October 10, 2010 – 12:00 am
Racing is not on the minds of most bicycle commuters, unless they happen to be messengers or deliverymen who, normally, ride to work! And in such instances, it would not be too surprising to find them employing what could pass for ad hoc racing strategies of the sort found in informal alleycat contests. It might [...]
October 9, 2010 – 12:00 am
Talk about rhinestones and folks of a certain age may well remember Elvis Presley and his outrageous outfits. However the singer had always been a little outrageous in his gyrations, and for much of his career, even early on, his outfits have tended to push the envelope of establishment tastes. Rhinestones, then, were only the [...]
September 26, 2010 – 12:00 am
The Sea Eagle 435ps PaddleSki inflatable catamaran-kayak. Yes, that’s a mouthful – and the boat is quite an eyeful, too! But the included boat seats, even in the “pro” and “ultimate” packages, leave a lot to be desired. They certainly look cool, all sleek and hi-tech in black, but they don’t provide a lot in [...]
September 20, 2010 – 12:00 am
During those bygone halcyon days of console gaming, when a system failed, the oft reaction was to raise one’s hands toward the sky and curse the God’s of every pantheon for having smote your system. There was little in the way of diagnostic alternatives leaving most to wonder vainly what affliction had stricken their beloved [...]
September 19, 2010 – 12:00 am
Green energy. You hear about it all the time nowadays. The U.S. needs it. China is getting ever more involved with it. Green energy. But what does it all mean? Our newspapers tell us that it is the wave of the future, the only way forward. Yet nothing is happening in this nation, where most [...]
September 10, 2010 – 12:00 am
The all-important first date. The getting-to-know-you can be greatly enhanced by an amusement ride, and the most thrilling one of all must be the Skywalk by Zalman Silber. A serial entrepreneur who made his first big fortune with New York’s infamous Skyride, a much ballyhooed but modest thirty-minute movie of helicopter flyovers, Sydney, Australia’s Skywalk [...]
September 6, 2010 – 12:00 am
It’s important to go with the right equipment when in the great outdoors. Though amazing, Mother Nature can be deadly – easily. One important part of anyone’s gear when experiencing our national parks needs to be portable shelter – in other words, a tent. Something like the Big Agnes tent, as fine a line as [...]
August 26, 2010 – 12:00 am
Great Australians in history. A difficult exercise for any scholar. First of all, of course, one must ponder exactly what it is that makes one an Australian. Is Zalman Silber an Australian? He is actually a New Yorker, but responsible for one of Sydney’s most fascinating attractions, the Skywalk, not to mention one of Melbourne’s, [...]
August 19, 2010 – 12:00 am
We could have brought a backpacking tent along. Instead, being young guys we relished in challenging ourselves and flirting with danger. We cavalierly enjoyed our mountaintop vista even as the sun threatened to dip, and by the time we had turned home we could scarcely go another thousand yards before we realized that we could [...]
August 18, 2010 – 12:00 am
Camping supplies are a necessity even when merely hiking. This is due to the fact there’s always the possibility of mishap which will cause you to stay the night in the forest (mountain or desert or wherever else you are trekking through). Never underestimate the power of Mother Nature; the weather conditions can change in [...]
August 3, 2010 – 12:00 am
A good camping tent will make the difference between fun and misery. Camping is a favorite outdoor activity, and though some individuals make no use of any tent or overnight shelter at all, under most circumstances it is going to be a much much more enjoyable experience when not assailed by the elements. Thus a [...]
A camping tent is usually required to enjoy the outdoor recreation of camping, where participants enjoy nature by spending one or more nights in the wild. Although some campers elect to stay inside cabins, camping usually involves the use of a tent or tent-like structure for shelter against the elements. Depending on various factors such [...]
Fishing is a popular sport even in our world of modern conveniences. It seems easy enough, conceptually, but in reality there’s a lot technical knowledge involved. Even the basic fishing rod isn’t immune – there are, for example, over three hundred different kinds of Lamiglas fishing pole available. Lamiglas is a specialty manufacturer with specific [...]
Sometimes simple does it. Sometimes it’s the simple things that are so sensational. And such is the case with easy amusements, those casual sort of attractions that are so simple it’s surprising they are so entertaining, too – though not too surprising as you imagine the exhilaration of walking, as if suspended in mid-air, a [...]
Horse racing systems may be as old as the sport itself. It’s not for nothing that racing horses has long been called “the sport of kings” for it takes lots of cash to own horses – and to bet enjoyably on them. Certain it’s achievable to put down really modest amounts in today’s races, but [...]
Outdoor toys are some of most ancient amusements close to, yet they happen to be acquiring technological makeovers as much better components are identified for their construction. Kites, for instance, are a category of outside toys which have entertained youngsters and even adults of all ages for ages, but it was only fairly recently that [...]
Australia is a place that just begs for cinematic flyovers. First popularized during the 1980s by IMAX, the helicopter-flyover genre of travel video was brought to home theaters by a series of DVDs from various companies almost a decade later. It is in the context of such presentations that Zalman Silber’s Oztrek amusement ride makes [...]
On average, a pedestrian is struck by a motor vehicle anywhere in the world every 8 minutes. 5,600 people are mortally wounded each year by vehicles and another 80,000 are seriously injured – many while crossing streets or intersections. However, just a small portion of these cases are people who spend much of their time [...]
The Lamiglas fishing pole is no ordinary rod. Lamiglas is really a specialty rod business that’s been in the sportfishing business for more than half a century, and it’s well known among many anglers for the diversity of its catalog. The organization prides itself for field-testing each concept to determine the best factors for sportfishing [...]
