DC X Neff Collaboration

DC is proud to announce its collaboration with NEFF Headwear for a limited edition snow collection for the Winter 2011 season. The collection features snowboards, snowboard boots, fleece, t-shirts, gloves, and headwear that will hit stores in September 2010.

A true creative collaboration between DC and NEFF, the collection was inspired by the beaches and 1980’s nightlife of Miami. From the florescent neon colors and art deco signs, to flamingos and palm tree lined streets, the graphics designed for this project are warm, sunny and bright – everything that winter is traditionally not.

“NEFF is a great up-and-coming brand with a lot of energy,” said Nate Morley, DC’s VP of Creative. “These two brands came together in a creative way and developed a line that really stands out.”

The DC x NEFF graphics are featured on DC’s PBJ 153 and 157 snowboard as well the popular Park boot. Apparel and accessories include graphic T-shirts and fleece, pipe gloves, and a beanie. The collection is being supported exclusively by DC Pro Torstein Horgmo, whose unique riding style fits the products perfectly. Torstein rode a DC x NEFF snowboard this past season while filming and competing, including the 2010 Winter Dew Tour and Winter X Games 14, where he took home a silver medal in Big Air.

“It was really great working with the DC crew,” said Shaun Neff, creator of NEFF Headwear. “They were very open to a collaboration that was fun and unique – something that would compliment both brands in an unexpected way. And to have a rider as talented as Torstein supporting the project is just awesome.”

NEFF Headwear was started by Shaun Neff in 2002 as a headwear and t-shirt company. Since then the company has become wildly popular and gained the respect and following of the action sports world, especially with snowboarders and skaters. This is the first collaboration of its kind for NEFF.

The DC x NEFF Collaboration will be available at select retailers nationwide beginning in September 2010. For more information on the collection and the DC Snow team visit http://www.dcshoes.com/snow. The DC x NEFF beanie will be available exclusively by NEFF Headwear, for more details visithttp://www.neffheadwear.com.

World Cup Schedule

World Cup 2010 Schedule Sort by: Date · Stadium · Team Away team Home team Location Time/Score June 11 South Africa vs. Mexico Johannesburg 10:00 AM ET Uruguay vs. France Cape Town 2:30 PM ET June 12 Korea Republic vs. Greece Nelson Mandela Bay / Port Elisabeth 7:30 AM ET Argentina vs. Nigeria Johannesburg 10:00 AM ET England vs. USA Rustenburg 2:30 PM ET June 13 Algeria vs. Slovenia Polokwane 7:30 AM ET Serbia vs. Ghana Tshwane / Pretoria 10:00 AM ET Germany vs. Australia Durban 2:30 PM ET June 14 Netherlands vs. Denmark Johannesburg 7:30 AM ET Japan vs. Cameroon Mangaung / Bloemfontein 10:00 AM ET Italy vs. Paraguay Cape Town 2:30 PM ET June 15 New Zealand vs. Slovakia Rustenburg 7:30 AM ET Cote dIvoire vs. Portugal Nelson Mandela Bay / Port Elisabeth 10:00 AM ET Brazil vs. North Korea Johannesburg 2:30 PM ET June 16 Honduras vs. Chile Nelspruit 7:30 AM ET Spain vs. Switzerland Durban 10:00 AM ET South Africa vs. Uruguay Tshwane / Pretoria 2:30 PM ET June 17 Argentina vs. Korea Republic Johannesburg 7:30 AM ET Greece vs. Nigeria Mangaung / Bloemfontein 10:00 AM ET France vs. Mexico Polokwane 2:30 PM ET June 18 Germany vs. Serbia Nelson Mandela Bay / Port Elisabeth 7:30 AM ET Slovenia vs. USA Johannesburg 10:00 AM ET England vs. Algeria Cape Town 2:30 PM ET June 19 Netherlands vs. Japan Durban 7:30 AM ET Ghana vs. Australia Rustenburg 10:00 AM ET Cameroon vs. Denmark Tshwane / Pretoria 2:30 PM ET June 20 Slovakia vs. Paraguay Mangaung / Bloemfontein 7:30 AM ET Italy vs. New Zealand Nelspruit 10:00 AM ET Brazil vs. Cote dIvoire Johannesburg 2:30 PM ET June 21 Portugal vs. North Korea Cape Town 7:30 AM ET Chile vs. Switzerland Nelson Mandela Bay / Port Elisabeth 10:00 AM ET Spain vs. Honduras Johannesburg 2:30 PM ET June 22 Mexico vs. Uruguay Rustenburg 10:00 AM ET France vs. South Africa Mangaung / Bloemfontein 10:00 AM ET Nigeria vs. Korea Republic Durban 2:30 PM ET Greece vs. Argentina Polokwane 2:30 PM ET June 23 Slovenia vs. England Nelson Mandela Bay / Port Elisabeth 10:00 AM ET USA vs. Algeria Tshwane / Pretoria 10:00 AM ET Ghana vs. Germany Johannesburg 2:30 PM ET Australia vs. Serbia Nelspruit 2:30 PM ET June 24 Slovakia vs. Italy Johannesburg 10:00 AM ET Paraguay vs. New Zealand Polokwane 10:00 AM ET Denmark vs. Japan Rustenburg 2:30 PM ET Cameroon vs. Netherlands Cape Town 2:30 PM ET June 25 Portugal vs. Brazil Durban 10:00 AM ET North Korea vs. Cote dIvoire Nelspruit 10:00 AM ET Chile vs. Spain Tshwane / Pretoria 2:30 PM ET Switzerland vs. Honduras Mangaung / Bloemfontein 2:30 PM ET

