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"Yasmin tem 25 anos, mora nos Estados Unidos ja ha 8 anos e trabalha profissionalmente como atriz e modelo em Los Angeles.Yasmin se formou na universidade AMDA (American Musical and Dramatic Academy) em Teatro musical e ja fez varias participantes em series americanas como Super Pumped e The Offer, comerciais pra grandes marcas como WSS e Adidas, BIMBO, NFL, Turismo California e San Diego, e muito mais.Yasmin também ja trabalhou como ancora de tv, dando noticias no canal da Hollywire na tv Samsung por 3 anos. Yasmin tem como hobbies cantar, tocar violão, jogar futebol de bandeira e handebol. Yasmin também ja trabalhou e fez curtas com o YouTuber famoso Stevie Emerson, com quem contracenou em cenas e videos que viralizaram na plataforma."https://www.instagram.com/yaslacerdax/===================
OCF MINISTRY NEWS Watch the latest OCF Global Town Hall: Visit ocfusa.org/gth2025 to watch the Town Hall. https://www.ocfusa.org/gth2025/ Serve and adventure at an OCF Conference Center this spring: Make this March a meaningful mix of service, growth, and adventure through one of these two opportunities. Spring Break Service Project Week, 10-16 March, White Sulphur Springs (Manns Choice, Pa.) https://www.whitesulphursprings.org/event/sbsp-week/ Spring Break Service and Adventure Week, 21-30 March, Spring Canyon (Buena Vista, Colo.) https://www.springcanyon.org/event/spring-break-service-and-adventure-week-2/ Support OCF during your trips to the grocery store: Visit our Ways to Give page and scroll to the bottom to see if a store near you is eligible for the Community Rewards Program. https://www.ocfusa.org/donate/ ASK OCF Col Houstoun Waring, USAF (Ret.), who serves as OCF's Central Regional Coordinator, answered this frequently asked question from another OCFer: Why did OCF develop a Handbook? Who should use it? How should people use it? To learn more about this impactful resource for military ministry, read the article about the Handbook's background. https://www.ocfusa.org/2022/09/introducing-the-newest-tool-for-military-ministry-the-ocf-handbook/ Visit our website to access the online version of the OCF Handbook. https://www.ocfusa.org/handbook/ If you have a question that you want us to consider for a future “Ask OCF” segment, send an email to podcast@ocfusa.org. GUEST SPOTLIGHT This month's episode features not one but two guests: Lt Col Scott and Lisa Bedrosian, USAF (Ret.). The Bedrosians have been longtime supporters of White Sulphur Springs, OCF's eastern Conference Center located in Manns Choice, Pa. Having had roles there as guests, staff, and volunteers over the years, Scott and Lisa recount some of their cherished memories made at WSS and share how God has used this special home away from home in their lives. https://www.whitesulphursprings.org/ The Bedrosians describe how WSS helped them navigate the challenges of military life through mentorship, Biblical teachings, and a sense of belonging. They share influential anecdotes, like being reminded of their identity as missionaries in uniform, keeping symbolic “rocks” with spiritual truths, and renaming chores “blessings” because of a simple spatula on a dining room table at WSS. Knowing the conference center's spiritually rich and personally challenging programs might be intimidating to some, they also answer the frequently asked question: “But will I have fun?” Interested in having your own impactful experience at a Conference Center? Visit ocfusa.org/experience to learn more about White Sulphur Springs and its sister center Spring Canyon, located in Buena Vista, Colo. https://www.ocfusa.org/experience/ If you would like to share your own story, complete the form on OCF's “Be a Guest” webpage. Alternatively, if you have an idea for a guest or topic we should consider for a future episode of the show, send an email to podcast@ocfusa.org. https://www.ocfusa.org/podcastguest/ POINTS TO PONDER As you listen to this conversation with Scott and Lisa, here are a few questions to ponder in your personal time, with a small group, or with a mentor: When was a time you were able to truly step away from your daily rhythms to rest and spend time with the Lord? How did that experience affect your day-to-day life? The Bedrosians share a few examples of life-changing advice through connections made at WSS. What impactful advice have you received, and have you shared it with others? Scott calls a stay at WSS an “investment in your family and in your ministry.” What might be the difference that makes your average vacation that kind of investment instead?
Download Episode 1017 – We are officially back in action and it’s time to chat MAGFest with some friends on our 12th anniversary!The show kicks off with Pernell Vaughan, Chris Taylor, Andy Sperry, Bri Galgano, and Aki all on hand to welcome Scott Wells of Peribang Records and Grant “Stemage” Henry to the show, with Ian “Doc_Havok” Griffin showing up later on! We chat about Andy’s first MAGFest, his experiences of watching Lonely Island videos with Powerglove at 3am, and tons more. Grant also talks about the differences in performing between the main stage and the new XP Stage at MAGFest and Scott talks about the differences to VGM Con, which is coming up in April! All that plus a ton of catch-up reviews!0:00 - Intro/Chatter1:17:07 - NINJA GAIDEN 2 Black - KOEI TECMO GAMES (Pernell)1:30:50 - SYNDUALITY: Echo of Ada - Bandai Namco Entertainment (Aki)1:45:27 - Orcs Must Die! Deathrap - Robot Entertainment (Andy & Bri)1:54:28 - Blade Chimera - Team Ladybug, Playism, WSS playground (Pernell)2:04:34 - Dragon Takers - VANGUARD, KECMO (Chris)2:20:54 - Cuisineer - BattleBrew Productions, XSEED (Aki)2:32:28 - Professor Doctor Jetpack - Roflcopter Ink (Bri)2:39:14 - FOUNTAINS - John Pywell (Andy)2:51:34 - Montezuma’s Revenge - Mission Critical Studios, Handcrafted Mythical Games, eastasiasoft (Pernell)3:00:36 - Don’t let him in - Dolores Entertainment (Bri)3:04:56 - Dance of Cards - GoodMorningMrFrog, Pineapple Works (Aki & Pernell)The show ends with a smorgasboard of weird stuff we’ve got lying around that we mentioned. We’ve got some SPLUNK! goodness from posu yan, a GI Joe “remix” from Beatdrop, and the full and uncut norg/Amiga speech to text intro!3:20:57 - Various Artists - Ending Craphttps://www.koeitecmoamerica.com/https://www.bandainamcoent.com/https://robotentertainment.com/https://store.steampowered.com/search/?developer=Team%20Ladybughttps://whysoserious.jp/https://playism.com/https://www.kemco.game/https://www.battle-brew.com/https://marvelous-usa.com/https://www.roflcopter.ink/https://linktr.ee/fountainsgamehttps://handcraftedmysticalgames.com/https://www.eastasiasoft.com/https://doloresentertainment.com/https://itch.io/profile/goodmorningmrfroghttps://pineapple.works/https://www.keymailer.co/https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sml-podcast/id826998112https://open.spotify.com/show/6KQpzHeLsoyVy6Ln2ebNwKhttps://terraplayer.com/shows/the-sml-podcasthttps://bsky.app/profile/thesmlpodcast.comhttps://www.facebook.com/theSMLpodcast/https://thesmlpodcast-shop.fourthwall.com/ALL REVIEWED GAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR FREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY COVERAGE ON THE SHOW
“So what we found out about the Flying Dutchman, for example, they've been in business for forty years and they simply didn't know how to grow. But one thing I'd found out when I went to the original Flying Dutchman store is that people like to gather there, but they didn't have anywhere inside the store to gather and sit down. Everyone sat down on the sidewalk and hung out outside. So that's what gave us the idea, why don't we have it we could build the community inside and everyone did feel like family, and it was a place that everyone could actually say hi to one another, right? So, it was taking what was existing but magnifying it as an actual location for people to gather. – Howard Lim This episode is the second half of my conversation with innovator, author, and award-winning brand architect Howard Lim as we discuss the challenges of audio-based SEO, how insurance companies have paved the way for audio branding, and figuring out your brand's favorite music. As always, if you have questions for my guest, you're welcome to reach out through the links in the show notes. If you have questions for me, visit audiobrandingpodcast.com where you'll find a lot of ways to get in touch. Plus, subscribing to the newsletter will let you know when the new podcasts are available and what the newest audio chats will be about. If you're getting some value from listening, the best ways to show your support are to share this podcast with a friend and leave an honest review. Both those things really help – and I'd love to feature your review on future podcasts. (0:00:00) - Exploring Audio Branding and SEO TrendsThe second half of our conversation starts with a closer look at Howard's book Authentic Branding and how web design has evolved since the days of Adobe Flash. “It made a big difference as far as the overall experience,” he says about those early, more audio-focused sites. “Now websites, they're so flat as far as introducing it to your senses, because now you're just using your visual sense.” We talk about the ongoing challenge of tying SEO and audio together, and we discuss Howard's approach to helping companies find the right sound for their brand. “One of the questions I ask,” he explains, “when I'm in a strategy session is what if the brand listened to music? What music would listen to and why?”(0:09:55) - The Power of Sound in BrandingHoward tells us more about his work with such companies as WSS and Flying Dutchman and shares some of the success stories in building their brands. “It expanded them,” he recalls his work with Flying Dutchman. “I think it was three years to five franchises, where [before] they couldn't grow for forty years. So it was really capturing a brand essence.” He shares his approach to building a sense of place as well as product when it comes to branding, and how sound helps shape our environment. “When they turn on that background music,” he says, “it just shifts the energy, it shifts the environment that you feel like you're experiencing [into] something that has a lot more richness to it.”(0:20:17) - Creating Stronger Brands with SoundOur discussion comes to a close as we talk about how listeners can get in touch with Howard, and an online brand assessment that he's offering, included in the links below. He also tells us more about what first inspired him to write about branding. “The reason why I was writing a book,” he explains, “is because nobody wanted to explain how to create a brand. They would write about it, but they wouldn't give you examples of how to create a brand. And so that's when I said, oh my goodness, this is a perfect...
