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When celebrities do dumb shit that involves showing off their immense wealth, we can forgive it. They’ve worked for their money, they’re in the public eye and with the celeb-sphere moving so quickly, we would’ve forgotten their f**k-ups by the following week.

What we hate, is when the obscenely wealthy kids of Instagram prove just how much of a wanker they are by acting as if something that costs thousands of dollars, is pocket change. Case in point is Adam Nile, a self-proclaimed rich kid of Instagram who’s amassed himself a modest following of 17,000 followers – although we’d wager that some of those are paid for.

Adam’s profile has all the hallmarks of a kid who walks around with daddy’s credit card, with watches, exotic cars, plenty of black and gold clothing, and constant partying. His latest post has to be one of the most idiotic and wankery things we’ve ever seen though: pouring a bottle of Dom Perignon – the champagne of choice for many a money flaunter – on his Hublot watch. Oh, and of course, the DP in question has a luminescent label.

Specifically, Adam’s waterboarding victim is the Big Bang Unico King Gold Diamonds with white alligator leather strap; a 42mm timepiece with no less than 126 diamonds embedded in the 18K gold bezel, and a US$40,900 price tag. Fortunately, it’s water-resistant to 100 metres so would have survived the attack.

Adam’s antics received a mixed response, with plenty of fire emojis praising his efforts, while some others claimed it to be a “weird flex” and that he would “regret it in the morning”. Considering the cash he flashes, we doubt Adam’s going to think twice when he wakes up.

But before you think this is just a one-off piece of douchebag behaviour, let us inform you it’s not the first time Adam has decided to give his watch a bath, as he’s posted several repeat offences on his page. He also revealed the other watch in his collection, a Rolex Submariner Date in white gold with blue dial and a US$30,900 price tag, which at the moment, hasn’t been subjected to similar torture as his Hublot.

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Think smartwatches and fitness trackers and you’ll likely think Apple or Fitbit. Both companies effectively rule the fitness wearable market, although Garmin certainly gives Fitbit a run for its money. Apple is pretty much in a league of its own.

But that hasn’t stopped plenty of other brands from hitting the scene to offer products that can assist you with your workouts, help you stick to or achieve fitness goals, or act as a smartphone on your wrist, notifying you of phone calls or allowing you to change the music you’re listening to, to name but a few features

Suunto is one such company that wants to disrupt the smartwatch and fitness tracking space, although it’s hardly what you would call a startup. In fact, the company has been around since 1936, but with smartphones and smartwatches nowhere near being conceived at that time, Suunto started life producing compasses for explorers. While compasses still feature in the company’s repertoire today, it has got with the times and been producing fitness trackers and smartwatches in various forms for a number of years.

The latest product, the Suunto 7, is the company’s first to run on Google’s Wear OS, the smartwatch-dedicated operating system designed to rival Apple’s WatchOS. It was announced at CES 2020 in January and is the first Wear OS watch to make clever use of the co-processor found on the main Qualcomm 3100 processor. If you understand how the internals of gadgets work, that’s exciting news.

I’m not an outdoor runner and I don’t own a bike, so the next best way I could put Suunto’s watch through its paces, was to wear it to a one hour strength and conditioning class at my regular gym. The class is designed to build muscle, before putting the body through a 20-30 minute intense cardio workout. It’s safe to say the watch came away in much better condition than myself.

Stylish Design…

As soon as I opened the box I was pleasantly surprised with the 7’s looks. Hailing from Finland, it’s perhaps no surprise that Suunto has employed a very minimalistic look. Some other smartwatches and fitness trackers on the market can look way too technical, or not like a watch at all.

…But It’s Not All Good News

Despite arriving in a fetching colour scheme of granite and rose gold, there’s no denying that the Suunto 7 is huge. Suunto hasn’t published the official size of it anywhere but armed with a tape measure, I made it out to be 48mm, putting it on par with a Breitling Bentley and a far cry from the 38mm Hamilton Khaki Field I wear on a daily basis.

