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A gearhead's guide to hardtails, wheelie drops and fall's hottest outerwear
Name: Kim Steed Age: Twenty-seven Hometown: North Vancouver Sponsor: Santa Cruz Bicycles Day job: Owns a bike shop. Major recent injuries: Hip hematoma, broken rib, back knocked out of alignment. Going on a free ride: "Free riding is a bit of a circus. You find the most rugged terrain that you can and do as many stunts as possible: 360 drops, wheelie drops, spins. Hardtails -- bikes without shock absorbers on the rear wheel -- are more maneuverable and better for stunts, but they're pretty painful on the drops." Location, location, location: "Moab, Utah, is Mecca for free riders -- such nice, slick rock there that you can ride for hours and hours. But many of the top pros are now coming from what we call the north shore of Vancouver. We've got some of the biggest drops you'd ever want to see, and because it's so wet, it's incredibly challenging." Organ donors: "My friends and I will take six-hour helicopter rides to try out some untested trail. We wear padded clothes and full-face helmets, but there's always somebody who gets loaded onto the helicopter and rushed to the hospital. In the last six months, four of my friends have had to have their spleens removed. But the injuries aren't slowing anybody down. The risk is part of the thrill."
"By the time I was nine, I was already burned out on BMX. Mountain biking is more adult."
Name: Brian Lopes Age: Twenty-eight Hometown: Laguna Beach, California Sponsor: Volvo-Cannondale Professional ranking: 1998 U.S. champion in the downhill; 1999 U.S. champion in the dual slalom. Major recent injuries: Torn ligaments, broken collarbone, a dislocated shoulder. Silly rabbit, BMX is for kids: "I made the move from BMX racing to mountain biking seven years ago, because there are too many kids in BMX. Mountain biking is more adult and more of a technical challenge. You have to remember that I started racing in BMX events when I was four years old. By the time I was nine, I was already getting burned out. I quit and played the normal sports that all my friends were playing, like baseball. Boring." Breaking the speed limit: "Every course is different. The fastest is probably the Kamikaze, in Mammoth, California. You hit about sixty miles an hour there." Give me land, lots of land: "If I'm in an office on the phone for three or four hours, I start going crazy. I have to get outside." The simple pleasures of the good life: "For me, the best part of mountain biking is doing something you love and getting a chance to hang out with your friends."
Name: Wade Bootes Age: Twenty-five Hometown: Dallas (by way of Sydney, Australia) Sponsor: Trek-Volkswagen Professional ranking: Placed eighth in the 1999 dual-slalom World Cup in his first year on the circuit. Major recent injuries: None. Folks said, "Wade, move away from there:" "I first came to the United States to do the BMX circuit. I bought a van for $350 and drove from race to race, living from whatever prize money I could take. Now I travel the world and own a house on six acres of land, with a practice track in my back yard. I'm probably going to move now that I'm doing mountain biking. California is the place to be." Survival of the fittest: "It's so hard, the downhill. People fall and get hurt all the time just walking on the courses. It's always in the back of your mind that if you hit one rock wrong, you'll hit a tree and really fuck yourself up. But you have to stay positive, because if you keep thinking that way, then you will hit the tree. I just try to get down the course. That's a big part of the thrill of a good run: getting to the bottom and saying, 'I made it! I beat the odds.'"
Name: Maya Labat Age: Twenty-nine Hometown: New York Sponsor: Brooklyn Machine Works Major recent injury: Blown-out anterior cruciate ligaments in one knee. NYC blue: "It's very rare to find a top cyclist from New York. I mean, forget mountains. Here, training means chasing the crackheads trying to steal your bike. I started out by setting up jumps in Washington Square Park with some friends. But it's tough to get the attention of sponsors or magazine editors unless you live out West." Sign o' the times: "Downhill biking is hot now -- just look at Busta Rhymes in that Mountain Dew ad." Head over heels: "You're consistently taking huge shocks, hitting baby-head-size rocks at full speed, and you have to adjust just to keep going. When you're gripping the brakes so hard, you sometimes get 'eagle claw': Once you stop, you just can't get your hand to release the grip. One time I caught a flat in my front tire, but I was going so fast, I didn't realize it. The tire didn't roll up onto the next rock I hit, so I flew over the bike by about fifteen feet and landed on a rock. I opened up a gash in my leg like a bellybutton pierced open. The problem is, you take so many falls, you're not immediately sure if you're hurt badly. In every big race, some cat leaves on a stretcher." yanzic0619.