In this episode of Contracting Conversations, hosts Scott Williams and Jim Valley are joined by Kelley Kiernan, a cybersecurity expert from DAU, for the third segment of their podcast series. They discuss the importance of cybersecurity in protecting DoD data, the FAR and DFARS clauses, and the tools available to contracting teams. Kelley provides a recap of the previous episodes and outlines a plan for 2025, emphasizing the need for cybersecurity controls and the role of contracting officers in verifying these controls. The episode also covers the upcoming CMMC program and its impact on DoD contracts, as well as the importance of supply chain risk management. Tune in to learn more about the latest developments in cybersecurity for contracting teams.Defense Contract Management Agency, Defense Industrial Base Cybersecurity Assessment Center DCMA DIBCAC https://www.dcma.mil/DIBCAC/ An email to ask CMMC questions (Scroll to CONTACT INFORMATION) https://www.dcma.mil/DIBCAC/ DoD's CMMC Program https://dodcio.defense.gov/CMMC/DFARS 252.204-7012 “Safeguarding Covered Defense Information and Cyber Incident Reporting” https://www.acquisition.gov/dfars/252.204-7012-safeguarding-covered-defense-information-and-cyber-in....Recap of the September 2022 Cyber AB Town Hall event https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/cyber-ab-town-hall-key-takeaways-introducing-caico-other-/DoD CMMC Program Briefing on January 15 www.dau.edu/events DoD Inspector General Report on CUI Protection https://media.defense.gov/2024/Mar/11/2003410405/-1/-1/1/DODIG-2024-031_REVISED%20SECURE.PDF DOD Controlled Unclassified Information program www.dodcui.milDAU Cyber Solutions Supply Chain Risk Management in Contracts event recording https://www.dau.edu/events/dau-cyber-solutions-primer-supply-chain-risk-management-scrm-and-dod-cont... DAU Cyber Solutions Webinars (look on the calendar for the next event) www.dau.edu/events WSS 001 Cybersecurity and Acquisition Integration https://www.dau.edu/courses/wss-001 CLE 074 Cybersecurity Throughout DoD Acquisition https://www.dau.edu/courses/cle-074 DAU Mission Assistance www.dau.edu/mission-assistance DAU Cybersecurity Offerings www.dau.edu/cybersecuritySubscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbF8yqm-r_M5czw5teb0PsAApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/contracting-conversations/id1621567225
Season 6 of the WSS podcast here!In our inaugural episode of the season, host Tim Cynova is joined by Katy Dammers, Indira Goodwine-Josias, and Christy Bolingbroke as they explore reimagining of value-centered workplaces through Creative Administration. In organizations dedicated to creative expression and innovation, why is it that so many have workplace practices and policies that are dusty?The spirited discussion dives into the challenges and opportunities within the creative sector to rethink “traditional” approaches, asking when it might be better to reinvent the wheel or even asking if a wheel is what's needed. The conversation underscores the critical balance between stability and creative experimentation, reflecting on how new approaches can support long-term change and longevity in the arts.Episode Highlights02:15 Meet the Guests05:44 Diving into Creative Administration09:20 Balancing Structure and Improvisation17:26 Challenging Conventional Wisdom20:46 Navigating Institutional Change24:26 Reevaluating Policy: Balancing Ethics and Values25:09 Navigating Crisis with Established Policies25:51 Incremental Change in Nonprofit Organizations26:37 Creativity and Experimentation During COVID26:58 The Snapback to Pre-COVID Norms27:38 Fear of Change and Embracing New Solutions28:44 Creative Administration and Sustainability29:49 The Role of Artists in Institutional Change34:11 Balancing Administrative and Artistic GrowthResources Mentioned in the Podcast:Check out the new book Artists On Creative Administration: A Workbook from the National Center for Choreography.Christy Bolingbroke's Masters Thesis, Designing a 21st Century Dance Ecology: Questioning Current Practices and Embracing Curatorial InterventionsGUEST BIOSChristy Bolingbroke is the Founding Executive/Artistic Director for the National Center for Choreography at The University of Akron (NCCAkron). She is responsible for setting the curatorial vision and sustainable business model to foster research and development in dance. Previously, she served as the Deputy Director for Advancement at ODC in San Francisco, overseeing curation and performance programming as well as marketing and development organization-wide. A key aspect of her position included managing a unique three-year artist-in-residence program for dance artists, guiding and advising them in all aspects of creative development and administration. Prior to ODC, she was the Director of Marketing at the Mark Morris Dance Group in Brooklyn, NY. She earned a B.A. in Dance from the University of California, Los Angeles; an M.A. in Performance Curation from Wesleyan University; and is a graduate of the Arts Management Fellowship program at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. She currently serves on the Akron Civic Commons Core Team; as a consulting advisor for the Bloomberg Philanthropies Arts Innovation Management initiative; and on the New England Foundation for the Arts National Dance Project Advisory Panel. In 2017, DANCE Magazine named Bolingbroke among the national list of most influential people in dance today.Indira Goodwine-Josias was born and raised in Queens, NY, and believes in the power of art to educate, inspire, and advance change. With a dual background in dance and arts administration, she is currently the Senior Program Director for Dance at the New England Foundation for the Arts
The biggest mistakes people make are in love and money. And how we do --- or don't --- talk about money can have a huge impact on our relationships. Today we're joined by Libby Leffler, Founder & CEO of First (https://www.thisfirst.com) to discuss the good, the bad, and the misunderstood about prenuptial agreements ("prenups") when it comes to strengthening your financial and emotional happiness. So, who needs a prenup, and why? Why are more women than ever initiating the conversation around prenups? What risks are you exposed to if you don't have a prenup? We discuss the rapidly shifting trends, evolving perceptions, and changing use cases around prenups today. We also learn about life as a tech founder (something we ex-investment bankers know nothing about). Libby's shares not only her journey through some of the world's biggest tech giants, but also her journey through motherhood as a founder at the helm of a new rocket ship company.Libby holds degrees from U.C. Berkeley and Harvard Business School. She emerged as a leader and executive at generation-defining companies like Google, Facebook, SoFi, and Compass before launching First.Libby founded First to modernize prenups for smart couples who want a stress-free and affordable way to strengthen the financial foundation of their relationship. First provides seamless and cost effective legal agreements on its platform, created in collaboration with top family law attorneys. They are a completely online, flat-fee prenup platform that allows you and your partner to get a highly enforceable document reviewed by real lawyers drafted within a day – all for less than 10% of the cost of a traditional lawyer. We're excited to bring our WSS listeners a special discount when you buy a prenup with First. Head to www.thisfirst.com and use the code “WSS10” at checkout to get a 10% discount on your prenup. Follow First on Instagram @thisfirst, TikTok @first, and LinkedIn linkedin.com/company/thisfirstYou can find Libby Leffler on LinkedIn at linkedin.com/in/libbylhCheck out Public.com at the link HEREFollow us on Instagram and Tik Tok at @thewallstreetskinnyhttps://www.instagram.com/thewallstreetskinny/Public Disclosure: All investing involves risk. Brokerage services for US listed securities, options and bonds in a self-directed brokerage account are offered by Public Investing, member FINRA & SIPC. Not investment advice. Public Investing offers a High-Yield Cash Account where funds from this account are automatically deposited into partner banks where they earn interest and are eligible for FDIC insurance; Public Investing is not a bank.Cryptocurrency trading services are offered by Bakkt Crypto Solutions, LLC (NMLS ID 1828849), which is licensed to engage in virtual currency business activity by the NYSDFS. Cryptocurrency is highly speculative, involves a high degree of risk, and has the potential for loss of the entire amount of an investment. Cryptocurrency holdings are not protected by the FDIC or SIPC. Securities investments: Not FDIC Insured; No Bank Guarantee; May Lose Value. See public.com/#disclosures-main for more information.Our content is for informational purposes only. You should not construe any such information or other material as legal, tax, investment, financial, or other advice.
