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"Late last month, three extreme kayakers took what could be the largest plunge down a waterfall in the southeastern United States. Pat Keller, Isaac Levinson and Chris Gragtmans made it down the 90-foot drop of Noccalula Falls in Alabama amazingly unharmed."

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Pain Before the Payoff...

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Sean Burns "Off The Map" from ЕtиТь on Vimeo.

NO FUCKING RULES. from jamie mauri on Vimeo.

Lock-In Necessity

Four Days of Powder - Baldface Lodge from Airblaster on Vimeo.

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462 Miles Per Hour

Death Car on the Freeway

Worth watching for the last few seconds.

A video about a bmx frame full of sick riding.

Biggest Wave Ever Surfed?

That's the rumor.

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They Did It!

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The Perfect Athlete from Duncan Elms on Vimeo.

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***BREAKING NEWS***

‘Arrested Development’ Movie, and New TV Episodes, Are in the Works

Captain Ahab had Moby-Dick; Linus van Pelt had the Great Pumpkin; and, in the five years since “Arrested Development” has gone off the air, fans of that underdog Fox comedy series have spent their lives pining for a film adaptation that would further the adventures of its deeply dysfunctional Bluth clan.

Mitchell Hurwitz, the creator of “Arrested Development,” and cast members including Jason Bateman, Will Arnett and Michael Cera have also done their part to keep hopes of a movie alive, mentioning the project in numerous interviews, often along with apologies for why it still wasn’t happening yet.

On Sunday afternoon, Mr. Hurwitz tossed a few more crumbs to the “Arrested Development” faithful at a New Yorker Festival event that reunited him with the show’s ensemble cast, telling the audience that a movie was still in the works, along with a new set of television episodes that would serve as a prelude to the film.

Asked by the event’s moderator, Nancy Franklin, for an update on the movie, Mr. Hurwitz said, “We’re 80 percent of the way to an answer,” which was understandably greeted by some laughter.

Mr. Hurwitz went on to say that he and Ron Howard, the director and producer who was the “Arrested Development” narrator, “had been talking about this for ages and trying to get this going.”

Mr. Hurwitz continued: “We don’t completely own the property, there are business people involved and studios and that kind of thing. Just creatively, I have been working on the screenplay for a long time and found that as time went by, there was so much more to the story. In fact, where everyone’s been for five years became a big part of the story. So in working on the screenplay, I found even if I just gave five minutes per character to that back story, we were halfway through the movie before the characters got together.”

So, Mr. Hurwitz said, “We’re trying to do a limited-run series into the movie.” After a wave of excited applause died down, he continued, “We’re basically hoping to do nine or 10 episodes, with almost one character per episode.”

The first episode, he said, could focus on Buster Bluth, the deeply neurotic brother played by Tony Hale. “The latest joke we have,” Mr. Hurwitz said, “is that it’s Cambridge, Mass., and there’s all these scientists in lab coats and they’re waiting for somebody. Buster comes through the door in a white lab coat – ‘Let’s begin’ – and they say, ‘Oh, no, you don’t get to wear the lab coat. We’re experimenting on you.’ ”

Assuming Mr. Hurwitz and his “Arrested Development” confederates are not performing their own experiment on their fan base, he said he was about halfway through a screenplay with his co-writers Jim Vallely and Dean Lorey, but did not specify a studio for either the movie or television components, or a network that might broadcast the new episodes. The project, he said, “requires studios to work together that don’t typically work together, film and TV.”

Mr. Bateman, who played Michael Bluth, the lone, sane member of the family, said: “There’s business left to be done, but creatively we are all on board and have a very specific plan about how it would come out and what we would do and when we would shoot it. I think we’re targeting next summer to shoot it.”

Mr. Hurwitz added, “Perhaps the series is in the fall. This isn’t my decision.”

By way of apology, Mr. Hurwitz also said that while he and the “Arrested Development” team had intimated in the past that the movie wasn’t coming together because Mr. Cera – who has since been propelled into leading roles in films like “Superbad” and “Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World” – was standing in the way, this had all been an inside joke gone wrong.

