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Freeboard: To have a rocker or not to have... this is the question
Freeboard (or FREEBORD as per the name of the pioneer manufacturer) is a 6-wheel skateboard that reproduces the sensations of a snowboard on the road. Traditionally, the edge wheels are off the ground, creating a "rocker" when transitioning from edge...
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Skateboard suspension (2021-2022)
It all started through a Kickstarter crowdfunding for a skateboard suspension: the cruz control boost plate. When I received it, I was disappointed because these metal pieces were super heavy (500g each if I recall well) and completely stiff, at least...
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Bicycles in Amsterdam
While visiting the Netherlands, one of the most amazing things for me were the few hundred thousands of bicycles in Amsterdam. First, there are giant parkplaces but generally there are bicycles chained everywhere... there are familybikes... lying bikes......
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Cloth diapers and paternity leave
Since the birth of Raphael 2 months ago, we've been using mainly cloth diapers instead of disposable ones. There are different types of cloth diapers but we use mainly flat ones, the most simple type. Here is a short how-to manual for folding and swaddling,...
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Garden 2010: No-till maize trial & other experiments
This year we will probably be in Vienna for a large part of the summer, and we've just found a community garden for growing some vegetables. But because I am interested in agriculture and not only in gardening, I started an experiment with maize in a...
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"Dirt! The movie": a tribute to soil conservation
The movie "Dirt!" deals with one of the most important things on this world: soil fertility and soil conservation. It was inspired by William Bryant Logan's book "Dirt! The Ecstatic Skin of the Earth" http://www.dirtthemovie.org/ Another book by David...
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Mezzanine / Loft bed
This month (August 2009), we decided to learn how to use the woodworking machine of my grandfather in Toulouse. There was enough wood in the workshop to build the mezzanine we had planned. First, some of the raw wood. Most of it were beautiful oak pieces...
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Stop eating the rainforest!
What do Tarzan, the rainforest and meat consumption have in common? The answer to this question appeared to me like a flash after a long night working in the Konzerthaus (I do the wardrobe there and this time I had to work until 3:30am). The event this...
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Pompe a vide
Voila la presentation de ma pompe a vide a partir de 2 compresseurs de frigo branches en parallele. L'idee de faire des kayaks sous vide en utilisant des pompes de frigo est assez controversee, mais je commence a me faire une idee sur la question. L'argument...
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Dumpster Diving...
... or how to eat for free by diving into the overflow of the society. Most people don't know about the amazing quantity of food ending up every day in the garbages of supermarkets. O ne of my favorite activities at the moment is "dumpster diving", the...
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Travail du pont
Tout d'abord j'ai creuse le tour de l'hiloire, c'est le point de repere pour toutes les autres operations. Pour ca j'ai fait un super outil en bois qui a la forme exacte de l'encastrement de l'hiloire, avec un papier verre colle dessus (photo). Je n'avais...
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Graz: Radezky
La vague de Radezky est situee sous le pont du meme nom. C'est le spot qui etait a l'origine prevu pour les mondiaux de freestyle 2003. Malheureusement par manque d'eau (je suppose) la competition a du se derouler dans un rouleau un peu plus en amont,...
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Photos!
Je disais la semaine derniere qu'un photographe etait venu parce qu'il fait des concours et que le kayak l'interesse pour presenter des photos aux juges. J'etais de nouveau a Kuchl ce week-end, et il est revenu pour prendre des photos le samedi apres-midi...
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Eau de Toilette - Vienne
EAU DE TOILETTE - VIENNE Some of the best ads ever seen. Its about the wastewater treatment plant of Vienna, the most modern of its kind in the world. That's what Ebs - the company running it - says on its website www.ebs.co.at Wastewater treatment interested...
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Himachal Pradesh
Himachal Pradesh is a state from the north of India, already in the Himalayas. We chose to spend our winter here, in the region of Dharamsala and Mc Leod Ganj (the place of the Tibetan government in Exile, where the Dalai Lama has is living since the...
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Strawberry juce for all
It is often a difficult question when you are invited: what do I bring to my hosts...? Here is a new strategy that I started using. I go to my local supermarket, preferably after it has closed, and find the garbage where the unsold goods are disposed...
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Japanische Weinbeeren
Es war dieses Jahr wieder der 10 Juli im „Garten der Früchte“ von Joel, Mary und Alice. Dieser Tag ist nicht nur der Geburtstag von Joel, ein Freund bei dem wir jedes Jahr mit der Arbeit in dem Garten helfen kommen, sondern auch die jährliche Weinbeer...
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Construction de pagaies - 2
Cet article fait suite a Construction de pagaies - 1 où j'explique le shape de la pagaie, la construction du moule et des noyaux en mousse polyuréthane. Samedi 4 Avril 2009: construction de la première pale! J'ai choisi de la faire noire. - Poids de fibre:...
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Some of the best hitch-hiking rides ever!
On Friday July 17 we were on the road, hitch-hiking between Austria and Spain. In the morning, we just had a good ride of about 200km, from Buchs (Austrian-Swiss border) to Bern. But this time, in the Grauholz service station before Bern, our lucky star...
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India
We just had an active traveling time with our friend Sam who came for 1 month traveling with us. We went to a lot of places as you can see from the pictures. Mona and me entered India from Nepal on the 19-10, and Sam arrived on the 23th. Then, we went...
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Construction du bateau (soudure, calages etc...)
Article a lire chronologiquement haut en bas: Surelevation du siege: il sera pose sur une plaque en polystyrene (pas de styrodur.., cf.: les chandelles) que j'ai decoupee dans une chute du shape, et protegee avec 2 couches d'epoxy. La surelevation du...
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Protection du shape a l'epoxy
Article a lire chrononlogiquement de haut en bas: Je viens de passer une couche d'epoxy (sans tissus) sur le shape. Je l'ai coloree (en rose...) pour bien voir ou j'avais deja travaille. Maintenant il ne me reste plus de resine, alors que j'ai encore...
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Construction pont et coque sous vide
Dimanche 6 Juillet: La coque. Detail de la stratification: le kevlar est epais (400 g) donc je me suis limite a 5 couches completes (KVVVV) + renfort Kevlar sur tout le fond plat et aux pointes + extra renforts Kevlar sur les cares. A cela s'ajoutent...
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Forme finie
Voila la forme finie. Je suis globalement content de l'esthetique, ce que je trouve bizarre c'est la difference de hauteur entre la pointe avant et arriere; j'attends de voir ca sur l'eau. Sinon c'est tres simple. D'autres shapeurs comme kevlar http://kevlarshape.kayakblogs.com...
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Moulage du Pani Piyo!
Il s'agit cette annee de modifier legerement le pont de ma forme de l'an dernier, puis de faire un moule. Le but final de l'operation est de faire un kayak sous vide en epoxy. C'est un vieux reve que je veux enfin realiser, meme si je n'aurai surement...