In this episode, Dylan chats with branding expert Howard Lim, founder and CEO of How Creative where he shares his insights on transforming startups into multi-million-dollar companies through effective branding strategies. With over 30 years of experience, Howard discusses the crucial elements of branding, from strategy and identity to brand management. He emphasizes the importance of branding before marketing and provides practical tips for Etsy sellers to differentiate their products in a crowded market. Learn how to make your brand stand out and achieve sustainable growth with actionable steps and examples of successful rebranding projects. In this episode, we discuss: [01:26] Howard Lim's Journey: From Digital Age to Fortune 500 [03:35] The Essence of Branding: Strategy, Identity, and Management [07:41] Case Study: Successful Rebranding of WSS [14:02] Branding vs. Marketing: Key Differences and Priorities [16:21] The Role of Personal Branding and Legacy Brands [19:25] Evolving Your Brand: Annual Iterations and Core Values [21:59] The Importance of Annual Product Assessments [22:20] Bringing in Experts for Evaluations [23:03] The Role of Advisors in Business [23:51] Staying Relevant in a Changing Market [25:43] The Value of Global Inspiration [26:56] Common Branding Mistakes [28:09] The Difference Between Generic and World-Class Brands [31:45] Strategies for Scaling and Growing Your Brand [36:06] The Branding Assessment Process Connect with Howard: Website: https://www.howcreative.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/howcreative/
Greg talks to author and game designer Mark Backhouse about a 2013 article written in WSS Magazine called "Hail Agrippa." That article is freely available here, from WSS. A decade ago, Mark turned to Warlord Games' "Hail Caesar" rules when seeking out a mass battle, ancient naval system. With a few modifications, he turned the popular land-battle system into a trireme-smashing, quinquereme good time! In this interview, Mark talks about how he modified an existing game and what philosophy he brings to projects like this. He also discusses his own rule development and what he's working on next! Mark is very active posting wargaming content to social media and is also a prolific author in Wargames, Soldiers, & Strategy. You can find more "Hail Agrippa" coverage in the latest summer issue of the magazine, where Mark & Greg co-authored a 6-part ancient naval campaign for the Philippi Campaign. We hope you enjoy Episode #51 of Little Wars FM! And if you missed our Actium wargame on YouTube, be sure to visit Little Wars TV and watch the tabletop game. Did Antony and Cleopatra rewrite history? You'll find out!
This week Andy chats with Strength & Honour author and WSS regular Mr Mark Backhouse.
Feed name changes from WSS to Video Victims on May 15th, 2024! Follow us on Twitter! We See Saw Twitter Claudia's Twitter Join our discord! Email us at playingontheseesaw@gmail.com !
On this week's episode, we talk with the vocalist of metalcore act While She Sleeps, Loz Taylor. He tells us about their dynamic new LP, Self Hell, out on Mar. 29, what he thinks of the current metal/core scene, what he's looking forward to on their upcoming U.S. tour and more. Watch the interview too over on our new interview YouTube channel. ______CHECK OUT WHILE SHE SLEEPS:Insta | Twitter | Site | Music______Make Me A Fan Spotify PlaylistCheck out our Spotify playlist for all of our upcoming episodes, so you can see if you'll become a fan yourself (if you aren't already) of these artists we're going through.EMO SOCIAL PATREONIf you're looking for more content from us, subscribe to our Patreon FOR FREE or, if you want a lil' more access, it's only $1/month as we restart it! This includes content left on the cutting room floor, full interviews and more.______AFFILIATE LINKS Tubebuddy has helped us reach a larger audience, streamline our videos, and perfect the way we use the algorithm. Try Tubebuddy today and support our channel. ----Like the music on the channel? Need copyright-free music for your streams and YouTube videos? Check out Epidemic Sound! Use our link for a free, one-month trial. ______Join the club!Twitch: https://emosocialclub.tvDiscord: https://emosocial.club/discordTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@xemosocialclubxTwitter: https://emosocial.club/twitterInstagram: https://emosocial.club/instagramYoutube: https://emosocial.club/youtubeFacebook: https://emosocial.club/facebook Follow us!Brian: @spookypants1Lizzie: @bordenbathory
Get your free resources from the webinar ('Stop, Drop and Save' Story + Calculator, 'Interest Rate Offset System', and more!) https://pages.workmansuccess.com/webseriesmar24 Agents today have found themselves in the middle of a skills-based market. For many, it's either sink or swim. Those who aren't prepared will either leave the industry or seize the opportunity to level up. This free webinar is the perfect opportunity to learn from two Workman Success clients who turned their businesses around and became Rockstar Team Leaders. Mahala Landin will focus on Workman's 4 Pillars concept, prospecting, and her integration of WSS processes, while Nick Painz will dive into Workman's SHIFT modules - highlighting the Interest Rate Offset System and the Stop, Drop, and Save System - as well as the benefits of implementing AI into real estate role-play. You'll learn the specifics of what they're doing with their teams to have their best year ever with listings... even though the noise says "there's no inventory." Learn from them just how you can take advantage of the current skills-based market to turn 2024 into your best year yet! Attendees will learn… - How to make the most of the 4 Pillars concept to surpass your goals - The best way to implement The SHIFT to help your clients get back in the game - Why NOW is the time to activate your systems and ours! 3/13/2024 https://workmansuccess.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this episode, Josh, along with co-host Dave Elniski, Advisor of Safety and Compliance at AMTA, sit down with Maryna Rolland, Senior HSE Coordinator, with Arrow Transportation Systems, as we discuss what are the critical steps to build a culture of safety in your organization. Want to learn more? Email wss@amta.ca 2024 Safety Person of the Year Application Award The HOP Nerd Podcast that Maryna referenced during the podcast Occupational Health and Safety Program – NAIT CTSP – AMTA Canadian Registered Safety Professional Mrolland@arrow.ca Maryna's email address for questions specific to our conversation on building a safety culture in your organization. WSS@amta.ca to reach out to Dave, Cliff and Rob to ask about safety & compliance. Listeners, don't forget about the AMTA Mailbag! We want to hear from you with your industry queries. DM us with your questions and we will answer via the AMTA Mailbag segment in future episodes or directly via our team of advisors. Join the conversation at: Web: amta.ca X: AMTA_ca Instagram: amta_ca/ Facebook: AlbertaMotorTransportAssociationLinkedIn: alberta-motor-transport-association Thank you for taking the time to listen, we encourage you to share this episode with those in your network who would receive value from our conversation. Make sure to hit that subscribe button and have a safe day!
Welcome to episode 169 with John Rattray, who is a former professional skateboarder and the creator of Why So Sad? Why So Sad? Is a skate and cycling focused campaign with the goal of driving awareness and education around mental wellbeing and suicide prevention. In this episode I chat to John about getting in to skating and the importance of community and sub cultures. We chat about his experiences with depression at different points in his life and where the idea for Why So Sad? came from and how Nike got involved to produce a WSS? Signature shoe. And we chat about some of the themes and ideas that inform John's work, the Adverse Childhood Experience study and how learning about what's going on in our brains and our bodies can help us to understand mental distress and what to do about it. You can watch Why So Sad? here: Nike SB | Why So Sad? Comic | Skateboarding and Our Mental Health (youtube.com) And the Your Brain on Sport video is here: Your Brain on Sport (nikesb.com) And you can follow John on social media @ratt_ray The books that John mentions in the episode are: What Happened to You? by Dr Bruce Perry and Oprah Winfrey, Lost Connections by Johann Hari, Waking Up, Alive by Richard Heckler If you would like to watch this episode or any of the others, you can do so by joining the Patreon community at www.patreon.com/propermentalpodcast. For £3 a month you'll get early access to any and all episodes that aren't available to watch anywhere else and help to support the show and keep it fully independent and ad free You can connect with me on social media @propermentalpodcast or via www.propermentalpodcast.com. Another great way to support the show and spread the word is to rate, review and subscribe on whatever platform you get your podcasts from. If you or anyone you know needs to find support in your local area, please go to www.hubofhope.co.uk Thanks for listening!
