The Life Amphibious

Saturday, January 26, 2013

Real Salty and a Juggernaut Van

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I got this salt coating for free!!! Four hours up to Jersey and four hours back down to Northern Virginia after the roads have been s...

Somerset NJ Flyfishing Show

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I made the drive up to Northern Jersey to catch the Flyfishing Show. I got to check out Mystic Rods, Hatch Reels, the Orvis H2, al...

Other Virginia Beach Activites

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These were taken last Monday - I got busy at work so I didn't have a chance to post these timely. Just some more views of what...
Monday, January 21, 2013

Tiny Surf in Frigid Water... I'll take it!

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So after many months of NOT surfing, I finally got a session in!!! And although it was small and cold, it was clean, offshore and lon...
Friday, January 18, 2013

Potomac on the Fly

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http://vimeo.com/57194663 - cut and paste into your browser. A short film about urban flyfishing - specifically on the Potomac in DC. Li...
Sunday, January 13, 2013

Visit to 4 Mile Run

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Saturday's weather was nice for mid-January. Highs in the 50's and the sun out, but lightly diffused by the wispy clouds. We pa...
Sunday, January 6, 2013

Number Two Done

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I got in the mood to continue carving out the kickboard. The rails turned out sweet!!! 50-50 fading into a hard downturn edge. I pu...
Saturday, January 5, 2013

Number Two Underway

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I did some bulk removal today trying to get the foil in place. Probably got 50% done today. In case you were wondering - just a bloc...
Tuesday, January 1, 2013

Happy New Year!

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Despite the overcast skies, we got out of the house and made the drive to Kent Narrows in Maryland. I brought my 10' surf rod, so...
Sunday, December 30, 2012

Number One Done

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The Hand Plane is essentially done. I won't seal it until the kickboard is finished.

Back to Work

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Not "work" as in "bringing home the bacon", but work as in labor of love - Here are the kickboard and the handplane ...
Saturday, December 29, 2012

Lindsay Lord Two-Handed Plane

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As I am writing, the snow is coming down and we are enjoying a slow Saturday at home. I looked at the weather forecasts last night and s...
Tuesday, December 25, 2012

NHM - Looks like an ancient tarpon to me

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With winter officially here, and our fixed position still not having moved any closer to the Atlantic (darn the slow plate tectonics), I hav...
Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Vehicular and Wave Riding Isomorphism

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What a title huh? So isomorphism is a capability developing independently in different organisms not linked. The classic examp...
Sunday, December 2, 2012

Kayak Rigging on an Overcast Day

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We took the weekend off and just cleaned up the house and moved some projects forward. The day over here in the Northern Virginia ...
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Victor Velasco
Salty Surfer (of shortboards, longboards, windsurfers, kiteboards, snowboards and standup paddleboards); Sailor; 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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