“I kind of was perpetuating a little thing, like, wouldn’t it be funny if Michael Cera was the holdout. Let’s put that out there. And Michael had that Andy Kaufman thing. And then it really turned ugly, quickly. So I really just have to say, for those of you that have been following this saga, Michael’s always been great.”

Just when it seemed everyone had made amends and cleared their schedules, Mr. Cera piped in: “Actually, I do have a thing."

From here.

Dan Brisse | 2011 CAPiTA 'Defenders of Awesome from Justin Turkowski on Vimeo.

This was me on New Year's Day...

...or Drew last Saturday.

After an hour of training...

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Looks Real to Me

Baby Jon found this...

Stall door @ Off Broadway...

August 27th, 2011 Nathan Fletcher pulled in to the biggest closeout in surfing history as the world watched in horror. Here, in an SME LIVE exclusive Nathan tells Matt Patterson the story in his own words.

Irish Road Racing

Colt45 Bike Check from Bone Deth Video WasteLand on Vimeo.

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Alaska woman punches bear in face to save her tiny dog.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A 22-year-old Alaska woman said on Wednesday she punched a black bear in the face to save her small dog from being carried off and possibly eaten.

Juneau resident Brooke Collins said she hit the bear Sunday night to save the life of her dachshund, Fudge. She said she discovered the bear crouched down, clutching Fudge in its paws and biting the back of the dog's neck.

"It had her kind of like when they eat salmon," Collins said Wednesday. "I was freaking out. I was screaming at it. My dog was screaming. I ran up to it ... I just punched it right in the snout and it let go."

Collins said her boyfriend then scared the bear away. "I think it was more startled than anything," she said.

Collins, a hairdresser who has lived in Juneau most of her life, said she is accustomed to bears and knows how to take precautions around them.

She also knew about this particular bear before Sunday's attack because it has been hanging around the neighborhood.

The dog, an older female, was not seriously hurt in the attack, but Collins said she is tending to the animal's wounds and keeping her inside for now. Collins said she is also taking other precautions with her second dog.

Black bears frequently roam the downtown section of Alaska's capital city, which rests against a steep mountain slope and is surrounded by a dense rain forest.

Bear encounters are on the rise this year, despite efforts by local residents to lock away garbage and remove items that might attract the animals, said Neil Barton, a Juneau-based biologist for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.

"This year, I think, is a lot worse than last year. I would attribute that to lack of a berry crop," Barten said.

Production of berries around Juneau has been poor this summer, removing a key food source from the bears' diets.

"If they are not available, the bears look for other sources of food," he said.

Bears and dogs sometimes snarl at each other, but actual attacks on dogs are unusual, he said.

Collins said her dog Fudge has chased bears but never been attacked before.

The black bear she punched returned Tuesday, she said, because it was a trash pick-up day.

Originally from here.

"Raiders of the Lost Ark" is turning 30...

In honor of the 30th anniversary of “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” Emmy-winning writer and producer Damon Lindelof, in a guest essay for Hero Complex, describes seeing the action-adventure film for the first time when he was 8 years old. Let’s just say the movie made an impact on Lindelof, whose credits include “Lost” and the 2009 “Star Trek” reboot. Read his essay below, and enjoy photos from the set of “Raiders” and the film itself in the gallery above.

GUEST ESSAY

I remember with great clarity the last time I peed my pants.

This was not, contrary to later reports, an “accident.” It was a decision I made of sound mind and body and one that I make no apologies for. Despite overwhelming opportunity to release my bladder the way most civilized people do (that would be into a toilet), I made a conscious choice to do otherwise. I offer only two points in my defense; The first is that I was 8 years old. The second, and much more relevant, is that I was in a movie theater watching “Raiders of the Lost Ark” for the very first time. And there was not a chance in hell I was missing a single second of that glorious movie.

Truth be told, I had initially resisted the idea of going to see “Raiders.” I was much more interested in seeing “Clash of the Titans,” which opened the same day and had a Pegasus in it. Ultimately, however, my dad argued that “Raiders” was the superior pick because it had Han Solo. I narrowed my eyes suspiciously — “But… Han Solo is frozen in carbonite.”

