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noreply@blogger.com (2nd chance shop) — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 14:50:00 +0000

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noreply@blogger.com (2nd chance shop) — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 04:02:00 +0000

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Moving companies - Los Angeles

noreply@blogger.com (2nd chance shop) — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 10:01:00 +0000

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SURF LIFE SAVING

noreply@blogger.com (2nd chance shop) — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 06:05:00 +0000

For nearly one hundred years, Australia’s trained surf lifesavers have been providing ‘a safe beach and aquatic environment throughout Australia’. In that time, they have rescued more than 500,000 people and provided first aid to a million others.

‘A surf lifesaver is a person who demonstrates the character, skill and service that epitomises the best of the Australian culture and epitomises the strength and character of the Australian way of life’.

SLSA organisation

Surf Life Saving Australia (SLSA) is a nation-wide organization, recognised by the Australian Sports Commission, with more than 113,000 members, of all ages, in 303 surf life saving clubs around the Australia coastline. It is made up of a national body and state and territory surf lifesaving bodies. Some state branches - SLSNSW and SLSQ also have regional branches (11 in New South Wales and 6 in Queensland) that assist in coordinating the large number of surf clubs across the country. They are a source of volunteers, volunteer beach patrols, junior education (nippers), surf sports competitions and fundraising.

In addition, professional SLSA lifeguards are outsourced to many local councils,
national parks and resorts. There are 520 SLSA lifeguards who service 200 beaches, across the country. SLSA operates around 70 per cent of total lifeguard services through an entity called Australian Lifeguard Services. SLSA lifeguards differ from surf lifesavers as they are full-time employees of the local government or a private organisation.

Australia's surf lifesavers also engage in regular competition. These competitions, or surf carnivals, are held at club, regional, state, national and international levels.

Youth and surf lifesaving

As well as providing surf rescue services around the country, SLSA is also a significant provider of education services. 40,000 nippers learn basic surf safety skills and trained surf lifesavers visit schools throughout Australia. Surf Survival, Surf Awareness, Surf Smart and Surf Safety are programs that teach students basic surf survival and rescue skills and an understanding of the surf environment.

SLSA plays a key role in the community in providing a safe and supportive environment in which young people can grow and develop into young adults. With 50,000 members (over half of SLSA’s membership) under the age of 18, they are critical to all aspects of surf lifesaving. But diversity of youth membership from different multicultural backgrounds is recognised as a real issue for surf lifesaving and its future growth.

A cultural diversity workshop titled ‘We are one but we are many’ was held as part of the 2006 SLSA National Leadership Camp. Feedback from the workshop suggested that “we need to find out why other cultures are interested in surf lifesaving and what our organisation can do to accommodate their needs and wants”.

SLSA has identified cultural issues that could impact on surf lifesaving involvement including dress, gender, alcohol, prayer, diet and physical competency.

It was resolved that to remain relevant SLSA needs to give the whole community a sense of ownership of the surf life saving movement and surf clubs need to appeal to all members of the community.

Education is one part of this - there are a range of simple beach safety tips on SLSA’s website in the top ten community languages spoken in Australia, including: Italian, Greek, Simplified Chinese, Arabic, Vietnamese, Traditional Chinese, Spanish, Tagalog (Filipino), German and Macedonian. But participation is another crucial element.

Inclusive membership

SLSA has adopted an inclusive policy where membership is open to anybody, regardless of age, race, religion or sex. SLSA believes that there is a place for everyone in surf lifesaving - if someone is unable to perform the duties of an active surf lifesaver, then perhaps they can assist in the administration, communications or fundraising areas.

In a 2003 research paper, the Productivity Commission noted that:

‘many traditional community organisations – including trade unions, the mainstream churches, scouts and guides, service clubs such as APEX and Lions, and the Country Women’s Association – had experienced significant declines in memberships over the period from the 1960s to the 1990s. ABS surveys suggest that the level of participation in voluntary groups declined significantly between the early 1980s and the mid 1990s.’

In contrast, SLSA has experienced the opposite trend in membership. Between 1961 and 1999, SLSA experienced a 350 per cent growth in memberships and between 1978 and 1999, a 38 per cent growth in volunteers. In the last five years SLSA has had growth of 12.7 per cent in memberships and 29.4 per cent in volunteer surf lifesavers.

While SLSA is committed to a process of inclusiveness, which provides all Australians with an opportunity to experience some form of surf lifesaving activity, they understand that there are perceived barriers to participation. As such, engagement of broader community groups is one of the core community goals, which forms part of SLSA’s Future Directions 2004-2010 strategy

They also understand that their membership growth has been limited to a predominantly white Anglo-Australian demographic and that they need to target other ethnic com munities to participate in life saving, which represent a significant portion of the Australian population.

‘It is important that there is more ethnic participation in order to sustain member numbers and be able to serve the Australian population effectively. The situation will only become more critical as Australia continues to increase its cultural diversity.’

‘Sound the Siren’ report

In 2000, SLSA commissioned a research report into the changing face of SLSA called ‘Sound the Siren’ to address why the range of nationalities that make up their total membership was not comparable with the overall population of Australia.

