There’s certain things the French do that will make just about anyone jealous and this bike design by Thierry Boltz and Claude Saos from Strasbourg, France does just that. Composed from beech plywood frames which gives it is architectural structure on which can be added the steel parts of high quality of the brand Columbus which can welcome standard mechanical elements. Solid seats and pinstriped tires give the WOOD.b series of street bikes a somewhat vintage feel but seamless joints, steel accents and a simple minimal aesthetic give the series away as modern designs of today. The mix of wood and steel allows the bike WOOD.b to be solid, comfortable at the same time, but also dynamic! www.bsgbikes.com
Oklahoma City Thunder forward Kevin Durant is leaving Landmark Sports and could join Jay-Z’s Roc Nation Sports, according to SportsBusiness Journal’s Liz Mullen. This move would make him the first NBA All-Star to defect to rapper and mogul’s Roc Nation Sports agency. Mullen further tweeted a brief comment from Landmark Sports president, NBA agent Rob Pelinka, stating: “We are honored & blessed to have worked on behalf of Kevin for a brief period of time.”
While Roc Nation did not comment on the possibility of signing Durant, a league source with knowledge asserts: “KD doesn’t want a traditional NBA agent anymore.He wants Jay-Z to handle his branding. …He had a chance to be with his idol and couldn’t say no.”
Durant is changing representation for the second time in two years. He had most recently been with Rob Pelinka of Landmark Sports, who also represents Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant and Houston Rockets guard James Harden. As previously reported, Jay is divesting his small ownership interest in the Brooklyn Nets to allow him to become an agent, but has yet to be certified with the National Basketball Players Association.
Last week Thursday, we participated in the First Annual Shellback Rum Cup. We formed a team of 5 and competed in a sailing competition and competitive games with the likes of Details, Thrillist, Complex, Inside Hook, Woven and Dancing Astronaut. To set things in motion, we started off with a series of games that includes random nautical trivia, constructing a boat and placing it in a glass bottle, creating a sailboat in the form of origami and tying one of those traditional sailing knots. The team were outfitted in color coded uniforms including jackets, shoes and polo shirts for the boat race. Check out the images below to see the day’s events that took place. Congrats to Dancing Astronaut for winning! Head over to our Facebook pageto view more photos.
You’ve probably seen the commercial by now featuring John Wall, Damien Lillard, Jrue Holiday and narrated by A$AP Rocky. adidas Basketball gives you their behind the scene video of the whole experience. The video features the adidas CrazyQuick, commentary from the players, ASAP Rocky and the technology used to make the commercial happen. Watch it here.
It seems Jay-Z is all about the sports business as of late, from his involvement with the opening of Barclays Center to the launch of Roc Nation Sports to now assisting in the redevelopment of Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. Jay-Z recently took part in a meeting with other members of the media, presenting four renovation proposals for the Uniondale, New York arena. Situated outside of New York City, Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum is home to the New York Islanders, although the team will be heading to Brooklyn in 2015.
Bright colors, contrasting with each other, to celebrate the incoming summer with energy, enthusiasm and the constant reference to the surf reality, respecting the spirit and the taste of the brand. There are many new elements compared to the previous edition, like the size of the table: the considerably shortened length and the finer thickness. The most important point of the entire collection is the combination of colors, leading in the new 5 models. This kind of connection is even more evident by the swallowtail, frequently used in surfboards and now distinctive element of Bright Collection.
The Atypical shield has also been applied on the boards. The collection will be on pre-order with free worldwide shipping, until May 3rd, 2013 on the official website www.atypical.it.
Bern Unlimited, in conjunction with the Safe Streets Fund, introduces a limited edition helmet by KAWS. The artist put his signature design of graphic Xs and Eyes in tonal black on the Bern’s Watts model. The collaboration is introduced at the perfect time, with bike month beginning this Wednesday and NYC’s Citi Bike soon.
Boston garnered the world’s attention and sympathy in what should have been a day of celebration for runners in the events of what took place on the day of this year’s Boston Marathon. While the motives are still unclear, what is for sure is that the events of that day have unified not just Bostonians but people all over the world. Particularly poignant, and moving, is news that Nike, adidas, New Balance, and PUMA have teamed up to present a unified front. Whether this entails a full campaign or just the image is still unclear, but its nice to see several competing companies set aside their differences for the city of Boston and the world of sports in general.
Directors Maiken Baird and Michelle Major present VENUS AND SERENA – a documentary that chronicles the careers of pro athletes Venus and Serena Williams and takes a peek at their lives off the tennis court in a narrative that goes beneath the surface to examine the phenomenon that is the Williams sisters. VENUS AND SERENA examines the dynamic duo’s success from the inside out in a feature-length documentary that took three years to get the green light as the sisters developed the trust and comfortability necessary to allow the film’s producers and their cameras into their lives. The film spotlights their greatest successes and adversities – the sisters’ more recent injuries and major health issues included. The documentary illuminates their grace on and off the court as African-American athletes and women beating the odds in a sport two black girls from Compton were never expected to play, let alone be good at. VENUS AND SERENA is available for digital download. The film hits theaters on May 10th.
When you have hundreds of thousands of passionate fans and a legacy as a winner, a rebrand can be a dangerous thing. The University of Georgia and Nike teamed up for such a rebrand across all of its athletic teams, but the pair may have saved themselves a lot of heartache and grief by not bringing too much change to the school’s beloved football team.
It’s been 15 months in the making, and now the world can feast its eyes on just how the pair have decided to “promote a consistent and unified look across all sports” at Georgia, the Atlanta Journal-Constitutionreports.