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David Hasselhoff dressed as a road warrior, still looking hopelessly geeky

EVENTS WE ALWAYS SEEM TO MISS
The Philadelphia Museum of Art featured 100 photographs of men's feet taken during orgasm. No thanks, we see enough of our own feet during sex.
ConFurence, the "original full-furry convention" held yearly in California for folks who are interested in "furry" characters. Here you really could wake up next to a dog.
The 1,600-person tug-of-war contest in Taiwan. Reportedly, two men had limbs torn off and 45 other people were injured, including a few ambassadors. You should have seen the three-legged race.
OUR KIND OF GUYS
Major General Perry Smith (retired), above left, military consultant to CNN, who quit after the network broadcast a shaky report that the United States had used lethal nerve gas against American defectors during the Vietnam War.
Alan Greenberg, an executive who donated $1 million to buy Viagra for impotent men who can't afford it.
Michael Collins, above center, Command Module Pilot of Apollo 11, who did his job, stayed in orbit while Nell and Buzz played golf, never complained, and as a result has been completely forgotten.
Katsuo Katugoru, a Tokyo problem-solver who designed rubber briefs that could inflate to 30 times their normal size as protection in case of a tidal wave. The underwear, it was reported, inflated in a crowded train, causing pandemonium.
Never one to shy away from a challenge, Jean-Noel Charolais of France, above right, broke the world record for resistance to cold and pain (narrowly beating Barbara Boxer's husband). Charolais spent 42 minutes and 31 seconds sitting in a small hole filled with ice and snow, lined at the bottom with ground glass.
NOT OUR KIND OF GUYS ANYMORE
David Hasselhoff dressed as a road warrior, still looking hopelessly geeky.
Sean Connery reportedly doing karaoke in Paris, forever shattering his cool image.
Best Health News
You can stop fretting about the undead. British researchers examined a handful of zombies in southern Haiti and found that they were actually mentally ill, wandering strangers who only resembled dead people. Couldn't the same be said about people at those Renaissance fairs?
Pork chops may hold the secret to a healthier, longer life. A common type of fat found in meat, called conjugated linoleic acid, may help prevent diabetes, according to Purdue and Penn State researchers. Their findings suggest that this fatty acid is as effective as some new drugs in preventing the disease. One researcher hopes that someday, "We'll have a value-added pork chop that could help fight cancer and diabetes." Pick it up in the meat section of your local pharmacy.
Ever wonder why tickling yourself doesn't work? You're not alone, strange one. With the help of magnetic resonance imaging, researchers found that the brain warns you beforehand when you try to tickle yourself.
Marijuana may help cure a stubborn case of hiccups, suggests a researcher writing in the Lancet, a medical journal. After hiccuping for nine days, a patient took a few tokes, and the spasms stopped permanently. Of course, now he can't stop giggling.
Omelets may prevent scrambled vision, Two key nutrients with hard-to-pronounce names (lutein and zeaxanthin) have been found in egg yolks. The nutrients may protect the eye from age-related damage that leads to vision loss.
Worst Health News
According to the USDA Livestock Behavior Research Unit at Purdue University, earlier castration reduces stress. We'll say!
Our brains apparently shrink more rapidly than women's do, according to researchers. We're happy to take that kind of shrinkage over others. yanzic0617.

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It's a goofy synthetic shell you shove down your pants to make your package appear larger than it is