The initial brief included both ethnic and Indigenous Australians, however Big Picture Consulting Group (who produced the report) subsequently recognised that these are two distinct groups which each require comprehensive research and strategic planning. As a result, due to the limits of the project the focus was on ethnic Australians.

The report looked at: barriers to ethnic Australians joining surf lifesaving clubs; attitudes of ethnic Australians to volunteerism and how these affect SLSA; and strategies to boost ethnic membership.

The aim of SLSA's equity policy is to promote an environment in which all individuals are treated with respect and dignity. The issues of social justice, equal opportunity, discrimination and harassment are promoted at club, branch, state and national levels.

SLSA believes:

i. Social justice is about ensuring all people - whether members of SLSA or the community - receive a "fair go".

ii. Equal opportunity is about ensuring every person is treated the same and has a similar chance to participate or receive SLSA services and products. Equal opportunity strategies also permit the introduction of special initiatives to ensure participation or receipt of SLSA services and/or products.

iii. SLSA views any detrimental form of discrimination as serious and something that must be eliminated.

iv. Harassment is offensive, humiliating and intimidating and is counter-productive conduct in the SLSA environment, and may occur in relation to a person's sex, race, religion, age, disability, pregnancy, marital status and sexual preference.

SLSA state that they will treat all complaints of discrimination and harassment seriously, and will ensure complaints are dealt with promptly, impartially, and confidentially. If discrimination and/or harassment are found to have taken place, appropriate action will be taken.

Napmats at posylane

noreply@blogger.com (2nd chance shop) — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 12:47:00 +0000

Posylane is a place to sell the equipment you need every day, and of good quality. Bouquet Lane, Inc. was founded by Kerrie Nathen and Barton in 2007. one example of the products they sell are nap mats, Nap Mats are padded and lined with nylon and cotton with a ribbon trim, soft, fleecy blankets
This tool is also good for children to clean, remove, and the kids just pillow, then threw the rest in the washing machine. Suitable for daycare, kindergarten or kindergarten.
sleeping mats are soft and comfortable and beautiful colors. make your resting comfortably with family.

This also can have other equipment such as Quilted backpack, capacity is also very much able to load your needs when traveling, and is also available in unique colors, so make sure you will like it.
if you want to camp there that you have the tools that are sold in posylane as backpacks,

I believe you will love it, especially so soon to wait to buy and own.

Surfing Tips

noreply@blogger.com (2nd chance shop) — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 10:14:00 +0000

If you want to get wet then go surfing. All you need is a board, some waves (natural or man-made), and a little sense of adventure. So if you’re near a beach or a flowrider, listen up! Adrenalina co-host Pablo Lanatta tells you how to go from a land-lover to a wave-riper.

SITV.COM: What’s the first tip you’d give to someone who wants to learn how to surf?
Pablo Lanatta: Pick the right surfboard. Go out with a long board first, just cause it’s easier to get up on.

SITV.COM: What’s the most common mistake made by rookie surfers?
PL: The most common mistake rookies make is not looking to the sides when they drop into a wave. And they usually cut someone off who is already riding the wave. So make sure before you take off you look to your right, you look to your left, and you make sure no one is riding before you drop in.

SITV.COM: What do you need to do to become a good surfer?
PL: You need to have good elasticity. Practicing some yoga or something like that helps. Make sure you don’t smoke, ‘cause you need good lungs. And you need to have good shoulders to paddle. And if you want to do strong turns, you need to work out your legs.

SITV.COM: Do you recommend lessons for a beginner, or is surfing something a person can learn on his/her own?
PL: For surfing, you may need one lesson for someone to show you the basics on how to get up on your board. The rest is all practice. If you really want to learn how to surf, you have to go out at least four or five days a week. That’s pretty much the way to do it. If you go once a week, it doesn’t work. You really have to be committed.

SITV.COM: Where are some of the best places to go surfing?
PL: It depends where you live. If you live in California [you can go] anywhere. If you live on the East coast, there’s a place [in Florida] called Reef Road and further north a place called Sebastian Inlet. There are some waves there. If you live on the West coast, like around L.A., there are breaks all over the place and in San Diego and Mexico too. If you want to travel, the best place in the world is Indonesia, but that can get a little expensive.

surfer basic tips

noreply@blogger.com (2nd chance shop) — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 10:00:00 +0000

Surfboards are made to float on the water. They have a natural center of gravity. If you were to lay any surfboard in a swimming pool, it would come to rest the same way every time. This is what we want to do when you lay on a surf board. That is to have the board remain in the same relation to the water as it was without your weight on it, just a bit lower in the water. A good tip is to find this balance point and lay on your board then make, a mark right at your chin. This is a spot is best made with a bit of wax or a magic marker. It is a reference point that enables you to put your chin on the same spot every time so the board will react to your weight the same way every time.

If the board's nose digs into the water it is called pearling and you must move the location of "your chin" back. To adjust, just slide back an inch from the mark and make a mental note.

