Attention PETA: Doggie Treadmills
For the past week or so I’ve been hosting back-to-back canine cabin crashers. First I watched my parent’s Wheaten Terrier and now I have my sister-in-law’s black lab (side note [...]
FreeLine Skates – Where Have I Been?
Apprently FreeLine Skates have been around for years, but I just discovered this new way to hospitalize myself. [...]
Balance Trainers
With temperatures well below freezing and finding myself miles away from any mountains, I’ve decided to post another indoor, off-season workout entry. For Surfing there isn’t an [...]
Swim & Paddle: Gravity and Wind Resistance Trainers
For years Chuck Norris and Christie Brinkley have been selling a machine called the Total Gym, a machine that uses gravity and your body weight to deliver over 80 exercises. It seems to be working [...]
RIP Dan Osman
It’s hard to believe it’s been 10 years since Dan Osman passed away while rope jumping in Yosemite at the Leaning Tower rock formation. I recall reading the rope he used was left out in [...]
HangTimer: Back-up that Spray with Some Facts Son
Many moons ago I wrote about the Airpod, a device you wear while snowboarding that measures hang time while pulling airs. Now an application for the iPhone does that and adds a few more bells and [...]
Quiksilver Moondak Watch and TideGraph
Tides don’t affect the breaks I surf all that much, but at my favorite spot, low slack tide (between low tide and when the incoming tide starts) is probably slightly better. That’s all [...]
O’Neill Mutant Wetsuit
Surfing in the Northeast really picks-up in the Fall, with better wind direction for most breaks and storms that kick-up the swell to head / overhead conditions. To enjoy the quality surf, you have [...]
This Thing About Surfing
We had a beautiful weekend here in New England. On Saturday a friend and I headed to the beach with our families with no expectation other than to paddle and keep fit for an anticipated swell later [...]
Infinity Rad Noserider Longboard
After nearly 20 years of research I finally bought a new surfboard – a 9′ Infinity Rad NoseRider. While not exactly a gadget, there is plenty of technology at work here worth mentioning. [...]
So, Like Bitness was Hacked
Bitness went on hiatus this Summer, but only we sort of didn’t intend it to last the entire Summer. Bitness was hacked by some crackers who had nothing better to do than waste our time and piss [...]
Bear Grylls Knife Costs $700
Man vs. Wild star Bear Grylls is no doubt a surviver. Consumption of live snakes, sheep’s eyeballs, decomposing Zebra, still-warm Yak livers and worse, but a man’s gotta eat! He [...]
On My Honor I Will Do My Best…
Life takes hold and just zips by. I turned 40 on the 11th and realize I’m starting to slip. Can someone please tell me what the hell The Hills is and who these plastic people are? I don’t [...]
Wha? Where’d April Go?
Yeah, we missed the whole damn month. But to be fair it was only 30 days long so… We appreciate the patience (and encouragement), so stay tuned! Posted by: The [...]
Nike+ Touching the Sound of Silence
When the Nike+ system came out a few years ago I had a hard time buying one for myself since I had just purchased my second Garmin Forerunner. But clever me, I magnanimously bought one for my wife, [...]
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