The Schlicken Empire

No, Kobe Bryant did not throw caution (and the Los Angeles Lakers’ playoff hopes) to the wind by leaping over a moving Aston Martin.

Nike has unveiled its new Hyperdunk basketball shoe, which is endorsed by Kobe and will go on sale this July. To help ramp up awareness, the company filmed a new viral video in which Kobe shows off the new kicks and, in a demonstration of their lightness, wows teammate and observer Ronny Turiaf by jumping over an Aston Martin convertible that’s driven directly at him.

Kudos to Nike: if our email inbox is any indication, you’ve created the buzz you’re looking for. And if any of you were still wondering if the video were real, Kobe told a local news reporter, “Hollywood, baby!” when asked how he did it (See video below). We tend to agree with the speculation offered up by the Bleacher Report: Kobe really jumped (his leaping ability is not in question) as the car simply drove by beside him. Watch it for yourselves below the fold and tell us what you think.

Source: auto blog

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Lauren Porter, an art student, knitted a life-size Ferrari 355 for her honors degree. She spent 10 months, 12 miles of yarn, and 250 squares on top of a steel frame in order to make the car…and it turned out pretty good too! Here’s a few pictures of the results:

You can find a video of the setup on Lauren’s site. You can also find a good video that Reuters did here. Below are a couple of YouTube videos:

Schlicken’s Response: We feel the same as spluch, “Can you believe this badly wrecked car is still running? Not for long I suppose!”

[Source: spluch]