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Street Skiing—AMAZING! [Weekend Watch]

This. Is. Amazing. I love cities and I love skiing. I never thought that the two could mix until I saw this trailer. Whether you can it street skiing, ski parkour, or ski porn it is simply incredible. And not only the skiing, but the cinematography and soundtrack as well. The segment is from All.I.Can by Sherpas Cinema.

Location: Trail, Rossland, and Nelson, BC.
Music: Dance Yrself Clean, by LCD Soundsystem.

If you liked this, check the award-winning 70min film, “All.I.Can.” by Sherpas Cinema [iTunes Download HD]. For more on the film’s background, here’s an article about All.I.Can and the making-of this segment.

Sherpas Cinema – JP Auclair Street Segment (from All.I.Can.) (sixand5.com)
Video: Watch the Amazing JP Auclair Street Skiing Scene From All.I.Can. (ngadventure.typepad.com)
Beyond ski porn to a green theme (theglobeandmail.com)

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If Cities Could Talk [Weekend Watch]

An animated short film about what American cities would say to one another if they could talk.

Public domain footage from The Internet Archive’s SIGGRAPH collection.

From BrainPickings:

Last week, we explored the cerebral side of cities with 7 essential books on urbanism. Today, we turn to the lighter side with Metropopular — a charming animated short film exploring city stereotypes through an imagined dialogue between anthropomorphized metropolises. From New York’s bravado to Boston’s brashness, the film nails the not-all-that-inaccurate clichés about each city’s signature disposition with delightful comedic elegance.

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Fighting Illegal Parking… with a Tank! [Weekend Watch]

I’m a bit late to the party in posting this, but in case you haven’t seen it yet, it’s worth a watch:

Vilnius Mayor A.Zuokas Fights Illegally Parked Cars with Tank

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How to Date an Urban Planner [Sunday Fun]

Urban planners are not in the same league and rock starts or athletes when it comes to groupies. However, the recent media attention on cities and urban planning has raised their desirability quotient up a few notches. Indeed ‘urban planner’ has been named one of the hottest careers around these days.

For all you single girls and guys out there who can’t get enough pillow talk about zoning, here are some pick-up lines to use when you cruise the next adjustment hearing:
How to Date an Urban Planner [Sunday Fun]