Vertical Truth ? Surfing Vero Beach, Florida
Vertical Truth ? Surfing Vero Beach, FloridaRead Jetsetters Magazine at www.jetsettersmagazine.comRead Jetsetters Magazine at www.jetsettersmagazine.comTo read this entire feature FREE with photos cut and paste this link:http://jetsettersmagazine.com/archive/jetezine/sports02/surfing/cflorida/lou.html"You gotta want to do it ?you have got to want to SURF!"These words come from Lou Maresca as I sit listening in a pavilion at Fort Pierce State Recreation Area just south of Vero Beach, Florida. I had come to write an article on his school and attend a session of classes and I have to admit I had not really given the issue all that much thought. I mean, after all, how hard can it be?Well, I'll tell you what - it ain't easy! But if you are aged 7 to 70 and in relatively decent shape, Lou and his crew will teach you how to surf. They claim a success rate of 95% and I believe them, having seen as much with my own eyes. Lou pioneered East Coast surf schools some years ago, works out of a beautiful facility, has tons of experience, and uses quality equipment.
Do not be fooled by imitators.Before class started Lou personally spoke to each potential student and intensively asked some questions about their abilities and experiences:He was a very serious and focused, clearly a professional gauging the strengths and weaknesses of his clients. Next the payments outstanding were dealt with, all accomplished with very little hassle. Lou makes family discounts and will take checks (Florida only). This was about the time the comment that opens this story was heard. One of the students was not sure she was into it and it became clear that Lou had been here before.
I figured out later he simply didn't want to be wasting anyone's time during the lessons to be dealing with a situation he could handle right now. He assured the young lady that his feelings were not on the line, he just wanted to make sure they weren't going to have to be talking anyone into anything once out in the water. She said she wanted to surf and we were off.Lou's school has a couple different levels of instruction: those who know how to surf and those who don't. Those who have surfed before and are fairly competent at the basics of surfing will receive personal instruction at the hands of the master. They will proceed directly to the water and Lou will watch them surf for a bit, then he'll join them in the water and assist them in the finer points of choosing waves and getting up to speed so as to overtake and meld with them for a free ride to the beach.
He will fine tune their technique and do some surfing himself, allowing them to see how it's done. The other group of students, those who have not surfed before or who are still working on the basics of paddling out and into waves and then popping up on their boards, will stay for an hour of instruction back at the pavilion before proceeding to the water. That was for me and half a dozen children, I'd say from ages 7 to 13.Lou works with a couple of local surfers who assist him in his classes. Ryan is a 22-year-old surfer gal who sings in a band when not surfing and has a smile that literally bursts out of her when particularly happy surf thought breaks over her mind.Billy is a 27-year-old business owner (G-Bolt, a company that makes and sells accessories for wake boards) who assists Lou in his spare time for some extra geld. He is also constantly smiling; actually his face looks like it hurts when he isn't grinningThese two were like all the surfers I met in that it was easy to see that one thing a surfer loves is anything to do with surfing.
They are constantly looking for the next wave, a tireless and endless pursuit that seems to them like a natural extension of breathing.At one point in my day I had asked Ryan if she ever got tired of talking about surfing. She looked at me like I was insane and explained that it was something inside of her, "a drive." Lou had recently been instructing a few Air Force Lieutenants, one of whom observed to him that he was constantly in the water, working in it all day, then playing in it; his response to this was that they should think of him as, "an ocean going mammal. I come out of the ocean to feed, sleep and one other thing. Then I'm back in the water." These guys live to surf and when your class starts you will feel that desire coming off them in waves, and I guarantee you, it is infectious.My beginners class started with a hefty dose of safety instruction. Ryan was very clear and adamant about the potential dangers to be faced in the water.
Although I never felt any fear of any of the things covered when I was actually in the water, they do an excellent job of making the possible dangers very clear to those who know nothing of the ocean.Everything was covered; from holding your board properly, moving around with it safely in the water, and any potentially dangerous ocean fauna you might bump into. Ryan had an instant rapport with the kids, and although she allowed their occasional digression, she was expert at bringing them back to the task at hand and keeping their attention. If I were going to put my kid into a school to learn how to surf, these folks would be the ones I'd want teaching them; safety was a huge priority and yet I don't feel that the kids ever thought they were being talked down to. Ryan almost went out of her way to scare us all a bit, to make us know we were participating in a sport that could be dangerous, and in a potentially perilous place as well, although it was all a bit overplayed for awareness:To read this entire feature FREE with photos cut and paste this link:http://jetsettersmagazine.com/archive/jetezine/sports02/surfing/cflorida/lou.html, Jetsetters Magazine Correspondent ? Read Jetsetters Magazine at www.jetsettersmagazine.com To book travel visit Jetstreams.com at www.jetstreams.com and for Beach Resorts visit Beach Booker at www.beachbooker.com.
Safe Splashing: Basic Water Safety for Families
One of the best things about summer is enjoying outdoor activities with your family. Adding water to those activities increases the fun, but it increases the danger, too. Fortunately, you and your family can safely enjoy your time at the pool, lake and beach if you practice some basic rules of water safety.Experts from the American Red Cross remind you to follow these safety tips to protect your family and keep them safe in or around the water:1. Learn to swim and swim well. One of the best things anyone can do to stay safe in and around the water is learn to swim.
No one, including adults, should ever swim alone. Adults should practice "reach supervision" which means to be within arm's length of a child in case an emergency occurs.2. Outfit everyone with the proper gear. Kids -- and even adults -- who are not strong swimmers should use U.S. Coast Guard approved personal flotation devices (PFDs) whenever they are in or around the water.
