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Recycle ! Recycle !

Patagonia and Ebay are putting their effors altogether in this Common Threads Initiative. 

Really good move. 

Recycle, re-use, revival. 

That's a good opportunity to sell your kids clothes, but also your old retro cardigan ...

 

Dreams or Nightmare ?

Surfingbird.ru

http://surfingbird.ru/

 

Online Patagonia catalog - Time to ride the snow

Patagonia posted on their blog the link to read on their facebook page the new ridebook catalog. 

See here. 

Very nice example  of how to use Facebook for your brand and a social media experience. 

And always nice pics, nice work and nice atmosphere ! Well done ! 

Patagonia wetsuits: prices

Here they are ! Prices and availability in shops in Europe !
Time to surf in cold waters !

Where to buy Patagonia wetsuits ?

For those willing to chill out in nice cold waves this winter, you can now buy Patagonia wetsuits in France and Europe. 

The list of dealers is here (download)

Good day and Dilemma : surf or race ? That is the question !

So here is the view of this morning (I know it's yesterday's picture, but today in fact it was like that when I was in the water). 2h of very good surf. Right time, right place. Long lefts, rights, few real barrels, still some good walls and drops. Nice view of other surfers enjoying a good ride. A lot of surfers in the water, but nothing to compare with what it'll be tomorrow at this.

One small anecdote about this morning session : A set arrived, a longboarder took the right one. The view I had was just great (I really should buy a go pro camera ...). While I was enjoying the landscape and ride of the guy I saw a surfer (longboarder), gnarling, shouting, because he wasn't on the wave, because the other longboarder did not a surfed it as the other would have done it. Just a question of point of view, of vibes. But globally, the vibes were good, much better than a session I had a morning in the Landes, when 2 locals (surfer and bodysurfer) were shouting at each other for silly reasons (it's my wave, not yours, etc etc, blablabla ...).Bad bad.

Today was great : sun, waves, and I have my stuff for the triathlon. Well, it looks like there will be a lot of very well trained people, with the latest technology stuff. I'll look like an old fashion one, the longboarder of the session, in a roots style, with a bike which is more prepared for the city race in NYC, a t shirt which dates from my last triathlon 15 years ago ... But never mind the b******* like the Sex Pistols would say. I'll go for the race, and we'll see :)) At least, I surfed a lot this summer, so should be trained top catch the waves to go faster on the beach :)

But there is a problem. What if tomorrow morning the waves will be like today ? Should I go ride waves for 2 or 3 hours and so be tired for the triathlon ? Well, let's see tomorrow morning. May be, may be not. Suspense ...

Concrete actions of Patagonia to save our planet

An e-book, interactive to learn more about the Enviro Initiatives of Patagonia. Read here. 

About actions which help reduce CO2 etc, Singapore Airlines will introduce electronic magazines. More about this action here. 

D Day - 1 before going surfing for good ...

 

Socrates would go !

Read and think. Write and read. Short small interesting book about the surf and its philosophy. Somehow far from the Point Break cliché. A dive into art, history and surf. From action to reflexion. From surfing to analyzing what makes me surfing. The rebel approach of the 50's ? The fight against something which will always be there after me ? More simply the great feeling it gives ? A mix of a lot of complex things for a simple but genuine pleasure.

10 people you certainly have in your network !

This is so ... American ? :)

Should I say that. Yes ! 

http://www.forbes.com/2010/07/22/job-search-mentor-professional-success-career-coach-forbes-woman-leadership-how-to-network.html

How to look good, how to be good, how to be exactly like the others are. 

Here is my list of the 8 people you obviously have in your network (yes 8, because I let you find the other ones) : 

- The connector : everybody has it in his network, but you never met him. He has 10,000 friends and you see him everywhere on Twitter, FB, Linkedin, Viadeo, posting poor small tweets, creating only an echo of the news. Why do you keep him in your network ? Because you imagine that may be one day he'll be useful ? No way ! Delete him.

- The old old good (was he good?) friend : You were in 3rd grade with him/her, and you are now connected to him. But you are a doctor in Africa, while he is a trader in London. Not any common things left, but you keep thinking you're the same good kid and he is the good friend you'll do tricks with. Keep him only if he is a good friend of Gordon Gekko ! 

- The once upon a time "business lunch" : You met him once at a business lunch. Spoke about business opportunity, but didn't see any. He opened is full life on Facebook for you and you now see his wife, kids, friends (and he sees yours, you dummy user). You keep him because you think one day he'll be useful, and he thinks the same. 

- The more or less good employee : you used to be his/her boss. You are connected with because you're or were in the same company. You always thought he/she was stupid, but never intended to tell about. You accepted him in your network because you said yes by chance by clicking on the link in your blackberry, you were tired and/or drunk, and can't delete this now, or you'll have to confess that you were both drunk and a bad manager. 

- Your boss:  See previous case, and think you are the employee ...

- The contact of a contact of a friend who is not really a friend, but you saw his/her picture. No comment. You keep her/she, because, it's always good to attract people to your profile because other people in your network look good ! 

- The unknown: you really do not remember where he/she comes from. So to avoid deleting the daughter or son of a big influent billionaire, you keep him or her in your network. One day you'll remind of something and will say you were right to keep him/her in your network. 

- The Consultant : you do not really know him, he approached you,but you don't remember when and what for. He tries to sell his services and get fees by creating a group you are subscribed to, but don't read a post, anyway, you expect one day something great from him, like a whitepaper about how to get rich in 3 clicks and you keep him in your network because the day he'll do this, you'll write a book about how to get rich in 2 clicks.