Too much weight in the back and the board will cork the board. This is a common mistake amongst beginners. You cannot catch a wave if you are corking your board. Move up an inch at a time till the board lies in the water naturally. This will provide you with the maximum hull speed and minimum drag from the water displacement that you are causing with your weight.

Basic Surfing Tip #2: Paddling your Surfboard

Do not paddle with both arms simultaneously because this will cause the board to speed up and slow down in the water and you will not be able to maintain constant hull speed through the water.

Always paddle with the crawl stroke; one arm and then the other alternatively. This will provide you with a constant speed so you can catch that wave.

Basic Surfing Tip #3: Sitting on your Surfboard

Ok, so now we know how to lie on the board and paddle the board. Now it's time to learn how to sit on the board. The first time try this you may be quite wobbly. The key to doing this well is being calm, or trying to be still. The less movement that you make the easier you will find it is to do this. All the other skills of surfing will improve as you learn to be "calm" while surfing.

Basic Surfing Tip #4: Standing on your Surfboard

Now it's time to learn how to stand up. This is something you have been doing all your life. Lie on your chest, your head up, looking ahead. Put your hands on the board beside your shoulders palms down like you were going to do a push up. Push your upper body up while at the same time you sweep your feet under you, laying them on the stringer, the line down the middle of the board, so your weight is centered along the stringer.

When you come up, remember to keep low. If you stand erect you will fall. Assume a position of a sumo wrestler. Press your feet shoulder width apart and "grip the board in your feet", opposite of the way you would press your thighs together on a horse. Have your hands a bit higher than your waist and just in view of your vision. Always look up! If you look at your feet, you will fall down. I promise!

Practice this for hours. Have someone watch you and have them critique your performance. Practice jumping up without making a sound on the floor. Calm and controlled is the smoothest way to approach this so practice doing it quietly. If you have a surfboard, lay it on a large bed or in the sand and do this exercise. This is a way for you to judge your ability to be controlled.

More Basic Surfing Tips: Safety

Never have your board between yourself and the coming waves! To avoid collision with others, keep a safe distance, say fifteen feet or the length of you, your leash and board combined.

Beginners should always wear a leash or leg rope tied to their surfboard.

Every Beginner surfboard should also have a safety nose guard to prevent dangerous impacts with the surfboard nose.

Beginners should always surf with a buddy for safety, plus it is cool to share your surf experiences with.

Never push your board through the water fin first. The fin or fins were made to keep the board pointing nose first. Pushing the board fins first can be quite dangerous because the board wants to go the other direction.

Beginner surfers should consider wearing a vest, rash guard or tee shirt to avoid the rubbed rash they will get on their stomach and chest.

When you fall off your board, cover the back of your head with your hands, with your wrists over your ears and your elbows together. Stay under water for a moment longer than necessary. There are companies that make helmets and this is another alternative.

When you come up, try to be facing the oncoming waves and look for your board's location immediately. Loose boards in the ocean are very dangerous objects for swimmers.

extreme panamas

noreply@blogger.com (2nd chance shop) — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 13:18:00 +0000

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Panama has some of the best surf breaks in all of Central America! Whether you like point breaks, beach breaks, hollow tubes, or long peelers, Panama has a variety of surf breaks to accommodate your style.
Unlike Costa Rica, Panama is still virgin and you can catch most of the best surf spots by yourself with your buddies. Few people know about Panama's surfing potential, which is a big plus for surfers who visit!

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entering surf zones

noreply@blogger.com (2nd chance shop) — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 04:39:00 +0000

Scan the horizon for sets of waves approaching. Wait for a lull before making the initial charge. Hold the slack of your leash so it doesn't drag or get caught in any rocks. Never dive in to the surf zone because you never know for sure what may be lurking on the bottom. As you're walking out past the shorebreak, hold your board to the side and don't let your board get between you and the breaking wave. Once again: it's important to know your limits. Your first surf spot should have an easy entry and exit, sand bottom if possible, with a minimum amount of people. To jump off the rocks and into a jam-packed lineup at Steamer Lane would be like a beginning skier charging a cornice bowl at Mammoth on a holiday weekend.

learn to surf

noreply@blogger.com (2nd chance shop) — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 04:14:00 +0000

Surfing has given me many unforgettable years of fun, health and recreation. After teaching beginning surfers for more than 20 years, I've seen the long list of obstacles that they have to overcome in order to learn. To put it bluntly, surfing literally takes years to master. But with the help of this instruction, you should be able to avoid many of the common mistakes that students make.

CROSS TRAINING

It always helps to start when you're young, but age isn't nearly as important as physical conditioning. The best cross-training for surfing is swimming. As you'll quickly discover, at least 95 percent of your surfing time will be spent paddling rather than riding waves. To make this a bearable experience, you must have a strong upper body. A pool will work, but the optimum option is open-ocean swimming. It will help your conditioning and confidence in all types of ocean conditions. Sooner or later, your leash is going to break, and when it does, you'll be infinitely safer if you know what to do. I'd recommend a workout regimen of three days a week with a mixture of long-distance and sprint swims. Also, I recommend taking a course in CPR before you start spending extended periods of time in the water. The ocean is unpredictable-always be prepared for the worst.