In this episode, Sean Barnes delves into the intricacies of brand building, discussing the challenges in leadership roles and the link between confidence and branding. They explore future plans for WSS and various social media strategies. The conversation also covers the use of technology for brand growth, the significance of passion in branding, and concludes with valuable advice on genuine brand building. 00:00 Introduction and insights on brand building 02:06 Challenges faced and confidence building in leadership roles 04:30 The link between confidence, marketing, and branding 06:12 Future plans for WSS and brand visibility 08:56 Social media strategies: From Instagram to LinkedIn 10:30 Harnessing technology for brand growth 11:52 The role of passion and purpose in branding 13:12 Final advice on genuine brand building
In this Staffing Snack, LJ and Rob break down the early conference season for 2024. Today, ASA's ExecuVision kicks off in Boca Raton, and then on Thursday the team at Candidate.ly host the World Staffing Summit. LJ breaks down what sessions she is most excited about for ExecuVision and WSS. Then, the team wants everyone excited for SIA's Executive Forum in March, Bullhorn's Engage in May, and Staffing World 2024, including Thrive Live. Plus, Lauren gives some insight into the future state of staffing & recruiting platforms. We also get a hint that the Lady Leaders are planning a 2nd book. This episode is brought to you by Leap Consulting Solutions and their best-selling Supercharge your Desk with AI Course. Remember to rate, review, and share the episode wherever you tune in.
The latest full Blue and No Drop, and the Green Drop Progress Report, released by the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) on Tuesday, shows the deterioration of South Africa's drinking water quality, wastewater management performance and water losses and nonrevenue water. The Blue and No Drop Reports indicate that there is has been a decline in drinking water quality and an increase in non-revenue water since the last reports were issued in 2014. The Green Drop Progress Assessment Report also indicates a deterioration in the performance of municipal wastewater treatment systems. The full Blue Drop Report, assessing the quality of South Africa's drinking water from July 1, 2021, to June 30, 2022, shows that while South Africa's drinking water quality is generally good in the major metropolitan areas, there has been a regression in drinking water quality since 2014. Of the 958 water supply systems (WSS) in each of the 144 water services authorities (WSAs) across South Africa, only 26, or 3%, scored more than 95% and qualified for the Blue Drop Certification, compared with the 44 WSS, or 4%, which were awarded the Blue Drop status in 2014. According to the report, 277, or 29% of systems located in 62 WSAs, are in a critical state of performance, a deterioration from the 174 WSS' in 33 WSAs that were found to be in a critical state in 2014. Overall, 85% of drinking water systems were in an "average or better" infrastructure condition. Of the 151 systems physically assessed, 3% were found to be in a critical infrastructural condition; 12% in a poor infrastructural condition; 49% in an average infrastructural condition; 31% in good condition; and 5% in an excellent condition. This indicated that non-infrastructure factors such as a lack of skilled staff or a lack of proper process controls are as important as infrastructure condition as contributors to poor performance, said DWS director-general Dr Sean Phillips. Unpacking the results, he pointed out that assessment found that Gauteng, which has the highest percentage, at 62%, of drinking water systems with excellent or good performance, has the lowest shortfalls of qualified staff. Comparatively, the Northern Cape, which has the highest percentage, at 87%, of drinking water systems with poor or critical performance, a significant deterioration on the 48% recorded in 2014, has the highest shortfalls of qualified staff. "Based on water quality tests carried out by municipalities themselves during the 2021/22 municipal financial year, 54% of water supply systems achieved excellent or good microbiological water quality compliance and 46% achieved poor or bad microbiological water quality compliance," he continued. In 2014, 5% of water supply systems achieved poor or bad microbiological water quality compliance. Further, in terms of chemical water quality compliance, 76% of systems achieved excellent or good, while 24% of systems were unacceptable, compared with 15% in 2014. Phillips assured that DWS has sent noncompliance letters to the municipalities with systems which scored poorly or badly in terms of drinking water quality in the 2023 Blue Drop Report, requiring the municipalities to inform their residents should they still have poor or bad compliance. During the audit period, 14 WSAs did not report water quality data - or provide any other evidence that they have been testing their water quality - to the DWS, with noncompliance notices issued to those municipalities, instructing them to issue advisory notices to their residents that their water might not be safe to drink if it has not been properly tested. "Some of these WSAs indicated that they are in the process of appointing laboratories, others commenced with sampling, and others provided evidence of testing and achieving drinking water quality, and where necessary these WSAs did issue advisory notices," Phillips commented. Meanwhile, the No Drop Report, which assesses the status of water losses and nonrevenue water, a...
The latest full Blue and No Drop, and the Green Drop Progress Report, released by the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) on Tuesday, shows the deterioration of South Africa's drinking water quality, wastewater management performance and water losses and nonrevenue water. The Blue and No Drop Reports indicate that there is has been a decline in drinking water quality and an increase in non-revenue water since the last reports were issued in 2014. The Green Drop Progress Assessment Report also indicates a deterioration in the performance of municipal wastewater treatment systems. The full Blue Drop Report, assessing the quality of South Africa's drinking water from July 1, 2021, to June 30, 2022, shows that while South Africa's drinking water quality is generally good in the major metropolitan areas, there has been a regression in drinking water quality since 2014. Of the 958 water supply systems (WSS) in each of the 144 water services authorities (WSAs) across South Africa, only 26, or 3%, scored more than 95% and qualified for the Blue Drop Certification, compared with the 44 WSS, or 4%, which were awarded the Blue Drop status in 2014. According to the report, 277, or 29% of systems located in 62 WSAs, are in a critical state of performance, a deterioration from the 174 WSS' in 33 WSAs that were found to be in a critical state in 2014. Overall, 85% of drinking water systems were in an "average or better" infrastructure condition. Of the 151 systems physically assessed, 3% were found to be in a critical infrastructural condition; 12% in a poor infrastructural condition; 49% in an average infrastructural condition; 31% in good condition; and 5% in an excellent condition. This indicated that non-infrastructure factors such as a lack of skilled staff or a lack of proper process controls are as important as infrastructure condition as contributors to poor performance, said DWS director-general Dr Sean Phillips. Unpacking the results, he pointed out that assessment found that Gauteng, which has the highest percentage, at 62%, of drinking water systems with excellent or good performance, has the lowest shortfalls of qualified staff. Comparatively, the Northern Cape, which has the highest percentage, at 87%, of drinking water systems with poor or critical performance, a significant deterioration on the 48% recorded in 2014, has the highest shortfalls of qualified staff. "Based on water quality tests carried out by municipalities themselves during the 2021/22 municipal financial year, 54% of water supply systems achieved excellent or good microbiological water quality compliance and 46% achieved poor or bad microbiological water quality compliance," he continued. In 2014, 5% of water supply systems achieved poor or bad microbiological water quality compliance. Further, in terms of chemical water quality compliance, 76% of systems achieved excellent or good, while 24% of systems were unacceptable, compared with 15% in 2014. Phillips assured that DWS has sent noncompliance letters to the municipalities with systems which scored poorly or badly in terms of drinking water quality in the 2023 Blue Drop Report, requiring the municipalities to inform their residents should they still have poor or bad compliance. During the audit period, 14 WSAs did not report water quality data - or provide any other evidence that they have been testing their water quality - to the DWS, with noncompliance notices issued to those municipalities, instructing them to issue advisory notices to their residents that their water might not be safe to drink if it has not been properly tested. "Some of these WSAs indicated that they are in the process of appointing laboratories, others commenced with sampling, and others provided evidence of testing and achieving drinking water quality, and where necessary these WSAs did issue advisory notices," Phillips commented. Meanwhile, the No Drop Report, which assesses the status of water losses and nonrevenue water, a...
