The Top 10 Toys you need for summer

Want to avoid recession? Surf. Swim. Spend some cash. Your dollars give other people jobs, and eventually all that dough flows back around into your own paycheck. So here are 10 things worth consuming this summer.



1. The ScullTrek rowing bicycle. This svelte Slovakian rig is what Lance Armstrong would build if he had rowed crew at Yale. There's an alternative Rowbike design by Rollerblade inventor Scott Olson, but the European rig is cooler. (Note: Nick Heil writes in Outside that pretty women passing on real bikes will laugh at you hysterically.)

2. The Decathlon 2-Second Tent. Basically you throw the thing in the air and a spring design pops the entire tent open. Rumor is Decathlon went out of business but you may find this cool shelter on Ebay for under 100 bucks.



3. A zip line. Like this 1.2 mile, 918-feet-high zip line in South Africa that rockets you to 100 mph. Would also be good for exercising dogs if the leash is long enough.

4. The Flip camcorder, a tiny $180 digital video gadget that makes filming a snap. Like you on a zip line, or a buddy getting a tattoo.



5. Surfing lessons. From Malia Jones. Because if you're gonna learn how to surf, you want to learn from someone really good, and who cares if she is also a tan supermodel in a bikini with long, flowing hair?

6. Fake abs. So we look hot on the surf board or zip line. This will require an assistant, like Mariah Carey's, skilled in ab makeup.

7. The Uno Cycle. A motorcycle with one wheel (OK, really two side by side, but it sure looks like one). Uses gyroscope technology like a Segway, except this thing is crazy dangerous.



8. Indiana Jones' leather bullwhip. Because we heard Spielberg mailed bullwhips to news rooms with the PR kit, and we didn't get one, and if it makes 65-year-old Harrison Ford look cool think what it will do for us, too.



9. The Tesla Roadster, a pure-electric $92,000 lithium ion-celled sports rocket. Zero to 60 in four seconds. For getting to the beach or the zip line.

10. The Helmet Hero, a headcam that records 56 minutes of TV-quality video or 1,400 consecutive photos every 5 seconds. Because we'll probably drop the Flip camcorder while surfing with Malia Jones.

Please note that these are unpaid endorsements and if you kill yourself with any of these ideas, the authors do not accept liability. Happy summer.