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Showing posts with label SPORTS. Show all posts

Wednesday, 10 July 2013

Facebook Data Says These Are America's Fittest Cities


El Paso, San Antonio, Oklahoma City and Albuquerque are among America's 10 fittest cities, according to Facebook data.
They're joined by Colorado Springs, Virginia Beach, Portland, Tacoma, Austin, and Livingston, N.J. Facebook came up with this list by tracking fitness-related comments and updates, check-ins and app usage over the past three months in cities where at least 200,000 people use the world's largest social network.
Facebook also analyzed mentions of specific fitness-related activities to see what's popular in various cities. According to the data, people in Oakland like to get down as America's most dance-crazed city, San Diego has the most marathoners and folks in Austin are pretty obsessed with yoga.
More of Facebook's findings are presented in the following infographic. Check it out for yourself; then let us know how well you think this social data reflects real life in the comments, below.
Homepage image via Kent C. Horner/Getty Images


You Can Rent This Incredible Hovercraft Golf Cart Soon



Golf will never be the same.
Back in April, we brought you the story of an amazing hovercraft golf cart PGA star Bubba Watson demoed in spectacular fashion. Alas, we noted with some displeasure, the incredible vehicle was just a prototype and not available for public consumption.
Well, all that's about to change.
The Windy Knoll Golf Club in Springfield, Ohio, has just bought two of the BW1 contraptions for its customers to use. The course paid $58,000 apiece for the nifty get-arounds and patrons will soon be able to rent them for a yet-to-be-determined rate for select events, SB Nation reports.
As seen in Watson's viral YouTube video embedded above, the BW1 — which glides across greens and water hazards alike while leaving traditional carts in its dust — is pretty much the sweetest thing to hit golf since the Arnold Palmer drink.
Windy Knoll is currently the only golf course to possess BW1s of its own, and plans to introduce its new additions at a "Hover Bash" on July 27.
How much would you pay to rent one of these bad boys? Let us know in the comments.
Homepage image courtesy BubbasHover via YouTube