Since 2011, the poet Mark Nowak has been facilitating rank-and-file workers' writing through the Workers Writers School. In collaboration with PEN, trade unions and other organizations, the WSS's workshops "create a space for participants to re-imagine their working lives, nurture new literary voices directly from the global working class, and produce new tactics and imagine new futures for working class social change." On this episode, Mark joins us along with long-time participant Lorraine Garnett, who reads several of her poems and discusses the School's impact on her life. https://www.workerwriters.org/ https://pen.org/worker-writers-school/ The Workers' Speculative Society is a research podcast about the world Amazon is building and the workers, writers and communities that are demanding a different future. It is part of the Worker as Futurist Project, which supports rank-and-file Amazon workers to write speculative fiction about "The World After Amazon. It is hosted by Xenia Benivolski, Max Haiven, Sarah Olutola, and Graeme Webb and is an initiative of RiVAL: The ReImagining Value Action Lab, with support from the Social Sciences a Humanities Research Council of Canada. Editing and theme music by Robert Steenkamer. * soundcloud.com/reimaginevalue/sets/the-workers-speculative * workersspeculativesociety.org * reimaginingvalue.ca
Shh! Don't tell Mom the babysitter's DEAD-EXCITED to be joined by renowned film composer, David Newman! (Say What?! *faints*) This week, AW and Spencer are enthralled by this magical maestro's menagerie of movie scores including Matilda, Serenity, The Nutty Professor, The Mighty Ducks, The Sandlot, and heaps more favourites! This week we're getting our Kix with their album 'Hot Wire', before leaping into West Side Story to find out about Dave's orchestral contributions to Steven Spielberg's stunning 2021 film version in this epic episode!Plus, we chat the Newman family, Musical versions of David's movies, seeing Hendrix live, and heaps more!David on Twitter: https://twitter.com/dnewmanm5Matilda in Concert w/ David Newman, Danny DeVito, and the New Jersey Symphony - https://www.njsymphony.org/events/detail/matilda-in-concertSpencer on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SpencerSher_ Charlie/Tarzan/Hunchback tickets: https://www.tuacahn.org/Juxtaposing Metal with Musicals - joined by iconic guests from the worlds of Music, Broadway, Hollywood, and more! https://www.thetonastontales.com/listen -- https://www.patreon.com/bloomingtheatricals - https://twitter.com/thrashntreasurehttps://linktr.ee/thrashntreasure*****Help support Thrash 'n Treasure and keep us on-air, PLUS go on a fantastical adventure at the same time!Grab your copy of The Tonaston Tales by AW, and use the code TNT20 when you check out for 20% off eBooks and Paperbacks!https://www.thetonastontales.com/bookstore - TNT20 ***** ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
THE BOYS ARE BACK!!!! After a week off (and one WSS episode later), the Cinemasochist and Cupcake are back, shaking the virtual rust off and reviewing James Gunn's swan song for not only the MCU (pssst...he now heads up a little studio called DC Studios) but also for this space opera trilogy - Marvel Studios' Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3. NO superhero/comic book can be reviewed on this show without the presence of Masaki AKA Landon AKA Son of Sam. U. Rai. Strap in....this family bickers and chastises each other but in the end...it's all love. Who will champion this crowd pleasing space standalone adventure comedy and who will blame superhero fatigue and an overstuffed script? Landon gives the heretofore as-yet-unheard of "double plus", Red's plus gets "artsy", and Cupcake, not to be outdone, pluses THREE streaming horror films. GET THIS STACKED EPISODE IN YOUR EARS!!!! Soop's Art: https://www.instagram.com/feelinsooper/ Timestamps (00.01.00) Intro + Guest intro (LANDO!!!) (00.04.50) Landon's Double Plus (00.12.27) Red serves up SOOP (00.14.55) Cupcake Primes a Horror-thon Triple play (00.21.11) Gunn, Guardians, and above and below the line (00.32.08) Spoiler Free with a one sentence kick off (00.54.54) ROCKET to the SPOILERS!!!
NEW WATCH SKIP SINGULAR IS OUT! (while you await our epic Watch/Skip+ return on Thursday) Cupcake goes SOLO for the first time making this a true Watch Skip Singular in name and execution. Listen as Cupcake (very nervously) chatters on and reviews two new Amazon Prime Shows - Citadel (the spy thriller executive produced by the Russo Brothers and starring Richard Madden, Priyanka Chopra Jones, and Stanley Tucci), and the eagerly awaited re-imagining of a David Cronenberg classic, Dead Ringers starring Rachel Weisz. There's tea, there's talk of sexy Denmark-ians and chunky hunks, and liberal use of the word "fantastic". GET IT IN YOUR EARS!!!! (and if you want more WSS or you want Cupcake to review a new streaming or theatrical movie not covered on WS+, reach out to us!) TIMESTAMPS (00.00) Intro (02:23) Amazon Prime's Citadel (18:52) Amazon Prime's Dead Ringers
Aloha Friends, it's Robert Stehlik. Welcome to the third season of the Blue Planet Show. I started this show a couple years ago in my home office, in the garage during the pandemic, just to get to know other wing foilers find out more what drives them, what inspires them. And as always, I like to find a little bit more about their background and just get to know them a little bit better and learn for my own benefit. And I'm stoked to be able to share it with all of you. I get people coming up to me all the time saying I'll watch your shows all the way to the end. So I'm one of the 5% that watches the whole thing. So stoked to hear that. And I know many of you are also listening to it as a podcast while you're driving to the beach or going foiling and getting stoked or just listening to it while you can't go in the water because it's too cold, or you're traveling or whatnot. Stoked. Always to hear that kind of stuff, super stoked. And today's guest is James Casey, who also has a great podcast. So if you haven't listened to that, it's all about downwind foiling. You should check it out. And he also has a coaching club that you can join to learn about downwind foiling. He's an amazing athlete. He holds the record for the most kilometers foiled in one day. And a great coach for any of you who want to get into downwind foiling. And he also invented the sport of winging upwind and then deflating and foiling downwind. Really cool stuff that he's doing and pioneering also designing and testing equipment and so on. Without further ado, here is James Casey. Okay, James Casey. Welcome to the Blue Planet Show. Yeah. Thanks so much for having me. I've watched a bunch of these shows and yeah, it's cool to be on here myself now. Yeah. And I've been listening to your shows while I'm driving and getting stoked and motivated to do more downwind foiling. So thanks for doing that. A lot of really good information on your show. And I want to get into that, like Doman foiling, your Casey crew or the coaching crew, and then also the Moloka race, and then your announcement about joining Code foils and all kinds of stuff. Your record 213 kilometer record on a foil all that kind of stuff. But before we get into all those things, let's talk a little bit about your background. Let's go into a little bit like where, where you were born, how you grew up, and how you got into water sports and all that kind of stuff. Yeah. So yeah, James Casey. I was born in Sydney, Australia, and it's basically the east coast. And my mom and dad both surfed as a kid. They took me out surfing and like a boogie boarding first and then surfing. And I think I got my, I remember vividly actually gave you my first surfboard when I was like, probably a bit of a late starter compared to people nowadays, but I was like 10 or 11. I got like this PCUs, four Finn, super nineties board, skinny nose, like super pointy, heaps of rocker. But that was my first board. This was just one of my dad's old boards that he didn't use anymore. Yeah, this is your board now. You can, you can take this here, this out. And yeah, pretty much surfed all through my teenage years. I competed in like board riders, so I was I won the juniors movale board riders season sort of competition. But then I got 18, 19, I started getting worn in my rugby union. So I was playing a lot of rugby. Played for the, I guess the local club, the Ringer Rats, and was, I played a couple games in first grade, but I was basically just too small to be to be, following that dream as a, as an athlete in rugby. I was also competing against basically , who's now the Wallabies captain, Michael Hooper. So like in people who watch rugby would know what I'm talking about. But yeah, I was playing rugby against him a lot, so rugby was always, I was always second field to him, but I just loved it. It was great camaraderie and that sort of stuff and, but I was still juggling my rugby and surfing and basically as a rugby player you're pretty big and bulky and so it's not the best for surfing. But I got into standup paddling in my sort of I guess it was, I don't know the exact date, but I was. Pretty young. I was probably like 14 or 15. We, we were in Hawaii and I sprained my ankle kite surfing. And wait, so when, how did you get into kite surfing? Yeah, I was thinking that when I said that. Gotta explain that, . So I got into kite surfing. I used to go to Maui a lot. Basically my dad was a wind surfer and basically every July we'd go over to Hawaii to f as a family holiday to windsurf. And I was learning to windsurf and then all of a sudden all these kite around and I'd just nailed for windsurfing, I'd nailed my like water starts. So on the small sort of wave riding board, I was water starting, I was just starting into wave riding. And then I cut my foot on the reef out at uppers at Kaha. . And so I was outta the water for a bit and when I was outta the water, my brother, younger brother and sister learned to kite surf and then I was all fired up. I wanna learn to kite surf, it looks easier and you're on a smaller board. And so basically going backwards, I guess windsurfing my dad, cause he windsurf, he took us out in the lake a lot. Just a local Naraine lake. And we'd learned to windsurf on a big, we used to call it the island. Just a massive, it was a starboard, I think a massive starboard and you can get three people on it. It was super stable for us kids as well. So we did that. Then, so then I learned on a smaller board, wave, wave sailing and never really nailed it. I one or two trips down to OA and then Hawaii was almost there and then I cut my foot outta the water for a week. Then went to kite surf and kite surfing was what we loved to do as a family. Like my brother, my dad, and myself would all go out kite surfing at home and then me when it was sick. But yeah, then I sprained my ankle. Kite surfing this one time. I guess it was, it must have not been July cause there was some waves. Must have been, winter. And