“This movie happened before that.” My dad responded.

“How could it happen before a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away?” I reasoned.

“Because this was longer ago.”

“How much longer?”

My dad leaned down, quite serious, and whispered, “The 1930s.”

And thus, I was effectively duped into seeing what even now, three decades later, stands as one of the most perfect movies ever made.

And here’s the thing: Although it’s easy to reduce “Raiders” to a “popcorn” movie — a piece of escapist adventure with fantastic action — very rarely is it appreciated for its pure innovative genius. This is something people seemed to be well aware of back in 1981 (it was nominated for a best picture Oscar), but over time, the legacy of “Raiders” seems to neglect just how incredibly revolutionary it was as a film. Therefore, as a debt of gratitude (and for everything I’ve stolen from it in my own work), I feel it’s only fitting to write a long overdue love letter to one of my favorite films ever. So without further ado…

Dear “Raiders of the Lost Ark,”

You are awesome. God, you are awesome.

I have seen you, in your entirety, more than one hundred times. I know there are folks out there that have seen you more than that, but they don’t know you like I do.

I really know you. I know what music you listen to and where your scars are. I know that you like to be kissed where it doesn’t hurt. And I’m sorry if that seems a little “creepy,” but hey, you’re into snakes and melt people’s faces off, so we’re speaking the same language, are we not?

So what, exactly, is it that I love most about you, “Raiders of the Lost Ark”? Man … I don’t even know where to start. But let’s get past the obvious stuff that all your other admirers seem so dazzled by (the whip!!!) and talk about what truly makes you unique.

I could go on for pages about just the little things. Like the sound you make when Indy punches someone in the face. Or that Marion’s superpower is drinking. And don’t even get me started on the coat hanger. Where did that Nazi even get that thing? Did he special-order it? “I need somezing that vill terrify people when I take it out, but then give them a false zense of relief when I reveal it is simply somezing on vich to hang my coat.” Seriously. The best. But I know you’ve probably heard it all before and therefore, I’ll stick to the big stuff. First and foremost…

I love you because Indiana Jones is a nerd. Granted, a highly capable nerd who knows how to ride horses and fight real good, but still, at his core, Indy is an academic who’s motivated purely by his desire to find and retrieve really cool stuff so he can put it in a museum where other nerds can appreciate it. Also, he wears glasses and gets nervous when hot female students write the words “Love You” on their eyelids. Do you have any idea how much commitment is involved in writing “Love You” on your eyelids? It’s really hard! Not that I’ve ever done it.

Because I haven’t.

And while we’re on the subject of Dr. Jones, here’s another thing I love about him. He’s actually scared of stuff. This doesn’t seem like something that should be celebrated, but it’s actually quite rare for the hero of a movie to be scared of anything. Do you know what Green Lantern is afraid of? Fear. He is afraid of being afraid. Does that even make sense? Here’s what makes sense to be afraid of — Hissing Cobras and Gigantic Bald Nazis with mustaches trying to kill you. And it was perfectly OK for me to be scared of them because Indy was too.

You know what else is wonderful about you? That over and over and over again, Indiana Jones has failure rubbed in his face, yet he refuses to give up. He gets the Golden Idol…. But it’s snatched away by a Frenchman. Indy finds the Well of Souls and recovers the Ark. It too gets taken away from him. Same Frenchman! Now Indy gets back the Ark and … oh no, Nazi submarine! They take the Ark and Marion… but Indy gets the drop on them with a bazooka! And yet, he can’t bring himself to destroy the Ark, so Indy is captured.

By the Frenchman.

Yeah, I know his name is Belloq. And I’m pretty convinced that he is another reason I love you so much. Because quality French bad guys are hard to come by and Belloq is la crème du la crop.