It’s not uncomfortable on my wrist – thanks to a lightweight build and an *incredibly* comfortable silicone strap – and Suunto has likely made the design choice to fit the screen in. There is a rather large black bezel around the edge that seems somewhat unnecessary, and if this were to be removed, I feel the 7 would have a far greater appeal. I can’t imagine those with smaller wrists than mine would be happy wearing it.

Screen Time

As for the screen itself, I have no complaints. It’s a gorgeous 1.39-inch OLED display, meaning blacks are black and whites are white. Being able to see the screen when exercising outdoors is crucial and with the screen provided, you can see your data clearly. There’s an option to have the display on all the time, although this will eat into the battery life. Otherwise, the screen can be flicked into life when you raise your wrist, or by pressing any of the external crown buttons.

Four Is One Too Many

Speaking of external crown buttons, the Suunto 7 has four of them. Yes, four. In the regular watch world, this is a lot and the same has to be said in the smartwatch space too. In the short period I had the Suunto 7 for review, I had a hard time remembering exactly what each button did. Even though you can change the function of the middle- and bottom-right buttons, to open different apps, I left them as the default of music controls and stopwatch (I just had to check what both did before writing that) because I was much happier using the dedicated and non-changeable Suunto button instead (top right).

Bursting With Sports Modes

Suunto has already established itself within the fitness tracker space by offering customers a more comprehensive range of sports to track using the dedicated app, compared to the likes of Fitbit. While this is great and many customers may find a use for it, I personally don’t see the need. Each sport measures in practically the same way – time elapsed and heart rate – so the only real benefit I can see is that it allows you to remember how many calories you burned, or the amount of time you spent doing each exact discipline.

Fitness Tracking Is First Class…

The way in which WearOS tracks your fitness data is similar to the way Apple does with its offering and I’d say it will come down to your personal preference of how that data is displayed that will determine which watch you go for. Yes, you can install third-party apps on both, but the default software should work for most users.

You need to wear the Suunto 7 all the time to generate any worthy data from it, instead of just strapping it on for a one-hour gym session. But since it doubles up as a smartwatch too, this shouldn’t be a problem. Once you get some data, Google’s Fit application displays it in an easy-to-understand format using a combination of bar charts, circles, and octagons.

…But There Are Too Many Apps

One thing I did notice with Suunto’s watch is that you need a fair few apps to get an overall view of the data it stores. You need the WearOS app to make changes to the watch face and get a basic breakdown of health data tracked by Google Fit. Then you need the dedicated Google Fit app to view a day-by-day breakdown of your data. Data can come from both your watch and Apple’s Health app if you use an iPhone.

And then you also need the Suunto app to view your workout data. This is data that comes from whichever workout or sports option you choose on the watch, such as the basic indoor training option I selected for my gym class. You can also use the Suunto app to watch ‘How To’ videos and gaining direct access to the Suunto store.

The Google Fit app is the one I’d recommend users install, as ultimately, it does the best job of the three of relaying your workout data. It also tells you how much more you need to move in order to complete your next goal.

Wear OS Is A Wonder

This was my first time using Google’s Wear OS software. As an iPhone owner, I have an Apple Watch – although I rarely use it anymore – so I was a) sceptical as to how well my phone would work with Google’s software and b) was interested to see how much they differ. Thankfully, the iPhone works brilliantly with the watch software. An Android device would get slightly preferential treatment, but by having an iPhone you’re not locked out of accessing the main bulk of features.

As an operating system, I found Wear OS to be quick and responsive on the Suunto 7. Swiping through the various screens and scrolling through the apps lists was a breeze, and search results loaded quickly when connected to wi-fi via my iPhone.

It has full, built-in access to Google’s Play Store of apps, so you don’t need to transfer apps from your phone – as with Apple’s Watch – instead, you can carry out the entire process from the watch itself.

