the horse's mouth

Check Out My New Boat!

It comes with sleeping quarters.

Tags: odd, silly, boating

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Wave Of The Day.

Big tube!
HorsesArt

Tags: surfing

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Teahupoo Two.

This isn't your father's perfect wave, and unless seeing your next birthday doesn't rank
on your list of priorities, it isn't yours either. Tahiti's Teahupoo (pronounced cho-pu)
is essentially a glorified closeout -- a hideous, deadly barrel promising a heap of
trouble for even the most capable of surfers. In recent years, professional contests
and high-profile tow-ins have bombarded us with images of her seemingly flawless
barrels, but no other surf spot extracts a higher toll than Teahupoo, the heaviest
wave in the world......

Ages ago, freshwater from the mountains flowed into the ocean, eroding the reef
and creating what is known today as Passe Havae. The pass is located where the
town's paved road ends, thus its early name, "The End of the Road."  The channel
at Teahupoo isn't actually a channel at all, as the wave bends and races along into
a below sea level dry reef closeout. A 15-minute paddle from land, Teahupoo's
severe shape results from a drastic change in gradient  as powerful swells leave a
gently sloping bottom and are hurled forward by the reef. The lip -- as thick as it is
tall -- pitches with such velocity that one must take off under it to avoid being
launched. Guts alone may cut it at some big-wave venues, but here they'll get you
killed. An iron sack must be accompanied by finesse in negotiating a wave that has
relegated Pipeline to mere warm-up status.......

Article via Surfline.com

Tags: surfing, teahupoo

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More Pigs For Steve.

Can we have another pig pic please ?

Many thanks
Steve

Enjoy!

Moo!

Adam?

Tags: sailing, silly

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Teahupoo Baby, Teahupoo!

Get out of here, not only can you sail a canoe in Tahiti you can surf
(if you dare) 'Chopes. Me, I don't dare. I leave that to the young ones.

Via Craig.

Tags: surfing, teahupoo, video, surfing video

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Tea And Training Wheels For The Tillerman

Who needs sailing in the city when you can sail an outrigger canoe in Tahiti.
Of course we know that the Tillerman would never be caught dead in a boat
with training wheels.

Bring tea for the Tillerman
Steak for the sun
Wine for the women who made the rain come
Seagulls sing your hearts away
'Cause while the sinners sin, the children play

Oh Lord how they play and play
For that happy day, for that happy day

note: The Tillerman has series about sailing in the city.

Tags: outrigger sailing, canoe sailing, sailing canoe, the tillerman

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Wave Of the Day.

Wall, originally uploaded by konaboy.

The dude can surf!

Happy Veterans Day To My Old Shipmates. Some Photos From My First Squadron.

Ready to launch.



Bombs away.



Coming home to the bird farm.

Tags: navy, naval aviation

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Butt Surfing Back In The Day.

Waveski Surfing in the 80's, originally uploaded by JohnWilkie.

Some things never change.

Sailing Photo Of The Day.

IMG_6474.JPG, originally uploaded by rontronic.net.

Spin City!

Weekend Wahine.

Nice footwork!

Tags: surfing, wahines, weekend wahines

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What Happened To Fish On Fridays?

I got drunk!

Photo from the good folks up in Yellowstone.

Tags: fishing, fish on fridays, silly

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Tee Shirt Of The Week.

You know the Tillerman want's one.

Tags: force 5 dinghy, dinghy sailing, silly

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A Blast From The Past.

The Hobie Monocat.
I almost bought one a couple of years ago. She's fast, fun and stable.

Hobie in it's infinite wisdom replaced her with the god awful rotomolded
(made from recycled Clorox bottles) Bravo.

note: (These are the same guys who stopped production
of the 14 in North America.)

Tags: sailing, hobie monocat, hobie cat, catamaran sailing, catamarans, multihulls

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Rhymes With Yuck.

The word isn't suck, but it does suck that we have oil in the Bay.
For those of you who do not live in the Bay Area the Cosco Busan,
an 810' cargo ship, hit the base of the bay bridge on Thursday which ripped a gash
in her side. She dumped about 58,000 gallons of bunker fuel into the bay.
It's bad for the birds, sailing, paddling, surfing and.....FISHING!

After a summer of poor fishing, the Golden Gate's fishing fleets face a new crisis less
than a week before the commercial crabbing season is set to begin.

Bunker fuel from the Cosco Busan spill has drifted not only right over
many of the prime fishing spots in the main bay but also into the Pacific,
where it is affecting prime salmon and crabbing water before it washes ashore
along the Marin coastline.

FUCK!

Tags: fishing, san francsico oil spill

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Sailing Photo Of The Day.

The Lynx, originally uploaded by Protection Island.

The Lynx.
What a beauty!

Argh Matey, It Be Crab Season.

Look at those critters, doesn't it just make your mouth water.
Today is the opening day of the season.
If you go out on your boat, or your buddy's the limit is 10 Dungies.

Technorati Tags: dungeness crabs, crab season

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Where Have All The Salmon Gone?

Where have all the salmon gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the salmon gone?
Long time ago
Where have all the salmon gone?
Girls have fished them every one
When will they ever learn?
When will they ever learn?

Por que?

Tags: fishing

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Fish On Fridays (2).

Look Ma, it's a fish from the Sixties!
Dude, are you doing shrooms again?

Tags: wierd, weird fish, fish

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