What stoketh thee...

[Wilbur Kookmeyer]

Increasing my HP and Torque by about 20%.

New Vance & Hines Big Radius pipes with new Forcewinder intake system, combined with pro-street tuning.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ce-F7ubXeRA

[grizldoldfk]

disgustingly sick!

[Ceedog]

Having the time to post 1000 times, I think Ceedog is retiring.

[Wilbur Kookmeyer]

disgustingly sick!

The power increase caught me by surprise....kept the rubber side down though...

Next up is the Burly's...not sure if I am going to go for the big-@ss apes, or the mellow beach bar all low and gangster style......

[grizldoldfk]

dude, you're a surfer.
it's a no brainer.
beach bars.
fo shizzle.

[wawaverider]

Surfing in Costa Rica, warm water 8'

[pra_ggresion]

FINALS ARE OVER and I get a week and a half off 'til summer term. Waves look like their going to be REALLY good too sort of not really.

[Gazsurf]

This little write up on a friend of mine, he's a great guy to surf with and a riot on the beach afterwards too. I got this in an email today, he's one of those people who make you feel better for knowing him.....

Picture (Device Independent Bitmap)Members of the Los Angelitos soccer team, 11- and 12-year-olds at Paul Ecke Central Elementary School in Encinitas, get together for a team cheer to start the second half during a game Tuesday at the YMCA in Encinitas. (Photo by Bill Wechter - Staff Photographer)

ENCINITAS ---- When Bill Sparks of Encinitas looked at the area's youth soccer teams not long ago, he noticed that a large segment of the children wasn't playing.

Paul Ecke Central Elementary, where his two children go to school, Sparks said, is 25 percent Latino, but for the most part that 25 percent was nowhere to be seen on the soccer field. Sparks said he had been told by coaches that the few Latino players on the teams were often withdrawn and uncommunicative.

Sparks said last week that to give the kids who weren't on a team another option, he decided to form Los Angelitos de Encinitas, a bilingual arena soccer team for players ages 12 and under.

"It's not meant to be an entirely Hispanic team ... we wanted to provide an opportunity for these boys to participate," said Sparks, explaining that often the financial or time budgeting for sports can put them out of reach for many young people.

"Some of these kids ... if they have two parents, they're both working 12-hour days," he said. "There's a cultural barrier, and a language barrier, along with a financial barrier."

Fortunately for Sparks and his team, the giving spirit of some residents has helped to break down the financial barrier. Sparks said the YMCA discounted its usual rates for sports teams, and the local Play It Again Sports store also gave him a hefty markdown, allowing him to outfit 15 players with shin guards, soccer shoes and a soccer ball each for practice.

The team's bright yellow uniforms were from a company in Mexico, a must-have after the team's first game when, as Sparks recalled, "there weren't two shirts that looked alike, and all of the other teams had full matching uniforms."

Sparks explained the generosity with a laugh, adding, "Well, the team's called Los Angelitos, and who could say no to the little angels?"

He said he hopes the soccer team will be a permanent fixture. He would like to expand it and raise money to donate to programs for youth tutoring, daycare and sports.

"It's a big vision, but I think we can do it," Sparks said. "You're only young once, and you only get one chance to get out there and play for fun before it gets competitive."

And playing for fun, Sparks said, is the order of the day. Many spectators have commented on the amount of heart and effort the team puts out on the field.

"They leave it all out on the field," he said. "Nobody ever wants to come out of the game, and everyone wants to go in. You never have to ask them twice to come to practice."

Sparks said he hopes also that the experience helps the kids and their parents to feel more a part of the surrounding community.

In true underdog style, Los Angelitos have an impressive 5-2 record so far, needing one more win to place themselves into the playoffs, though Sparks (a novice at coaching) says he knows he doesn't need a championship to make the team well-known.

"I've got kids coming up to me all the time," said Sparks, "little boys and girls asking, 'Coach, coach, how can I play, too?' "

[gills]

my new quad fish.

[Neck Deep]

my new quad fish.

i suppose i have no more excuse to give you a ride to the coast now....

did, i tell you and other longboarding 'friends,' i got a roof rack?

of course i didn't....

[bluesilver]

I'm the one in the red

[gills]

my new quad fish.

i suppose i have no more excuse to give you a ride to the coast now....

did, i tell you and other longboarding 'friends,' i got a roof rack?

of course i didn't....

Technically, according to Dub law , it's STILL a longboard as it's 7'2.

[Dub Star]

Actually sounds like a "fun board" to me.

[gills]

Actually sounds like a "fun board" to me.

You're right, it's fun as hell.

[Dub Star]

Hold on let me add, fishes are 6 n under.

They are fun arent they.

Got a high performance quad on the wish list, not sure if thats before or after the high performance bonzer though? Anyone know what Powerballs up to now?