We all have a car nut in our lives. Gear-brains. Petrolheads. You know the deal. Guys who like to strap on a helmet every Saturday morning and spend the first couple hours of the weekend slicing up asphalt on a beautiful mountain road. Dudes who walk straight to the car section at the bookstore, and […]
3
Dec
Books, radar detectors, gear, bags, boats, vintage cars & more
13
May
Die cast metal homage to the classic Japanese giant robot
If you grew up in New England you might remember a show called Force Five. In it, each day a separate Japanese cartoon would play inspiring a bunch of Masshole kids to become wicked influenced by Giant Robots. These proto-anime shows included Gai King and Starvengers, but Mondays belonged to Planet Robot Danguard Ace. Well […]
18
Jan
Hitting 7 G's + 300 miles per hour & living to tell the tale
Aerial adventure company Sky Combat Ace invited Nicolas Stecher to jump aboard one of their Extra 330 LC stunt planes — the most agile prop plane on Earth — and fly with one of their fighter pilots for AskMen. Little did he know that he would be piloting his own plane through an Evel Knievel list […]
4
Jan
UK grime rapper converts the heathens to the Church of Bass
In the early millennium the UK Garage scene sprung from its murky depths one Dylan Mills, musically acclaimed as Dizzee Rascal and a former member of the Roll Deep crew. This New Years the grime artist released a new free mixtape titled Dirtee TV: Vol. 2 and it features the likes of Newham Generals, P Money, Merky […]
25
Apr
LEGO Minifigures Series 7: 16 new designs
If you’ve been looking to upgrade your LEGO collection with a handsome young gent to visit that “Grandma’s House” set you built, you’re in luck. LEGO has recently launched the new Minifigure Series 7 featuring 16 new designs —including “Grandma Visitor” — yaye! There’s plenty more, from the frightful to the straight up nerdly (shocker). […]
12
Apr
"Roadside Attraction" pop-up shop at Coachella festival
I know, I know — a lot of Coachella stuff going on here right now but what can I say, it’s on my mind. This weekend the infamous Ace Hotel Palm Springs, one of the epicenters of lascivious debauchery in the desert valley, turns their poolside den of festivities into a two weekend-long pop-up shop: […]
10
Apr
Two minimally designed decks in either silver or black
Saturdays Surf NYC has been on a hot streak, opening up a new Tokyo flagship store and scoring a place in GQ‘s Best New Menswear Designers in America 2012 list. Now they’ve teamed up with seminal New York skate shop SHUT, who’ve been making boards in NYC since 1986, to produce 2 skateboard decks. This blend […]
16
Sep
A capsule collection celebrating New York's boxing heritage
Exploiting the long reaching boxing heritage of New York City, the Ace Hotel has Wings + Horns have teamed up for a capsule collection. The boxing inspiration comes from the fact that the Ace New York was once The Breslin Hotel, a building where many famous boxing bouts occurred last century. The capsule collection includes […]