However, you can’t respond to messages from the watch itself, you can only be notified before having to revert back to your phone to take any action. There’s also a lot of swiping to do to navigate through the menus, and as with the buttons, I forgot which direction I needed to swipe in to get to the menu I wanted. This is just a learning process though and I imagine with more time, I’d be able to breeze through it with ease.

Battery Life For Days*

Battery life has always been a chink in the armour for smartwatches. My Apple Watch for example barely makes it past a full day on a single charge, and that’s without even using it too much. The Suunto 7 is capable of lasting for a few days, but only if you turn the GPS tracking off, from constant to just when you’re tracking a run or cycle for example.

After I completed my gym workout on a Tuesday morning, I took the watch off and left it on my bedside table, where it made it all the way through to the Friday before conking out. This will be dramatically reduced with extra usage, but my Apple Watch would have died out much earlier under the same conditions.

Overall, I was pleased with the Suunto 7. It has a wealth of features and the fact it can connect to my iPhone and not restrict me from accessing the vast majority of its features is a huge bonus. I would have liked it to be a tad smaller, but I imagine for real fitness enthusiasts, the legibility offered by the larger screen will be useful.

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Is Dry January an insult to French culture? Your first instinct might be ‘no – it’s a health movement’. But hold that thought: an open letter from a group of elite French chefs might change your mind.

That’s right, in response to the ~wellness~ craze sweeping the globe, some of the most prominent purveyors of haute couture have taken to the internet to vent their disgust.

This French chef in The Times has produced the most French chef quote imaginable pic.twitter.com/M1QWZJKTT4

— Patrick Smith (@psmith) January 16, 2020

As Decanter recently reported, “dry January has opened up a new fault line in France’s increasingly complicated relationship with wine and alcohol in general.”

“News of the campaign has not gone down well in some parts of French high society.”

“More than 40 figures, including chefs and writers, criticised the concept as an ‘Anglo-Saxon and puritan obsession’ in an open letter published by Le Figaro newspaper in December,” Decanter continued.

“This initiative dismays me,” wrote Philippe Claudet, lead author of the article, arguing French drinkers being made to feel guilty “each time [they] caress the sides of a glass before bringing it to [their] lips.”

Sensual.

Gerard Idoux, chef of the acclaimed restaurant Le Recamier in Paris added his two cents too, saying, “These days we are not allowed to drink, to smoke or even to have a mistress. It’s just prohibition, prohibition, prohibition.”

Not so sensual.

Ashley Madison aside, if you commit yourself to CrossFit (and only have Netflix and Kombucha as vices), whilst you may be building the sinewy body of your dreams, your social life is probably as dry as the oven-baked chicken breast you put in your salads.

I was once in a restaurant in the Cognac region of France with a friend who was explaining that some of the people in our group did not eat meat. The maitre d’ replied: “Not even foie gras?”

— Jack Malvern (@jackmalvern) January 16, 2020

But back to Decanter (arguably the most fitting outlet to cover the story): “Debate over dry January in France escalated in November when it was reported that president Emmanuel Macron opposed the idea.”

While France’s health ministry has so far not endorsed the campaign for 2020, dozens of health organisations, including psychologists, anti-addiction experts and patient advocates have (mirroring the campaign launched by Alcohol Change UK in 2013), prompting the scathing open letter.

The result?

We now have Michelin starred chefs halving the price of wine on one side (to encourage diners to drink them by the bottle rather than by the glass), and dry January campaigners on the other, arguing a month of abstinence can help people lose weight, sleep better and save money.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Defenders of the traditional French lifestyle, however, say it is crucial to resist the spread of British wine free lunches “and sometimes even dinners,” The Times reports.

“France’s national academy of medicine said in 2019 that alcohol was responsible for 41,000 deaths per year in the country.”

But as we reported last year: hedonism could be the secret to continental Europe’s incredible life expectancy. So don’t write off the wine just yet.

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Despite being around in the UK and the US for almost as long as we remember, NIKEiD has been a serious latecomer to the Australia’s bustling sneaker scene.

