Photo Of The Day!!!

[KiteworldUSA]

nice!

[ricki]

No end of marvelous places to check out in the Caribbean. Went through the Grenadines last summer, it's a great destination. They are so close together and yet fall within about a 60 mile stretch north to south. There are so many beaches, cays, reef lines, wrecks and more to explore. The best way to take in the islands is by liveaboard boat. We did it on Windjammer, fun operation but sadly they're no more.

I saw a lot of nice photos from the islands on the website of CARIBBEAN KITE SURFARIS, http://web.mac.com/caribbeankitesurf...e/Welcome.html Some of the images follow, lots more where those came from in the Photo Gallery of the site. These folks do the Grenadines AND head south all the way to Trinidad/Tobago and across all those windy latitudes to Venezuela! There are lots of little explored islands and reefs in the ABC, Margarita latitudes. Would love the opportunity to check them out first person on a liveaboard someday.



Nothing like some quality island time with WIND!




You get this incredibly blue water in some of the island areas. White carbonate sand sets it off even more.




Endless island forms and coastlines to explore




You can also fall into some really good swells








I think I might have rigged and launched from this same small island in the Tobago Cays. Great times to be had down there, why not check it out?


Photos by Betty Findlay

[ricki]

The NPX guys got together and headed over to the Miami Marine Stadium for some wakeboarding. The Stadium was built way back in 1963 to host hydroplane races. It was visited by Nixon, Sammy Davis Jr., Jimmy Buffet and Mitch Miller in years past. You know who Mitch Miller is right?! One visitor, Andrew, in 1992 had a little too much fun and shut the stadium down. That doesn't mean you can't rip by on the water though as our boys did.



Andre Phillip throws one. Elliot Leboe did the filming and had the great idea to tow behind the boat in a small raft. That way he would next to and under the riders as they threw tricks. Great idea but I hope it was a kevlar raft with extra padding if they guys came too close.




Going off again!




Damien Lerroy rips along before what once was the largest cantilevered concrete roof span in the world. Uh, don't get too close there Damo.


and here's the video!




The wind was down for these days of shooting. Checkout that dramatic shelf cloud to the west over Miami during one day of the filming, intense stuff. So, don't have wind right now, here's an option.


A clearer version of the video along with a complete look at all that great clothing & waterwear appear on the NPX website HERE


Still photos by Tracy Kraft and video by Elliot Leboe of ACL Productions. Thanks to Josh with ASI for helping me out with all the great images.

Great job folks!



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[Rusch]

Whats up,

Some shots from Lassing park just South of Downtown St.Pete.

Enjoy

-Rusch

From 4.27:







From weekend of 4.25:
Excuse the small size I'll make sure they are bigger next time











Love this one:

and this one:



DAMN:

Double Damn

[wavehucker]

He kited way into the night by himself under this big moon that was rising, good night and good winds. http://www.kitesmurf.com/

[Mjm1231]

How do I submit a picture for picture of the day, or post one?
Thanks for your time.

Matt Miller
Tampa

[ricki]

Matt,

Posting of great or otherwise unusual images is encouraged! Just go ahead and post it. Embedding photos is easy and is detailed at: http://fksa.org/showthread.php?t=268

[ricki]

http://www.redbullstratos.com/


Felix Baumgartner about to take a leap of faith into space and plunge 120,000 feet earthward past the speed of sound.


More at:
http://www.redbullstratos.com/
















Above images from:
http://bostinno.com/



https://www.facebook.com/redbull

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[ricki]

A blast from 144 years in the past, "Along the Florida Reef." It was a monthly series of articles written by Dr. J. B. Holder for the Harper's New Monthly Magazine between March and July of 1871. It described his ramblings and discoveries in South Florida and the Keys with finely detailed illustrations such as shown below. The reefs must have been truly astonishing for their vitality, rich unblemished color and texture, sadly unlike today in varying degrees. Still, aside from KW and some isolated areas, they were much like that as recently as the 1980's. Dr. Holder was into a lot of interesting things, from what amounted to artificial reef construction and study on behalf of Louis Agassiz, to being a doctor in the miltary prision of the Dry Tortugas. He may have there at the same time as Dr. Saumuel Mudd, likely both battling the yellow fever outbreak there with little in the way of medicine or funds. Dr. Holder was also a key figure at the American Museum of Natural History.