A blog and forum dedicated to beautiful, sustainably-built wooden surfboards and the characters that build them
posted by Oika Rich at 10:04 AM
Click here for Rich's proven and tested wooden surfboard plans of how this new site works. But whatever you do "Be cool and share the stoke"
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11 Comments:
How were the zebra?!?!
The zebra were awesome....but not doing so well. Kind of tragic actually. In the 1970's there were an estimated 20,000 in Northern Kenya and Somalia, Today there are about 2000 (actually, while I was there, lions took 2 so make that 1998 or so). The problem is that Grevy's zebra (as opposed to the more common Plains zebra) did not really evolve alongside lions (to dry up north) so they don't have the social "skills" to cope with them. Since they have been displaced into areas where there are more lions, the become easy targets and the lion take them disproportionately. I also began to believe that climate change is starting to play a role - not only on the zebra, but on the people as well. If you'd like to read about that story, check out http://www.omniscopic.com/blog
Rich
Great/interesting perspectives Rich. It is mind boggling to imagine the potential influences humans are having on this earth -the visible and not so visible. It is a blessing to have people with open minds working to deliver the stories of what's happening in all the nooks of the earth...keep it up, and thanks for sharing.
Great! To start commenting here, I have to say this is the best blog I have ever seen(you can even shout it)! I am not only obssesed with blogging but also with science. Haha! Well, to comment on zebra entry, I want to say Iranian plain zebras are in better condition. Their population has been growing in recent years. because they are protected severly, and they have no natural predator(Iranian lions and tigers disapear more than 50 years ago). and if sombody wants to visit these highly loved and respected animals in deserts of Iran, they should recieve an official permition and be scorted by some enviromental guards on the arranged day.
Hey, I've just stumbled across your blog. I'd really like to interview you for ooh.com. We're a new online travel and activity site. I'm trying to find really interesting people to write about for our blog - people with real passion for a particular thing. I read in The Surfer's Path a few months ago about the resurgence of wooden board and I just googled to find some more info. Your blog is really cool, so would you be interested in answering a few questions for ooh.com? Please drop me an email at ed@ooh.com.
Kind regards,
Ed
hey Rich, If possible would you change my old link "plywood" in the sidebar of your blog to my new link: http://siebertsurfboards.blogspot.com/
thanks
very nice blog......
i like your posting ,this is the better blog.
Bathmate
Hey, where did you go? last post I see is from over two years ago. Do you still exist?
Hey anonymous, Yup I'm still around (thanks for asking - and reading). I've mostly been hanging around on the new Tree to Sea social network. Check it out at treetosea.org!
Great info - hope the trip went well!
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Just FYI, I have a tiny little website called saveatreesewatee (which you can easily Google). I am not selling anything - just showing people how to quickly make reusable, recyclable, washable grocery bags out of old tee shirts. Since it helps "save trees" I thought (if after you checked it out) you might want to provide the link since almost anyone can make one! tj
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