Gizmodo: surf

The Grinch: Human Slingshot For Snow and Surfboarding

Brian Lam — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 21:00:16 EDT

A friend told me about the Grinch today, a machine you hammer into the ground with a towrope attached to a 7HP engine, meant to rocket snowboarders and surfers into ramps and waves. [The Grinch]

Collapsible Surfboard Concept Brings Mecano Fun to Water Sports

Haroon Malik — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 06:25:12 EST

So, you like surfing, but your apartment and car are not big enough for a full-sized board. What's the solution, I hear you ask. Sure, you could take up a new sport, or you could get yourself a Collapsible Surfboard. Designed by Nicholas Notara, who wanted to achieve portability without compromising functionality, the frame is made of carbon fiber, and the whole board is taken apart in three easy moves:

Simply remove the two pins and pull the central lever. Users can also adapt the board according to their needs, all thanks to the set of hot-swappable fins. It is a shame then that this is just a concept, but due to the likelihood of losing of itty-bitty board parts, perhaps that's for the best. Hit the link for two swanky close-up shots. [Yanko Design]

Asus Eee PC Surf 2G Now Shipping from Newegg in a Rainbow of Colors

matt buchanan — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 19:00:52 EST

The Asus Eee PC 2G Surf launched on Friday alongside its bigger bro, the 8G, and today it's shipping from Newegg. It only has half of the good stuff like storage and RAM, but it's available in a handful of pastel Skittles colors with not-so-masculine names like sky blue, lush green and blush pink. We're also not so sure the $100 price chop on the standard model is worth the spec slash and soldered-on RAM, but let your conscience be your guide. [Newegg]

Asus Eee PC 2G Surf Launches, Eee PC 8G Now Available at Newegg

matt buchanan — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 19:20:30 EST

Speaking of $300 OLPC killers, the SF Chronicle's reporting that the $299 Asus Eee PC 2G Surf has officially launched. It has half the storage space and RAM of the 4G models, plus it's soldered on, so noodling around's dicier. The Fresno school system's already handing out 1,000 of 'em loaded up with Windows and Microsoft programs (!) to students; they picked the Eees 'cause they're tiny and cheap. And, it's an actual OLPC snub.

Unlike the mildly unfair outmatched spec showdown—to be fair, it lost on interface and ease-of-use points too—this is an arena where they're in direct competition, since Negroponte has been pushing them to school systems in the states to make up for lackluster sales abroad. Then again, Alabama is more like a Third World country. Also!

The beefier Eee PC 8G model, which had been priced and dated for this month has landed in Newegg's stock shelves, ready for their elves to ship 'em out to you for $500. The extra $100 nets you double storage and memory, in case you didn't want to join the army of modders adding all kinds of crazy shit to it like Cartman's trapper keeper. [SF Gate, Newegg]

Asus Eee PC 4G Surf Available Now

Matt Buchanan — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 15:30:18 EST

The Asus Eee 4G Surf drops quite a bit spec-wise compared with the standard Eee PC 4G for the $50 savings. Besides losing the webcam, it's got slower, soldered RAM and a tinier battery. But if you want it anyway, Newegg's got it now. [Newegg]