man... how depressing. I just fixed the link below... but I don't think anyone's reading because I had to notice myself. :(

i think i'll stop posting for a while...

flash goodness for today. short, but cute animation.

UPDATE: this time with link!

This one is for you folks still job hunting. Apparently it's not getting any easier. If anything, interviewers are having lots of fun messing with interviewees.

doooode... check out this crazy huli! The suf around here is nowhere near this big! I posted a picture of this particular canoe as one of my first entries in this blog way back. I still love that paint job.

you must chose. countless hours of amusement. mindless clicking rules!!!

link via zannah

been pretty scarce with the updates lately, but i had to come back to post this bad boy. (link via melissa) The headline is Aaaaaaaaagggggghhhhhhhhhhh!!!!, but i'm more inclined to say EWWWWWWWwwwwwwwww!!!!!! or OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCH!!!

drew posted a vague recap of this past weekends events... ha. ha. ha.

ducks lost. :(

trying to decide between carbon or wood? check out this testimonial...

To: outrigger@yahoogroups.com
From: stuart barton
Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2003 17:32:54 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [outrigger] carbon v wood

in response to Ron's posting re carbon versus timber
and quality of Zre paddles - i can offer neither fact
nor opinion, but plenty of opinion dressed up as fact
(as is often the case in relation to these subjective
matters!)

1) i have had a Zre outrigger power surge for OC1
paddling for a couple of years and it is by far the
best paddle i have ever used. The balance is perfect
and the catch, sublime. It feels like a giant hand is
grabbing the water. The quality of the manufacture is
superb (although you pay for it!) and the only
problems with it have been ones that i have caused
myself. The service and support provided by the
company is also very good (and no, i have no relation
to the company nor stand to benefit from public
endorsement of its products!)

2) i concur with the view that carbon blades in OC6
spell joint inflammation and pain over time (or
sometimes immediately). Especially with paddlers with
less conditioning. They are great in the OC1 though -
but having said that, if i develop an inflammation or
joint pain, i switch to timber and it improves. For
the OC6 i prefer hybrid (carbon backed blade) or Xylo
blade. Zero G is also great for OC1

Apologies for the cliche, but at the end of the day,
as with the boats themselves, it's what the paddler
has done in training that really counts. Applying the
80/20 rule should always be the starting point to
improving performance until you're at the elite level
-unless of course you keep losing regional 8km races
by a boat length. Then maybe you should get the
absolute best equipment!

Stu Barton