PLAYING FIELD

Before paddling out, always assess the conditions and know your limits. Unlike other sports, your playing field is constantly changing. Two-foot mushburgers one day can be 10-foot meat grinders the next. Obviously, the most important element of this changing playing field is the waves. Waves are created by wind and storms out at sea. How these waves hit your local break are determined by a number of factors: bottom contour, tides and wind. Waves break over the following bottom contours:

1. Pointbreaks. Points usually occur where there's a dip in the headland, creating a bend in the coast. This tends to be the ideal case for surfers, since points have the potential to create perfect waves, which are characterized by long, tapering curls. One of the world's best pointbreaks is a spot called Jeffreys Bay in South Africa, where surfers ride waves at high speeds for as long as a half-mile.

2. Reefbreaks. A reefbreak is a wave that breaks over a rock or coral shelf. Due to its bottom, reefbreaks are consistent in their shape and location. Like all waves, reefbreaks vary in shape and size, but the world's best reefbreaks, such as the Banzai Pipeline on Oahu and Teahupoo in Tahiti, are some of the most amazing but dangerous spectacles on Earth. As a general rule, beginners should avoid reefbreaks.

3. Beachbreaks. Beachbreak waves break over a sand bottom and are commonly more erratic and shifty than reef or pointbreaks. With fewer hazards such as coral or rocks, though, beachbreaks are a good bet for beginners.

The bottom's incline, or slope, also plays a major role in the way waves break, from soft, easy rollers to surging, unsurfable monsters. On the opposite ends of the spectrum, you have the following:

1. Plunging waves. A plunging wave occurs when the swell comes out of deep water and hits a shallow sandbar or reef. Ultimately, these are the waves that surfers look for. But since they break top to bottom and tend to be faster and more challenging, beginners should stay away from them.

2. Mushy waves. Mushy or slow-rolling waves are more desirable for beginners. Mushy waves occur when a swell approaches a more gradual bottom contour. Because mushy waves are softer and more forgiving, they allow for the fastest learning curve possible.

3. Other. Like Eskimos with snow, surfers have dozens of words to describe waves. For starters, there are a few you should know about. First, closeouts are waves that break all at once and, since they offer no tapering curl or open wave face, are not sought after by surfers. Second, reforms are waves that initially break over a shoal, back off into unbroken swell as they pass through deep water and then break again closer to shore. Reforms occur when a deeper trench connects two shallower sandbars or reefs. Huntington Beach Pier is a good place to see a textbook reform. Finally, double-ups are when two swells converge to form a thicker, steeper breaking wave closer to shore. Waimea Bay's shorebreak is probably the nastiest double-up on the planet.

CURRENTS
The bigger the surf, the stronger the currents are going to be. You typically will face two types of currents in a normal go-out:

1. Longshore currents. Longshore currents move up or down the beach, parallel to shore. They are generally stronger in the surf zone, so remember this when you're paddling out. Although they're more of a nuisance than a serious threat, longshore currents can be dangerous if you're near a pier, rock or jetty. If you're in a longshore current and are having trouble getting past the surf zone and see yourself approaching a large structure, exit the water immediately and walk back up the beach. The last thing you want to do is get caught between a hard place and the impact zone.

2. Rip currents. Rip currents are the most dangerous current for any beachgoer. They can be an asset or a major threat to your safety, depending on how you understand them. As broken waves wash toward shore, they carry a lot of water with them. The water pools up next to the beach and forms a longshore current on the inside. As the water moves up or down the beach, it will often funnel back out to sea in the deeper spots. This swift current goes straight out through the surf zone and dissipates once it's beyond the break. Rip currents are easy to spot. Because they're in deeper water, there are usually no waves breaking in rips. Also, you'll notice foam and rapid water moving out to sea; strong rip currents look like rivers in the middle of the surf zone. Near a reef, the rip might be in water that's a deeper blue. If you find yourself in a rip, don't try to swim against it -- it's almost impossible to swim faster than the speed of a strong rip, and the effort will only tire you out. The best way to get out of a rip is to swim up or down the beach, parallel to shore. If this still doesn't free you up, and you feel like you won't be able to get back to shore on your own, remember that the universal distress signal is the waving of one arm.

TIDES
Tides are created by the gravitational attraction of the moon and the sun on the earth and its oceans. They have a direct effect on how waves break. During low tide, you may be subject to exposed rocks or reefs that weren't there six hours before. Waves tend to be steeper and break farther from shore during low tide, but this isn't always the case. We're speaking in general terms here, but high tide usually means mushier, slower-breaking waves. High tide can also cause backwash, which is caused when waves bounce off rocks or sandbars on shore and ricochet back to sea. During high tides, you will notice that shorebreaks become more intense. Most breaks have a preferable tide. To find out when to go to your local break, grab a free tide book from your local surf shop.

SIGNS AND RESOURCES
In addition to a tide book, it's always a good idea to carry along a weather radio, available at any RadioShack or marine-supply store. The weather radio will keep you updated on high-surf advisories, buoy and wind readings and swell forecasts.

