Honey Badger socks

Around the Just South of North headquarters we're huge fans of the honey badger. During our editorial meetings the phrase, "honey badger don't care" is often thrown around.

Well now we've found some team socks that Brandon and I will certainly be wearing.

Check them out:
They are from DeFeet International and are awesome!

Here's the official description:

By now you've probably heard of the honey badger. If you haven't, search for the animal on youtube. Such an amazingly tough animal makes us want to award the nickname to our toughest athletes. Jens Voigt, for example. The German attacks his rivals incessantly. He seems practically unbothered by having to make tempo at the head of the field for hours on end. Voigt would crash, rise, crash, and rise again, only to resume the attacking when he regained the group.

Jens Voigt knows how to keep pushing himself.



"Honey badger don't care!"

2011 ESPYs Justin Timberlake

Tonight Justin Timberlake will be presenting the Capital One Cup for excellence in college athletics.

This video shows what college athletes is really about. Well, and it shows Justin get hit in the groin a lot.

Eastern hockey earn automatic berth

Eastern Washington University is still celebrating their National Championship in football.

But now another campus sport is looking to bring home the championship.

The Eastern Eagles hockey team have received an Automatic Berth to the ACHA National Championship in San Jose, CA. The team did this through winning the ACHA West Region.

The News of the Automatic Berth means the team will not have to go to Logan, UT and participate in the West Regional Tournament to attempt to qualify for the National Tournament. This is the 3rd ever Automatic Berth in EWU’s ACHA history, with the other two coming in 2006-07 and 2007-08.

Information on the National Tournament can be found on the tournament site.

EWU will be in Pool C featuring the #1 West team (EWU), #2 Southeast Team (University of Miami – Ohio), #3 Central team (TBD*), and the #4 Northeast team (TBD*)

Rope Swing Quadruple Backflips

This is one awesome video.

This summer Mike went back to the drawing board and searched the land for the perfect location for his next Big Swing. Promising to take things to the next level Wilson was seeking the perfect spot to throw a Quadruple backflip off of a 100 foot rope swing into the royal blue depths of Lake Tahoe and oh did he deliver.

The events that followed took place on Lake Tahoe between Sunrise, and Sunset, were out of control. Hula Networks and the Shreddy Times Crew worked hard to get the shots while Mike delivered the goods. Mike Wilson catapulted himself into the record books with this one throwing huge quadruple backflips from a 99 foot swing that sent him flying over 115 feet into the air.

Climbing bike lock

If you own a bike then I'm sure you own a bike lock. But even the best of bike locks can be broke or cut and your bike stolen.

But what if you were able to lock your bike to a pole, say 10 feet in the air?

Then no one could steal it.

That's the idea behind the German company, Conrad, and their new pole climbing bike lock.

The lock uses motorized rollerblade wheels to scale up a lamp post. All you need to do is attach the lock to the post, hook your bike to the lock and let the robot climb the pole.

Here's a video about the making of the lock. If you don't want to watch the whole video, you have to go to 1:20 in the video, so you can see the contraption in work. It even is complete with the familiar car alarm "beep".

2011 Garmin-Cervélo team jersey design

Today Slipstream Sports, LLC released a sneak peak of Team Garmin-Cervélo jerseys. Earlier this year Team Garmin-Transitions and Cervélo SA joined forces for the 2011 season to create a new team that is known as Garmin-Cervélo.

Check out the team jersey:

What do you think of the new look?

I think the black is pretty cool. A much tougher look than the white of last year.

However I really hope that there is more argyle on the jersey than just the sleeve. The argyle is what really sets the Garmin jerseys apart from other cycling teams.

I guess we'll see once the team releases views of the full kit.

And here's what this year's jersey looked like in case you forgot:

Snow hike

If you're not in the Northwest then you might not know about the arctic freeze that hit our area the last few days.

Well, yesterday while most of the Seattle area was scared stiff cause of the ice and the snow, the Northern Rangers headed up Poo Poo Point for a hike.

And it was very much worth it.

The weather was sunny but in the 20's. However, the view was awesome. Snow all through the valley.


One thing that did surprise us was that when were up there, two paragliders showed up. They were getting set up when we headed down and we saw them land in the snow right as we finished our decent. Check it out:

Tyler Farrar interview in Portland

Tyler Farrar, of Wenatchee, Washington, was in Upper Echelon Fitness in Portland. Here's a video from the interview:

Farrar's season will start in January 2011 with the Tour Down Under. Which is the opening event of the 2011 ProTour season.

Farrar, who is with Garmin Transitions, was a stage winner in the Giro d'Italia and Spanish Vuelta last season. The event runs from Jan. 16-23.

Farrar joins Lance Armstrong in the field. The seven-time Tour de France winner will compete in the event for the third straight year.

The race will be Armstrong's last professional event outside the United States.

Arnold Schwarzenegger on bike

This is perhaps the funniest photo I have seen in a long time.

Best dive job in the world

Have you been looking for a new job recently? Or perhaps you've been unemployed and trying to find something awesome to do.

Well look no further.

Blue Season Bali, a Bali dive company, has recently started a competition to win, the Best Dive Job in the World.

To enter the contest go to this website and either submit a one minute video, or a 500 word essay, explaining why you'd be the best fit for the job. The contest ends February 28, 2011.

Still not sold? Well here's a bit about the job. The winner will go to the Indonesian island of Bali for seven months. The winner will also be outfitted with some top of the line scuba gear and receive PADI dive instructor training.