Not the worst, but certainly the most creative: The Hot Dog Snow Mobile. Like the name says, it's a snowmobile made from a hot dog. The recipe features cottage cheese (for the snow), cheese spread (for hair and flames), and pretzels (playing the part of the steering wheel). Joe Kita, one of our editors, fetched this from his mom's recipe box. You should see what she does with fish sticks.
Worst fashion statement
The Bulge. It's a goofy synthetic shell you shove down your pants to make your package appear larger than it is. Great for Speedos, spandex shorts, underwear, and pants. Save the 20 bucks and stuff a sock in it.
Were tired of...
Cargo pants
Coffee as religion
Nicolas Cage and dumbass action movies
The flood of bogus herbal workout supplements
Thinking about the stock market
Talking about the Web
Hearing about Viagra
Hot-air balloonists
Size does matter."
South Park
People who still believe soccer will catch on in America
Beanie Babies
Ben Affleck
SCARIEST SEX DEVICE ON THE PLANET
Even the name is scary. The Eroscillator is a mechanical aid developed to "help women achieve faster, more intense orgasms." lit comes with four interchangeable heads--all of which look like they came straight out of Alien Resurrection. This device, which operates at 3,600 oscillations per minute, is recommended by Dr. Ruth Westheimer, who also operates at 3,600 oscillations per minute.
OFFICE STUFF
Coolly intimidating: An office chair made of antlers, from Crystal Farm.
Ominously intimidating: The Anytimer executive organizer. The top half appears to be an appointment book, complete with binder and pen. Beneath it is a foam insert, shaped to hold a handgun. Makes a real impression at year-end reviews!
Stupid: Billed as a "silent business partner," the MotivAider is an electronic device that vibrates as often as once a minute to remind you to "take action, so you follow through like you've never done before." It reminds you to stay focused, praise employees, and avoid injuries. It also reminds you that you spent S 5 bucks on something really stupid.
More Stuff to Worry About
Vibration-induced white finger. It's a disorder linked to "hand-transmitted vibration." From now on we're cutting back to three times a week.
Cuddling a kitty could give you an ulcer. In a recent report, doctors described a man who had 10 stomach ulcers caused by an animal strain of bacteria. One genetic sequence of the bacterium was 100 percent identical to that found in his cat. This may also explain his compulsion to bury his doo-doo in the sandbox.
Some Disneyland employees can wear their theme-park suits to and from work. How can we give Mickey the finger if he cuts us off?
TV violence is bad. But is it as bad as the TV itself? Two studies document injuries sustained by kids when large TVs fell on them. Parents, take your kids to the park; Frisbees are easier to catch.
Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus is no longer just a book. It's now a magazine, too.
It may really be over when the fat lady sings. Listening to opera while driving can kill you, according to Britain's Royal Automobile Club, which claims that listening to "Ride of the Valkyries" can stir up a driver's emotions and lead to accidents. The only thing worse: listening to those ads for Ensure.
Cocaine use may be even more dangerous on hot days, say doctors. Is that why all the young actors are moving to Anchorage? yanzic0617.

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I see more cases where a customer who normally only buys cheaper items like T-shirts is now buying art

Consumers have embraced the new offerings. "I see more cases where a customer who normally only buys cheaper items like T-shirts is now buying art, which costs more than 100,000 yen [$810 at current exchange] without hesitation," said Yuichi Yoshii of Loveless, a specialty store in the Aoyama district here.
Boutiques that simply sold photography books or art tomes have begun mounting art exhibits and selling artwork. At Loveless, for example, art events are held regularly. During a recent photo exhibition by Stephane Queme of the French band Daft Punk, 20 works ranging from 49,350 yen to 165,900 yen, or $399 to $1,342 at current exchange, sold the first day. At a subsequent exhibition at Loveless, "Stones," by lacquer artist Akito Akagi and pottery artist Kouichi Uchida, 60 out of 200 pieces sold with prices ranging from 180,000 yen to 650,000 yen, or $1,456 to $5,257.
Meanwhile, Wut Berlin, owned by H.P. France, earlier this year exhibited photographs by Anna Schlaeger. During the show, 10 out of 23 pieces were sold, including large prints priced at 17,750 yen, or $144, and medium prints for 12,600 yen, or $102.
While art hasn't performed as well as fashion, Loveless' Yoshii said the results are still quite good. "It has the effect of cultivating new customers since we have new people who had never been to the boutique visiting for the art exhibitions," he said. "Also, we can use art as a topic to open communications with our customers. It adds to the intimacy factor."
For some boutiques, art is an important tool used to convey the store concept. Restir, for example, said it will hold exhibitions at the entrance of its midtown boutique. Other stores are featuring artists who worked on their catalogues and mailings. Tomorrowland, a specialty store, sold works by Valerie Roy and Fabrice Moireau at its Shibuya boutique and Maison Galerie Vie, its boutique and cafe in Aoyama. Since Roy and Moireau are well-known for their collaborations with major luxury brands, devoted fans from Tokyo and beyond came to the opening reception this spring.
"It is our philosophy to introduce lifestyle products, not only fashion," said Akira Ueno, general manager for the shop development division of Tomorrowland. "The name of our Aoyama store, Galerie Vie, means 'lifestyle gallery.'"
Tomorrowland has been selling items such as home and decorating products, stationery, posters and postcards for more than 20 years. It became more aware of the potential for selling art when prints by photographer Arthur Elgort blew out during the boutique's Shibuya opening. "Originally, art could not be purchased outside a limited number of places such as galleries," Ueno said. "There are more people looking for real art now, yet many are not aware of where to go. We are hoping such customers enjoy art through stores like ours when they visit."
Tomorrowland works with artists to ensure prices are affordable. For example, at Maison Galerie Vie, an exhibition of Graldine Gonzalez's works on paper in June was priced at 31,500 yen, or $255, for small pieces, and 47,250 yen, or $382, for large pieces, which was well within Tomorrowland customers' budgets.
Competition is stiff in the Tokyo specialty boutique arena, which makes enhancing a store's image with art increasingly important. At Loveless, sales of CDs and books are booming and the shop believes it's possible for half the stockkeeping units to eventually shift to nonfashion products. Boutiques such as Loveless have also found an added benefit to selling art: regular exhibitions provide excitement during off-peak selling periods when there's a lull in the stores. yanzic0613.
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Fashion - A Contribution of Neighborliness and Peace