there were heaps of good. It was good surf that year too. So I cut my foot so sprained my ankle kiting and I couldn't pop up on a surfboard like, like regular surfing because my, an basically res sprained my ankle. So we went to the local shop what's it called? High Tech in Maui. And we rented Hawaii Paddle Surf, like standup paddle board. Cause we'd seen lad do it, we were in hook keep and Lad was doing his helicopters and that looks pretty cool. Yeah, we went down the hike. So can you, do you guys sell these salmon paddle boards? Yeah, we got a couple. So we rented two of those and we're actually staying at like near Mama's Fish house. , and there's a few reefs out there and basically, When there's no wind. We managed to score some really good sessions out there on the standup paddle board, just like glassy and like four to six foot kind of thing. And I was on a standup paddle board on these outer reefs and it was like, oh, this is pretty legit. And on the standup paddle board was easier because you're paddling out to his outer east and instead you're comfortable. So I'm like, this is cool. So he went home and St. Paddling wasn't really a thing yet. Went home and the local shop, I came in Sydney WSS boards. Sam Parker had, didn't have any production boards, but he did have a custom one that he, a local builder had built him just basically a big longboard. And so we grabbed that off him for a week and just was roughing out on that. No ankle is now better now. So it was just like, it was just cuz we liked it. And basically we, when the stock came in, we bought one, but be between that we were I actually grabbed my dad's windsurf board and we'd never paddled, so we had a rake and we cut the prongs off the rake, the plastic rakes, and we were paddling around the local spot on this windsurf board, like a smaller windsurf board had the full sandpaper deck. So we got all, got smoked rashed up on the stomach. But yeah, that was, and then, basically once the production stuff was out in Australia, we were riding it, but I was never really competing. So like I did all this is all like, 13, 14 or whatever, what's that sort of age? And so I was paddling it, but I didn't know there was competitions and my brother worked in the local shop WSS boards. And there was, I went to one competition at Long ra and I wasn't really, it was fun, but it wasn't really something I was motivated to, to pursue. We did a race, actually the fir, my first s race was Movale to Collary, which is like eight Ks. and it was a nice little northeast Lee Breeze. My I'd never paddled a race board before my brother working at the shop had organized a board for my himself, my dad and me. And there was two 14 footers and 1 12 6 and somehow I got stitched up and was put on the 12 six. So we're doing the race and it's all like a little down window. We just cruising cause we don't know how to race. We're just paddling like we are surfing, looking for little bumps to catch. And all of a sudden this storm comes through and we're about halfway through the race, we're at the back cause we're this cruising and this hail it starts hailing on us. So we, the massive storm, the wind was northeast hailstorm comes through the winds now south. And so we're all lying on our boards paddling into the winds like prone style. And because I had a 12 six I could keep it pointed into the wind easier. I wasn't getting blown around as much. So I, I remember vividly beating my brother. And he was all off it because he is oh, it was because you were the shorter board. It was easier for you to, paddle into the window. Mate, a shorter board should go slower. So it was, the competitive spirit was always there, but I didn't touch another race board for a very long time. So that was that was interesting. That was a not the best start to to the whole racing stuff. It wasn't until my now brother-in-law Grant Hardiman got into ums racing that I really got into thes racing stuff. But in the meantime, I was stop surfing heaps. So I still stop surfed a lot when the waves were small back home, I'd stop surf heaps, wasn't really competing, but just loved it. On the small days and you can then, you can just pedal out. The same as in, in Maui were ping out to these outer reefs and surfing waves by ourselves rather than sitting in the pack of 20 or 30 on a shortboard waiting for that one that came through. That's a muddled history, . Once I got into this, I actually got into the subs surfing, went down to an event in Marula it, so called the Maru Classic. Quite a famous event here in us here in Australia. Anyway, yeah had like guys like Rob Robby Nash come over in the history of it all. And, but I met two, two good friends now, JC Schara and Toby k Cracknell and Kai Bates as well, actually, and Sam Williams. And those sort of four people got me into the competitive side of s cause I didn't even know like the, a PPP world tour or the whatever it was called before that. I didn't know what it, I didn't know what it exist. I didn't know you could compete on a standup paddle board. I didn't know there were races. I just was just doing it for fun. Wasn't really in the scene. So they, I went over to Hawaii, did the sunset event trials, got into the main event and basically from there Tristan was like, oh, you've qualified for the whole tour now if you wanna come to Brazil and France. And I was like, oh, this is pretty cool. So I rallied. And, you I'd just finished uni at this time, so I was like, okay, I've got a bit of time. I haven't really locked myself into a job yet. So I just did that for, two, three years competing on the, the sup surf and race circuit doing, Molokai to Oahu and a bunch of races in did a few races in Europe, did a few surf events in Morocco and Hawaii and France, and went to the wave pool in Abu Dhabi. And yeah, it was a pretty cool, time and then Brun, I was doing that until Covid hit and then now Covid hit up. We basically, it's all, it all stopped all the racings on the stop stuff. And yeah. So here's I wanted to share this video. This was oh, sorry. Definitely. This was when I first met you that this was like at the mall. Mochi race. And you had a yeah, it was you and Marcus. Yeah. Marcus harder with Yeah. Talking about the dugout. I was just curious about it and interviewed you and that. So this was in 2016, was it the first time you did the mobile Kai race? This is the second time I did it. Yeah. This is the second time I, yeah and it was my third season competing, like racing over in Hawaii, but I didn't get in the first year to to do Molokai. Cause I hadn't done enough races, basically. And that. And you were one of the first guys to use the dugout in the Molokai race, I think too. Or, and you did really well with it, right? So everybody started being curious about the dugout boards. Yeah, so dugout boards were, pretty common on 14 foot boards. But for for the unlimited boards, Not many people were using them. So yeah, it's probably good to talk about this. I was writing for JP and basically JP had said, oh, we don't make unlimited boards. You can get, one made from s i c, you can get one made wherever you want. And basically the year before I used a s I see. And Marcus had spoken to Matt Knowledge and said, oh, I think I can make something faster than your s i c what do you think? And he was like, yeah, Matt was keen. And then I got caught winded oh, if you are getting one, Matt, he was my like, sparring partner. I was like, I want one too. So we both, paid Marcus to design a board for us. And deep sort of made the boards and yeah, these are the first, unlimited dugouts that that we'd used. and basically it certainly caused a bit of a stir in Hawaii when people saw him. It was like the world's biggest bathtub when they filled up. But Yeah, it was, they were super quick and, this relationship with Marcus, stems all the way through, like within us and Simon son over the following year. And and then I, won Moloka in 2019 on a board that Marcus and I actually built like in, in his backyard. And and that was the last, that was the last time the race was held. So you're the defending champion, theoretically. . Yeah. Look, four years, , I only have to race once. Yeah. So yeah, no, it's it was a little project that for sure. Yeah. So I just wanted to share that. That's a classic older video. Yeah. Awesome. Yeah. That's the main, yeah. Marcus is now all clean cut too. He is. Got his hash and he is shaved and he wouldn't recognize him. . Yeah. And just so I'm in the background, so are you staying at his place right now or? Yes. I'm just, I'm over here in wa I was just cause we've just we're working together now with fun code foil, so it's been set started there that year deep that's, and then sent over and now with code foils and so it's pretty cool. But yeah, I marks my good mates and yeah, I'm over here in wa I was just doing a foil camp up in Exmouth and so I've flowed back down. get back to your history though. Okay. So then you started doing the kind of the racing and also computing as a subs, surfer subs, surfery competition. . Yeah. Yeah. my, my best result in the subs surfing stuff was the second place at Sunset. I lost a ca vaz , but it was basically I got the, it was a good year for me. Like the surf was good, my ball was good. And that was, yeah, second place and that was, I was pretty stoked. And that year I won the overall race and surf sup champion, there wasn't an official world champion sort of thing, but it was like a thing they're trying to award, overall athletes, not just thes athletes, not just the races race athletes, but the overall. So I think that was 20 must have been like 2016 kind of time where I won that sort of thing. And that's probably the biggest, sup sort of world champion sort of thing I've done in that. But yeah, I did all that until until Covid hit really, I was doing all the s sub surf events and a lot of the supp race events and then foiling came out. It stalled the momentum, with the sup stuff because foiling the reason I got into the sup racing was because I I'm a surfer first, so I've always, I've, I still surf short boards longboards foils now, obviously and standups. But surfing was where it all started. And when I got into sap, competing in standup was all about s surfing and downwind racing, because to me, downwind racing was like longboarding out to sea and you're just trimming the whole time. So it's kinda like the longboard sort of style. . And then when the foils came out and you were, I started down winding them pretty early. I was like, this is like short boarding out to sea. I'm not long boarding anymore. I'm like, we are surfing now. And so that to me was like a real light bulb moment. And a lot of people are like, oh, you don'ts race anymore. And I'm like, oh, I still do the local events. Like I, I was at the Aussie champs last year and still do a bunch of the local events. But yeah the foiling is and the downwind foiling especially is mind blowing honestly. It's it's pretty crazy. And I guess my