And so, we now arrive at your ending. This, more than anything else, is why my love for you is an undying one. Because we all know how movies like you are supposed to end. The hero fights off a bunch of evildoers, saves the girl, gets the thingamabob away from the bad guys before they can do any harm with it and then say something kinda cool before he rides off into the sunset.

But this, sweet Raiders, is not what you did.

Your big climax is not affected by Indiana Jones at all. He’s tied to a pole with Marion the whole time, completely helpless as Belloq and his Nazi pals open the Ark. And while most heroes would perform some incredible act of selfless bravery, what does Indy do? He shouts at Marion to not even look at whatever is coming out of the very thing he has coveted for your entire duration. And you know what?

I listened to him.

For the first 20 or so times I watched you, I shut my eyes tightly as I heard the Nazis scream for what seemed like five minutes. And when they finally stopped, I slowly peeked out to find Indy doing exactly the same thing.

In that moment, we were one. Terrified. Awestruck. And most of all, relieved that it was finally over.

Now I fully appreciate that Indy was rightly pissed that the Ark was ultimately taken away by the same shady Intelligence dudes who hired him in the first place (“Top people” indeed. Hrrrmumph!). but if they hadn’t, I wouldn’t have been treated to your final crowning achievement. I would never have seen the Ark, now packed unceremoniously in a simple crate, being wheeled down an impossibly long aisle in the largest warehouse ever. And for reasons I am far too lovestruck to fully articulate, let me leave it at this –

In a world where movies and TV shows often end in ways that are sometimes unsatisfying bordering on outrage-inducing (yeah, yeah, I know), your ending, darling Raiders, is absolutely, exquisitely perfect.

And that is how I shall always remember you. Locked away safely in the warehouse that is my heart … fully aware that it’s highly possible that you will burn a hole through my chest or at the very least, make the rats inside me run around in uncomfortable backward circles.

I love you.

Always have. Always will. And I am deeply grateful for the countless hours we have spent together. I will treasure them more than you can ever know.

Your Biggest Fan,

Damon

P.S. Do you have a mailing address for “Close Encounters of the Third Kind’”? She left her T-shirt at my apartment.

–Damon Lindelof

Originally from here.

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This Past Week in Tahiti...

Train Training

Lossa Engineering's short film "Solus" from Jay Lossa on Vimeo.

Electric Motorcycle - 218mph

Arnaud Malthieu - Bone Deth Edit from Bone Deth Video WasteLand on Vimeo.

Best Wedding (announcement?) Photos Ever?

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'Rad' Celebrates 25th Anniversary This Weekend

With 2011 marking the 25th anniversary of the seminal '80s cult classic BMX film 'Rad,' devoted fans of the film are flocking to Calgary and Cochrane, Alberta this coming weekend for the Rad 25 anniversary celebration.

Presented by the Calgary Underground Film Festival, 'Rad' fan site themovierad.com, as well as the Towns of Cochrane and Calgary (where 'Rad' was filmed in 1985), the anniversary celebration will include a 'Rad' memorabilia museum, a BMX museum, tours of the shooting locations and more.

Additionally, this weekend's upcoming festival will feature screenings of the film on the only legal copy of the 35mm film in existence.

Beginning Friday, the Rad 25 celebration begins with a BMX gallery that includes an assortment of poster art from the movie and the opening of the 'Rad' museum, then moves into screenings, which will be attended by cast and crew from the movie, including Bill Allen (who played Cru Jones) and Hal Needham (director).

The event continues Saturday with events at the Cochrane BMX track, Cochrane skatepark, bike tours of filming locations, additional screenings and an afterparty.

Initially, a documentary on the movie 'Rad' was scheduled to debut at the Rad 25 festival, but according to the filmmakers, the documentary is still in production and no official release date has been set. Mongoose Bicycles recently signed on as a sponsor of the documentary.

Released in 1986 and directed by Hal Needham, 'Rad' charts the meteoric rise of a BMX riding paper boy named Cru Jones, who through hard work and determination, rises up to beat national BMX race pros on a track dubbed "Helltrack." The film additionally featured freestyle riding and acting parts from major BMX race and freestyle pros, and has appeared on the pop culture radar through TV shows such as "Tosh.0" and "American Dad."