If you're surfing in an area with a lifeguard, there are two signs that you should be aware of:

1. Blackball. Like death and taxes, it's a sad but necessary part of life. A blackball flag, characterized by the black circle surrounded by a yellow background, means that hard surfboards are not allowed in the break. These tend to be prevalent at most populated beaches during summer.

2. Red flag. Red flags mean that the beach is closed due to hazardous conditions. If you see a red flag at your local break, consult the lifeguard before paddling out. Red flags may also mark a rip current.

EQUIPMENT
Although it's tempting to go to your local surf shop and buy the latest pro model, the reality is that the modern shortboard is virtually impossible to learn on. It's squirrely, not very buoyant and hard to paddle. In order to make your learning experience worthwhile, choose a wide, steady board that's at least a couple of feet longer than you. A longboard will do, but the ideal beginner's model is a soft board, known as a Morey Doyle or BZ Board. The softboards are made of the same material as Boogie Boards, and they help prevent your board from becoming a hazard to yourself and others.

Surf wax is used to prevent from slipping while you're up and riding. When you wax the deck or top of your board, move the bar in semi-circles so that small beads form. Try to keep the deck of the board cooler than the wax and it will apply much better. To maintain the rough texture, take a few passes with a wax comb before each go-out. Another option is surf traction. Traction minimizes the amount of wax you have to buy, plus it can help slow the inevitable process of delamination, or the separation of the board's fiberglass and foam.

Just about every surfer uses a leash these days. Your leash should be a foot longer than your surfboard. Although they're helpful, leashes should never be treated as your only lifeline. Also, your leash can become a serious liability if it gets wrapped around a rock or reef when you're in the surf zone. A good option is the quick-release model. The easy-access tab will free you from danger in one quick pull.

Other amenities: it's a good idea to invest in a noseguard for your board. The few extra bucks just may save an eye. Another good safety option is the urethane-lined fins. Everyone lands on his or her fins sooner or later, and the urethane may turn what would have been a trip to the hospital into a bruise or less.

source http://content.surfline.com

sport surfing

noreply@blogger.com (2nd chance shop) — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 07:21:00 +0000

Surfing, sport of riding waves with the aid of a board or other floating object, or sometimes with the body alone. The surfer usually stands on a tapered, hollow board and rides down the face of a breaking wave, steering the board by shifting the weight of the body. Although it is possible to surf on waves only 0.3 m (1 ft) high, steeper waves provide a faster, more exciting ride. Southern California, with more than 40 surfing beaches, has become a major United States centre for small-wave riding. The best surf is found in Hawaii, where waves may peak at 9 m (30 ft). Many Australian beaches, such as Bondi, also provide ideal conditions.
Surfing originated in Oceania and was highly developed in the Hawaiian Islands by the time the English explorer Captain James Cook reached them in 1778. The surfboards of that time were long hardwood slabs weighing 68 kg (150 lb) or more; so only the strongest athletes could handle them.
With the development of a lighter surfboard, however, surfing became a popular sport. By the 1930s, solid planks had been replaced by plywood and balsa boards with fins for steering. A still lighter board was produced in the 1960s, using such new materials as Styrofoam and fibreglass. The modern surfboard measures 2.7 to 3.0 m (9 to 10 ft) in length, 56 to 58 cm (22 to 23 in) in width, and 7.6 to 10.2 cm (3 to 4 in) in thickness. Weighing less than 11.3 kg (25 lb), this board is particularly popular among teenagers.
As a recreation and a sport, surfing was developed in Australia and in the US States of California and Hawaii in the 20th century. The Outrigger Canoe Club, which popularized surfing, was founded in Waikiki, Hawaii in 1907. D. P. Kahanamoku of Hawaii was largely responsible for popularizing the sport. Surfing was particularly developed in the 1950s and 1960s in many parts of the world, and professional surfers began to emerge. The first World Amateur Championships were staged in 1964. World Professional Championships were first held in 1970. The grand prix circuit is held throughout the year.

surf equipment

noreply@blogger.com (2nd chance shop) — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 07:15:00 +0000

tandem/duet surfing

noreply@blogger.com (2nd chance shop) — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 06:31:00 +0000

Two California surfing legends, Pete Peterson, considered to be the best all around surfer-waterman and tandem surfing champion of the 1960’s, and Loren Harrison, a surfing pioneer and outrigger canoe paddler, first went to Waikiki in 1932. There they learned tandem surfing from the beach boys and brought it back to Calif. They both tandem surfed in the ‘30’s through the 1960’s. There were small tandem events at the early San Onofre Surfing Club contests, but the first big tandem contest was at Makaha Hawaii in 1954. In those days, only the top male competitors tandem surfed. The elite of the sport was entered in the tandem event: Pete Peterson, Rabbit Kekai, George Downing, Walter Hoffman, Tommy Zahn and Black out Whaley. At that time, the tandem lifts were very basic and relatively easy, so normal size girls were ok. Now, 46 years later, the lifts have evolved into complicated routines with intricate balance that requires small athletic women or girls.

