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Music to listen to !

2 people I met in another life. They keep going on their way, following their passion : Music !

Le larron and Litwin !

I like what they do, it's fresh, nice, and they deserve a lot.
Hope you'll like it.

Happy Birthday Little Patagoniac

Happy Birthday !

Gerry Lopez - Jock Sutherland - Patagonia - Pipeline

Seen on the Cleanest line, the Patagonia blog (created after this one :-)))
Series of nice posts and videos about Gerry Lopez experience in Pipeline.
The video is also available on youtube, here.
More patagonia videos are also available on youtube and on the patagonia web.
I especially like the "sea legs" one.

Enjoy this content, and be ready for spring surfing, climbing, running sessions !

By the way, it's snowing in Moscow :-)

What do you eat ?

Seen on Tippie, a post about what people eat per week in the world and how much it costs.
It's taken from the book Hungry Planet

Quite interesting idea, and disturbing results ...

Testing Patagonia stuff : sun, rain, dirt !

Yesterday, 1h30 of mountain bike under a nice sun.
2h of bouldering, cloudy.
Today, 2h of mountain bike, raining, dirty paths, cold wind.

Tested and approved :
- Yesterday , for a nice weather, but still not too hot : the Men's wool 2 T-Shirt. For the mountain bike, just put a windstopper fleece on it (I forgot the name of my patagonia fleece for this). For bouldering, just put a R1 flash Pullover.
- Today, raining, cold, dirty : the Men's wool 3 crew, a men's jetstream jacket.

And for all these activities : the men's active Sport Brief. Ok, it looks like it's a detail, but when it's getting cold, rainy, and dirty, or too hot, you'll appreciate to have your little things at ease :-).

To be honest, I have tested a lot of different things in different weather conditions. And still, after all these years, I love the Patagonia gear ! Efficient, well done !

Bosu, Thai Bo, Spinning

No, I am not trying to learn Chinese or Japanese slang. These are just the names of some sports I tried in a fitness club, because, yes, unfortunately, I have not find any other option to practice sport in Moscow.
It was a good surprise for me to go to these sessions. The common point is that you have ONLY girls at these lessons :-) But believe me, it isn't for sissy !
Spinning :
Take 10 to 15 people, put them in a small room on bicycles which looks like the latest anti-technology system created by some vicious torture specialist. Take a teacher (usually a good looking and smiling girl). And begin to ride your bicycle during 30 min, 45 or 1h15. It's unbelievable the things you can do on such simple bicycles. That's a very good training for the week-end rides on my brand new old cannondale ! For those looking for a good interval training session, definitely, it's the good thing to do.

Thai Bo :
It looks like Thai Boxing, it smells like Thai Boxing, but it is not Thai Boxing. It's only the training, the repetition of the moves. Speed, strength, rhythm, coordination. Great training, in between the interval training, the self defense training in the Army, and a fitness course. If you have not practice any "explosive" sports since several weeks or months, it'll be hard to get up the day after your first Thai Bo Training. Definitely good for speed, interval training, coordination.

Bosu :
Stands for "Both Side Up", it's a half ball on a platform. It's incredible the silly (but hard) things you can do on this. This is great for balance training, keeping the body straight. That's perfect for coordination, balance, breathing. Good training for sports like surf, snowboard, but also climbing.

I just need to had 2 hours of swimming per week on this program, and I'll be ready to attack the spring waves season in a perfect mood !

Rusty 7.0 Aviso ! ! !

Just bought it ...
Hope I'll try it soon.
Price was pretty nice, with a 50% discount !

Will let you know as soon as I'll drop into a good one !

Remark : first time I mentioned Aviso, it was here. At this time, I never thought I would be able to buy such a board one day, just because I thought the price was far too expensive. But finally, for the same price than a standard board, I couldn't resist ... And I will be able to test the black color with the wax :-)