Friday, February 13, 2009

poop and the origin of the skurfvualter



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From: Brian B <bosuck@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 2:29 PM
Subject: poop and the origin of the skurfvualter
To: 4020.bosuck@blogger.com


hello.  we have been slow to post lately.  mostly cause i have been busy.  No, with work.  It suck. dont get a job if you can help it. get rich doing what you love.  Unless its self love.  keep that behind closed doors. alas... to catch up. we went New Safer Skurfvaulting at waimanalo the other weekend.  it was rad. mars went to the er.  what is skurfvaulting?  Well it started in 1999 when my brother, pro windsurfer decided one dead wind day to attach his mast to a boat vertically then attach a tow rope at the top to allow for the hugest airs ever conceveed.  This would provide the nessary adventure to make the week fun. 
So he set out to use the new toy, it was fun- but that did not last.  the mast broke in 2 jumps and the project went back to the garage.  10 minutes later we had a new plan to use the new proline flexy wave mast.  Installed it and went back on the water. It turned out to be so flexy that you could load tension on the tow strap and boost dagerously high. so from airs of 5 feet they boosted to 15ft.  This made landing very hard.  Actually next to impossible. my brother got a concusion for 2 days and nearly ended up in davie jones's locker. So we retired skurfvaulter 1 and since moved to kite surfing etc.  Recently at surf expo, i ran into a company selling a bungie cord with tow handles attached.  the idea is load the cord with water or mechanical energy - walking then get yanked at up to 30mph then hit the lip or whatever.  This seems much safer so we bought one for $$$ and returned home to try it.  it was awesome. probably the greatest leg workout ever.  probably the most fun on the beach ever.   the speed is rad, the energy awesome and the eat - its were painful and classic. we made two videos look at youtube.com/bosuck.  vain

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