There are 20 original couture models from Berlin and other German collections, many presented for the first time. Seven are from Marlene Dietrich's wardrobe, including the three-piece evening dress "Saphir" from spring 1948, in which she reportedly "stole the show" at the 1951 Oscars; the day suit "Acacias," (spring 1949), which she wore on-screen in gray in Alfred Hitchcock's "Stage Fright" and offscreen in blue, as seen in Berlin, and a two-piece day dress and matching hat from the Dior New York prt--porter deluxe collection from fall 1950 for the U.S. market.
Also on display are 24 original costume jewelry sets of rhodium, tombac (pinchbeck) or bronze with Swarovski glass stones and Dior pearls, produced between 1955 and 1957 for Dior by the Pforzheim, Germany, company Henkel & Grosse. Dior was a strong supporter of costume jewelry, as clearly stated in his "ABCs of Fashion," which was also published in German in 1954.
The house's choice of a German firm to do costume jewelry in what was at first a local and then a global license caused a political uproar in France, but financial considerations played a crucial role. Known for excellent quality, Henkel & Grosse, founded in 1907, had a strong international business prior to World War II, selling to stores like Harrods and Saks Fifth Avenue in the Thirties. Due to such contacts, the company could guarantee a minimum turnover "which would have amounted to twice the total French costume jewelry export volume," catalogue essayist Maria Spitz wrote.
Dior's licensing division was set up in 1950, and the first German license for Christian Dior stockings went to Werner Uhlmann in Lippstadt. "Dior - Made in Germany" handbags were produced by Goldpfeil in Offenbach, and by 1963, the Paris house had concluded more than 65 licensing agreements worldwide.
The first show to the public, organized by the fashion magazine Constanze, attracted 3,000 people to three sold-out shows in Hamburg in December 1949. The proceeds of that show, as well as those that followed in Bad Godesberg and Dsseldorf in 1952, and Munich, Essen and Dsseldorf in 1953, were given to German and French aid agencies. The press frequently dubbed the Dior mannequins "diplomats of fashion," and indeed, after the Hamburg show, the French consul general told Dior's German representative "that we have done more for French-German relations and for the prestige of our country" than he himself had achieved in six months.
The designer's first and only trip to postwar Germany in October 1955 was similarly greeted with headlines such as "Fashion - A Contribution of Neighborliness and Peace."
In a six-day, six-city whirlwind tour to make business contacts, visit licensees and meet the press, Dior kept his patience and courtesy in countless, hopelessly repetitive interviews. Contemporary journalists have written how dapper and handsomely accessorized Dior looked in the famous photo of him strolling down Berlin's Kurfrstendamm, while those of the day noted, "You might take him for a bank manager or university professor."
Still another dared question the master on fit, suggesting the man who owned "18 companies on five continents and is the ruler of the worldwide realm of fashionmust, simply must, possess the creative spark - even though he does hide it beneath a rather too-fitted dark blue pinstripe suit."yanzic0614.
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These companies have impacted the fashion world as significantly as rap once changed the musical landscape

