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Beardski Bearded Ski Mask Protects Against Yeti Attacks, Attracts Women

Jack Kieffer — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:00:33 +0000

The Beardski Ski Mask gives the gift that keeps on giving: a super huge beard. Once you have a beard, girls start liking you, you have something to stroke while you’re thinking, and girls still like you when you talk about the Doctor Who Hockey Jerseys you saw online! In addition to putting some good looks into your bowl of ski salad, which, curiously, lacks the ability to ski, the Beardski Ski Mask also has some practical benefits. It’s water-resistant, so you won’t get bogged down with melted snow (water, in most cases) when you face plant. Also, your entire face and neck area will be protected from frigid winds and the powerful claws of angry ski yetis. (No, the yetis will still kill you, but you’ll be warm as you die!)

There are several types of Beardski Ski Masks available: the Zeke, Pirate, Prospector, Viking, and Biker all have different geeky colors of beards, so all you have to do is pick your favorite. Each one comes with a pair of goggles attached to the mask and beard, and you get all of that for just $30! If you get one of these geeky masks, everyone will know that you’re not one of the people who needs to read the Beards for Dummies infographic. “Was I supposed to click on that?” Yes, unless you already have a Beardski. “I do not have a Beardski.” Then why are you still here? “I’m washing the dishes like you ordered me to.” Oh, I see. Carry on, before you take an arrow to the knee and get demoted to Lenny’s spot of churning the butter.

The Beardski Ski Mask is super geeky, and one of the coolest ski masks around. If you’re appetite for masks has not yet been satiated, check out the Mask-Bot and the Real-f Masks, which will keep you up at night for decades. You will be ninety years-old, and unable to sleep.

Contributor Jack Kieffer owns Cool Gizmo Toys, a blog that rants about random geeky products.

Skizee Lets You Ski Without a Mountain

Chris B. — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 13:14:24 +0000

Ever tried skiing in the Midwest? Having lived nearly my entire life in Indiana, I’ve not found any places nearby fit for skiing. Sure, there are some decent hills here and there, but certainly nowhere worthy of finding a ski lift. With an abundance of open plains, you’d think that there’s no point in even owning a pair of skis around these parts. You would, of course, be wrong.

If you happen to own a Skizee (Really? That’s the best name they could come up with?) then you’d be excited to see an open field with a nice layer of snow on it. You see, this device uses a 10.5hp 4-stroke engine to propel you along a snow-covered surface.

It might not provide the same dangerous thrill as you’ll get on the slopes, but it could be a good bit of fun. Now is it worth the $2,500 asking price? Doubtful.

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[via Dvice]

Vholdr Contourhd: the Helmet Cam Goes High-Def

Technabob — Tue, 05 May 2009 12:37:38 +0000

If you spend an inordinate amount of time off-road biking, downhill skiing, skydiving or something equally adventurous, here’s a great way to capture those thrilling moments of your life.

The new VholdR ContourHD is a wearable HD camcorder that can shoot full 16:9 widescreen video to capture your daredevil moments in glorious high definition. The camera shoots at 1280×720 (720p) resolution at 30 frames per second, or can also shoot SD video at up to 60 FPS if you don’t mind sacrificing resolution for greater framerate. Video can be captured on MicroSD cards, each of which can hold as much as 16GB – about 8 hours of HD video. Not too shabby.

Just strap the weather- and shock-resistant ContourHD to your helmet, and flip the record switch to get started. Not only does it capture video from your point-of-view, but the ContourHD grabs decent audio thanks to a special built-in microphone designed to minimize wind noise as you careen down that hill or out of that airplane. The camera features a special 135-degree wide-angle lens to capture all the action, and even has built in laser guides to ensure you capture a straight shot. And if you’re really defying death and don’t wear a helmet at all, VholdR offers a variety of mounting accessories for your bike, car, ski goggles or other locations.

While the videos below give you a pretty good idea of the type of action you can capture with the ContourHD, you’ll really want to head over the the VholdR site to see some clips in their full HD glory.

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You can find the VholdR ContourHD camera over at Amazon for $299.99 (USD).

[via Helmet Camera Central via EngadgetHD]

Ski Simulator: Might as Well Go to Vail

Alisha K. — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:40:15 +0000

Skiing may be fun, but you’ve got to go to all that trouble of wrapping yourself up like a sausage and then trudge around in snow and cold air, and that’s without considering the risk of those many broken limbs. Why go to all that effort if you can recreate the experience in the comfort of your living room? The hot cocoa is a lot closer there, too.

In this our modern world, however, you don’t have to bother with actually going out and skiing. For a mere $2300, you too can avoid all the pitfalls (literal and not) of the slopes by installing a ski simulator in your home. The Ski Home Simulator from Pro Idee vibrates, rotates, tilts realistically through more than thirty of the world’s best skiing locales.

That’s a pretty hefty price tag, however, particularly when you can buy something like the less-realistic We Ski, which utilizes the Wii’s Balance Board to simulate, well, skiing. But then again, $2300 would go a long way toward paying for a real skiing trip.

[Pro Idee via BornRich]