Recreation and Sports Articles (Sorted by date)

The rising popularity of windsurfing

As with any extreme sport or sport in general, there is only so much one can do on a surfboard. Enter windsurfing, a popular way to gain speed and air by using a sail attached to the surfboard itself.
Jakob JellingSeptember 07, 2004

Kiteboating

Just when you think that kiting can be for only a board, think again. With the inception of bigger and more powerful kites, the ability to speed up or move larger objects became a reality. Enter a new extreme sport Kiteboating.
Jakob JellingSeptember 07, 2004

Why Range Finders are Perfect for the BackCountry

Outdoor enthusiasts love to guess about all sorts of things. We guess how many stars are in the Milky Way, we guess how fast a deer runs or we might even guess about how long it will be until that big, dark cloud dumps rain us.
Chuck FitzgeraldSeptember 07, 2004

5 Tips for Successful Bird Watching

Can you name the number one spectator sport in North America? It’s not baseball, figure skating or racing. It’s bird watching. That’s right, more people are watching birds than football and hockey combined.
Chuck FitzgeraldSeptember 07, 2004

Night Vision Devices -- The Ultimate in BackCountry Toys

Many nights in the backcountry are far from dark. A bright moon and a sky full of stars can throw off enough light to allow for reading a book, but add cloud cover, mountains or trees and it gets dark awfully fast.
Chuck FitzgeraldSeptember 07, 2004

Essential Information On Choosing The Best Golf Clubs To Suit Your Game

Most golfers, whether a beginner or a pro, struggle when trying to decide which golf club to buy. The buying process becomes easier when the consumer has a good understanding of the types of golf clubs available and their specific use.
Keith KingstonAugust 30, 2004

Boat Wax-Shine On

It has been our experience that nothing so much insures the beauty and longevity of a fiberglass boat than the continual maintenance of a good coat of high quality wax.
James "Doc" LewisAugust 30, 2004

The Care and Feeding of Your Clear Vinyl Boat Windows

Strataglass®, Lexan®, Plexiglass®, Isenglass, Crystal Clear, Eisenglass, etc. Whatever you call it, it all comes from polyvinyl chloride (PVC) which has certain definite characteristics. 1.
James "Doc" LewisAugust 30, 2004

Boating Safety - It's For Everyone

Boating, when a few simple rules are followed, is one of the safest family activities there is. U.S. statistics show boating is twice as safe as biking, five times as safe as driving a car, and 24 times as safe as scuba diving.
James "Doc" LewisAugust 30, 2004

I’m Riding a What?... An Intellectual Property Attorney’s Guide To Patents and Surfing

Intellectual property is everywhere, and encompasses, among other things, the areas of patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets. As an industry, surfing represents a significant market that is heavily influenced and involved with...
Thomas A. HatfieldAugust 27, 2004