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Treat Anger With Exercise

Control anger with daily exercise.

Healthcare providers have recommended exercise as a way to boost mood for many years. Despite exercise's reputation as a mood booster, there have previously been no studies to indicate exercise could treat negative feelings other than depression. A new study, released at the American College of Sports Medicine's 57th Annual Meeting, reported that exercise may also reduce or even prevent anger. This is exciting news, as managing anger is a problem we all face, whether with family, coworkers, or strangers.

Researchers studied the effect of viewing anger-inducing scenes in college-age men. Study participants watched the scenes both before and after cycling at 65 percent of their maximum oxygen uptake. Researchers found that viewing the scenes after cycling prevented the study participants from feeling angry. Researchers determined anger response by measuring brain activity and self-reported feels of anger by study participants.

Nathaniel Thom, Ph.D., stress physiologist and lead investigator on the study, equated the finding to taking a daily aspirin to prevent a heart attack. He would like to see additional studies to determine the effects of a long-term exercise program on anger as well as the effect of exercise on anger using other types of anger-induction.

While occasional feelings of anger are normal, chronic anger has a negative effect on health. Chronic anger can increase the risk of heart disease and diabetes. In addition to improving your health, managing and controlling anger can improve your relationship with others. This study indicates that regular exercise may be one way to manage anger and reduce angry responses.

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17 Things Every Man Should Try

1. Approach and engage a pretty girl in conversation with no prompting from anyone. She might not want to talk. She might even tell you to go jerk yourself a soda. But she might not.

2. Be debt-free. Compounding interest is like a sorority girl on Ecstasy. She'll go both ways, but you get a hell of a lot more out of it when she's going your way.

3. Try the sport that you ridicule most. Golfers and skateboarders wouldn't be so friggin' smug if they knew how difficult the other guy's favorite activity really is.

4. Finish something early.

5. Let someone else brag about that cool thing you did.

6. How 'bout a mercy flush?

7. Disagree with the person you fear most.

8. Read a novel with more than 300 pages, written before 1950, set somewhere other than the United States.

9. Eat brussels sprouts. To make it easier, pretend a gun is pointed at your temple and you have a choice: Take them orally or another way.

10. You think you're tough? Say exactly what's on your mind when you're at your most vulnerable. We'll see how tough you are.

11. Say "Cool tat" the next time you see intricate tribal art on the small of a woman's back. She knows what you're really saying, but verbal subtleties like this can mean the difference between receiving an amused smile and waking up in the ICU wearing a diaper packed with ice.

12. Embrace the male carpe diem death cliché. You will die, friend, and dozens of bungee-jumping, skydiving, scuba diving, rock-climbing, boxing, surfing, and motocross outfits are depending on your "holy crap" realization of mortality to make a living. Why wait? Fix your roof when it's sunny.

13. Leave work early for a midweek afternoon ball game. Tell no one. Go alone. Strive to notice the subtleties TV doesn't show: the third baseman cheating a step before the pitch; where the center fielder sets up; whether that sweet creature two rows over really likes baseball or is just there for her boyfriend. Toss the ticket stub on the way out; you were never there. We guarantee you'll remember this game longer than if you got permission from the wife and went with five buddies.

14. Go a week without quoting anyone. When you consider movies, late-night monologues, sportscasters, bosses, wives, kids, founding fathers, regular fathers, Shakespeare, philosophers, and Homer Simpson, this suddenly becomes a lot harder than you thought, huh?

15. Pursue a woman not because she's so hot but because she's so cool.

16. Buy a stock based on research you did all by yourself, from scratch. Restaurant crowds won't fall silent when you speak, but nailing a six-bagger on your own beats Maria Bartiromo's sloppy seconds any trading day.

17. Ask questions first. Save your bullets for later

[via MH]