Tuesday, Dec 30th, 2008
Bacon Floss
This store definitely has the most stupid things to sell, but… Bacon Floss?!?
«Dentists recommend flossing and we recommend bacon!»
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Neiman Reports – Special edition on the future of digital journalism
I really don’t understand newspapers and their vision about their future.
Maybe this will help me.
Analyzing the trends in digital journalism. Full report here. Key comments here.
More [...]
Monday, Dec 29th, 2008
After a mini season surfing in São Pedro, Sunday we decided to go back to Costa da Caparica in a search for better waves.
The conditions were good, small waves, good wind, not too crowded… and if it weren’t for a small leg injury, it would have been a great surfing morning.
But when there’s no surf, [...]
Saturday, Dec 20th, 2008
Manoel de Oliveira is a famous Portuguese film director that just turned 100, and he’s is still making movies. He has recently received the golden palm, at Cannes, for his lifetime achievements.
But for those that don’t know, Manoel de Oliveira it’s not only a film director, but he also competed as a race car driver [...]
Thursday, Dec 18th, 2008
LIFE Magazine Archives > Surf
Great surfing pictures from LIFE Magazine’s archives.
(tip from Pineapple Luv)
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Bush Shoe-Toss Immortalized in Games, Animations
Games, animated gifs, vídeos…
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Master of the Internet
A fantastic video from 1994, showing how you can master the internet.
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Image Metrics
Image Metrics is a company specialized in creating facial animation for films.
This video is just a sample, but it’s [...]
Wednesday, Dec 17th, 2008
Marion Lipke is a portuguese surfer, born in Portugal, where he lives.
He has just qualified for the ASP World Tour 2009, together with another portuguese surfer Tiago Pires – although Lipke opted for the German nationality, due to sponsorship reasons (he has dual nationality: German/Portuguese).
Congratulations Lipke!
Wednesday, Dec 17th, 2008
Ben Skinner has won the Longboard stage in Estoril’s Surf Festival 2008 and Rémy Arauzo won the European title. Eurico Gonçalves won the national longboard championship’s title.
Wednesday, Dec 10th, 2008
Tiago Pires vs the Hawaiian Makua Rothman, on the 2nd round of the Billabong Pipeline Masters – North Shore Hawaii
[Update] It seems that Tiago Pires wasn’t abled to surf, because of a back injury, so he was replaced by Kekoa Bacalso.
Wednesday, Dec 10th, 2008
Next weekend, Estoril Surf Festival 2008.
National and European Longboard competition.
[Update] Surfers: Ben Skinner, Sam Bleakley, James Parry, Adam Griffiths, Antoine Delpero, Thimothee Creignou and Romain Morain will be surfing in this year edition of Estoril Surf Festival.
Friday, Dec 5th, 2008
Last weekend there were no “giant” waves as expected, but there were some pretty good waves to have some fun.
Enough waves to have another edition of the Estoril Surf Festival. The photo above is from the Skimboard championship, in São Pedro’s beach (Estoril).
The Longboard European Championship will take place on the 13th and 14th of [...]
Wednesday, Dec 3rd, 2008
These Zoo York skateboards, at Volumeone, are simply amazing!!
Does anyone dare to skate them?
Tuesday, Dec 2nd, 2008
Ruben Gonzales (PRT) and Tiago Pires (PRT) lost at the 4th round of the O’neill World Cup.
Tuesday, Dec 2nd, 2008
I know this picture seems a little bizarre, but it’s from Sapo Awards ceremony. And yes, the guy holding the award it’s me. We’ve achieved the bronze with the development of the Suzuki Splash microsite.