Every teenybopper’s favorite band, Fall Out Boy, was set to travel to Antarctica today in what one observer astutely summarized as

"one of the greatest douche-rock stunts of all time: flying to Antarctica in order to set the world record for rocking out on all seven continents."

In a bittersweet turn of events, the continent took it upon itself to remain emo-boyband-free by sloughing off 160-square-mile chunk of the Wilkins Ice Shelf, a 5,000 square mile sheet of permanent floating ice on its western flank near where the band’s private plane was set to touch down.

According to the MTV “reporter” embedded with the band, environmentally (and otherwise) sensitive lead singer Pete Wentz reacted with an astounding combination of outrage and ignorance. 

“Basically it’s more evidence of global warming" he [said]. "Essentially our runway just fell off.”

Neither basic nor essential: the additional greenhouse gases expelled in the process of transporting these four tools via private plane to one of the world’s last pristine places to bore/annoy an audience of scientists with their music. As if those guys, living in isolation on Antarctica, hadn't already been through enough.

It's not getting the kind of online hits that turn bedroom musicians into cult Internet icons. But this video of Val Ching riding waves at Walls in Waikiki circa 1963 is making the online rounds.

http://vids.myspace.com:80/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=6228857

Aside from the classic surf attire — check those shorts! — and lack of any crowd at the break, this vid proves that "old school" is way cool.

Check out the way this guy rips on a (fin-less) paipo board!

Quick history review: Hawaiian-style bellyboards — the original form of board-surfing — are known as paipo boards. These boards were about the size of today's bodyboards and made from breadfruit or koa wood.

Not many people ride paipo boards anymore — and definitely not like this guy. 

The freeride community knows Jon Olsson as one of the best skiers in the world. The racing community knows his younger brother, Hans, for being one of the best skiers in the world. The difference: Their discipline.

Not any more. Jon Olsson, 26, wants to be top in the racing world, too, and make the 2014 Olympics. Olsson grew up racing in Are, Sweden, where he was on the national alpine ski team. He skied and trained with the best, including 2006-07 overall World Cup champion Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway, which got him thinking. “I’ve sort of wondered what would have happened if I stayed with racing,” he said in a phone interview while in Aspen preparing for the Winter X Games held Jan. 25-28 (where he went on to win gold in the Big Air contest).

Shelly Robertson has been on the moguls scene for a while, so to be on top is sweet, but to be on top in her home country — that’s icing on the cake. “I think that was the greatest part about it,” she said about winning duel moguls on Feb. 2 at Deer Valley. “My family was there. It was huge and really really exciting for me.”
At 28, she isn’t nearly finished with her career. She wants to be top three in the world this season and has her eye on competing in the 2010 Winter Olympics at Vancouver. At Deer Valley, the three-time U.S. nationals duel champ nabbed her first podium in four years and her first career win at the night duel-off as thousands of spectators cheered her on.

From Paris Hilton's little trip to Sundance: “I love to ski.” Really? How good is she? “Oh, I’m really good. I’ve been skiing since I was 3. We skied black diamonds and double black diamonds.” But when she went over to the Spyder rep to get some free ski outfits, her story fell apart: We overheard her tell him that she’d taken a lesson. Then an expert skier who’d spotted her on the top of the mountain doing a ten-minute red-carpet photo shoot in a pink-and-white outfit, gave an assessment of her skills: “I’d classify her as an advanced wedge turner,” he told us.

From this morning's NY mag online.