The skyrocketing urban-sportswear market grosses an estimated $5 billion a year, propelled by brands like Enyce (pronounced en-EE-chay), Mecca, Fubu, Phat Farm and Ecko Unlimited. Michigan-based Pelle Pelle, one of the most successful new labels, grossed a remarkable $69 million last year. These companies have impacted the fashion world as significantly as rap once changed the musical landscape. "The term urbanwear is kind of tired," says twenty-five-year-old Ryan Cross, the marketing and advertising director of Mecca. "We just consider ourselves a men's collection." Indeed, brands like Fubu and Enyce are making inroads into suburban malls across the country.
"'Urban' men's lines," scoffs Def Jam cofounder and chairman and Phat Farm founder Russell Simmons. "It used to be the ethnic-clothing division. At least it's not the nigga division. The big deal about Phat Farm is, we sell pink golf sweaters -- a lot of them. You can't call that urban. That's the most non-urban thing, in terms of what a buyer's looking at."
Since the Eighties, hip-hop kids have put their own tags on the clothes of the stodgy upper class, coopting and customizing upscale brands like Tommy Hilfiger and Polo. Hilfiger started out designing "very preppy, traditional classics," says his brother, Andy, the company's vice president of public relations. "But around 1992, Grand Puba started rapping, and he gave Tommy a shout-out in one of his songs. And in the urban neighborhoods, all the kids started picking up on Tommy."
"It's called anti-culture," says Billy Ceisler, vice president of marketing for SRC, an innovative marketing company whose clients include the Wu-Tang Clan. "Young urban America, when they rocked Fila or Ralph Lauren, they used to say to the rich people, 'Fuck you, I can wear what you wear. I'm gonna rock it differently -- I'm gonna wear my hat to the side and everything big and baggy -- but fuck you, you're no better than me.'"
Eventually, in the early Nineties, enterprising minds -- many of whom were clothing and shoe fanatics who weren't seeing exactly what they wanted in stores -- decided to take out the middleman with their own home-grown, grass-roots alternatives to Polo and Tommy and Calvin. "We filled the fashion void in the young-men's market," says Ecko designer Marc Echo, 26, whose loose, colorful designs are worn by hip-hop kids and skateboarders alike. "The generation that had been bringing product to the marketplace grew up on thirteen TV channels and had no clue what the Internet or MTV meant. Department stores would send three 40-year-old white guys over to Italy to get inspired and design things for 16-to 25-year-olds. They didn't have a clue. The consumers are reactionary, fickle, over-sensitized by so much stimulus. We relate to those kids. We are those kids."
Back in the day, a shopping trip for most guys was equivalent to a prostate examination. That has changed. "When's the last time you heard a lady going, 'Guys hate to shop'?" asks Jeff Tweedy, executive vice president for Sean "Puffy" Combs' new clothing line, Sean John. "Remember that? It's not like that anymore." He laughs. "It's like, 'What? Shop? Let's go!'" yanzic0613.
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Here's how the boys in the hoodies are influencing the fashion mainstream

Baggy overalls, pink golf shirts and $100 kicks -- it all adds up to a$5 billion business for home grown clothing companies like FUBU, MECCA and ENYCE. Here's how the boys in the hoodies are influencing the fashion mainstream.
The headquarters of Fubu, high atop the Empire State Building, is a seamless blend of old- and new-school decor: Classic darkwood-paneled walls and a polished conference table right out of Law and Order look at home near a tubular state-of-the-art stereo system that's adorned with a red, black and silver Fubu banner. A TV plays a Mya video, another an Aaliyah video and a third features footage of don't-try-this-at-home motorcycle tricks. Retail buyers hurry in and out, while the receptionist announces over the PA, "Keith? Has anyone seen Keith?" Everywhere -- in the conference rooms, on the walls, on the owners and staff -- are the colorful, meticulously designed clothes that brought in $200 million last year for Fubu's men's line.
And here's Keith -- Keith Perrin, one of the four founders of Fubu, along with Daymond John, Carl Brown and J. Alexander Martin -- ambling down the hallway dressed in baggy denim overalls, a cream ribbed sweater and a white wool cap. All, of course, by Fubu. Perrin and his Fubu partners are all under thirty and hail from lower-middle-class beginnings in Hollis, Queens. They're now gathered around their office pool table (they often play at the close of the day), surrounded by an explosion of bright shirts, sneakers, jeans, NBA-licensed jerseys, leather jackets. Hell, there are even Fubu basketballs.

"We had just started to do shirts, and we decided we needed LL to wear one in a magazine, to get some more exposure and to seem more legit than we were," explains John. So the partners camped outside LL's house, then corralled him into posing for a photo with the shirt on before he stepped into his limo. "He wasn't too happy about it," says John, "but he was trying to help out some guys from the neighborhood." The photo was used for a Fubu ad in The Source. Now LL is the company's spokesman.
The four founders, who are close friends given to finishing each other's sentences, established Fubu -- which stands for "for us, by us" -- with a mission. "We started it after years of hearing that other major clothing companies really weren't acknowledging the African-American market," says John. "Not that we make it only for African-Americans. We make it basically for a culture, a generation. There's cool skate guys that like what we have. They listen to hip-hop, but they listen to rock also."
Everyone nods. "One of our biggest markets when we started out was Seattle," says John, picking up a pool cue. "That was surprising. So it wasn't just hip-hop, in a sense -- guys like Korn wear it." yanzic0613.
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