The Life Amphibious

Sunday, January 30, 2011

Outriggers V2

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So the proas from yesterday were cool, but the paternal drive to ensure the kids have cool beach toys made me go back to the drawing board t...
Saturday, January 29, 2011

Dude Buzzing

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Marlon asked me to bring his board out today. He was flying around on the thing like it was a magic carpet :)

"Jack of All Trades" Board

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Light winds today - Instead of fighting it, I brought the 11'2" out. So versatile - La paddled it and I was getting upwind with les...

Hawaiian Proa

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I made the kids their own model outrigger sailing canoes. Made them out of styrofoam trays, electrical tape and bamboo skewers. They saile...
Tuesday, January 25, 2011

The lower limit of Inflatable Kite Flying

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I found it! I have been SWAMPED at work hence the lack of posting, but despite that - the wind seemed to be pretty good on Saturday afternoo...
Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Monday Water Time

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1. Got the kids out of the house and onto the beach. They played with Godzilla(s) and Gamera and had a great time. 2. I had installed foo...
Sunday, January 16, 2011

Back Home

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I had to go to Vegas for a 2 day conference. Yeah it was pretty cool, but to tell you the truth - without my family there, it wasn't the...
Sunday, January 9, 2011

Wind was up BUT

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It was COLD (36 F) and rainy. Strong Whitecaps - Check Free Sand Blasting - Check Wicked Sideshore - Check Warm Tropical, Crystal Clear Wate...
Saturday, January 8, 2011

Finbox Set

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No sense waiting until tomorrow for what you can do today - I mixed a small batch of epoxy (~2 ounces mixed product) and got the finbox set ...

Routed Out the Box Fin Box

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North winds today... No kiting for me. I did use some of today to clean up the lightwind kiteboard. Finboxes, leash plug, footstrap inserts...

Skunked Again -

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Left work at a reasonable time yesterday. The flags up on the flagpoles were showing decent winds. By the time we got to the beach, the wind...
Sunday, January 2, 2011

First Sun Rise (that we could see) of 2011

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We have a small tradition - we wake up early on New Year's Day and go some place where we can see the Sun rise and take some pictures. 1...
Saturday, January 1, 2011

Grilled Mahi for Dinner

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Late afternoon paddle at West Pier for exercise in some gnarly offshore winds - 15 with gusts past 22. If I had a chase boat, Cat Island wou...
Monday, December 27, 2010

New Kiteboard

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The following excuses were the primary reasons I quoted to La as I rationalized the need to get a twin tip kiteboard: "With the extreme...

New 16m Crossbow

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We finally got a day where it wasn't a. Raining b. Too cold to emerge from the cave/house c. A requirement to celebrate a Holiday or ...
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Victor Velasco
Salty Surfer (of shortboards, longboards, windsurfers, kiteboards, snowboards and standup paddleboards); Rabid Parawinger; Budding Surfboard Shaper; Studier of all manner of aquatic and plant life; Aspiring fly fisher; Husband to the wonderful Lala; Father to Big M and Noe; Mechanical and Ocean Engineer; RETIRED US Navy Deep Sea Diver;World Explorer
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