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Main Room - General New York Surf and New Jersey Surf Discussions / shaka gnar gnar!!

« on: July 21, 2011, 06:53:47 AM »

this youtube video will change your life bra!

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In Search of Waves - Travel Tips To and From the New Jersey Surf and New York Surf Area / Sri Lanka

« on: May 10, 2011, 05:10:23 AM »

Has anyone surfed Sri Lanka?

I am in week 2 of an 8+ week work assignment in Abu Dhabi, UAE and around the 1 month point I need to make a boarder run somewhere to get my passport stamped so after talking to a colleague out here, who also surfs, mentioned Sri Lanka could be done in a 3 day weekend pretty easily...

He goes down there and stays at this place that also has surfboards that I would be able to use (hopefully it can be a semi decent shortboard...)

Has anyone been?  Any good advice or tips?  Is it realistic that I could rent a decent board down there?

I need to be out of this country around the June 1st date.

Thanks.

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Shaper's Shack: Surfboard Repair, Restoration and Shaping Tips / 5'5" x 18.75 x 2.1 placebo rocket

« on: June 18, 2010, 10:20:40 PM »

punchy waist high + waves today... traded boards in the water with a friend - he rode my standard 6'0 shortboard I rode his 5'5 placebo rocket!

such a fun little board - i want one so bad, so much better in little surf than any small wave board i've ever surfed!  the 5'5 didnt even feel small

anyone else try one of these things??

its description:
The Rocket is Placeboman's version of Lost's best selling model for   2008. Ok it's not really a new version.  It's the exact same board cause   Placeboman was to busy partying with the Lopey to do any fine-tuning.    Besides this board works so good there is no reason to change it. 


http://www.surfermag.com/buyers-guide/surfboards/2009/shapers/placebo/surfboards-1.htm

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The NY NJ Surf Garden Center / baby's got back...yard

« on: June 09, 2010, 02:52:24 PM »

...i just went outside and took some crappy iphone june gloom photos of my backyard!  i have a full on rosemary bush thats out of control and various doctor seuss plants..

deck view from back door



view of side yard from deck... along the house got some kangaroo paws, doctor seuss looking things, large rosemary bush & roses (we just cut the tops off of most othem):







...our small orange tree - maybe in 10 years we'll get some oranges (should have gotten a dwarf tree), some Lilly's and some overgrown vines growing over my bamboo fencing:


...the king of the house:


...our tools:  (frroks is in there somewhere)




...the days before the deck (a long time ago):

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Main Room - General New York Surf and New Jersey Surf Discussions / quicksilver 6x5x4's on whiskeymilitia.com

« on: May 28, 2010, 11:00:16 AM »

...for around $150

its a lot of rubber... (not that i'll ever wear that thick of a wetsuit ever again if i dont have to)

http://www.whiskeymilitia.com/

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The NY NJ Surf Garden Center / my friends company

« on: March 19, 2010, 01:52:32 PM »

my friend has a company called "u grow organics" where they set up organic gardens in peoples backyards...

pretty cool

http://www.ugroworganics.com/

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The Health and Fitness Center - Surf Crosstraining, Fitness, Food and Injury Rehab Guide for the NY NJ Surfer! / A killer full body Circuit Training routine

« on: January 20, 2010, 09:41:45 PM »

to start, the waves have been absolutely firing this winter in southern california... there hasnt been many days in the last month where its been below chest to head high and quite a few days where its been huge!  I surfed maybe 12-14 consecutive days where i didnt want to even think about going to the gym... i found myself going to yoga twice a week just to get the knots out...

so now this week the rain has come and i dont want to go near the water so a good friend of mine wrote me up this killer circuit workout that has been kicking my ass... here it is:

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Warm up: stationary bike, jog or jump rope for 5-10 minutes until the body is warm

spend a few minutes with a foam roller rolling out all the knots in the legs & back...

the workout: (to be performed in a circuit without any rest between exercises) - 2 complete circuits
circuit 1:

1. Power Cleans: 1 set, 10 reps with 115lbs
http://www.athleticadvisor.com/Weight_Room/technique_pc.htm

2. weighted pull-ups: 10 reps (or as many as you can weighted and and the remainder unweighted)

3. Incline dumbell press: 1 set, 20reps alternating arms, 60lbs dumbells (or whatever weight you can handle)
http://www.fitnessgenerator.com/images/exercises/Alternating%20arms%20chest%20press.gif
(can be done on either an incline bench or a swiss ball)

4. Walking Lunges: 1 set, 30lb kettle bell (or dumbells), 30 steps
http://images.teamsugar.com/files/users/1/12981/11_2007/walking-lunge.jpg

5. Horizontal Pulls: 1 set, 15 reps
http://www.menshealth.com/powertraining/cms/publish/horizontal-pull-bi/Horizontal_Pullup.php

6. Bosu Ball Plyometric pushups: 1 set, 20 reps

<a href="http://www.metacafe.com/fplayer/2143361/" target="_blank" class="aeva_link bbc_link new_win">http://www.metacafe.com/fplayer/2143361/</a>

7. RLESS (Rear Leg Elevated Split Squats): 1 set 10 reps each leg, 30lb kettle bell (or dumbell)
http://www.calsouth.com/data/Image/Velocity%20Pics/Bulg-Split-Squat_web.jpg

8. Kettle bell standing shoulder press: 1 set, 20 reps alternating arms  (can substitute dumbells for kettle bell)
 http://www.agatsu.com/8112/Without_FL/images/workbookcover.jpg

9. Burpees: 10 reps
http://marinesmagazine.dodlive.mil/files/2009/08/marines_burpee.jpg

2-3 min rest

circuit 2:
 
 1. Power Cleans: 1 set, 10 reps with 115lbs
 http://www.athleticadvisor.com/Weight_Room/technique_pc.htm
 
 2. Weighted pull-ups: 10 reps (or as many as you can weighted and and the remainder unweighted)
 
 3. Body Weight Cable Press: 1 set, 20reps
 http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3551/3463918881_c12f59cf5f.jpg 
(its like doing a push-up while supporting yourself on a cable a few inches off the ground - they are brutal...)
 