By the late 1960’s it became quite an advantage to find a very small female for a tandem partner. Since the guys are all different sizes, a “weight rule” was adapted that required the female partner to be no less than one half her male partner’s weight. The 1960’s were an exciting time for tandem surfing. Many of the biggest names in surfing participated in tandem surfing. Pete Peterson brought many new lifts that he learned from a famous place called Muscle Beach where acrobats and weight lifters used to work out. Steve and Barrie Boehne invented some of the most popular lifts used today. The list of tandem lifts grew from the basic 6 to over 25 by 1970, making the sport much more interesting to do and watch. For years, a beach girl or your wife could be your partner, but recently in competition it has become necessary to find a girl with professional gymnastic training to do the difficult arm to arm variety of handstands that are now popular. Even so, nearly every lift that is being done now had been done by 1970. In the early days, teams only did one lift on each wave they rode. To get an edge in competition, Steve and Barrie were the first to combine several lifts on one ride. They specialize in transitioning from one lift to another while Barrie remains in the air without restarting from the board. This Style of tandem surfing has become the standard for competition, but creates difficulties for the judges who seldom have knowledge or training in tandem surfing. Inexperienced judges usually miss the technicalities.

Through the 1950’s and early 1960’s the Makaha International surfing championship was the unofficial world contest of surfing and it always included a tandem event. For years it was the only surfing event shown on U.S. national television. Teams from Hawaii, California and Australia would enter. Hobie Alter, Mike Doyle, Bob Moore, Don Hanson, Hal Sachs, Rabbit Kekai and Leroy Achoy would compete. In most cases, except for married couples, the guys had so many different partners through their careers, that when referring to the early teams, usually only they guy’s name is mentioned. It’s a shame, because it’s the girls who are the real show. Their courage, poise and balance make tandem surfing fun to watch. In the early years no team ever won the Makaha contest more than once until Steve and Barrie (the first married couple to compete) won it six times in a row. The prestigious Makaha International no longer exists; the only tandem event at Makaha now is the locals, Buffalo long board contest.

The wonderful thing about tandem surfing is that you can take a girl who has never surfed, out to ride waves. She can instantly get rides that would ordinarily take years of practice to achieve. For the guy, who has probably been surfing for many years, the extreme excitement of his first ride has long been forgotten, and being a guy, he probably doesn’t get real emotional about it or express it so openly. Only the very few guys who do tandem surf can marvel at the very emotional and verbal response that women have in their first experience surfing. It is such a pleasure to share this experience and their excitement is a reminder of what a wondrous sport surfing is.

There are so few sports that men and women can participate in together where each is an equal partner, the skills are learned together and nether can perform without the other. Now that the lifts have become so difficult, the girls’ special skills are absolutely essential. The great reward in tandem surfing comes from the years of learning and practicing the tandem lifts. That great feeling of accomplishment when you put it all together: take off, bottom turn, trim for speed and leap into some radical overhead lift. You have confidence in each other, and together you achieve what used to seem impossible. The lifts have evolved since the 1950’s, some borrowed from other arts as ice-skating and adagio dance, and they have been passed down through three generations of tandem surfers.

There was a brief period in the late 1970’s when the sport actually died out. No teams were tandem surfing and there were no tandem contests. Only Steve and Barrie did it alone at San Onofre and in Mexico. They decided to actively recruit new people into tandem surfing. They have spent the last 25 years teaching new teams all the techniques and secrets that they developed to do the many fun and varied tandem lifts. Their coaching has been given freely all over the world. “We help anyone, even our competitors, because once there were no competitors and we have learned that it is better for the sport to grow than to keep our techniques a secret just so we can win contests”.

Because of the efforts of Rell Sun and Jericho Popler, in 1979, 1981 and 1982 the Makaha International Contest was brought back and the television coverage gave tandem a rebirth. Several teams started in Hawaii and by 1995, there were a dozen teams in California.

In France, Alain and Dominique Rousseau as well as Christophe Reinhart and daughter Valentine were the first. There are several new young teams now in France. They are led by Rico Leroy and Sarah Burel who have a strong background in Adagio style gymnastics and who are quickly becoming competitive on an international level. These teams have formed a French tandem surfing federation who practice together and help train new members. Rico has also invented some of the most popular lifts used today and he created the ITSA (International Tandem Surfing Association). He developed new rules, computerized scoring system and coordinated a pro tandem tour (WTT) in many different countries.

In 1996, Steve sent an instructional tandem video to Australia to help develop the sport there. In fact, Chris de Aboitiz and his partner Merideth Saunders, of Australia, surprised the tandem world by winning the 1999 world title. Danny Cortazo with his Olympic gymnast, partner, Svetlana added a whole new dimension to tandem with their variety of arm to arm lifts. Tandem surfing remains a very elite sport with perhaps only thirty teams participating world wide.

