Ray Bethell – Multiple Kite World Champion
The Vancouver Film School has done a great documentary on this remarkable man. Click here to see “Good Stuff” as a Quicktime movie.
Also watch this video of 79 year old, 3 time National Kite Champion, Ray Bethell practicing in Vancouver at Vanier Park. Thanks Chip Welfeld for pointing this video out.
At three minutes and four seconds after 2:00 am on the 6th of May this year,
the time and date will be: 02:03:04 05/06/07.
This will never happen again.
Pointed out by Jeff Ullian.
The dark legacy of Carlos Castaneda | Salon Books
The godfather of the New Age led a secretive group of devoted followers in the last decade of his life. His closest “witches” remain missing, and former insiders, offering new details, believe the women took their own lives. What was a counter-culture icon on the cover of Time magazine has since been exposed as a fraud. In this Salon article it gets more sinister than that. Thanks to Bob Bopp for pointing this one out.
1,063-pound shark may earn crew a place in the record book – Northwest Florida Daily News
DESTIN – A Gulf Breeze fishing crew interrupted the dinner of a Mako shark that was feasting on a school of dolphins Wednesday.
And the capture of the feisty 1,063-pound shark may earn the crew a world fishing record.
1900 Predictions
The Ladies Home Journal from December 1900, which contained a fascinating article by John Elfreth Watkins, Jr. “What May Happen in the Next Hundred Years” Continue reading “1900 Predictions”
The Pirate Pose – Executive Articles – Portfolio.com
Twenty years after Bonfire of the Vanities, the author checks in on the new masters of the universe and finds them even coarser and ruder than their predecessors could have ever imagined being.
A long (7,000 word) article by Tom Wolfe on the blue jean lifestyle of this new Gilded Age creation – The Hedge Fund Manager- to launch Vanity Fair’s new on-line magazine.
Standup To The Rescue – FKA Kiteboarding Forums
Dead of winter, a couple hours before sunset off of Northern California. You hit the 50 degree F surf looking for some great rides in head high and better swells. Instead of an epic surfing session you are flushed by too strong a current far away from land. You paddle for all you’re worth and then paddle some more to exhaustion, numbing cold and beyond. The guys in the lineup vanished below the horizon a while ago and there are no boats, lifeguards or anyone else that knows where you are. It’s just you and your bud being dragged westward towards the Farallon Islands and the cold wet unknown. Dread and cold fear take over as your options sink away. You see something small and hazy in the distance moving slowly toward you from land. What is it … ? Click on the link for the rest of the story. Thanks to Randy Marks.
Landscape photos | landscapes with a soul
If you click on the “Random Landscapes” or the “Archives”, you will be treated to an extensive collection from around the world.
A slide show with music from the BBC of nature and life around the world.
YTMND – The Future of our World
A slide show on the future of earth in the universe.