Photo: Paul Ott
Beautiful glass and stainless steel office building? Nope - that's a five-star prison in Styria, Austria!
If you look at these figures comparing crime in Austria and crime in the U.S. you’ll notice something odd: although the U.S. has higher crime rates in virtually every category (murder, forcible rape, robbery, aggravated assault, etc…) the Austrians triumph in one category: burglary. But why? Why is the rate of burglaries in Austria a whopping 40% higher than in the U.S.? I’ll tell you why: because Austrian minimum security prisons are f---ing awesome! If you’re in Austria, and have a working brain, you should be trying to get into one right now!
http://www.carniola.org/2007/03/austrias-five-star-prison.htm - via Kottke
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bad guys get the best after all
Not to mention the 7 ball bearings, crown, and inner and outer races in each bearing, of which each wheel has 2.
so all in all this thing has ~294 moving parts.
I was going to mention that, but I had no idea how many bearings there were. Thusly, I left it at that.
It carves well but other than that it isnt really great for anything. It seemed like it was going for riders that like to longboard but would also like to do a trick every once in a while. As a result it isnt great for either. It can be ollied so you can do some things with it but it's awkward and takes some adjusting to.
It is truly heavier than a normal board because of the added weight of the trucks and extra wheels. I only attempted to ride it once before almost breaking my ankle.
I still have it with the extra wheels if any one wants to grab it??