Ricky Whitlock Interview From Queens Hospital

While laid up at Queens Hospital, Volcom Pipe Pro “Warrior” Ricky Whitlock talks to Lance Loko after breaking his back yesterday while warming up for the contest.
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Little Gems …

Pete Davis has made a few wooden longboards over the years and just thought he’d have a go at making some fun little cheap ones. Both boards cost under 0 dollars each to make, on the darker board he has used Fijian ply and Paulownia rails and syrinia balsa nose. The lighter board has hoop pine top , Paulownia rails and laminated nose blocks with just spare wood from home. His wife and daughter had free rain on the bottom to do some artwork. Just goes to show making a board doesn’t have to be hard or expensive it can be enjoyable and still a lot of fun.

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Grain Board building class in Oregon

For all the details check out their site : http://www.grainsurfboards.com/classes/traveling-class/

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Hard Hat Versions

Hard hats are common place nowadays; from construction sites to factories, they adorn the heads of workers throughout all ranks. Although not much to look at they offer invaluable protection. They haven’t always been so common within the work place though, this is a brief history of the hard hat and how it has evolved over time.

The First Hard Hat

Rumor has it that Franz Kafka during his time at the Worker’s Accident Insurance Institute came up with the ingenious hard hat. However, this has been widely discredited and unverified. But, in the United States, a company in California was paving the way for the introduction of the hard hat. The E.D. Bullard Company created the “Hard-Boiled Hat” which is known as the first non military hard hat.

The First Hard Hat

Although the concept of a hard hat was not completely nonexistent they were mostly featured in military combat. The Bullard Company did use leather protective hats on their sites to protect workers. That all changed when E.W. Bullard returned home from World War I with his steel helmet. After his arrival home in 1919 the company soon patented the “Hard-Boiled Hat”. Different from its leather prototype this hat featured steamed canvas, black paint, and glue.

Military Inspiration

After the Hard Boiled Hat, the United States Navy then commissioned Bullard to come up with a shipyard protective hat to protect workers from falling debris. Soon after his development of the shipyard hat Bullard thought up an internal suspension system that would in turn provide a more effective protective hat. The inspiration for these new more effective hats was the military M1917 “Brodie” helmet.

Hard Hat Laws

Even with the constant revamping of the hard hat the safety clothing and equipment still weren’t required at construction sites. Until 1933, only one other site had mandated the use of safety hats. When construction began on the Golden Gate Bridge all workers were required to wear hard hats, only the second ever site to require such a precaution. The first site was the Hoover Dam project which began in 1931. By this time Bullard was working on a hardhat design that would protect those workers who dealt with sandblasting. This design entailed a hard hat with a face covering that allowed for a window with a view and a hose for air from an air compressor.

Materials

Evolution of the hard hat really sped up from there, next aluminum became the main component except in electrical pursuits and then fiberglass was introduced in the 1940’s. By the 1950’s thermoplastics had made their way into the hard hat safety industry. Most hats today are made from HDPE also known as high density polyethylene which is a type of thermoplastic.

Billabong World Junior Champs: Day Three Highlights

The first man-on-man elimination Round at the Billabong World Junior Championships kicked off at Burleigh Heads. Photo and video highlights here.
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” The Kala “

 This is Charlie Loiselle’s latest board the “Kala”

 ” Bookmatched redwood top and a lauan bottom (ripped and alternated at the stringer and glassed on both faces). All in all I still prefer a properly planked bottom but the lauan is quick and easy to work with, and looks good. I went with a bonzer fin setup with an FCS trailer rather than the regular large single fin – I intend to surf this one as a slippery twin as well as the bonzer setup.  The smaller side fins are glassed on and made of meranti marine plywood.”

 ”Artwork is a Kala I shot a while back (hence the name) and printed up myself. I wanted to see how the heavy rice paper would glass, and it came out nice. The blue highlights cover the deck-rail joint, which due to the heavy dome of the deck came out uneven. The lizard on the bottom was heat-transferred directly on to the wood.”

” Rails are strip-planked with alternating white fir and mahogany. The leash plug is stacked ply, cut and worked by hand with a stainless bolt as the anchor.”   Check out other shots at :
http://islanddreamssurf.blogspot.com/2012/01/kala-ii-electric-bugaloo.html

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Chicago Police Arrest Surfer

Rex Flodstrom, 40, of the 200 block of East Delaware Place was arrested and cited for disorderly conduct, two counts of violating a Chicago Park District ordinance and one count of being in a park after hours…
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By Using This True James Dean 3 Red Light Fix Review To Produce An Educated Evaluation

The world of video games has gone through an evolution in the past few years. Things have come a long way since the games we remember growing up as kids. One game system that is very popular has a problem known as the red ring of death, which leads to the system being unusable. Fortunately there is a simple solution to the problem. The information contained in this James Dean 3 Red Light Fix, will help you to decide if this is a good solution for your particular situation.

The red ring of death as it is referred to as many times is quite a problem that a programmer was able to finally find a solution to in the long run. It is a solution that promises that you are able to get your system back up in an hour or less. This is something that may sound a little too good to be true, but in the end will be able to be backed up. More about this product can be found through the best review site.

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Rob Machado Shreds A Surfboard/Snowboard Hybrid

With Rob Machado as their test pilot in the surf and Baldface Lodge in Canada acting as their canvas, we think the bros at Signal Snowboards may be on to (or just plain on) something.
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Seasons!!??

Hey, I´m living in Tamaulipas but I havent seen any descent pointbreak yet, could anyone tell me when and where is the swell coming???
Hola estoy viviendo en Tamaulipas y no conozco donde surfear ni [...]

Location Escolleras (Gulf, Mexico)
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