In honor of anyone who spent the weekend at the beach, we’ve put together a visual tour through surfing history. Start paddling…now.
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via DetailsGood For Fishing: Barbour takes a walk on the salmon-colored side. [Mister Crew]
Going Viral: The Quarterly digs up a 70s boat ad, memorably titled “You and Your Johnson.” [The Q]
The Hot New Look: The hot new look is mustachioed city bus drivers circa 1988, possibly with jheri curls. Brush up on it here. [Wired]
The Most Rugged Fabric: Ladies and gentlemen, here is a leather jacket made of wood. Please, hold your applause until the end. [Oddity Central]
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We ran across these retro kicks at today’s Compass Show (more on that tomorrow), taken from the newly revived Pony marque. Circa 1982, these were on the feet of a good portion of New York, and after fading into the background for much of the 90s and 00s, they’re getting back to what they do best: gloriously retro kicks, perfect for the next time you’ve got a game of pick-up basketball or you need to explain the four elements to someone. For extra credit: the framed picture back there is a vintage ad with the champion Leon Spinks, whose career followed a similar trajectory…
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Today’s UrbanDaddy jogged our memory about one of our fonder memories from the 80s. If you were a bored kid with a television, at some point you probably ran across the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling, also known as GLOW.
The episodes are a late eighties time capsule, full of spandex-clad stuntwomen furiously mugging their way through some of the more sloppily choreographed bouts this side of boxing. It only survived four seasons, but there was a certain charm that hasn’t been recaptured since. We can’t help but wonder if there’s a place for it in the age of derby girls and post-post-post-feminism—especially now that lingerie football is a reality.
If you’re curious to see the ladies in action, you can pick up a few DVDs here, or see a few of the finer bouts after the jump»
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