 4. Walking Lunges: 1 set, 30lb kettle bell (or dumbells), 30 steps
 http://images.teamsugar.com/files/users/1/12981/11_2007/walking-lunge.jpg
 
 5. Horizontal Pulls: 1 set, 15 reps
 http://www.menshealth.com/powertraining/cms/publish/horizontal-pull-bi/Horizontal_Pullup.php
 
 6. Flat Bench Press: 1 set, 15 reps, 135lbs

 7. Kettle Bell Swing: 1 set 10 reps, 40-50lbs
http://confessionsofablackbelt.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/kettlebell-swing-sequence.jpg
 
 8. Kettle bell standing shoulder press: 1 set, 20 reps alternating arms  (can substitute dumbells for kettle bell)
  http://www.agatsu.com/8112/Without_FL/images/workbookcover.jpg
 
 9. Burpees: 10 reps (haha the best for last...remember to jump as high as you can at the end of each rep)
 http://marinesmagazine.dodlive.mil/files/2009/08/marines_burpee.jpg



to be done 3 times a week, yoga on the off days...

good luck and feel free to substitute any of the exercises.
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Main Room - General New York Surf and New Jersey Surf Discussions / xcel 4x3 infinity wetsuits (z zip) on whiskeymilita for another 40 minutes

« on: June 30, 2009, 01:03:06 PM »

i just got a new one - they finally have size large short!!! hell yeah!!!!
 
$162.46 with shipping!!!

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The Health and Fitness Center - Surf Crosstraining, Fitness, Food and Injury Rehab Guide for the NY NJ Surfer! / Ask Boyeee

« on: May 26, 2009, 12:48:46 PM »

Hi guys in the tradition of all those other posts "ask elk", "ask jake" etc... Why dont we start an "Ask Boyeee" thread where you can ask me any questions related to exercize, fitness, diet, strength training, hair removal techniques (haha)... etc..
 
am i qualified to answer these questions you ask?  probably not but if i cant than someone else might be able to step up and provide some insight.  i have been an advid fitness freak for a long time, a former competitive natural (steroid free) body builder and i surf every day there are waves (which is almost always in SD)... so ask away.
 
 

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Stories of Stoke: The Aloha Room / unexpected stoke

« on: April 25, 2009, 10:25:16 PM »

...got up this morning at 6am (like every morning) suited up and walked to the beach thinking the swell we've had for the last few days would still be good (as it was forcasted to be).. got to the beach and literally turned around and went home, it was garbage and i had to be at work in a few hours....

i got home from work around 4:30, ran into a neighbor who just got out of the water and said it was fun... not expecting much i walk down to the beach and jumped in the water a few hundred yards north of my normal spot (its been breaking good at this spot lately) and it was a chest high little skate park - so much damn fun and i layed down some of the best turns i've done in a while - MAN I NEEDED THAT!!  its the best when its totally not expected. 

[insert perma-grin here]

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Main Room - General New York Surf and New Jersey Surf Discussions / nynjsurf fantasy surfer clubhouse

« on: April 20, 2009, 11:22:44 PM »

after the first two events i am proud to announce that team Yam Bag (me) is number 1!

yay for me! 

frrok you make me sick.... i cant stay mad at you

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Main Room - General New York Surf and New Jersey Surf Discussions / fantasy surfer trading is now open

« on: February 18, 2009, 03:05:56 PM »

Trading is open... who's your team for snapper?
 
 

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Shaper's Shack: Surfboard Repair, Restoration and Shaping Tips / New Fish!!

« on: January 20, 2009, 11:59:06 AM »

just got my new fish on sunday... such a fun fun fast board (my friend has the exact same one and its magic.. i am waiting another week to surf mine so it can cure more)

Matt Muhlenthaler performance fish
5'8 x 19-3/4 x 2-3/8 quad...

total boxy rails... pulled in thin tail.. lots of beef in the front.... basically a short board where your back foot is, a floaty fast fish from that point forward..




haha the shaper wrote "jib the lip model" on the stringer where all the dimensions are written.. i ordered this like a week before xmas. 

so psyched to ride it!

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Marioville! Sports, Politics, Humor and more... / Kurt - were you on tv show: "the biggest loser"????

« on: December 16, 2008, 03:11:46 PM »

doesnt this guy look like Kurt

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Main Room - General New York Surf and New Jersey Surf Discussions / eff you adriano DeSouza

« on: October 28, 2008, 12:53:10 PM »

he dropped out of the comp right before trading was closed and he was on my team... there goes my good fantasy surfer score

brazilians... nothing but trouble!