McCain, Obama Swiss Army Knife: Maverick and Change Knives

For the Policial/Sharp Object Aficionado



What do you do when you're 'Only Knives' and you want to join in on all of the rollicking good fun of an election year?

You make the "Maverick" and "Change" Swiss Army-style pocket knives!

The Maverick includes a tube of Pig red lipstick, while a celebrity meter is among the nifty tools on the Change.

The knives are billed as "A personalized secret weapon for our next great leader."

OnlyKnives is proud to honor the next President of the United States by announcing two unique pocket knives that will be the hit of 2008’s holiday season.

Each multi-tool pocket knife honors one of the two remaining major party candidates for the Presidency and is sure to become an essential tool for our next chief in his struggle to tackle some of the most difficult issues of our time.

The McCain Maverick Knife





"With eight never-before-released tools, ranging from a hanger to incite pro-lifers and pro-choicers alike to a tube of Republican Red pig lipstick, the Maverick is the go-to multi-tool for John McCain’s presidency."

A complete, hilarious description of the Maverick


The Obama Change Knife




"Boasting seven unique tools, from an elephant prod for herding raging Republicans to a celebrity meter for keeping track of Senator Obama’s popularity rating, the Change is the one tool that may vault Barack Obama to even loftier heights than he’s already achieved."

A complete hilarious description of the Change

Available, of course, from "Only Knives".

In politics, as in life, if you want to be sharp, you have to look sharp.

by Mondo
images: Only Knives

Surfer Cheats Death In Maverick Monster Wave

Big wave surfer Flea, aka Darryl Virostko, took on a monster wave at Maverick last week and lived to tell the tale. Grant Washburn, Maverick's "standout" and wave chronicler maintains the wave faces approached 80 feet in height, an eight story building of a wave.

"Probably the biggest day ever surfed at Maverick's," said Washburn. "A couple of other days are in the ballpark. But what really stood out was the performance level. Guys were turning, carving, snapping off the top, getting barreled like never before."

Flea's first wave of the day turned into what some claimed as the "worst-looking wipe-out" they'd ever witnessed.

"Definitely the worst wipe-out I've seen," said photographer Frank Quirarte, whose stunning still images (more on www.mavsurfer.com) captured a session not even visible for fog-shrouded spectators on land. "There was a lot of stoke in the air, guys hooting each other's rides, but when Flea went down, everything just stopped. We all thought he was dead."

"All I remember," said Flea, "is taking a big breath, then seeing the sky fall. I don't even know what happened after that. It was bad. But somehow, I popped up pretty quick (thanks in large part to a life vest, now a staple for big-wave tow-surfers)."

"The most amazing part," said Peter Mel, Flea's longtime contemporary from Santa Cruz, "is that he went right back to catch more waves. He actually took another hideous wipeout and popped up from that one, too. ... That's what separates him from just about everyone else."

No one who surfed "The Big Ugly," as that Tuesday is being called, will soon forget it. Mel, long regarded as the most smooth-flowing performer at Maverick's, had three great rides but also a "train-wreck" wipeout that found him having to go under two vicious waves that broke directly in front of him.

Kudos to Frank Quirarte's stunning photography and to Flea and the boys at Maverick who lived to tell the tale of Ugly Tuesday.

By Little Baby Ginn

Source -sfgate.com



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