Hernando Gomez Salinas, Trend Hunter

Comfortable Extreme Sport - Sofing (VIDEO)

There is a new extreme sport gaining popularity and in involves you and your couch. Sofing is a way to beat routine, fight against daily mundane tasks... and all from the comfort of your couch! Contemplative idleness of reality and the possibility of fiction with this sport proves doing nothing now means doing something. The sport includes detailed observation of image transmitting apparatuses (TV, Notebook, or any object that can be watched by means of their transmitting screens) and indulgin… [More]

Subcultural Art in Buenos Aires - Odisea 20 Cultural Slum (GALLERY)

In the city of Buenos Aires, like in other Latin American cities, there are settlements of impoverished people called "villas" (slums) because the savage capitalism has wreaked havoc on them. Social relations and a strong sense of belonging are generated in the villas of Buenos Aires. These bonds … [More]

Celebrity Parody Ads - Argentina Mocks David Beckham (VIDEO)

The sport marketing phenomenon David Beckham has increased his bank account so much, it's reached multi-millionaire status. His media exposure is so big that he has starred in ads for major global brands like Vodafone, Gillette, Adidas, Motorola and Pepsi. However, it seems at present, the Beckham b… [More]

Japanese Human Tetris. As seen on TV (VIDEO)

In June 1985 Alexey Pajitnov created the worldwide famous game called Tetris. It has become extremely popular since it was created and its popularity was responsible for many imitations but none of them is similar to the version presented in the Japanese TV show known as Tunnels no Minasan no Okage … [More]

Fundies: Underwear for two

Two person underwear is one of the truly great gag gifts and is likely the only one that the bachelorette will try to use. Pair people up and see who can get them on first without using their hands. Make sure you and your party guests have had a few drinks first. The package of Fundies hasn’t chan… [More]

New Urban Tribes - Ganguros & Yamanbas (VIDEO)

Far from describing a twanging marsupial, the word Ganguro actually means "black face". It’s a fashion term that tends to be used by Japanese girls. It tends to involve bleaching hair a platinum blonde, having deeply tanned skin, rimming eyes with black and white pencil liner, applying false lashe… [More]

Converse Canvas - All Stars By Argentinean Designers (GALLERY)

Over 100 customized sneakers will be exhibited in Mar del Plata where they will be displayed for judgment. The winning pairs will be recreated and included in the next Converse collection. Trimarchi DG, the most important design festival in South America, had a preview show in Buenos Aires. The main… [More]

Sideways bike: left to right, right to left (VIDEO)

The Sideways bike was invented by Michael Killian, a software engineer in Dublin. This bicycle is ridden forward and is balanced by using human Left to Right balance. It uses independant (non linked) Front and Rear steering. The ride is very wavy sort of like skiing with a capacity to drift to the r… [More]

First Reverse Marathon - Flashmob Freak (VIDEO)

The First Reverse Marathon in history took place at Parque Centenario in Buenos Aires earlier this month. In order to effectively run in reverse, some athletes managed to fit improvised rear-view mirrors consisting of CDs attached to their caps. Fittingly, the numbers on sweatshirts were printed bac… [More]

Jedi Religion - Star Wars Inspired Spirituality (VIDEO)

The Jedi Church is a pseudo religion that has recently appeared in different countries and is based on Star Wars movies. In 2001 in Australia, more than 70,000 people declared themselves Jedi members. 390,000 citizens in the United Kingdom also said that their religion was Jedi in a 2001 census. Thi… [More]