Friday morning news drop and videos of the week
The True Cost of Upgrading Your Phone Buying a $1,000 iPhone can be equivalent to giving up $17,000 in retirement savings or 2,500 cups of coffee. (New York Times)
From Friends to Squid Game – why Netflix viewing figures matter Up for discussion in the Guardian tech newsletter: the problem with the streaming company’s outlandish claims (The Guardian)
Remote work is bringing the city to the suburbs How working from home is changing the suburbs as we know them. (Recode)
The new Fear and Greed The type of fear that now drives most market activity (because it drives most market participants) is something different than the fear we’ve been accustomed to from reading about history. I would label this type of fear Insecurity. (Reformed Broker)
4 Things That Will Never Change For Young Investors If you wanted to put your money to work in the financial markets, you most likely had to drive to a brick-and-mortar office to meet with a broker. You would then have to fill out some paperwork to buy a severely limited number of tax-inefficient mutual funds or individual stocks. Those securities would often require an upfront fee in the 5% to 10% range for you to buy them. The entire process could take days for all of the paperwork to go through.(A Wealth of Common Sense)
Untethered: There’s a Potential Grenade at the Center of the Crypto Economy It’s time to get very worried about Tether, the “stablecoin” at the center of the crypto economy. (Slate)
Steph Curry’s Repeatable Magic The Warriors star is off to a red-hot start this season, conducting Steve Kerr’s beautiful music on the court. Here’s how he’s doing it. (Ringer)
Paul McCartney Doesn’t Really Want to Stop the Show Half a century after the Beatles broke up, he’s still correcting the record—and making new ones. (New Yorker)
Videos of the Week
Top 10 Goals from Week 1 of the 2021-22 NHL Season
Top 10 Saves from Week 1 of the 2021-22 NHL Season
Brandon Semenuk Makes Red Bull Rampage History Once Again | Winning Run 2021 The first tail-whips, the first back-to-back win and the first 4-time winner - Brandon Semenuk has done it again! After an unfortunate crash on run 1, Semenuk returned to the top for redemption and put down the run of a lifetime in front of the Utah freeride fans.
Jaxson Riddle's Stylish POV From Red Bull Rampage 2021 Jump on board with Jaxson Riddle as he hammers his mountain bike down the crazy cliffs and jumps of Red Bull Rampage, and joins the elite crew of freeriders to take home the Best Style Award 🤘
The Rise Of Hodgy | Sam Hodgson The small British island of the Isle of Wight hosts this jaw-dropping edit instalment from Sam Hodgson on his home turf of the Isle of Wight Mountain Bike Centre.
STREET RIDER OF THE YEAR NOMINEES - NORA CUP 2021
CULTCREW/ DAKOTA ROCHE/ FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH
Brotherly Love - Steve & Mark Vanderhoek I have always been super close with my brother Mark. From biking, skiing, motorcycles, cliff jumping ect we have always done it together. Growing up in North Vancouver BC gave us the perfect backyard to pursue what we love. Fortunately we also share a passion for the same line of work. Starting out ski patrolling on the local hills we moved into forest fire fighting and Paramedic schooling and eventually landing our careers both working for the City of North Vancouver Fire Department. Unfortunately we share a mutual attraction to injuries. I was able to find a day when we were both somewhat healthy and coming off injury to get out to Pemberton to enjoy a nice fall day with Kelsey Toevs behind the lens.
STREET vs PURE TRIALS - Tomomi Nishikubo
"Freehand" - Jake Mageau
Mark Suciu's "Blue Dog" Adidas Part Mark and his Verso co-collaborator Justin Albert get the band back together to bang out another insane part. Firing off at Pier 7 and going absolutely nuts in New York, Suciu leaves no doubt that he’s one of the best.
Kristin Ebeling's "Guitar" Meow Part - The women are killing it these days and one of our favorite Skate Witches sweeps across the cuts of the West Coast, earning a pro broom in the process.
Nice To See You - Vans Skate - Featuring Victoria BC’s own Una Farrar: Vans proudly presents Nice To See You, our first-ever globally collaborative skateboarding film that was created with help from the Vans skate team and talented filmmakers around the world. Nice To See You expresses the shared feeling of solidarity and commonality amongst skateboarders everywhere, regardless of location, background or identity. The film was produced under the guidance of Los Angeles-based renowned filmmaker and photographer Greg Hunt, with support from creative talents including Tommy Zhao, Shari White (who directed Vans’ Credits), Paul Labadie and Max Pack (who directed Vans Europe’s Tom’s Tales), George Kousoulis, Daniel Dent, and Kyota Kamei. Nice To See You stars: Adelaide Norris, Alexey Krasniy, Breana Geering, Chima Ferguson, Daiki Hoshino, Diego Todd, Digby Luxton, Dustin Henry, Etienne Gagne, Nick Michel, Notis Aggelis, Pedro Delfino, Rio Morishige, Ronnie Sandoval, Shogo Zama, Simon Zuzic, Wang Guohua, and Una Farrar,