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Ten Tips for Traveling Solo(Comments Off)

November 2, 2009

There’s a lot to recommend traveling alone. You go where you want, when you want and do what you want. There’s no group decisions or waiting around. It’s the ultimate freedom. On the other hand, extended solo travel can be lonely and sometimes dangerous. Here are 10 tips to keep the solo traveler safe and [...]

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The Severn Bore

August 6, 2009: the Gloucestershire news reports on a surfer who has chalked up 500 + rides on the Severn.  There’s also a few tales of the Bore from alt.surfing: Newsgroups: alt.surfing Subject: Re: Severn bore record goes again Date: 31 Aug 1996 From yesterday’s Times: “A man aged 50 has retaken the record for [...]

Surfing With Contacts

From: G. Pasquinelli Subject: Re: Surfing with contacts? I wear contacts when I surf nowadays. I started off without wearing them and I didn’t really mind it. I could still see the sets coming in and such but it was still a pain to not recognize other surfers and such as everyone around was so [...]

Swim Training

kooks@egroups.com, Fringnut wrote: I swim ( either mile or half mile) as often as possible. At end of swim workout, I swim a length underwater, then sprint a length – trying to simulate a wipeout and recovery. I do this underwater thing two or three times. It really builds confidence knowing that you can hold [...]


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