Still not sold? Well the winner will also have their rent paid for. Sounds pretty sweet to me. Here's the complete prize package.

Still not sold? Well then check out this video:

127 Hours Trailer

Way back in January I told you about how James Franco had been cast as Aron Ralston in the movie "127 Hours."

This Friday, November 5, the movie will hit theaters. Check out the trailer:

Journey on the Wild Coast

I came across this preview for the documentary"Journey on the Wild Coast."

In June 2007, Bretwood Higman and Erin McKittrick walked out of Seattle heading north. Twelve months and 4,000 miles later, they came to a stop at the end of the Aleutian Islands chain, having made their way by foot, pack raft, and skis. The trip was ostensibly about raising awareness of conservation issues, but the underlying reason, says Erin, was to bite off a huge challenge.

Dean Potter: 'King Air' First Ascent

Check out this awesome video from prAna staring Dean Potter:

Dean Potter: 'King Air' First Ascent from Prana Living on Vimeo.

Here's what Potter said about the video:

The Le Conte boulder, also known as the House Keeping boulder, is in Yosemite Valley, California. For more than a decade, I'd been trying to figure out the proudest, tallest line on the block, with no luck.

One day, I was playing with my sister Jenny's kids, Cyrus and Dahlia, in the forest amongst the rocks. They were acting all whacky, wild and uninhibited, jumping and bouncing around from rock to rock and scampering up trees. I had been trying this sick line on the boulder but never figured out the crux move in all the years before. Somehow the kids, 'anything is possible' energy drifted into me. I stood before the starting bucket giggling. I was loose and moved my body in a different way than ever before. To my amazement, I stuck the crux with my nine-year-old nephew and my 7-year-old niece spotting me. I jumped down, careful not to squish them and finally believed I would send this lifetime project within my next few efforts.

King Air is one of the most obvious boulder problems around. For years I tried the problem alone, somehow keeping it completely secret. My bro, Ivo Ninov and I worked on it together. We kept our efforts stealth by washing off the chalk with water before leaving for the night. For years, I doubt anyone else ever seriously looked at the bold line as it was too high and there wasn't any chalk to lead them. Ivos enthusiasm literally lifted me higher and higher. On every serious attempt he spotted me, making sure that at least I wouldn’t split my melon.

This is the proudest highball boulder problem I know of in the Valley. The business scales over 30 feet to the final bucket. Its on the verge of being a free solo. When I fell my feet traveled 20 feet before impacting the pads. I was lucky not to shatter bones. My quads were very sore and I limped around for the next few days. King Air is the most beautiful boulder problem Ive ever done. You would be hard pressed to find any line, more aesthetic.

~Dean Potter

Angry mob threatens Rooney

Wayne Rooney spoke earlier this week about how he desired to leave Manchester United. However about 30 crazy Europe soccer fans disagreed with his statement:

An angry mob in front of Wayne Rooney's home has threatened his life if he leaves Manchester United, according to The Telegraph in England.

Cheshire police were called to his mansion during the night as the crowd outside screamed out chants including, 'Join Man[chester] City and you die.'

The police had to be called and the mob dispersed.

A very similar event happened when Brandon announced that he was leaving Spokane for Polson. However the mob was "the Kennel" from Gonzaga University and instead of threatening him to stay, they escorted him to the Idaho border.

Win the 28 Team Radioshack jersey signed by Armstrong

Team Radioshack has been having contests this week to give away the autographed "28" jersey worn by the team.

Here's the details:

Today we bring you the last chance to win an autographed Team RadioShack 28 Jersey. Post your favorite Lance Armstrong memory from this season on the Facebook post, or @ reply to @TeamRadioShack on Twitter (make sure and end your Twitter reply with #TRS) and you will be entered to win. We will randomly draw one winner from the all the entries. You have three chances to enter, so enter now. You have until 11:59pm CST to enter today.

So go enter! Good luck! If you win send us a picture of you with your prize!

Portland Timbers sign first players

The Portland Timbers will join the Seattle Sounders FC in the MLS next year in what is a historic rivalry.

And today the Timbers moved one step closer to taking the field in 2011 as a MLS franchise when they announced the signing of their first players to the teams roster.

The Portland Timbers announced today that Bright Dike, Steve Cronin, Ryan Pore and Eddie Johnson as the first four players who have signed with the team for the 2011 season

And while this MLS season is still going on, many in Seattle and Portland can't wait for next year when the two teams will have their rivalry really heat up on the the nation's largest stage for soccer.

On a side note, the Timbers also have a new logo heading into next season. (See above)

Degree Men Chain of Adventure

Degree has come up with a great marketing campaign for their new deoderant Degree for Men Adventure.

The antiperspirant is called "Adventure" so what better way to promote it than to find the ultimate adventure superstar.

That of course is none other than Bear Grylls.

For the commercials Bear will be challenged by superstars from professional sports to complete the tasks at hand. Pretty fun marketing idea.

Check out the promo and then the first commercial:

A Skiers Journey

Winter is just around the corner and soon snow will be falling in the mountains.

Until then, check out this film by Jordan Manley called A Skiers Journey.

There are some truly beautiful scenes in it.

Squirrel Awareness Week

October 3rd through the 9th is known as Squirrel Awareness Week.

So make sure you're aware of those squirrels!

Rattlesnake Mountain hike

Yesterday the Northern Rangers headed out to enjoy the colors of fall on a hike on Rattlesnake Mountain near Snoqualmie, Washington.



View our previous hike report of Rattlesnake Ledge from earlier this year here.