foil history I started, I actually met Alex Aue when I was over in Maui for a ppp race event. And I was introduced him through the Spencers. So Jeffrey and Finn were testing ups to go for stuff Me. Oh Jimmy, you gotta meet Alex, you're gonna love this foiling stuff. And so I was actually staying with Vinny and Vinny Martinez and j Jake Jensen. And we were all in a house together. Cause we're doing a race and because I was introduced to Alex basically, but Vinny and I were both slopping boards and so we only had one foil set up. Cause Alex lent us a board and a foil, like one of the original cars. And we were out at Kaha lowers trying out then a bunch of other spots between there and who keep and just if one of us was on the fall, the other one would be on like a bigger surf up just filming each other with a GoPro. And we were just trying to get the shot of us flying above the water. And that was the, and as soon as we left there, we were like, man, I said to Alex, I gotta buy one, like when can I buy one? And he's, okay. That must have been like a sep September sort of time of year. It's 2016 and then maybe it was 2017 but around that time and I ordered probably the first go fall to ever arrive in Australia, It arrived in like November just before the event, the ISA event in Fiji. And I remember going over there, I was over there to race the distance race on the standup, but I brought this foil with me and on the, when we were all surfing cloud break and whatnot in between the events and I was towing behind the boat. on the drive out on my gofoil set up. And people are losing their shit. Oh, everyone's having a go. And that was the start of, the foil brain and the downwind stuff. And yeah, it's been a cool, it's been a whirlwind four years, since then, or I guess five years, six years since then. But yeah then I was, and I heard like the first time you tried to do a downwind foil downwind, was it with the ca foil? Yeah, so it would've been just after I got from Fiji, I went over to Western Australia and there's a race called King of the Cut and all those, so it's really good downwind run cause the, you get these sea breeze and it's like super consistent. And basically one day we went out with my square JP board and the gofoil and must have been, the board must have been like seven two by 26, but a square not like the boards nowadays had this kind of pointy tails and stuff. Pointy noses, not long and skinny and . We went out the Mandra run and we paddled, A friend of mine, Matt and I we were swapping boards, so one of us on the foil set up, one of us was on a race board stuff. And basically we did the run I think is about 10 kilometers, 10 or 11 Ks. We did half the run and we swapped out and I got up twice, which looking back, I'm actually pretty stoked, could get up. I got up twice for about a total of like maybe 50, 60 meters up on Foil . And I was like, man, this is hard. Cause we'd seen Kyle Leni do it on his, longer board. Oh, he must just need a longer board longer skinnier board at that time. And cuz Kai was on a sorn off race board, it's 12 foot kind of thing. It's funny how in the foiling world everything just comes back, right? So like and then, cause now we're going back to that, but this was in 20, it must have been 2016 or 17. . But anyway, it doesn't really. And then I said to Alex, I think I need a bigger foil. So he sent me over the original malico the blue one that isn't curved down. It's like a flatter one. It was actually ahead of its time because it was it was higher aspect, than the macOS were. And like when I got that one, I got home and I did a downwind run from maybe I was, anyway I started downwind once I got that foil and once I had that bigger foil, I was getting up pretty much straight away because of my my, my sort of s racing and downwind knowledge. I could read the bumps well enough and was powerful enough to get up and foil and once up, I think I was just chasing bumps and it was, yeah, it was sick, but I had the, yeah that one definitely humbling moment where we got five Ks and 50 meters of foiling, , so yeah. Yeah, . But even for you, it wasn't easy to get started, but yeah, no way. No way. But the right equipment makes a big difference for sure. Yeah even just the slightly bigger foil was the biggest, the difference for me. I think I was still on the same board more or less. I can't remember my first successful downwind run actually because I definitely had gone to Maui again and I did a downwind run with Finn and Jeffrey on a prone board. We went from Kua to Sugar Cove and we were paddling into waves and then falling around. And then Alex had this 10 foot, it was like a square board. It was a like just a, he called it the aircraft carrier. It was super long and he'd just put a little bit more rocker in it. Yeah, super light. And I paddled that thing up easy and once I was up I was like, I was good to go thing. Cause the downwind knowledge I had from racing standups just translated straight across. But I remember that first run of that big board and it was like, oh, this is pretty cool. , this is pretty epic. Boiling down wind is, As I said before, short boarding and like surfing down the coast rather than, trimming on the longer, unlimited or 14 foot stops. Six. Wait, did you say you were prone foiling on a 10 foot board? Is that what it was? Nah, so I was, I was, I'll stand up, I'll stand up paddling on that one. Yeah, that was the aircraft carrier. It was like nine or 10 foot. long, long, but it was like square. It literally it was like this shape. Yeah. The early kma boards were like that too, right? That's at the time everyone thought that's how you get it as short as possible by just cutting off the nose and tail and like its square . Yeah. Yeah. It was interesting that one Alex made actually and, and it was it was like looking back at it if he just refined that shape. It was long and it it wasn't super skinny. It was probably like 25 or 26 wide, but it was like eight foot and just it was square for stability while going. Narrow for speed and long for speed. Looking back, like there's a lot of things that led us to, the latest design that, Dave has famously invented, the Barracuda style boards. Yeah. And then you're still a team writer for Sunova, right? So when did that relationship start with Sunova? So just that video you shared before was the year after? So it was it was just as when I got my Go Foil I started on JP boards, so that was November. And then the following year, January, February, I signed with Sunova. And the first thing I did was like, okay, we need to get on, we need to make foil boards because foiling is where it's gonna be. And so I went over to Thailand and we tested a bunch of staff and we drew up with Bert Berger. He was over there and Marcus was back here. So we didn't, but Bert and I drew up our first sort of, Foil board range, and it was long, they basically weren't thick enough. So I, my first s foil board that I did with them was seven two by 24 and a half, which like is a pretty good dimensions looking back like how it's aged. But it was super thin. Yeah. So it was only like, it was only like 80 liters or something. And for me it was fine. But I remember going, starting on that and then Marcus took over designing the FOIL awards cause he was head starter foiling too. And it made sense cause he understood it. And so we basically the rails on Bert's board were like super pointy like this. Yeah. And then Marcus just made him thicker and had the, added the chime in and that extra volume allowed us to go shorter. And a bit narrower. Yeah. And a bit narrower too with the same sort of volume. But yeah, I guess our the Sunova relationship was, has been, is epic. , we're still designing a bunch of boards. We've got a bunch of prototypes coming. And yeah, there's, because I persuaded them to build these foil boards, I said, ah, and then I built like a, created the Casey brand. They're like, okay we'll put the Casey logo on it. And, it's your job to curate the design with Marcus and make sure you write the design specs and the, the website, outline, explain to people what it is. So yeah, that relation relationship with Suno has been really good. And obviously like racing, they were helping me fly around the world and travel and and the stop surfing stuff. And yeah, it's been a very healthy relationship with the boys in Thailand. The over. . Yeah. And then for, regarding the foil, so I guess you were writing for Gold Foil and then at some point you tried a whole bunch of different foils and you ended up writing for access. So how did that ha all happen and what was yeah. Sorry. I was writing for Gofo for five years so Gofo for five years and basically, started with the Kai and then the MACO came out and then the EVA and the maico 200 and all that sort of stuff came out. And then the GLS came out, which was like mind blowing cuz they were these higher aspect things. Then the P 180 and basically I've all the way up to the RS and the GT wings. I was a part of the team and it was just, yeah, it was, I was just craving a bit more input in the design process because go for guys are just like fully Maui based and they've got a pretty good test team in Maui. They've got Dave and they've got. Jeremy Rigs and they got, Alex himself is great at testing too, so they didn't really need me. And unless I was there, and when I was there, I was heavily involved in the testing stuff. And remember vividly testing shimming the tail wing. We were out, off or out of Kalu Harbor in Alex's boat. And Connor and I were both testing some Damon wings for the, there was an oli, the Oli race was coming up. And so we were testing like how to shim, like basically we're tuning our foils to get 'em as fast as we could for the race. And unfortunately that year the wind was blowing like straight on shore, so it was just a course race. But the race we did was they dropped us out outside basically between uppers and lowers at Kaha. And we raced all the way back into shore. And I remember that, was that where there was a huge surf too coming in or was that huge surf? Yeah. Yeah. And a few guys, I think I got up last. , but I think Austin climber fell off in the surf This got maxed out. You got a bomb coming through and it was a, that was a pretty cool race that was just like full, like figuring it out, yeah, and it was a bit murky water coming through. I hit something coming in through at the end, but it was sick. It was a cool race. But yeah, so we I'd worked a lot with Alex and Alex was literally I've got a house over in Maui and my family is a house over in Maui and he's actually, we actually share a boundary with Alex. We're not direct next door neighbors, but like over the back fence, like Alex is our neighbor, so it's oh, cool. There's a pretty cool relationship. When I was in Maui, like last time I was in Maui Alex had literally picked me up and we'd go, okay, we're gonna go test this thing, James. Come on, let's go. And yeah, it was super cool to be doing