Many of us remember spending evenings pushing our computers’ processors to the absolute limit customising Basketball shoes, football boots and runners, dreaming that one day we might get to do it ourselves.

And yet, NIKEiD has had the same reception as many global things that eventually filter their way into the Australian market: We like the idea of it from afar, and we’re jealous that everyone else gets to do it, but once we get access to it, we decide it’s probably not worth the extra time or money anyway.

Nonetheless, it’s worth knowing exactly what NIKEiD offers and how you can get very own pair of custom kicks, so here’s the rundown.

What Is NIKEiD

NIKEiD is essentially Nike’s clothing and footwear customisation service. It lets you take Nike’s most popular pre-existing bag, footwear and apparel lines, and customise them with colour schemes, names, and in some cases, logos, to fit your exact specifications and tastes.

Want a pair of football boots or ball shoes to go with your team’s kit? No problem. Want a pair of blacked out runners? Simple.

What Can I Customise

NikeID has always been pretty flexible in the range of things you can customise. Since NIKEiD’s inception, Football and Basketball shoes have always been the staple.

You can make your own pair of Mercurial, Tiempo, Magista or Hypervenom boots, and if Ball is your thing, you can choose from Kobes, LeBrons, Hyperdunks, KD’s, or Jordan performance shoes. Baseball, tennis and skateboarding shoes are available in abundance, too.

NIKEiD also caters for the everyday athlete, offering customisation for runners like the Air Pegasus, Free Run and Flyknit Air Max, as well as training shoes like the Metcon.

Finally, NIKEiD attempts to cater for the sneakerheads out there by offering you the chance to create customs of some of nike’s most classic silhouettes. Models like the Air Force 1, Sock Dart, Air Presto, and Roshe are all available, as are Nike’s most popular Air Max lines.

Word to the wise though: If you think you’re going to be able to replicate a limited drop and sell it for $500 at the next local swap meet, prepare to be disappointed.

Levels Of Customisation

Quite a few! Nike lets you run riot over pretty much every pair of shoes available on the site, so long as it falls within the set choices of colours, patterns and materials available for each shoe. That being said, the choices are still vast.

For instance, creating an Air Max 90, you get to choose the colour and material of the upper (with some patterned uppers also available), as well as the colour of the mudguard, eyestays, backstay, laces, swoosh, midsole, midsole speckle, midsole wedge, airbag, and outsole.

After that, you can even add text onto the backheel tab (on other shoes, it’s on the tongue or side of the shoe), replacing the Nike Air logo if you so wish. That being said, Nike reserves the right to stop you from putting text on anything that it deems to be inappropriate. No swear words, no racism, no celebrity names, no names of sports teams either (unless they’re sponsored by Nike of course).

Of course, with the less elements to a certain shoe, the less options you get to truly customise each aspect of it, but it’s still good fun.

The Cost Of Originality

As ever, money and time. No matter which way you look at it, you will pay a premium for a pair of NIKEiD shoes.

A pair of Nike Hyperdunks will set you back $200 from Nike’s online store today, whereas some Hyperdunk iDs cost $270. Some stock standard Air Pegasus runners will cost an extra $50-$55 when customised. None of this is factoring the cost or time of shipping, either.

Estimated turnaround is anywhere from a month to 6 weeks.

NIKEiD Do’s & Don’ts

With the thousands of potential customisations that you get from NIKEiD, come thousands of potential ways to completely screw your most prized pair of kicks.

Mixing the wrong materials and colours can take your creation from unique to downright tacky, so a few wise choices here and there can make all the difference between getting noticed for the wrong reasons, and getting stopped on the street for the right reasons.

Do:

Choose timeless colour combinations – refer to websites like Pantone and other colour wheels to see which colours always go with what.

If you feel uncomfortable, stick with monochrome. It never goes out of style

Take inspirations from things you love – you’ll be more inclined to look after them if there’s sentimental value attached..

