And something much more sensible and stylish!
Thursday, 3 February 2011
Monday, 31 January 2011
MotoGP 2011 Season - Coming Soon
I'm really looking forward to this seasons MotoGP. I miss the bike racing and fortunately my father-in-law has Sky TV so he records most of it on Eurosport for me :) Although saying that I quite like the guys who comment on the Beeb to be honest (even though they bizarrely are not generally liked).
Anyway, here's a bit of VR doing some testing on 1198 :)
Anyway, here's a bit of VR doing some testing on 1198 :)
Wednesday, 26 January 2011
Killing Time with Games
I wanted to kill a bit of time just before lunch today and thanks to @qikipedia I found this little fella http://sinuousgame.com/. A charming and not stressful way to kill off a few minutes :)
Monday, 10 January 2011
Standard New Year Post
I haven't blogged in ages - it's shocking and odd feeling really. I suppose the crux of it is that nothing too crazy/interesting has been happening or has it??
Seemed to have had a pretty busy December (got me new board!) and took a trip to La Plagne snowboarding in France :) Well, sort of. In so much as I will ill in bed for most of it boo :( It dumped massively for a couple of days, so some of the guys were having a proper ace time in the "puff". Nic was loving the new snowboard after a slow start and I performed the worlds best crash. Managed to land upside down in a tree - eek! Quite funny :)
Christmas day was spent with Nic's family and then headed down to my lot in Hereford for Boxing Day. After a wine spilt New Years eve with Alex and Caz we headed to Cornwall to stay with Jo, Andy and Nina and I got to finally to try out the new longboard and what a little beaut it was :)
Back to work now - boo!
I don't do New Year resolutions, but maybe this year should be more surfing, kiting, snowboarding and find a job that's fun...
Seemed to have had a pretty busy December (got me new board!) and took a trip to La Plagne snowboarding in France :) Well, sort of. In so much as I will ill in bed for most of it boo :( It dumped massively for a couple of days, so some of the guys were having a proper ace time in the "puff". Nic was loving the new snowboard after a slow start and I performed the worlds best crash. Managed to land upside down in a tree - eek! Quite funny :)
Christmas day was spent with Nic's family and then headed down to my lot in Hereford for Boxing Day. After a wine spilt New Years eve with Alex and Caz we headed to Cornwall to stay with Jo, Andy and Nina and I got to finally to try out the new longboard and what a little beaut it was :)
Back to work now - boo!
I don't do New Year resolutions, but maybe this year should be more surfing, kiting, snowboarding and find a job that's fun...
Monday, 6 December 2010
The Complete Opposite
As I look out the window, my environment couldn't more the complete opposite of this...
New Addition to the Family
I am pleased to announce the latest addition to the family :) A 9'6" Gulf Stream Saunton Foil. Firstly sorry for the really rubbish pictures! It's so cold outside, there's just no way I was taking it out there to photo it. I will have to do some more when I take it out for a sesh.
This is the best one and this is the one I took in the shop with my phone. It's a mustard yellow with black and white pin stripes. Here's a another couple..
And if you look closely (again - rubbish pic sorry!), it says "For Rob by Jools" - sweet :)
This is hopefully going to be a life long relationship and I'm sure we will have our ups and downs. But right now, I need some nice small to medium clean waves so we can get to know each other a little better...
Big thanks to Skelly at Gulf Stream for being a great help in helping get what I wanted and helping Nic work out what design to have on it and a big thumbs to Jools for the shaping magic :)
Once we've settled in, I'll give Finshack a shout to line up some alternative fin action as well :)
Tuesday, 30 November 2010
I Am of Box!
Finally! I have a new Xbox 360 :) After having fixed it from the RROD, it gave up again :( So with Xmas quickly approaching it seemed like a perfect present.
I will no doubt be giving it some major stick tonight :)
I will no doubt be giving it some major stick tonight :)
Thursday, 25 November 2010
Saltmotion - Sydney
I came across Saltmotion in Sydney. Not because I was in Sydney unfortunately :( They have some great surf pictures in their galleries and I'm particularly loving this one from the longboarding gallery:
Picture courtesy of Saltmotion
Tuesday, 23 November 2010
Wednesday, 10 November 2010
T5 Interior - Part 1
Not a lot has been happening in the SuperGypo world recently - well apart from some retard smacking into the back of me new T5 the other week. That was obviously great news and needless to say, he thinks it's 50/50, even though he ran into the back of me - hey ho!
