in that if you want something, you need to start doing it. One thing leads to the next.”
Be the weekend warrior you wish to see in the world PT10
back at it.
This track's on repeat in the shop.