Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Green Machine
Amazingly this 350kph F1 racing car is claiming pole position in the race to save the world.
The marketing angle on this is, by making a donation to the myearthdream trust will result in your name and pledge eventually appearing on the bodywork of the Honda Formula 1 racing car, there are 600,000 pixels per car. Ok, the non-logo car with a globe wrapping the entire bodywork makes a nice change from the archetypal Formula 1 car and thats pretty much it! What this evident marketing stunt can’t hide is the fact that it also drinks a litre every 2 kilometres and pumps out 138 tonnes of carbon a year.
"Tell 'em they're my earth dreamin'!" and the car should go straight to the pool room.
The marketing angle on this is, by making a donation to the myearthdream trust will result in your name and pledge eventually appearing on the bodywork of the Honda Formula 1 racing car, there are 600,000 pixels per car. Ok, the non-logo car with a globe wrapping the entire bodywork makes a nice change from the archetypal Formula 1 car and thats pretty much it! What this evident marketing stunt can’t hide is the fact that it also drinks a litre every 2 kilometres and pumps out 138 tonnes of carbon a year.
"Tell 'em they're my earth dreamin'!" and the car should go straight to the pool room.
Sunday, March 18, 2007
Wollumbin Leg Burner
I ran up Mt Warning (now officially also known as just Wollumbin) again this afternoon. Record time for me. 48mins up from the car park to viewing platform - 33 down. Again it was a beautiful day with a stunning view of everything from the top.
Going up is a no brainer. It's merely a thigh and lung burn. The challenge being to push on as hard as possible. Coming down is a different challenge.
I rolled my ankle during a momentary lapse of concentration about half way down but kept going as fast as I could favouring the good leg, the twisted one's a bit swollen now. I like to run down fast letting gravity do most of the work. Its a zen activity requiring total attention to every step because of the stones and tree roots and general irregularity of the track. When the mind wonders from the immediate present moment - the next foot placement - an ankle injury is more than likely, or worse still tripping over at full momentum.
Near the end I was startled by a loud crunching crashing sound. Just off the track I watched a big dead palm branch fall to the ground. First thought was, "good thing it wasn't on my head", then all I could think was that was the answer to the question... If a tree fell in the forest I'd bloody hear it alright.
Going up is a no brainer. It's merely a thigh and lung burn. The challenge being to push on as hard as possible. Coming down is a different challenge.
I rolled my ankle during a momentary lapse of concentration about half way down but kept going as fast as I could favouring the good leg, the twisted one's a bit swollen now. I like to run down fast letting gravity do most of the work. Its a zen activity requiring total attention to every step because of the stones and tree roots and general irregularity of the track. When the mind wonders from the immediate present moment - the next foot placement - an ankle injury is more than likely, or worse still tripping over at full momentum.
Near the end I was startled by a loud crunching crashing sound. Just off the track I watched a big dead palm branch fall to the ground. First thought was, "good thing it wasn't on my head", then all I could think was that was the answer to the question... If a tree fell in the forest I'd bloody hear it alright.
Friday, March 16, 2007
Epic Surf Session
I just got back from a 3.5hr surf at Cudgen Reef a new spot for me that I surfed for the first time last week. This place is gold. I reckon its the best spot on the Gold Coast if you aren't here for the point breaks.
Last week we had some good swell and this day it was clean and about 5 foot. I paddled out not really knowing where the take of spot was or the reef for that matter. It sits about 150 metres off the beach. This is a real deal reef setup with heavy dredging perfect tubes growing out of deep water. I was there for no more that 15 mins when 8 bodyboarders and 3 photographers turned up. Still with that many guys I got more than my share. One other surfer came out who had the drop wired and got the best barrel I'd seen for a while. The boogers where taking off really late drop knee and busting some big airs. That was last week.
So with another good south swell running and nice conditions I went up there again this morning. 3 guys out one being WCT pro Troy Brooks (with a photographer). He went in about half hour later. So it was pretty good with only 3 of us for about an hour with perfect conditions and some amazing waves coming through. One of the guys was an Italian guy who reckons the surf in Italy is underrated. A big pod of 20 or so dolphins were fishing and swimming around us. At one point a few metres away a bunch of bait fish breached the surface followed by some metre long Tuna flying through the air. Pretty full on. I've never seen something like that. It was a live marine wildlife show out there (no I didn't see any man eating fish which was ok with me).