For a decade, the most prestigious event for tandem was the Biarritz Surf Festival. It was considered by all the tandem teams around the world to be an honor to be invited. Europe and the beautiful city of Biarritz were a dream for us to visit. The surfing community is so warm and welcoming. No event was more fun. The whole atmosphere of the tents, bands, night surfing and surfing legends was fabulous to be a part of. Robert Rabagny set an example for the surfing world that the sharing of our surfing culture, heritage, and pageantry is as important as competition. Everyone envied the style of the Biarritz Surf Festival.

Now, the most prestigious events for tandem surfing are the ISA World Championship and the ITSA World Tandem Tour.
Those events were conceived and organized by Bear Woznick and Rico Leroy. The venue of the ISA world title is the Queens reef at Waikiki Beach, Hawaii. This event has caused an explosion in tandem surfing in Hawaii. Teams around the world practice for months to perfect their routines for this competition because everyone wants to compete in Hawaii, the birth place of tandem surfing. The first winners of this new event were Brian Keaulana and Kathy Terada, both from Makaha. The next winners will also be able to claim the title of World Champions for one year.

In 2007 the World Tandem Tour took place in 5 different countries (Hawaii /Maui, Australia / Noosa, France / Seignosse, USA / Huntington, Spain / Santander) and saw the victory of the greatest team of the year and the come back from THE lady, Blanche Yoshida & Kalani Vierra. They also won the ISA World Title in August in Waikiki (Queens).

In 2008 the World Tandem Tour will take a new dimension and will allowed more competitions. A specification book has been created and coefficient (stars) will be given to contest who give good price money and professional judging. The results of the tour will be given with a minimum number of contests participation. Events 6* (50%) +1.

ITSA is now recognized as the reference for the Sport and each major country get is own representative. The main goal of ITSA is to develop the activity of Tandem surfing, promote it and professionalize it.

manuever

noreply@blogger.com (2nd chance shop) — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 06:23:00 +0000

Surfing begins with the surfer eyeing a rideable wave on the horizon and then attempting to match its speed (by paddling or sometimes, by tow-in). Once the wave has started to carry the surfer forward, the surfer quickly jumps to his or her feet and proceeds to ride down the face of the wave, generally staying just ahead of the breaking part (white water) of the wave (in a place often referred to as "the pocket" or "the curl"). A common problem for beginners is not even being able to catch the wave in the first place, and one sign of a good surfer is being able to catch a difficult wave that other surfers

Surfers' skills are tested not only in their ability to control their board in challenging conditions and/or catch and ride challenging waves, but also by their ability to execute various maneuvers such as turning and carving. Some of the common turns have become recognizable tricks such as the "cutback" (turning back toward the breaking part of the wave), the "floater" (riding on the top of the breaking curl of the wave), and "off the lip" (banking off the top of the wave). A newer addition to surfing has been the progression of the "air" where a surfer is able to propel oneself off the wave and re-enter. Some of these maneuvers are now executed to extreme degrees, as with off-the-lips where a surfer over-rotates his turn and re-enters backward, or airs done in the same fashion, recovering either with re-rotation or continuing the over-rotation to come out with his nose forward again.

"Tube riding" is when a surfer maneuvers into a position where the wave curls over the top of him or her, forming a "tube" (or "barrel"), with the rider inside the hollow cylindrical portion of the wave. This difficult and sometimes dangerous procedure is arguably the most coveted and sought after goal in surfing.

"Hanging Ten" and "Hanging Five" are moves usually specific to longboarding. Hanging Ten refers to having both feet on the front end of the board with all ten of the surfer's toes off the edge, also known as noseriding. Hanging Five is having just one foot near the front, and five toes off the edge.

Surfing - Common terms

noreply@blogger.com (2nd chance shop) — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 06:20:00 +0000

* Regular/Natural foot - Right foot on back of board
* Goofy foot - Left foot on back of board
* Take off - the start of a ride
* Drop in - dropping into (engaging) the wave, most often as part of standing up
* Drop in on, cut off, or "burn" - taking off on a wave in front of someone closer to the peak (considered inappropriate)
* Duck dive - pushing the board underwater, nose first, and diving through an oncoming wave instead of riding it
* Snaking/Back-Paddling - paddling around someone to get into the best position for a wave (in essence, stealing it)
* Pop-up - Going from lying on the board to standing, all in one jump
* Bottom turn - the first turn at the bottom of the wave
* Shoulder - the unbroken part of the wave
* Cutback - a turn cutting back toward the breaking part of the wave
* Fade - on take off, aiming toward the breaking part of the wave, before turning sharply and surfing in the direction the wave is breaking towards
* Over the falls - When a surfer falls and the wave carries him in a circular motion with the lip of the wave, also referred to as the "wash cycle", being "pitched over" and being "sucked over" because the wave can suck the surfer off of the bottom and draw him or her "over the falls."
* Pump - an up/down carving movement that generates speed along a wave
* Stall - slowing down by shifting weight to the tail of the board or putting a hand in the water
* Floater - riding up on the top of the breaking part of the wave, and coming down with it
* Hang-five/hang-ten - putting five or ten toes respectively over the nose of a longboard
* Hang Heels - Facing backwards and putting the surfers' heels over the edge of a longboard.
* Re-entry - hitting the lip vertically and re-rentering the wave in quick succession.
* Switch-foot - having equal ability to surf regular foot or goofy foot (i.e. left foot forward or right foot forward) -- like being ambidextrous
* Tube riding/Getting barreled - riding inside the hollow curl of a wave
* Carve - turns (often accentuated)
* Pearl - accidentally driving the nose of the board underwater, generally ending the ride
* Off the Top - a turn on the top of a wave, either sharp or carving
* Snap - a quick, sharp turn off the top of a wave
* Fins-free snap (or "fins out") - a sharp turn where the fins slide off the top of the wave
* Air/Aerial - riding the board briefly into the air above the wave, landing back upon the wave, and continuing to ride.
* Grom/Grommet - young surfer (usually under 15 or so)

