The Life Amphibious

Wednesday, February 18, 2015

New Tool Experience and Progress

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More shaping on Sunday - worked on the first of three handplaces. I started off with a hand block planer. Really slow going but controlled...

Carnage and Destruction

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There was a prolonged high wind event that hit the Windward side of Oahu on Friday night into Saturday. I went to see what had happened on ...

Naish Hawaii Shop

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I've been in this store so many times in the past 21 years - windsurfing, kiting and now SUPing - these guys have been at the pointy end...

Woodcraft Honolulu

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Found some cool stuff at the Woodcraft shop in Kalihi. Teak from the USS North Carolina (the WWII Battleship) A table saw that has ...

Tamashiro's

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First stop on the window shopping run (rainy Saturday...) - Tamashiro's Seafood Market Abalone (sushi sized - and still alive) ...

Cutting Out the Handplane Templates

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Got some new jigsaw blades and went to town!!! This was on Saturday before Charlie and I went window shopping (which will be chronicled...

Lots of Catch Up Posts from the Weekend - Nice Chairs

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I was busy this past weekend - not just playing in the ocean, but laundry, washing the truck, meeting with old colleagues, and even some wor...
Thursday, February 12, 2015

Chambers Beach

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I'm so glad you guys got to get out of the house on a nice day!!! I miss you all and I wish I was there with you (or better yet, that...
Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Fish Painting in Sansei Sushi

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A wonderful three panel painting with a lot of the pelagic fish that you can find swimming offshore

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A rack of longboards in an alleyway in the heart of Waikiki. Showing off a little "Guam" pride.

Enjoy Handplanes at Honolulu Patagonia

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I had a few minutes to kill before meeting an old friend for dinner. I decided to stop into the Patagonia shop here in Honolulu. These ...
Monday, February 9, 2015

What do you see?

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I see really good hackle for tying up some bonefish flies (Meko Specials, various shrimp).

Fly Fishing the Pier

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After I left Charlie's house, I figured I should try fishing the pier since the weather was so nice. I rigged up the Epic 686 - and bro...

Paddle Progress

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Charlie cranking it out - paddle face glued up Time to get busy with the belt sander... I'll probably make a paddle once I'm f...

Sunday Dawn Patrol at Turtlebacks

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Went on a dawn patrol with Charlie. There were 6 guys out when we got there on short and longboards. Charlie got some good rides. I s...
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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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