Choose practical materials – if you’re going to wear them loads, don’t go covering your shoes in patent leather or anything likely to get ruined.

Be loud, but not vulgar – you’re not Jeremy Scott.

Don’t:

Get your name printed on anything that you won’t use in competition – they’re not like a wallet that you can get monogrammed. You’ll just get laughed at when you step into the gym.

Use heaps of materials on the same shoe – Keep it to two maximum, otherwise they’ll be a nightmare to look after and look a wreck.

Be afraid to let your personality come through – you’re paying for the privilege to make these your own. Use the opp to make something unique and reflective of YOUR style.

Choose silhouettes you’re unsure of – anyone can pull off a pair of Air Max 1’s, but 95s take a distinctive style.

NIKEiD definitely hasn’t had the intended effect Nike thought it would have by eventually launching the service down under. Perhaps they should have been forewarned by the abysmal failure that was miAdidas.

In fact, despite covering the sneaker scene for as long as almost anyone, we don’t think we’ve seen a single pair of NikeID kicks on the Australia’s streets.

All the same though, it’s here to stay, so if you have a little extra coin and a little extra flair, make hay while the sun shines.

Visit NikeiD now to become your own sneaker designer.

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You’re bored of four wheels and you prefer two-wheeled transport with a little more power. Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered.

Riding a motorcycle feels like nothing else on earth. Driving at full speed with your windows down doesn’t even come close to the sensation of sailing along on a motorbike (unless perhaps you’re a canine with his head out said window, nose snuffling and jowls flapping in the breeze).

Whether you love the adrenaline of a ride or get a boost just from looking, these are the best motorcycle Instagrams to get your epinephrine flowing.

The Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride

Each year, thousands of participants in hundreds of cities around the world don their cravats, tweak their moustaches, press their tweed, and sit astride their classic and vintage-styled motorcycles to raise funds and awareness for men’s health. The Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride has been going strong since 2012, and you can follow along for the stylish ride on the official DGR Instagram account.

@gentlemansride

Cafe Racers Of Instagram

The mission is simple, the bikes are beautiful. Cafe Racers of Instagram is a steady stream of high-quality, no-nonsense motorcycle porn for fans of lightweight rides. Your daily dose of inspiration comes courtesy of the Instagram motorcycle community, who tag their submissions with #croig or #caferacersofinstagram to be featured on the page.

@caferacersofinstagram

Drop Moto

Drop Moto provides petrolheads with the drop on custom motorcycles and the culture that fuels them in the form of a popular weekly newsletter. If once every seven days isn’t enough to fuel your addiction, you can also follow along on the Drop Moto Instagram, which features nothing but handsomely shot photos of motorcycles and the folks who love them.

@dropmoto

Bikers Of Instagram

No explanation needed. Bikers of Instagram is a bustling hub for Instagram’s motorcycling community that boasts 900,000 followers. Expect the usual mix of stylish bike portraits and action shots, plus the occasional rider or close-up gear shot.

@bikersofinstagram

Bike EXIF

Bike EXIF is an online magazine that showcases the coolest custom cafe racers, scramblers, trackers, and race bikes. Their Instagram features high-quality shots of the world’s most innovative motorcycles, while the website is regularly updated with articles, videos, and how to guides. There’s even a pair of coffee table books if you’re the literary type.

@bikeexif

PistonAddictz

PistonAddictz does exactly what it says on the label: showcase the gorgeous rides of the world’s most enthusiastic fans of reciprocating engines. The Instagram page has an impressive 728,000 followers, bolstered by another 122,000+ on Facebook. Hoodies, tees, and stickers are also available for speed junkies who want to proclaim their addiction to the world.

@pistonaddictz

BikesWithoutLimits

Ride hard. Live fast. No limits. Those six words sum up everything you need to know about BikesWithoutLimits, a motorcycle lifestyle brand with a clothing line that attempts to capture the feeling of soaring on two wheels. Their Instagram is a seemingly endless supply of drool-worthy driving machines supplied by followers tagging #BikesWithoutLimits and #BWL.