Wave intensity classification

noreply@blogger.com (2nd chance shop) — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 06:17:00 +0000

The geometry of tube shape can be represented as a ratio between length and width. A perfectly cylindrical vortex has a ratio of 1:1, while the classic almond-shaped tube is nearer 3:1. When width exceeds length, the tube is described as "square".

Classification parameters

* Tube shape defined by length to width ratio
o Square: <1:1>2:1
* Tube speed defined by angle of peel line
o Fast: 30°
o Medium: 45°
o Slow: 60°

water dynamic

noreply@blogger.com (2nd chance shop) — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 05:48:00 +0000

Swell is generated when wind blows consistently over a large area of open water, called the wind's fetch. The size of a swell is determined by the strength of the wind, the length of its fetch and its duration. So, surf tends to be larger and more prevalent on coastlines exposed to large expanses of ocean traversed by intense low pressure systems.

Local wind conditions affect wave quality, since the ridable surface of a wave can become choppy in blustery conditions. Ideal surf conditions include a light to moderate strength "offshore" wind, since this blows into the front of the wave making it barrel or tube.

The factor which most determines wave shape is the topography of the seabed directly behind and immediately beneath the breaking wave. The contours of the reef or sand bank influence wave shape in two respects. Firstly, the steepness of the incline is proportional to the resulting upthrust. When a swell passes over a sudden steep slope, the force of the upthrust causes the top of the wave to be thrown forward, forming a curtain of water which plunges to the wave trough below. Secondly, the alignment of the contours relative to the swell direction determines the duration of the breaking process. When a swell runs along a slope, it continues to peel for as long as that configuration lasts. When swell wraps into a bay or around an island, the breaking wave gradually diminishes in size, as the wave front becomes stretched by diffraction.

For specific surf spots, the state of the ocean tide can play a significant role in the quality of waves or hazards of surfing there. Tidal variations vary greatly among the various global surfing regions, and the effect the tide has on specific spots can vary greatly among the spots within each area. Locations such as Bali, Panama and Ireland experience 2-3 meter tide fluctuations, whereas in Hawaii the difference between high and low tide is typically less than one meter.

In order to know a surf break, one must be sensitive to each of these factors. Each break is different, since the underwater topography of one place is unlike any other. At beach breaks, even the sandbanks change shape from week to week, so it takes commitment to get good waves (a skill dubbed "broceanography" by a few California surfers). That is why surfers have traditionally regarded surfing to be more of a lifestyle than a sport. Nowadays, however, surf forecasting is aided by advances in information technology, whereby mathematical modelling graphically depicts the size and direction of swells moving around the globe.
Surfing in the wake of the Upper Sluice, Thun, Switzerland
Surfing in the wake of the Upper Sluice, Thun, Switzerland

The regularity of swell varies across the globe and throughout the year. During winter, heavy swells are generated in the mid-latitudes, when the north and south polar fronts shift toward the Equator. The predominantly westerly winds generate swells that advance eastward. So, waves tend to be largest on west coasts during the winter months. However, an endless train of mid-latitude cyclones causes the isobars to become undulated, redirecting swells at regular intervals toward the tropics.

East coasts also receive heavy winter swells when low pressure cells form in the sub-tropics, where their movement is inhibited by slow moving highs. These lows produce a shorter fetch than polar fronts, however they can still generate heavy swells, since their slower movement increases the duration of a particular wind direction. After all, the variables of fetch and duration both influence how long the wind acts over a wave as it travels, since a wave reaching the end of a fetch is effectively the same as the wind dying off.

During summer, heavy swells are generated when cyclones form in the tropics. Tropical cyclones form over warm seas, so their occurrence is influenced by El Niño & La Niña cycles. Their movements are unpredictable. They can even move westward, which is unique for a large scale weather system. In 1979, Tropical Cyclone Kerry wandered for 3 weeks across the Coral Sea and into Queensland before dissipating.

The quest for perfect surf has given rise to a field of tourism based on the surfing adventure. Yacht charters and surf camps offer surfers access to the high quality surf found in remote, tropical locations, where tradewinds ensure offshore conditions. Since winter swells are generated by mid-latitude cyclones, their regularity coincides with the passage of these lows. So, the swells arrive in pulses, each lasting for a couple of days, with a couple of days between each swell. Since bigger waves break in a different configuration, a rising swell is yet another variable to consider when assessing how to approach a break.

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