July 27, 2021

Take The Plunge

 

THE INTERNATIONAL HIGH DIVING INSTITUTE TRAINING PLATFORM; FOUNDER, ELLIE SMART AND CO-FOUNDER OWEN WEYMOUTH

 
Now open in Park City, Utah for the summer season is the International High Diving Institute (IHDI) with the United States’ first high diving training platform. The towering structure has been erected in partnership with the Utah Olympic Park, alongside the ramps where freestyle ski aerialists have trained since its construction for the 2002 Salt Lake Olympics.

The highest platform in Olympic diving is 10 meters, roughly the height of a 3-story building. In the sport of high diving, women compete from heights of 20 meters and the men, 27 meters! For professional high divers, IHDI Founder Ellie Smart and Co-Founder Owen Weymouth, this means diving from cliffs too.

There has never been anywhere in the US to train at those heights, but the platform has been designed as a place where novices can experience the sport as well. With nine take-off points ranging from 3 to 27 meters, IHDI offers programs for all levels that include the High Diving Experience. This 1.5 hour course teaches safety fundamentals like how to take off, control body position, and land, and lets beginners progress up to heights of 12.5 meters. Read More

 

July 20, 2021

The Summer of Skate

 

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Skateboarding has made its Olympic debut at the Tokyo 2021 games with stars like Brazil’s Leticia Bufoni, Team USA’s Nyjah Huston, and Sky Brown, Team GB’s 13-year old prodigy. Here at home, Venice Beach is the mecca of skate culture, and in this style judged and style driven sport, and we’re picking up the California vibes these skaters are putting down.

 
CLOCKWISE TOP LEFT: PALACE SKATEBOARDS X JEURGEN TELLER TOTE $150; VENICE BEACH SKATE PARK; NIKE SB X PARRA TEAM USA JERSEY; 6 TIME X GAMES GOLD MEDALIST, TEAM BRAZIL’S LETICA BUFONI; HERMES CHEETAH SKATEBOARD $6800; KURT COBAIN SUNGLASSES $10.99; TEAM USA CORY JUNEAU IN GOLDEN GOOSE CUSTOM OLYMPIC SNEAKERS; AMIRI 3 STAR TRUCKER HAT; VANS TRIPPY FLORAL SK-8 HI 38 DECON SF; PALM ANGELS MIAMI LOGO FLARED TRACKPANTS

 

July 12, 2021

Go With The Flow

 

STEVEN KOTLER

We all know what it feels like to be “in the zone”, that sense of effortless execution, be it on the tennis court, a ski run, or even working on a project. It’s total focus, clarity, and absorption in the task at hand, a challenge solved with ease, and seeing both the finish line and the steps to get there. We’ve all experienced this state that’s known as “flow”, and it’s more than a feeling. Neuroscientists have in fact discovered that flow is a physiological and recreatable state of consciousness in brain.

The term flow has recently been popularized by Steven Kotler, Executive Director of The Flow Research Collective. Kotler has spent decades researching and decoding the neurobiology of flow, and the connection between the brain and the body when humans are performing at their best. The Flow Research Collective is an organization whose mission is to understand the science behind human performance, and train individuals and organizations how to achieve more flow and optimize the benefits it provides.

The concept and term “flow” is not new. It has been around since the 1970’s, and was originally introduced by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, a Hungarian-American psychologist who was the first to identify and research the phenomenon. Csikszentmihalyi coined the term in his 1990 book, Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience and described flow as “a state in which people are so involved in an activity that nothing else seems to matter; the experience is so enjoyable that people will continue to do it even at great cost, for the sheer sake of doing it”. Read More

 

July 6, 2021

Boys of Summer

 

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This one’s for the guys (because we like how they look)… Surf and swim trunks inspired by summers past… Not too long and not too short… With timeless style for summer’s to come.

Row 1: BATHER SOLID SWIM TRUNKS $85; PAUL SMITH ZEBRA LOGO SWIM SHORTS $95; ORLEBAR BROWN STANDARD SWIM SHORTS $225; Row 2: RHYTHM SIDE STRIPE TRUNK $60; HARTFORD SLIM-FIT MID-LENGTH SWIM SHORTS $175; ATALAYE FREGATE SHORT LENGTH SWIM SHORTS $100; Row 3: 310 TODD SNYDER X BIRDWELL STONE-WASHED BOARD SHORTS $168; LACOSTE CLASSIC SWIM SHORT $69; POLO RALPH LAUREN TRAVELER SWIM SHORT $69.50

 
 

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