@bikeswithoutlimits

The Throttle Dolls

Maria, Nina, and Erica are the trio of “moto loving, red-lipped Dolls” behind The Throttle Dolls. They proudly call themselves “lady riders who have the guts to rule the roads on two wheels but not at the expense of style and sass.” With a particular passion for the retro, unique, and vintage versions of all things bike-related, the beautiful dolls and their beautiful rides are a fun follow.

@thethrottledolls

Sport Bike Life

Another one that keeps it simple, Sport Bike Life sticks with the formula. There’s motorbike photography galore, interspersed with videos of the action, selfies from riders, and shots that show off some of the incredible adventures Instagram’s motorbike fanatics have found themselves on. The account has over 1.5 million followers, making it the biggest motorcycle page on Instagram.

@sportbikelife

Bucky Sacrilege

Last but far from least is Bucky Sacrilege, a SoCal Supermoto team rider and SPIDI brand ambassador. His Instagram is a non-stop parade of heart-stopping action shots that are guaranteed to make your palms sweat. His freshly launched YouTube page suggests there’s a lot more to come from Bucky in 2017.

@bucky_sacrilege

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Think you know your dogs from your dawgs? You may just fit in with New York locals.

Head to any major city in the world and you’ll be greeted with a barrage of different accents and dialects. But buried within the large demographic are certain words and phrases specific to that city, that will have you scratching your head with bemusement should you be greeted with any.

New York City is the most densely populated city in the United States, with nearly 8.5 million residents, and around a third of those being born outside of the US. It comes to pass then, that the city has given birth to its own language, that only true locals understand.

If you’re planning a trip to The Empire State, you’ll want to brush up on your lingo before you travel. Fortunately, Adam Sandler and Idina Menzel are on hand to do just that, as the Hollywood stars were both born there – Adam in Brooklyn and Idina in Manhattan – so are well-versed in the local slang. The two currently star in the well-rated Netflix movie Uncut Gems, which takes place in New York’s Diamond District. If you’ve seen it, you’ll know there’s plenty of slang bounded around in virtually every scene.

Appearing in a video for Vanity Fair, the two are presented with slang terms and asked to define them, to make it easier for us non-native-speakers to understand. Pay attention and you’ll be able to kick it with the locals in no time.

‘Bodega’

A convenience/grocery store. Stems from the Spanish word meaning cellar. Introduced to New York by the Hispanic communities that arrived in the 1940s and ’50s.

‘Schmear’

A word derived from the Yiddish language to mean spread, although, in American English, it refers more specifically to cheese or cream cheese.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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‘B&T’

A ‘Bridge & Tunnel’ person is anyone who has to commute into the city from outside the main Manhatten area.

‘Bed-Stuy’

Bedford-Stuyvesant. A neighbourhood in Brooklyn.

‘The Village’

Greenwich Village. A neighbourhood on the west side of Manhatten.

‘Downtown’

Any area below 14th Street.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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‘B.Q.E’

The Brooklyn Queens Expressway, a three-level cantilever designed highway, with the Brooklyn Heights promenade sitting on top.

‘SoHo’

South of Houston Street. SoHo has become an area populated by hipsters, due to its loft-style apartments, boutique stores, and historic cast-iron architecture.

‘Schvitz’

A Yiddish phrase to mean a sauna or steam bath. Also means to sweat profusely, funnily enough.

‘Oy Vey!’

Another phrase from the Yiddish language, roughly meaning ‘Oh God!’.

‘Yooz!’

Literally means two or more people you’re talking to. ‘Hey yooz!’. Other cities have variations, but none are quite as harsh as the New York ‘Z’.

‘Gotham’

An old-timey nickname for NYC. Could also refer to Gotham Bar & Grill restaurant, or maybe just Batman at this stage.

‘B’

A way to greet someone, ‘what’s up B?’. We’re not sure why B was chosen out of the 26 letter alphabet.

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