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 David H. Johnston Toronto, Ontario, Canada I'm a little mean, but I make up for it by bein' real healthy. Say you'll be mine. Say you'll be my beloved!
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Tuesday, 06 January 2009 18:29 |
The website, English Russia has a fantastic photo collection of a series of abandoned lighthouses that dot along the northern coast of Russia.
What makes these lighthouses unique is not the fact that they are very old, extremely remote, abandoned, falling apart, looted or just plain scary looking, it's that they were powered by a small atomic energy powerplant which could keep them going completely automated for years on end.
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Tuesday, 06 January 2009 18:03 |
A big congrats to sea kayaker, Matthew Keene who, on Monday, became the first person to kayak around the perimeter of Florida when we competed his journey in Big Lagoon State Park in Perdido Key.
He is the first person to completely paddle the 1,600 miles of the Florida Circumnavigational Saltwater Paddling Trail which was set up in 2007.
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Monday, 05 January 2009 18:36 |
 Bliss-Stick Kayak recently announced a fund raising raffle to help raise money for the fantastic project, First Descents. First Descents provides whitewater kayaking and other outdoor adventure experiences to promote emotional, psychological and physical healing for young adults with cancer.
They are raffling off a brand new kayak, Electric Water Spray Deck or Bliss-Stick Apparel and DVD's.
Tickets are $25 a ticket and can be purchased online here.
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Friday, 02 January 2009 08:20 |
Here is a pretty sad story and to be honest, not one that I even thought happened. I guess I had never thought about it before. According to some recently released search and rescue stats for 2008, suicide rates increased in national parks in 2008.
At least 33 people killed themselves in 2008 at a national park, which is up from 27 in 2007.
One of the questions that people have been asking is why a national park?
"People are looking for a place with solace and comfort and beauty, and we have a lot of them," said Lane Baker, the Park Service's chief of law enforcement, security and emergency services.
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Wednesday, 31 December 2008 10:51 |
 A first of its kind study conducted by Oregon State University suggests that surfers may unintentionally ingest 10 times more water than swimmers or divers, putting them at much high risk of contracting gastrointestinal illnesses when surfing in contaminated waters.
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Tuesday, 23 December 2008 18:00 |
I'm off for the next couple of days doing the family get together thing so I won't be posting.
If I do happen to post anything then you know that I'm really just trying to run away and hide from my extended relatives who keep telling me how bald I have gotten as well as reminding me for the 1000th time that I didn't get the same marks as my bothers did in high school. Good times...
 To keep you entertained until I'm back, I present you with the greatest site ever. Click through to visit Sandy Paws Grooming Shop's Creative Grooming Awards. She is a true inspiration for us all!
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Wednesday, 17 December 2008 01:17 |
 I just posted a quick review of the new paddle holders that North Water just released called PaddleBritches.
You are welcome to read it here.
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Monday, 15 December 2008 00:30 |
 Got out for a fantastic surf session today. The winds were blowing in SW 20kn so Erik and I knew that we were in for some great swells and it turned out to be one of the best days in a really, really long time.
We paddled off towards the Western Gap [Google Map] where it was really bumpy on the horizon. I have written before about how crazy that area can get in when there is a SW wind over 15 knots. The lack of any natural shoreline in that area collects all the wave energy and bounces it back and forth which forms a giant area of crashing waves on top of each other. Paddling through it, there were several times when I would drop straight down about 3-4 feet between separating waves causing my stomach to feel like it was trying to bust out of my mouth. Good times.
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Wednesday, 10 December 2008 18:35 |
 Are you an entrepreneur who is looking to start up a guiding business that involves mothership tours? If so, I have the boat for YOU!
Get yourself online at David R. Maltz and Company Auctioneers on January 14th through February 4th and you could be the highest bidder on the Cricket II. The boat and Capt. Mundus is said to have been the inspiration for the Peter Benchley's novel, "Jaws".
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Wednesday, 12 November 2008 00:54 |
I have a fairly loose rule that I don't talk about my kids online. Not sure why. Just don't. Well, I'm going to break it.
My wife is great with the kids and can think really fast on her feet which always leaves me amazed.
Today my oldest daughter who is seven came home bragging that she is now part of a new club at school. The Invisibility Club. Yeah, I don't know what's with it but she the ringleader. She also quickly announced that our youngest daughter who is 5 couldn't be a member under any circumstances.
You can tell where this is going. Tears and lots of yelling.
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Tuesday, 11 November 2008 00:18 |
 Take a look at this fantastic photo. Its a shot of kiteboarder, David Sheridan passing within centimetres of a giant whale while boarding near Nambucca Heads, Austraila.
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