On a more positive front, we have started putting the new interior into the T5 :) In case you can't remember the old layout, here's a couple of piccies:
The keen eye will see that where the buggy is tied up, there is another flap that is anchored to the side. This drops down (when the buggy is moved of course!) to make another base along side the base that is currently down. Then a box makes up the open section where the side door is. We then have somewhere to kip on and it all folds up to still give us the complete van if we need it - happy days! There's also a rack that runs from side to side (see it up by the back window and buggy wheel and just by the left side top of the side door). The surf boards get put on there. These are supported by wooden legs screwed to the top and bottom of the side panel.
We had that layout for a few years and as the time went by, thought of a few more pimps we could do to make it more comfortable and practical. So, with the new van comes a new interior. We (me and Nic's dad, Pete) set to work last Saturday doing part 1 of the installation.
Needless to say, as the time has gone by, the board quiver has grown. The kite quiver has remained pretty static so no requirement changes needed there. The new vision was to do pretty much the same sort of layout again, but with improved seating, better (safer!) side access and a bit more convenience for cooking. Where possible, we're trying to re-use as much as we can from the old interior. As it was, Nic was known, quite regularly, to dismount the side door in a very ungraceful and un-ladylike fashion. The was mostly to do with the restricted access because of the section partly blocking the side door. So that section will be shortened to not infringe on the side door.
The other side (where the buggy is pictured), we planned to add a box sort of affair to slide a surfboard inside of. This would mean all 3 boards are safe inside the van. The board running down the side would also be protected from us leaning on it in the evenings. We also use that side to sit on in the evenings and have the other side tied up out the way. Because of the depth of wood, it became a little uncomfortable after time. So the board box has been made with an incline for improved comfort and the wood panel will not be quite so deep for easier leg hanging over :)
Check out the hinged door on the end of the board box. This is to give me easier access when pulling the board in and out of the box.
On a more positive front, we have started putting the new interior into the T5 :) In case you can't remember the old layout, here's a couple of piccies:
The keen eye will see that where the buggy is tied up, there is another flap that is anchored to the side. This drops down (when the buggy is moved of course!) to make another base along side the base that is currently down. Then a box makes up the open section where the side door is. We then have somewhere to kip on and it all folds up to still give us the complete van if we need it - happy days! There's also a rack that runs from side to side (see it up by the back window and buggy wheel and just by the left side top of the side door). The surf boards get put on there. These are supported by wooden legs screwed to the top and bottom of the side panel.
We had that layout for a few years and as the time went by, thought of a few more pimps we could do to make it more comfortable and practical. So, with the new van comes a new interior. We (me and Nic's dad, Pete) set to work last Saturday doing part 1 of the installation.
Needless to say, as the time has gone by, the board quiver has grown. The kite quiver has remained pretty static so no requirement changes needed there. The new vision was to do pretty much the same sort of layout again, but with improved seating, better (safer!) side access and a bit more convenience for cooking. Where possible, we're trying to re-use as much as we can from the old interior. As it was, Nic was known, quite regularly, to dismount the side door in a very ungraceful and un-ladylike fashion. The was mostly to do with the restricted access because of the section partly blocking the side door. So that section will be shortened to not infringe on the side door.
The other side (where the buggy is pictured), we planned to add a box sort of affair to slide a surfboard inside of. This would mean all 3 boards are safe inside the van. The board running down the side would also be protected from us leaning on it in the evenings. We also use that side to sit on in the evenings and have the other side tied up out the way. Because of the depth of wood, it became a little uncomfortable after time. So the board box has been made with an incline for improved comfort and the wood panel will not be quite so deep for easier leg hanging over :)
Check out the hinged door on the end of the board box. This is to give me easier access when pulling the board in and out of the box.
There are a couple of other plans, but I'll let you know about these as we get to do them ;)
Tuesday, 9 November 2010
Pictures of Rossi on a Ducati - Valencia 2010 Testing
I thought I'd kill a bit of time this morning and watch the Valencia testing. So far, not a lot has really happened. But what everybody was waiting for has just happened! After 7 years with the Yamaha MotoGP racing team, Rossi has finally ridden the Ducati!
