Last night Ronnie Renner set the world record for the highest motorcycle jump ever: 59 feet, 2 inches. Ronnie’s goal was to reach a height of 50 feet, which he exceeded on his third attempt, but he decided to go for broke with a sixth and final jump to please the huge crowd at Santa Monica pier. Speaking of that last jump, Ronnie said, “I knew what I needed to do on the last one, all for the crowd. Way past my goal of 50 feet. I’m just pumped on this. Never jump when they say, ‘One more time.’ But I’m glad I did it — five feet higher and I rode away to talk about it.” An 18-foot quarterpipe was used for take off, while a huge landing ramp measuring 25 feet high by 64 feet wide was used for the landing. Ronnie’s jump carried him through a 180-degree arc that brought him down facing the way he’d come.
Not only am I disappointed that it has taken weeks for another writer to reclaim the corner of Bowery and Houston, since the NYU kids saw fit to clean MARTY off of the OBEY Obama wheat paste, but I am also disgusted that this was only done with a weak tag. What happened to heart? What happened to balls? Is some new jack the only one out there with the brain to know that this was a hot spot and had to be done? In VAES’s defense, he probably can’t even do a fill at this point of his career, but what about the rest of us? I put my head down in shame.
Tired of hearing about how America is going down the tubes? Sure our dollar is almost worthless, our housing market is only kept afloat by wealthy European investors, the stock market is damn near entering a bear market, we are in a 100 year war, our personal freedoms and privacy are being taken away daily and our President, well, he is who he is, but lift your heads up fellow patriots! America is #1 in drug use according to Gawker. Out of 17 nations included in the poll, America rolled them up and smoked them for breakfast! With more than 16% of Americans having tried coke and 42% having tried weed, the rest of the world cannot touch us in our drug fueled victory!
Don’t let this victory go to your heads though, I hear next years competition will be judged on Mexican mud and peyote use. Start training now people!
(AS|D Labs does not condone or recommend the use of illegal substances, regardless of how cool they may be or good they may make you feel)
Jalopnik has posted what they are calling the 10 Best Car Commercials of the 1960’s. Being that I wasn’t alive to know any of the commercials of the time personally, I will assume that they know what they are doing and these commercials are the creme de la creme.
Of the choices offered, I would have made this numero uno:
Check out the complete 1960’s list and while your at it, check out their picks for the 1970’s too.
This is what I love to see. Nothing but respect goes out to MARTY for taking his spot back. Last week I let you peep the pics of MARTY taking out the Get Smart billboard on the BK side of the WillyB. Well, to no surprise his work didn’t run long, being covered up by a new ad for the upcoming Dark Knight flick. MARTY isn’t the kind of dude to sit back and let anyone take his spots, so he went back and rocked out the billboard again with his alias MONEY moniker! This gives me hope that real graffiti just might still be alive! Keep putting in that work!
Check out some older pics of this billboard being taken out after the jump.
The Associated Press is reporting on a NYC man marketing Obama and McCain themed rubbers. My only question is, do you use the condom of the guy you support or are against? Who am I kidding it doesn’t matter, regardless we are all gonna get screwed this November, so you might as well at least use protection!
The presidential race is in full swing — but not the way you might think. A young New York City entrepreneur has decided to “have fun” with the campaign by marketing condoms featuring images of Barack Obama and John McCain.
Benjamin Sherman, who created the company Practice Safe Policy, says the Obama condom carries the slogan “Use With Good Judgment.” The McCain version says “OLD BUT Not Expired.”
According to the Web site, McCain condoms “are battle tested, strong and durable, for those occasions when you just need to switch your position!”
While the company can’t guarantee the condoms are 100 percent effective, it says it’s certain “that without wearing one, there’s likely to be an Obama-Mama in your future.”
Click here for your Obama condoms or here for McCain rubbers.
