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Full video: Jeb Corliss Table Mountain crash – reflexes and good gear will save you
Multiple camera angles of wingsuit pilot Jeb Corliss striking table mountain at 120mph.
How to: Pull-start a 4×4 with a recovery strap in an emergency [video]
19 February 2012
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Ever been stuck with a car that wouldn’t start? Forget the jumper leads? No second vehicle to jump start off? No problem, Herman of Angel 4×4 demonstrates how to solve [...]
Meet Tim, the man who invented the Leatherman multi-tool
Tim Leatherman – the man behind the iconic tool Meet the man who invented the world renowned multitool – Tim Leatherman, founder of the Leatherman brand. Tim, will be giving a brief [...]
Canon’s new 24-70mm, 24mm and 28mm professional lenses – the highlights.
No news in South Africa yet but… Canon have released specs and international pricing for updates and improvements to their standard 24-70mm f2.8 zoom and two primes a 24mm [...]
Win a hamper & tickets to SA’s most extreme sports event – ULTIMATE X 2012
7 February 2012
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Cape Town hosts the country’s largest extreme sports lifestyle event – Ultimate X Absa Life Xtreme presents Ultimate X 2012 festival on Saturday18 February 2011. The Gateway Canal at the V&A [...]
Fun custom ice pops at home with a Zoku Pop Maker
6 February 2012
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Lick that smile off its face Zuko, makers of home made ice pop moulds have announced two new products one of which is a facial character set. These two [...]
Amazon makes Kindle Touch available in South Africa
4 February 2012
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Sucks to be you parts of Europe Amazon have officially rolled out distribution of the Kindle Touch across the world. Well almost… Ironically, parts of Europe are going to have [...]
[Video] First images from the Fujifilm X-Pro1 camera
Antici… PATION! If you’ve seen the mini-review I did for the Fujifilm X100 you’ll fathom that I loooooove that camera. But as a professional travel photographer this inter-changeable lens version [...]
Fujifilm Finepix X100 – Photo gear love embodied (mini review)
1 February 2012
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Out with the old. In with the old. On paper the Fujifilm Finepix X100 has an incredible feature list: Large 12.3MP APS-C Size CMOS Sensor FUJINON 23mm (35mm equivalent) [...]
Want to feel like Homer Simpson? TomTom can help.
…I said, isn’t this fun? – Mr Burns on TomTom TomTom have released Marge Simpson and Mr Burns’ character voices for their GPS devices following the wild popularity of the [...]
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