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COMUNE PSOTRATSOC1983 // LONE WOLF Curtis Woodman from COMUИE on Vimeo.

COMUNE PSOTRATSOC1983 // FULL LENGTH from COMUИE on Vimeo.

Bikelordz : Stunts and Styles from Accra, Ghana from Bikelordz on Vimeo.

Ferocious Dogs Attacking...Bubbles.

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Elcat "Oh, Sombray" Trip

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The Last Cannibals - Papua New Guinea

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Chainless BMX

Florent Soulas Chainless from adrien delaforcade on Vimeo.

Transworld Snowboarding Team Shoot Out

Capita

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Ride

Technine

Aaron Ross Quintin by Devon Hutchins from Quintin Co. on Vimeo.

Building a Better Reflector Vest

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This Happened Yesterday.

Both guys finished the stage.

What it Takes pt. 2

1:15

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4th of July Tips from Your Friend Andrew W.K.

When it comes to partying, there is no source in popular music more authoritative than Andrew W.K. The man who has made a career out of sucking the marrow out of life and recording the experience for music and television, with such definitive hits as “Party Hard,” “We Want Fun” and “Tear It Up,” chatted with Popdust about his four suggestions on how to have the best 4th of July party possible. So if you were in desperate need of guidance about how to maximize the potential of the food, music, and fireworks at your Independence Day celebration, you need look no further.

Check out Andrew’s tips below, and be sure to tune in to the new season of Destroy Build Destroy, the Andrew-hosted Cartoon Network live-action game show which the rocker says is enjoying it’s “biggest season yet,” and which will feature pop stars Pete Wentz (of Fall Out Boy and the Black Cards) and Chiddy (of Chiddy Bang) in an upcoming episode. In addition, be on the lookout for a new Andrew WK album later this year, which Andrew says is “going to be perpetually exploding, like a black hole…it’s sucking all energy from around the world into itself, and then using that as like a perpetual power source for the party.” Good to know!

TIP #1: USE BEER IN A CREATIVE, TIME-SAVING WAY WHILE BBQING

“I like barbecuing, in terms of I love the food of barbecue, but in terms of like hanging out outside, or actually making the barbecue, it always seemed kind of tricky to me. You have to keep the meat, you have to tend the whole barbecue, it gets very smoky. What my friend Spencer taught me is a brilliant BBQ method that also involves beer—which I think is another great element of 4th of July, but the beautiful thing is that you can even be an underage person who wouldn’t normally drink beer, and still get to enjoy the benefits of beer. Because, Spencer showed me how you can barbecue a whole, fresh, complete, entire chicken by pulling out its insides and shoving an open can of beer into the bird, also using that can to help prop it up. It’s a beer chicken.

And then you just close the BBQ and it cooks all on its own. You don’t need to flip it, turn it, tend to it…you know, do anything, you just put the beer in. I guess the beer boils over from the heat and saturates the bird, and all the alcohol cooks off, so you don’t need to worry about if there’s kids around or anything. This is a perfectly family-friendly way to not only barbecue, but to use the beer in a creative way, and not have to stand around to barbecue the whole gosh-darned night. You can sit the birds in there, and go and have fun.

The worst thing about any kind of meat is when it’s overcooked. Chicken, turkey, any kind of poultry, when that gets dry, and overcooked, no matter how much sauce you put on it, it’s just the texture isn’t enjoyable. Well, with that beer-saturated chicken, you are just in heaven. It’s moist, it’s flavorful, you don’t even need a bunch of sauce, because just with a good steak, the flavor of the meat ideally shouldn’t need to be overpowered by some sweet sauce. Here the beer just seems to saturate and enhance, almost amplify, the tenderness of that chicken. Just hollow out your chicken, a full fresh bird, and take all the insides out, jam a beer can all the way up the bird so that the opening of the beer can would be at the end where the head is. And then stand it up and cover it, and you’re good to go. 15 minutes later, it should be ready.”