Here's a couple of screen grabs courtesy of the BBC (in no particular order):
Here's a couple of screen grabs courtesy of the BBC (in no particular order):
And of course a quick one of Cal ;)
Tuesday, 2 November 2010
Moving On With Snowboarding
We're officially saying goodbye to the summer now, what with the clocks going back. Here I am sat looking out the window and seeing a dull, rainy and dark 4 o'clock in the afternoon.
This isn't all bad. For sure, I'll be missing the sun and light evenings, but this darkness does mean that the snowy season is finally getting here :)
Having been on Twitter now for a few months now I thought I'd follow the whitelines snowboard mag. They've not long put up an article saying Terje Haakonsen might be pushing to have slopstyle added to the 2014 winter Olympics.
I can't believe how snowboarding has changed over the years. When I was a lad, snowboarding being in the Olympics encompassed everything that snowboarding was not about. Couple that with it being managed and controlled by the FIS - outright offensive.
Oh how things change...
This isn't all bad. For sure, I'll be missing the sun and light evenings, but this darkness does mean that the snowy season is finally getting here :)
Having been on Twitter now for a few months now I thought I'd follow the whitelines snowboard mag. They've not long put up an article saying Terje Haakonsen might be pushing to have slopstyle added to the 2014 winter Olympics.
I can't believe how snowboarding has changed over the years. When I was a lad, snowboarding being in the Olympics encompassed everything that snowboarding was not about. Couple that with it being managed and controlled by the FIS - outright offensive.
Oh how things change...
Thursday, 28 October 2010
Sunday, 24 October 2010
Busfreeze - Stafford 2010
We went up to Busfreeze at the County Showground in Stafford today. It's only it's second year and although it wasn't as busy as it's sister show, Dubfreeze, it was none the less popular with the vans :)
We thought we'd buy the T5 a couple of treats as he's a bit sad at the moment (he needs a new bumper and and some work done on the rear wheel arch when somebody ran into him the other day). So he's now sporting a new swivel passenger seat and some wind deflectors - he's got a little smile back on his face now :)
We thought we'd buy the T5 a couple of treats as he's a bit sad at the moment (he needs a new bumper and and some work done on the rear wheel arch when somebody ran into him the other day). So he's now sporting a new swivel passenger seat and some wind deflectors - he's got a little smile back on his face now :)
Jesus! This bad boy was proper slammed!
Was loving a bit of this hell wagon :)
The show & shine had some real sweeties...
What the...???
This woody style looked nice and I've not seen anyone do this before
He'd used a vinyl for the finish
It was mostly all vans, but this mk1 golf was really nicely done
Um...
Thursday, 21 October 2010
Smelly Wetsuit Boots
If any of you are suffering from smelly wetsuit boot syndrome (which I have been up until recently - and in fact Nic's were particularly potent!!), then a trick we have come across is to fill them with clean water and leave them overnight. If they are a bit more overwhelmingly strong, then leave them longer and top up as needed.
Hopefully you can say goodbye to throwing up stentch of stinky boots :)
Hopefully you can say goodbye to throwing up stentch of stinky boots :)
Quiksiler Pro - Portugal 2010
So there I was quietly finishing up a nice cup of tea and turned on the live web coverage of the Quiksilver Pro in Portugal (this link may not be available if you read this once the event is over).
Anyway...
I had to take a double look when there are two dudes out surfing with their dogs! The dogs were proper loving it :) I did my best to get some screenshots - which aren't too great, but worthy none the less!
Anyway...
I had to take a double look when there are two dudes out surfing with their dogs! The dogs were proper loving it :) I did my best to get some screenshots - which aren't too great, but worthy none the less!
I'm guessing one of the dogs was a seasoned pro - he grabbed the leash as he jumped off after making it all the way to the shore on a super clean wave!
Move over Kelly Slater - make room for Rex!
Tuesday, 19 October 2010
Goof Board
Now given I have a carpenter in the family, I'm sure he could knock me something up as although I am sure it's worth it, $139 is a bit too spenny for me...
Retro Board Challenge - East Wittering
The Retro Board Challenge is on again this year. We went last year and spent some good time with Danny. It's a fancy dress surf comp - what more could you ask for!!
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