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Random / To those who gave all

« on: May 29, 2017, 07:35:15 AM »

A toast, to our brothers and sisters who paid the ultimate sacrifice for freedom. Their selfless sacrifice inspires me to find joy in the difficult days, to paddle out when the surf is raging, to look for the good in every person and to genuinely appreciate the beauty in every day.

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SUP General / Re: Happy Birthday PonoBill

« on: January 05, 2017, 03:48:38 AM »

Happy Birthday and thanks for all of the advice and stoke that you give to this forum.

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SUP General / Re: Crawlin' In Nicaragua

« on: December 15, 2016, 03:49:11 AM »

Great pics. Another spot to put on the list for the flat spells.

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SUP General / Re: Mavericks and the Singularity

« on: December 15, 2016, 03:46:29 AM »

Fantastic. That ending shot is priceless.

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Sessions / Re: New Jersey Super Swell Part 2

« on: December 03, 2016, 04:23:18 AM »

Nice.

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Flatwater and Touring / Re: More Summer

« on: November 27, 2016, 04:54:31 AM »

Very nice.

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SUP General / Re: Between the toes???

« on: November 27, 2016, 04:43:21 AM »

The last time I scraped my foot on the rocks I got an infection. Mother ocean isn't as clean as she once was, so use plenty of anti-bacterial on it.

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Random / Re: Brew, buds, or spirits

« on: November 27, 2016, 04:37:47 AM »

I believe that cannabis is a superior drug to alcohol, but alcohol has a far superior delivery mechanism.

I believe that cannabis legalization will have a significant impact on alcohol consumption, particularly when today's teenagers become young adults.

Regardless, it is nice to see this nation's disasterous, ineffective and costly war on drugs slowly unravel.

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Random / Re: Now I get it...

« on: November 23, 2016, 10:38:07 AM »

Moral outrage is great for media ratings / profits.

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Gear Talk / Re: Kevlar Cord - Extra thin, Extra strong

« on: November 23, 2016, 05:14:40 AM »

Timely. I was recently surfing chest to shoulder high medium period waves when I took one on the head and popped my leash plug, which sent my board solo surfing towards the beach and me holding a paddle. I've just returned from a month long medical leave and am a bit deconditioned (I thought I'd regained my stamina, but found out otherwise), so I became quickly winded and missing my board's flotation as the white water repeatedly washed over me. I tossed the paddle, rolled onto my back and made it in no worse, but for some wear and lots of heavy panting.

This is the second leash plug that has failed on my 10' Foote, so I should have anticipated this happening. After this episode, I had planned to rig my leash as noted above, believing it to be the strongest rigging scheme. The above post validated my thinking...Thanks for posting

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Technique / Re: Leave no trace

« on: November 23, 2016, 03:58:03 AM »

That was impressive.

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Random / Re: Thank you guys

« on: November 21, 2016, 03:19:59 AM »

Wishes for a speedy recovery.

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Random / Re: Laptop Advice

« on: September 26, 2016, 03:08:56 AM »

Thanks guys, but we're almost to the point where my analog brain is overheating just like my HP did before it died.

The only hard work that my computer is doing, that I'm aware of, hell it may be hacking the NSA while I'm asleep, is editing my lame GoPro videos. Everything else, except for an occasional Powerpoint, spreadsheet or doc is done online. So shouldn't I just optimize for that?

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Random / Re: Laptop Advice

« on: September 26, 2016, 02:23:19 AM »

Thanks for all of the input. I don't think I'm tech savvy enough to go the linux route.

I will though stop by the Apple store, hopefully this afternoon to see what they're offering.

This old Dell won't last long, it's running Windows Vista Home Basic.