Wave-Free Surfing: Electric Boards Power Through Calm Waters
Leaving those stand-up paddleboarders in the proverbial dust, these new battery-powered boards will let you cruise lakes, rivers, cannals and other bodies of water all without that ...
Tag: Sports
Putt Hurt: 12 More Abandoned Miniature Golf Courses
Most miniature golf courses have 9 or 18 holes per course. These dozen abandoned courses, on the other hand, have more holes than Blackburn, Lancashire. ...
Hole In None: 12 Abandoned Miniature Golf Courses
No ifs, no ands and above all no putts. These 12 abandoned miniature golf courses are as silent as the 18th at Augusta when the green jacket's on the line. ...
Civic Camouflage: Hiding a Huge Urban Stadium in Plain Sight
Sports stadiums can be contentious, particularly when located in the heart of a city, but this design works in various ways to reduce disruptions to urban fabric, slotting seamlessly into its ...
Racked: 10 Abandoned Pool, Billiard & Snooker Parlors
No doubt these abandoned billiard parlors & snooker halls are in trouble... trouble with a capital "T" and that rhymes with "P" and that stands for pool! ...
Surfing Without Waves: Electric Wakeboard Powers Itself
Surfers living inland, or anyone who's ever eyeballed their city's river wishing they could use it to get around stalled traffic, could make their waveless surfing dreams come true with a ...
Street Sign Sports: Urban Alterations for Physical Fitness
Street signs and lamp posts turn into soccer goals, basketball hoops and mini golf courses with the addition of just a few pieces of plug-in sports equipment. The year-long installation by ...
Urban Surfing: City Dwellers Catch Radical Artificial Waves
Until recently, anyone who wanted to surf the artificial waves in a river in Munich's English Garden had to do so under cover of night, with one eye on the shore watching out for police. But in the ...
Rolling Stop: 10 Abandoned Roller Skating Rinks
These abandoned roller skating rinks once saw social interaction mesh seamlessly with healthful recreation backed by a toe-tapping musical soundtrack. ...
Vertical Garage: Hide Cars Below or Lift Your Ride to the Sky
There are all kinds of houses designed to showcase your prized luxury vehicle or custom cruiser, but few can boast so blatant a mechanism to quite literally put your sports car on a ...