TIP #2: BE CAREFUL WITH FIREWORKS, BUT DON’T LET USED ONES GO TO WASTE

“My tip here is very simple, it’s based on past experience. Don’t hold the firework in your hand. Now, many people have had Roman Candle wars, or you know, Roman candle baseball, where you use the Roman candle firework to shoot the ball of fire at someone, or as a replacement for a baseball and have someone take a swing at it. But what I’m mostly worried about though is when people would hold like a M-80 for example in their hand while they light it. I had a friend who blew his hand apart…it’s a very simple party tip, you’d think it would be common sense, but just a friendly reminder there—don’t hold a lit firework in your hand.

But don’t just throw away the used fireworks. First of all, the packaging, the beautiful colors, the beautiful artwork…I used to collect used fireworks just because I loved the way they looked. My parents wouldn’t initially let us buy them or use them ourselves because they thought they were too dangerous, we actually convinced them over the years later to do it, and then of course my friend got his hand blown up. But don’t just throw away the used fireworks…collect them together. Also, don’t be afraid to bring them inside, because nothing to me is more delightful than the smell of spent gunpowder. That is the smell of excitement. Just like I also love the smell of birthday candles right after you’ve blown them out. It’s a way to have the atmosphere of 4th of July last for at least a few more weeks. So I would say bring all those used fireworks, gather them up, and you can make sort of a potpourri….it’s a beautiful smell, to me, it’s just the smell of summer.”

TIP #3: TAKE A MOMENT FOR REFLECTION WITH AN ANIMAL

“One of my favorite things about summertime, or just outdoor time in general, if we’re thinking about 4th of July as being an outdoors type of holiday…you wanna have a dog. Great to have a dog around. Now, of course you might already own a dog, or several, you might have friends or family that might bring a dog over, but if you don’t, this is an opportunity to round up some dog…it could be a stray, that could be lurking around the neighborhood. You could even go to the Humane Society, get that dog, and I would say, my tip is very simple: Give the dog a face massage.

It’s a great way to sort of take a moment away from all the other excitement of 4th of July, just sit the dog down, crouch down in front of it, hold its head in your hands, look deep into its eyes, and begin by massaging its cheeks and the sort of lower portion of its ear, like the equivalent to the dog’s ear lobe. Just gently working your fingers into its flesh, pushing the fur the way this way and that, sort of tossing and turning the dog’s face. It’s a chance to reflect on a whole other kind of sensation, to look into this other creature’s eyes, it’s a great little bit of perspective in the midst of all that excitement. Because with 4th of July, it can all be over before you know it, there’s so much going on, there’s so much stimulation. This is sort of a meditation with a different kind of creature.

Now, if you don’t have access to a dog, of course, this will work with a cat. You can even try to do it with a fish. But then you have to dunk your hand in the water, or you risk pulling the fish out of the water for too long. So a dog, even over a snake, or a chinchilla, I found that in terms of taking the quiet moment of animal massage, dogs seem to work best.”

TIP #4: CHOOSE A SONG FOR A GROUP SING-ALONG

“Music as background music is one thing. Of course it adds energy, it adds excitement, creates an atmosphere. But as we all are aware, especially if you’re going to have a lot of people over, with family, a lot of different age groups, a lot of different backgrounds, a lot of different kinds of people, having the kind of music that everybody is going to agree on, is going to be delightfully tricky. So yes, you could make a mixtape, and even ask people for requests of what they want on there. But that takes a lot of time.

Why not take a classic song, like even a patriotic song—you could pick The National Anthem for crying out loud, a song that pretty much everybody knows—and have a moment to sing it all together? Or “God Bless America,” for example, a song that people have heard and have sung…but have you ever really, for fun, sat down together and sung it, to really embrace the spirit of the day and to think about it? I’ve never done that. Why can’t we have a song like “Happy Birthday” that we sing on the 4th of July?