Then out of nowhere world no. 3 Joel Parkinson, Acher Pacey some hawaiians and a few others show up including the guy that got the barrel of the day last week. Then the jetski with the camera crew.
Well I must say the conditions were right, the tide dropping out making it really shallow and hollow. I witnessed the most critical late drop behind the peak heaving deep ass tube riding I had seen for, well probably ever. Inspiring. The break was somewhat shifty so there was the odd wide ones that I could grab and watch the pros on the paddle back out. Acher got the wave of the session, super late free fall drop and sooo far back in the the tube. Joel and I were poised on the shoulder screaming. When he paddle back out, Parko was clapping claiming "that was a 10". Frankly all those dudes were tube masters. I seriously have a new appreciation for how critical a wave can be surfed.
I finally snapped my leg rope and had to swim back to the beach. I was pretty over it anyway. I'd been out for ages and was getting sun burned and thirsty. This was the best surf session I'd lucked into for years.
Last week we had some good swell and this day it was clean and about 5 foot. I paddled out not really knowing where the take of spot was or the reef for that matter. It sits about 150 metres off the beach. This is a real deal reef setup with heavy dredging perfect tubes growing out of deep water. I was there for no more that 15 mins when 8 bodyboarders and 3 photographers turned up. Still with that many guys I got more than my share. One other surfer came out who had the drop wired and got the best barrel I'd seen for a while. The boogers where taking off really late drop knee and busting some big airs. That was last week.
So with another good south swell running and nice conditions I went up there again this morning. 3 guys out one being WCT pro Troy Brooks (with a photographer). He went in about half hour later. So it was pretty good with only 3 of us for about an hour with perfect conditions and some amazing waves coming through. One of the guys was an Italian guy who reckons the surf in Italy is underrated. A big pod of 20 or so dolphins were fishing and swimming around us. At one point a few metres away a bunch of bait fish breached the surface followed by some metre long Tuna flying through the air. Pretty full on. I've never seen something like that. It was a live marine wildlife show out there (no I didn't see any man eating fish which was ok with me).
Then out of nowhere world no. 3 Joel Parkinson, Acher Pacey some hawaiians and a few others show up including the guy that got the barrel of the day last week. Then the jetski with the camera crew.
Well I must say the conditions were right, the tide dropping out making it really shallow and hollow. I witnessed the most critical late drop behind the peak heaving deep ass tube riding I had seen for, well probably ever. Inspiring. The break was somewhat shifty so there was the odd wide ones that I could grab and watch the pros on the paddle back out. Acher got the wave of the session, super late free fall drop and sooo far back in the the tube. Joel and I were poised on the shoulder screaming. When he paddle back out, Parko was clapping claiming "that was a 10". Frankly all those dudes were tube masters. I seriously have a new appreciation for how critical a wave can be surfed.
I finally snapped my leg rope and had to swim back to the beach. I was pretty over it anyway. I'd been out for ages and was getting sun burned and thirsty. This was the best surf session I'd lucked into for years.
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Ok back on the blog
Well. We have been slack with updating our blog for the past few months haven't we.
It feels like quite a lot has happened. Especially Tia's growth. She is now mobile. Crawling and swimming and eating.
Christmas at our place. Sydney over Australia Day weekend. Ayako driving a car. All time surf more than once in the past few months. QuiksilverPro at Snapper had awesome waves. New job contracts. Run up Mount Warning in under 1hr. Tool.
That's it in a nut shell.
Make sure you check out and book mark our new picture gallery http://picasaweb.google.com/ayakojordan
See ya
Jord
It feels like quite a lot has happened. Especially Tia's growth. She is now mobile. Crawling and swimming and eating.
Christmas at our place. Sydney over Australia Day weekend. Ayako driving a car. All time surf more than once in the past few months. QuiksilverPro at Snapper had awesome waves. New job contracts. Run up Mount Warning in under 1hr. Tool.
That's it in a nut shell.
Make sure you check out and book mark our new picture gallery http://picasaweb.google.com/ayakojordan
See ya
Jord
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