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RR Satellite Communications Ltd. Extended to Control a Total of 43 Channels from its Playout Center.
RR Satellite Communications (RRSAT) in Israel was originally designed to play out only three channels.
It has recently been extended to control a total of 43 channels said Alex Amizur, vice president engineering, RR Satellite Communications.
"However because of the station's continued success we needed to expand this to incorporate more channels. Pebble Beach provided the perfect opportunity for us to upgrade our system to a Neptune multi-channel system which allowed us more device control and playout capabilities. "Now RR Satellite Communication's playout facility operates on 24/7 basis more than 40 TV channels and the planed capacity is for more than 100 TV channels.
Most of the TV channels use "RRSAT Global Network" as their tool of global distribution via satellites all over the world."We are delighted at the volume of international sales," said Peter Hajittofi, managing director, Pebble Beach Systems.
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NBC Sees the "Light"
New Orleans, LA (ContentDesk) January 24, 2004 --You could hear it all through the halls.
It was brought up in meetings and discussed at lunch.
No, it wasn't about the surprises that came out of the Iowa caucus.
It was constant chatter at Planet Beach's corporate office about the report by Rob Bazzell on NBC's Nightly News.
The report on 1/19/04 that focused on the necessity of Vitamin D in maintaining good health with the main source of the vitamin coming from the sun.The indoor tanning industry has been fighting to educate the public and the media for years about the advantages of UV light.
Planet Beach and tanning salons across the nation now have a partner in that fight, Dr. Michael Holick of Boston University.
With his new studies highlighting the alarming Vitamin D deficiency rate and his new book "The UV Advantage" along with the persistence of the indoor tanning industry, the people are starting to see the "light", UV light...
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Channel Strategy Surfaces as Alvaka Networks of Huntington Beach, CA Seals a Deal to Power Coastline Micro, Inc.?s New Advanced Network Management Services Offering
Huntington Beach, CA (ContentDesk) November 10, 2003 ?- Two Southern California Companies combine forces to take on the competition. In one of the boldest moves seen by the Orange County Tech Sector in many months, Coastline Micro, Inc. of Irvine California and Alvaka Networks of Huntington Beach today announced the November 20th, 2003 release of Coastline Micro's Advanced Network Management Service that will be offered by Coastline Micro and powered by Alvaka Network's award winning service - "AlvakaNet" sm.Founded in 1989, Coastline Micro is a leading provider of end-to-end, high-quality, cost-effective computing and networking solutions. Coastline selected Alvaka Networks to be the backbone of Coastline's New Advanced Network Management Services. The new partnership will bring patch management, 24 x 7 monitoring and support, IT help desk, VPN and Internet connectivity support and a variety of security services to Coastline Micro's customers.
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Channel Strategy Surfaces as Alvaka Networks of Huntington Beach, CA Seals a Deal to Power Coastline Micro, Inc.?s New Advanced Network Management Services Offering
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New RV resort lot investment opportunities in the Great Smoky Mountains
(ContentDesk) April 16, 2006 -- "The RV investment market has finally hit in the Smokies," said real estate broker Turby Treadway. Angela Treadway, spouse and partner of Turby Treadway, stated that most of the Pigeon Forge Investment real estate is primarily rental property, and in most cases, the return on investment is much better than what a person can expect from investing in the stock market. "Real estate appreciation can vary between 11% for properties already built to as much as 60% on pre-construction developments like condominiums, vacant lots RV Resorts. Rental occupancy for a number of our log home resorts average 47-50% occupancy rates, which can return great gross rental income." Said Angela Treadway.Turby and Angela have several success stories in the Smoky Mountains. Current investment opportunities offered through Privett and Associates, LLC include: 1.
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Former Model Turned Entrepreneur Invents A New Landscaping Decoration Product That Has Taken The Gardening Industry By Storm, The Treepot
West VA (ContentDesk) June 9, 2005 -- Aaron Simmons was not your typical Miami area model/actor. He is tall, standing at a towering six-feet-eight-inches. When he first arrived to Miami's South Beach casting agents sent him on nineteen auditions. He was booked for thirteen of the nineteen gigs, which included shoots for Glamour, Cosmo, Big and Tall and commercials for Wendy's, Sea World and The Weather Channel to name a few. On top of immediate success, nightlife, unlimited dates he always knew there was something more brewing in his mind.
Aaron had always been creative and while attending Marshall University he began delving into his artistic side. He began working on architectural designs, sculptures, cartoons, drawings, product inventions and writing scripts for feature films. Even as a successful model and actor all his creative talents were begging to come out. While he was walking in South Beach he saw a tree and got a vision for a product design. He felt this could be a...
Former Model Turned Entrepreneur Invents A New Landscaping Decoration Product That Has Taken The Gardening Industry By Storm, The Treepot
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LinkPro Replication Software Provides Business Continunity Solution; IPReplicator(TM) 2.2 available to backup, protect and recover files - Globally
NEWPORT BEACH, CA (ContentDesk) March 22, 2004 -? LinkPro Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of Data Replication Software, announced the availability of IPReplicator(TM) 2.2 for Windows NT/2000/2003.
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This is accomplished using secure, real-time and scheduled, file replication over TCP/IP based LANs, WANs and the Internet."Federal regulations aimed at making executives personally liable for lost revenue or value resulting from data loss are either in place or being considered in both Europe and North America." said Frank Reinhart, president of LinkPro.IPReplicator's unique real-time replication technology can continually send changes to files, folders, and databases to backup servers in geographically remote locations. This enables immediate network availability of critical data if a local disaster should occur.
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LinkPro Replication Software Provides Business Continunity Solution; IPReplicator(TM) 2.2 available to backup, protect and recover files - Globally
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