Awesome Leisure

Jezza and Captain Slow return to BBC America on 2/25/13 with this silly business – a rugby match played with hatchbacks and crossovers – with the Stig as ref. Maybe the Hamster is inside the ball?

Make a playlist on a music site – Spotify, 8tracks or even YouTube – then “record” it on a Sharetape card. Now anyone can listen to your playlist on a mobile device via NFC or by scanning its QR code.

NetworkA sent Signal Snowboards’ founder Dave Lee to an Italian glass factory to watch them build an amazingly gorgeous snowboard from curved, tempered glass. Will it shatter, or will it slide?

Sports, stunts and first-person perspective videos dominate the latest video of Luc Bergeron aka Zapatou’s popular compilation series. You’ll find links to all 243 videos on his Google+ page.

The Trikke Skki is like an unpowered snowmobile, great for skiing downhill. It’s a lot easier to use and is more convenient than skis because you don’t need to strap skis on. Just get on and ski down.

An upcoming “riot simulator” for PC, Mac, iOS & Android where victory and defeat are not so easily defined. Based on real-world events, RIOT lets you play either as a protester or a law enforcer.

Four couples meet for their regular brunch when news breaks out that the world is about to end. Worse, they’re stuck with each other until then. A comedy film starring Julia Stiles and David Cross.

The ultimate lazy accessory for your Lazy Boy, the Bottoms Up beer dispenser fills cups of beer not only from the comfort of your recliner, but from the bottom of the cup – just because it likes to show off.

Currently in development, Project Awakened is a third-person action game for the PC that puts emphasis on creating your own super-powered character. Think City of Heroes on a smaller scale.

It doesn’t carry holographic transmissions but this R2-D2 flask will take care of other precious cargos. It’s just one of the many designs available through YourFlask.com. They do custom too.

Sony shows off game highlights from their PS4 announcement, with high-def teasers for DriveClub, Knack, Deep Down, inFAMOUS: Second Son, Killzone Shadow Fall, and The Witness.

Some of the unique features in Gears of War: Judgment’s multiplayer mode, including new weapons, new maps with more vertical spaces, as well as new armor skins and other rewards.

An unexpected nominee for the 2012 Oscar for Best Animated Short Film, Maggie Simpson stars about her encounter with a caterpillar at the infamous Ayn Rand School for Tots. Watch before FOX yanks it.

There Came an Echo is an upcoming real-time strategy game that will allow players to use voice commands to control their characters. Players will also be able to record alternate voice commands.

LEGO fanatics Siercon and Coral built this awesome 6-foot-long LEGO sword for the Iron Builder 3.0 Tournament, without glue, using Technic bricks and pins to hold it together. Please put this on Cuusoo!

The second season of the online series promises more action and more characters including Shang Tsung, played by none other than Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa from the Mortal Kombat movie.

Watch as driver Paulo Martinho pops backwards wheelies, dizzying spins and all sorts of unnatural maneuvers in his little yellow Peugeot. Driving on those rims can’t possibly be good for them.

Part of Didi Dunphy’s Recess Collection, Inside Skates are skateboards with colorful upholstery. They make for a great conversation piece, but are also good for skating indoors. Video here.

From Bungie – the developers who created Halo – comes Destiny, an online first-person shooter with both single-player and multiplayer modes. It seems to have a mobile app component as well.

AraabMuzik garnered hype for his insanely fast fingers, but at the end of the day he keeps our admiration by making good tracks. Here’s one from his new, free mixtape, For Professional Use Only.

While Jeb Corliss continues to heal from a disastrous crash last year, he posted this daring jump from back in 2004, in which he does a double-twisting quad front off Shanghai’s Jin Mao Tower.

Freerunner Ronnie Shalvis takes full advantage of the snow and ice at Salt Lake City’s Gallivan Center, pulling off crazy flips on the ice skating rink and in the surrounding neighborhood. (Thanks Dallin!)

An awesomely detailed 1559 piece LEGO kit based on Luke Skywalker’s X-Wing Fighter. The 20″ long model has wings which open and close smoothly, a see-through cockpit, and a tiny R2-D2 minifig.