MONDAY JULY 28 2008
Professional photographer Lucas Gilman took this breathtaking picture of professional US kayaker Pat Keller plummeting straight over the cliff face at La Paz Waterfall in Costa Rica at high speed. Mr Keller escaped with only a broken hand - fractured when he hit the water at the bottom of the 120ft (36.5m) fall.
Extreme kayaker Tao Berman setting a world record drop.
"When these professionals are freefalling they want to be in the Oregon Tuck, with a curved back," says Paul Robertson, brand manager of Dagger Europe. The paddle presents another potential liability. "It should be parallel to the kayak so that it isn't blown out of their hands - and doesn't break their nose or dislocate their shoulder on impact."
Impressive stuff indeed, but we'll leave it to the pros thank you!
For more information on Extreme kayaking (tempted?) please check out
BBC news magazine
Telegraph article
Photographs by Lucas Gilman
SATURDAY MARCH 08 2008
It made us smile and we thought it worth sharing here.
Note: The film may not play with Firefox, but its worth trying another browser.
TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 11 2007
www.kakophone.com is an online search engine that can tell us what was happening in the past.
What were the big events? Which song was number-one in the charts on the day you were born ? Who got the Oscar of the best picture this year ?
Check out Kakorama to find out.
SUNDAY JUNE 24 2007
SATURDAY MAY 26 2007
A persistent sleeper asked herself, 'Why does my alarm do such a terrible job of getting me up?' and then decided to do something about it.
The result is Clocky. Clocky gives you one chance to get up and then runs away. It will jump off your nightstand and scurry around the room finding places to hide, and all the while not forget to beep you awake at a loud 80db.
Extreme kayaking gets ever more extreme!
Over the last few years extreme kayakers have started paddling free-falling over ever higher vertical drops.Professional photographer Lucas Gilman took this breathtaking picture of professional US kayaker Pat Keller plummeting straight over the cliff face at La Paz Waterfall in Costa Rica at high speed. Mr Keller escaped with only a broken hand - fractured when he hit the water at the bottom of the 120ft (36.5m) fall.
Extreme kayaker Tao Berman setting a world record drop.
"When these professionals are freefalling they want to be in the Oregon Tuck, with a curved back," says Paul Robertson, brand manager of Dagger Europe. The paddle presents another potential liability. "It should be parallel to the kayak so that it isn't blown out of their hands - and doesn't break their nose or dislocate their shoulder on impact."
Impressive stuff indeed, but we'll leave it to the pros thank you!
For more information on Extreme kayaking (tempted?) please check out
BBC news magazine
Telegraph article
Photographs by Lucas Gilman
Battle of the Sexes - Blockbuster Advertisment
The Mail on Sunday released an interesting - and completely not-politically-correct - blockbuster advertisement last year, in the form of a Braveheart style epic film featuring a battle between stereotypical men and women.It made us smile and we thought it worth sharing here.
Note: The film may not play with Firefox, but its worth trying another browser.
The Kakorama website takes us back to the past.
www.kakophone.com is an online search engine that can tell us what was happening in the past.
What were the big events? Which song was number-one in the charts on the day you were born ? Who got the Oscar of the best picture this year ?
Check out Kakorama to find out.
War of the Roses . . . Part 2!
War of the Roses starring Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner was, with good reason, one of the hit films of 1990. For those who missed the original or might like a recap on what it was all about, here is an entertaining 60 second remake.Wake up!
With Clocky the runaway alarm clock.A persistent sleeper asked herself, 'Why does my alarm do such a terrible job of getting me up?' and then decided to do something about it.
The result is Clocky. Clocky gives you one chance to get up and then runs away. It will jump off your nightstand and scurry around the room finding places to hide, and all the while not forget to beep you awake at a loud 80db.