If you haven’t gone out out and got Big Boi’s new album, you better. It’s that good. Sir Lucious Left Foot
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When you have grown up on this A town sound its hard to resist it. Big Boi definitely did Atlanta and the hip hop world justice with this one. Some tracks feel like Southernplayalisticadillacmusic and ATLiens while other tracks he gets a little experimental with other styles without going too Andre 3000 on us. Great album.
After two years and 14 trades on Craigslist’s barter section, the 17-year-old is driving a Boxster.
Steven Ortiz enjoys driving his 2000 Porsche Boxster S to and from school. But, put off by the $150 oil changes and other maintenance costs, the 17-year-old from Glendora, Calif., is looking to trade it for yet another ride — once again via the bartering section at Craigslist.
Ortiz started out with an old cell phone and eventually traded up to that sweet convertible, according to a story by Rebecca Kimitch in the San Gabriel Valley Tribune. It took two years and 14 swaps at Craigslist to reach this point. She wrote:
He traded that phone for a better phone, which he then traded for an iPod Touch. He traded that for a series of dirt bikes, a MacBook Pro, and a 1987 Toyota 4Runner.
At the time, Steven was just 15 and unable to drive his new acquisition. So he quickly swapped it out for a souped-up off-road golf cart, another more valuable dirt bike, a street bike, then a series of cars ending with a 1975 Ford Bronco. He spent a few months enjoying each acquisition before determining he was looking for something else.
He eventually swapped the Bronco, desired by some collectors and worth about $15,000, for the Porsche, worth about $9,000, Kimitch said. “It was actually a trade down, one that we can’t really fault him for — everyone needs to own a Porsche at least once in their life,” wrote car enthusiast Ben Wojdyla on Jalopnik.
Bartering on Craigslist is, in fact, very popular these days. People who don’t have money usually have something they can trade for the things they want or need. For instance, the guy who traded the Toyota for the MacBook “is a musician who really needed the computer for his band,” Kimitch wrote.
Ortiz seems to be the anti-Kyle MacDonald, living a normal teenage life, except for the five or so hours he spends each day checking out Craigslist for excellent deals. He is inspiring. “Although Ortiz’s story isn’t the first time we’ve seen Craigslist-swapping writ large, it’s the first one we’ve seen that doesn’t include any outside help,” Wojdyla wrote.
“This is the story of enterprise in hard times,” penned Chris Matyszczyk at CNET News. “It is the story of a teen who dedicated himself to improving his lot. It is the story of how one young man turned an old cell phone into a Porsche. Without any money changing hands.”
Yes it feels like the season is finally upon us (as of today), we have good little waves and the sun has showed its face. With that in mind here is a little sneak peak of our Chemistry Summer/Fall Clothing Collection which will be released in a few weeks.
We are excited this time around because have added a bunch of new styles, print designs, and womens. All of our dealers will get the full catalog by the end of the week and everyone will be able to grab something from the showroom by the end of next week.
First of all, a big congratulations to Kelly Slater for winning stop #2 of the ASP World Tour, The Rip Curl Pro. Bells Beach remains one of the most iconic surf spots and ringing that Bell has to be one of the best feelings ever.
About his whole injury thing, I’m calling a bluff. I give credit where credit is due and Slater was absolutely ripping harder than I’ve seen him do in a while. He looked tack sharp and was super progressive. I was thinking he had lost a step watching him at Snapper this year. My claim is this: the apparent “injury” arrived shortly before his heat against Dusty Payne, (one of the most exciting surfers in the world, young, a rookie, etc…). If Kelly lost to Dusty there would be a bunch of crap circulating how Kelly is getting old, changing of the guard, he cant keep up with “this” new school, etc… So with the injury a loss would have warranted a “but he was hurt. On the other hand he is a hero, drama included. Also in one of his interviews he claimed the doctor found no broken bones and he thought that there were some tears in ligaments. In a later interview he claimed the doctor saw a break, or fracture, something. Same doctor? Who knows.
That’s it. My rant for the day. Slater is ripping! Check the vid.
Make sure to grab a copy of the newest issue of Transworld Surf magazine (Vol. 12, No. 4) which features their 2010 Gear Guide. This issue will be on newsstands until June 10th and is scheduled to be available to subscribers and for purchase between March 3rd and 9th. We have an ad and some boards featured in the 10 page board forum/guide.
Thanks to Brandon Lillard from SkullCandy for sending the crew over the ultimate IPhone accesory pack. The crew pillaged, tested, and were psyched. Take time to checkout their program. From the looks of it they probably have something for everyone and the stuff sounds good.