So I say make one, pick one for your party. Maybe it’s a family favorite. Maybe it’s one that your friends already like. And it doesn’t have to be patriotic song, it doesn’t necessarily have to be associated with the event. You could pick a Lil Jon song or something. But make sure that it’s something that everybody can fully get into and sing along with, including Grandma, or maybe even a very small baby. Pick one that you think everyone will get along with, and have the lyrics there, and have that moment of song. Because I know that every time at a birthday, after we sing Happy Birthday, it doesn’t matter, you just feel better. There’s some power that music has, especially singing in a group, that is the very spirit of partying, that really brings you to a higher level of happiness, of joy. But you can’t really get there unless you actually belt out in song.

So let’s have that moment. It shouldn’t just be reserved for baseball games, or for birthdays, or for holidays like Christmas. Let’s have our 4th of July song too.”

There you have it. Happy 4th of July from Andrew W.K. and all of us here at Popdust.

Originally from here.

Training.

Hunt a Human for a Mere $10,000

http://huntme4sport.com/

"I seek hearty gents who fancy themselves sportsmen and bored of the usual game. I am a new breed of prey with thick pelt and smooth hide. I’m faster than a wild turkey, smart as any GODDAMN wild boar and willing to make the ultimate sacrifice for the monetary health of my family.

If I am trapped and killed you stand to earn the RESPECT of your fellow hunters, a PRIZE HUMAN MOUNT for your wall and ALL INCOME from any organ harvest. For this I ask the reasonable sum of $10,000 US DOLLARS per hunter/per round.

I will be armed only with my wits and the clothes on my back (naked is + $2,000 US/ per hunter per round).

A round is a days (24 hrs) hunt. Now, IF a hunter falls in one of his OWN booby traps or fires at another hunter they are IMMEDIATELY DISQUALIFIED and I WIN the $$.

I will not attempt self-defense. I will only seek to evade capture. In the event of my demise ALL payment will default to my family.

Property is remote & secure. ATV friendly, smokehouse and grill ON SITE.

Contact me at huntme4sport@gmail.com"

Missouri vs. NYC

Lee, Charlie, and Tim D. play three dudes from NYC at the 9th Midwests. This video is full of highlights. I've time-stamped some of my favorite moments:

At 7:52, I yell to Charlie that Tim is alone in the high tides. Charlie hears me and sends a perfect pass to Tim. Tim buries a perfectly placed shot. (1-0 good guys)

At 9:52, Zach give Lee a stiff check, and Lee turns around and says, "You know that's coming back to you...I guarantee it." The Legend of Lee grows.

At 14:08, I guide verbally guide Charlie through the defense and instruct him to shoot. He obeys my commands and is rewarded with a goal. (2-1 good guys)

At 15:08, Zach is dribbling the ball up the rink. Lee catches up to him and says, "Here it comes." Zach flinches.

At 16:32, I shower the NYC team with a shout of "Stay in your region" as they leave the rink in defeat.

Watch and enjoy!

HCSC 2011 Session 1 Recap from High Cascade Snowboard Camp on Vimeo.

SCREAMING EAGLE!

A customer just dropped his bike off at the shop.

Attached to his bar ends with black electrical tape was this majestic Eagle.

Obviously, we need to meet and befriend this individual.

Now go here...

Want to see a sick BMX part featuring the Rolling Stones' "Paint it Black"??

Watch this: Linky.

Stolen from Trent...

70′s Twin-Engine Yamaha Drag Bike







From here.

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Arrested man: 48 beers was about 10 too many.

HUDSON, Florida (AP) -- A man told Pasco County Sheriff's deputies he had about 10 beers too many as he celebrated his birthday.

Fifty-eight-year-old James Taylor says he drank 48 beers on Thursday evening, prompting a stern lecture from a deputy for causing a disturbance at Hudson Beach.

Officials say Taylor, a transient, left the beach. But he came back, and officials say this time he caused such a ruckus that he scared a woman and her young grandchildren.

An arrest report states that Taylor exposed his genitals and "urinated in the middle of the sand."

He also continued to shout profanities.

A deputy returned to the beach, arrested Taylor and took him to the Land O'Lakes jail. He is charged with disorderly intoxication in a public place and causing a disturbance.

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