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Surfing With Two Boards

Published January 31, 2012 Man Skills , ocean , Surf Leave a Comment
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Pro surfer Jamie O’Brien catching a wave with one board and riding it with another.

Surfline posted a series of these photos of Jamie O’Brien making this two-board transfer at Pipeline. I turned them into a radical gif! Here’s what Jamie told Surfline about the trick:

The Wave Storm is 8’0″ and thick. It’s like a boat and it paddles better than any board I’ve ever paddled in my life. For the transfer, I use a Bill Johnson little fish funboard. The reason I like it and the reason it came to mind is because I can lie on the nose when I take off.

[gif created with photos by Paul "Gordinho" Cohen]

Global Warming Is Making Winter Surf Sessions In New York A Ton More Awesome

Published January 29, 2012 long island , Man Skills , Surf Leave a Comment
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Winter really hasn’t come to Long Island. There’s been no significant snowfall and the temperature has been reaching the 50s on a weekly basis. I’m not complaining because all this warm weather is making the winter surf very easy.

Man, I don’t even have to immediately warm up my car in the parking lot to make sure it’s warm when I get in to drive home.

The water is still freezing though, so I’m glad that I recently got a Patagonia R4 wetsuit. I was reading a ton of reviews online that were pretty negative, saying the suit’s not worth the money and the seams ripped really easily. But I’ve used it twice so far this winter and it’s worked great. The Patagonia suit is better then any other winter suits I’ve worn. The rubber is nicer, it’s more flexible, and I won’t say it’s warmer but it is definitely keeping me comfortable in the water.

San Francisco 49ers

Published January 22, 2012 Man Skills , san francisco , sports Leave a Comment
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Get ‘em next year.

New York Storms vs San Francisco Storms

Published January 21, 2012 Man Skills , New York City , san francisco , sports 1 Comment
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Comparing storms on the eve of the NFC Championship game. Which city wins?

New York City got its first snow of 2012 yesterday.

[via Greg Madey on Twitter]

San Francisco got its first significant rain of 2012 yesterday.

Hello Winter

Published October 30, 2011 Man Skills , Nature Leave a Comment
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I came up to the Catskills to chop firewood for this upcoming winter, and was greeted with a Fall snow storm. Hopefully this is a good sign for this year’s ski season in the North East.

Team Ice Tubes Returns To Montauk For The MightyMan Triathlon

Published October 4, 2011 bike , long island , Man Skills Leave a Comment
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For the second year in a row my brother Greg and I made the trip out to Montauk for the MightyMan Sprint Triathlon. The “sprint triathlon” is the easy way to say you’re a triathlete. You can be like me – not train at all and still finish in under an hour and a half. There are some serious athletes that participate in the MightyMan, but for the most part it’s your average person enjoying the challenge of the race.

If you’re looking to get that first triathlon under your belt, the MightyMan Sprint is a great one to start out with. The weather is cool and the water is still warm. The town fills up with people (most there for the race), but overall Montauk itself is beautiful enough to warrant the trip out east.

There’s No Room For Machismo In The War Against Water Damaged Nightstands

Published September 25, 2011 Got jokes , Man Skills Leave a Comment
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If it’s a red polka dot coaster that protects your wooden nightstand, well then, a red polka dot coaster it will be. There is one goal, and one goal only: respect wood.

Some People Still Believe In Dressing Up For Air Travel

Published September 19, 2011 Got jokes , Man Skills , san francisco 1 Comment
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It’s uncertain as to where this man was headed that day, but it’s safe to say that wherever he was going, he was getting there in style.

Where are his shoes?

Gone Fishing

Published August 23, 2011 long island , Man Skills , Nature Leave a Comment
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I often forget how great it can be to spend a day out on the bay aboard one of the Captree fishing boats. Every summer I try to make it out at least one time. As soon as I got on the boat this past Saturday I instantly wondered why I had waited so long.

Eat My Dust

Published August 22, 2011 Art , Man Skills , Nature Leave a Comment
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Lawn mowers out in the country are supercharged.

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