that. But the problem was when I wasn't in Maui, I couldn't test anything and I was only really in Maui, maybe one or. once or twice a year, and only really for maybe a total of three weeks. So I just, I was craving more input in the design and pushing the envelope to race the wings. But also I guess with my coaching stuff I wanted to be able to, have input to help people learn to. So yeah, about 18 months ago, I, announced I was leaving Gofoil and tried a bunch of different foils. was trying lift stuff, I was trying uni foil stuff access Armstrong. What else did I try? I felt like there was some cloud nine stuff too. And basically I, and I spoke to 'em all and basically the access guys were really keen to work on a range of foils with me. And basically in the last 18 months with access, I reckon I prototyped. probably 50 sets of gear, wow. It was kinda like, be careful what you wish for , because then my job was like, one of the things they sent out six different towel wings. They didn't tell me what they did, but they said, go out and try them and tell me what you feel. And basically little examples like that. And, so we tried a bunch of different stuff and it was an awesome relationship with Evan and Adrian. And I was on the phone to Adrian after every session. And that was exactly what I craved, like with Gofo, I did the same thing, but I only spoke to Alex every now and then. Cause I only got prototypes every, once or twice a year. Whereas with access, I was getting like every month they were sending out a box of gear and saying, test this stuff for us, test that for us. And it was epic. And if fast forward to now, I guess I'm, I've just announced that I'm working with basically a few mates of mine, Marcus, Ben, and Dan. And. basically creating our own brand, which is super exciting. Working with Code Falls and look, if this hadn't come up, I'd definitely still be working with Access because there was, there's basically, there's no bad blood with access. Like we're there we're still mates. Adrian's actually coming up. I'm just gonna miss him in Perth, but he's coming over and I've left a bunch of gear for him cause, given some of the gear back and yeah, they want me to come over. Adrian wants to come over to New Zealand and do a downwind foil clinic and yeah, but they were cool, especially like going know when I told them about when I told them about joining code about a month ago, they were obviously a bit upset, but they were super cool and they're like, they were stoked for me that we, that I was creating my own thing. So they weren't they weren't angry at me, and the beauty is we're still mates I guess. So it's it's cool. But as I said, like the relationship with Code Falls was really good. So it's, I'm sorry. Talk a little bit about that. So code photos, like who's behind it and what's the business plan and so on. Yeah, so basically Marcus and Ben basically ha they're brothers. They, their Batard brothers and they've been designing their own or basically in the sunova range. Marcus has been doing all the foil and stuff boards for a while and Ben Tark has been doing the same for one and basically for them to be working together. It's pretty cool cuz they've got some seriously good design brains and yeah, they just, they asked me did I wanna be a part of this company they're building and yeah, I was like, yeah, let's do it. Because I've worked with Marcus for, I guess five or six years now and I've known Ben for a bit longer and Basically the plan is to, just create foils for, for sorry, the dog's just done a fart. the plan is stinks, stubby . The plan is to create foils that that we want to use, you know and that I can teach with too. Cause my coaching business is super important thing too. So at the moment we've just had one, we've had two prototypes. Basically we've got a sort of surf wing and think it's around eight 50 square centimeters. And we've just had a prototype race wing that literally, I've only tried it twice, two or three times now, and it's been. Really positive. Like the whole philosophy I guess behind it is we want our stuff to be stiff and solid and the mast and the connection to the base plate, to the mast, it's all one. But like the connection point is overbuilt, but it feels so nice and stiff. And then likewise the master to the fuse. The fuse is thick and so that's, I'm seeing if I have one actually I've got a mask just here. I can show that. Yeah. Why don't you show us? Is it all one, you said it. The fuselage and front wing and tail wing are all one piece. No. So the don't think I've got a, a tail wing or No, there's none around to you. They must markers, must took it . But yeah. Yeah. Show the mask. So yeah, you can see like the, see how that's pretty chunky down the bottom here. But we just find it adds extra stiffness. And even the base plate's pretty, pretty chunky too. Uhhuh . And then the connection to the. , this is a thicker it's just like probably 30% thicker than the, like most other brands. , just, this just allows more Fuse to get onto. So that makes the fuse a bit chunkier. Yeah. What we found straight away was that it was just super stiff, even though like our first prototype, but everything was just so well connected. So yeah. The base plate things that I was talking about and then the fuse connection was just super solid. And that to us was a really important thing coming out with a brand now and like after seeing a bunch of brands, work on certain things, then realizing their mask is a bit stiff, isn't stiff enough. And having the connections to the front fall or the rear fall a bit, basically don't want any flex. So having that able to see what other fall brands have done, we've learned from that and basically created a pretty. Pretty what I'm loving, especially in the surf, the eight 50, it's super well connected and a lot of people, so is it, is the fuselage like aluminum like the access foils or is it more like the lift flows where it's like a front piece together with the Yeah, it's yeah, more like the lift and uni foil sort of stuff. How it's just like the front one goes on and then the fuse bolts on. Like a lot of people are comparing it to the cab, how it's on the angle, so Oh, you kind, yeah. So it's it's a super snug connection. , I can't, there was one just on the couch there, but Marcus just took off with it. No worries. Show on the shop . But yeah, we're super So you, so are you actually a partner in the business or a team writer and r and d? Or like how does that work? Yeah. More of a partner not just team riders, which is why it's like an exciting. Sort of project. So there's, we're building a brand up from nothing, so it's, yeah, four. then, so Marcus is, designer Sonova. Ben was a designer of one, no, is the designer of one. And then Dan, he's actually a, he lives three doors down and he's an architects builder, but he's really good at basically drawing everything up and making it all, so the designs, he puts it into software that makes the, it can blend everything so super clean and, slick looking connections. And he's actually, he's been working the hardest of late trying to get all the files ready to build. It's been a, it's been a, it's been a busy month, that's for sure. Yeah. And that's why you're in Perth right now? I was actually over here to do a foil camp up in Exmouth, and I extended two days before and two days after, just so I could catch up with the team and. and, talk about a lot of things and get some footage and just work on all things code as, as well as do a bit of work up the coast here. Just, it was good timing, it wasn't planned, it was just good timing. Cool. Yeah, like when we look at Australia on a Globe or something, it looks like a small little island, but to fly from Sydney to Perth is like a six hour flight or something, like three time zones, or what is it, three or four time zones? Yeah. Yes. It's, I think it's a four and a half, five hour flight, depending on the winds. And yeah, it's a, it's three hours difference. Yeah. So back home when I chat to my wife, she's, at home now it's nine o'clock here and it's midday in, in Sydney. So yeah, it's a big country. It's a big country, that's for sure. Yeah. I haven't been over and during Covid we actually couldn't fly to Perth Bec because. Everything was locked down, so it was, yeah, it's it was almost like a new country over here in Western Australia for a while. Yeah. Everything, everything went yeah. Starting new for company, with like access, they have so many different foils and design, like shapes, like different, so many different wings you can choose from and stuff like that. So starting a new company, I guess one of the hard things is the tooling costs are pretty expensive. Every time you make a new wing you have to make a mold for it and all that. Yeah. And then if it doesn't work, you have to like toss that mold and make another one or whatever yeah, exactly. Yep. It's not easy. Yeah, it's not easy at all. Yeah. The plan for the Rangers at the moment is we've got our surf wing all round, surf wing and downwind wing, which is the eight 50. So I've been surfing and down winding it , and it's been unreal in terms of size, it's. , I feel like the area's not that good a guide. Cause we all know the one 20 probably surfs a bit bigger than what, or down winds a bit bigger than what the area is. . But it's, it, this eight 50 feels somewhere between the one 20 and the one 70. Probably like a one 30 or one 40 sort of size. If you were to compare in the lift range in the access range, it feels like an 8 99, so that's the kind of size that the one we have now. And we've got plans to build one bigger and one smaller , at the very least. And we're probably gonna go at least two bigger. So probably have five or six foils within that range. And then we're gonna do an, a race range, which we are busily working on now to get ready for mochi because it may only be March, but it takes time to build molds and test stuff. And so we've got our first one here and we've it, it's great, but there's things we can improve upon it. So we're back to the drawing board and try to make it, better. And then we're gonna do like a more of a, lower aspect sort of style foil for basically bay runs, small, slow surf and just a sl a foil that goes slower so you can so especially for me when I'm teaching, I want, I wanna fall that I can teach with that isn't going so fast that it's like scaring people, and it doesn't have to be a really big foil to go slow. You can make us foil that is still like compact, that goes slow. So we they're the kind of the three rangers that we're working on. But really we're just focusing on getting everything released and the launch date, I guess for shops to, to have these code falls in shops for the eight 50 and I guess, and that's first surf range is or the all round range is the 1st of June. So that's what we're working towards, which doesn't seem that far away. For us, but for everyone else, we're like, oh, June, that's like March, April, may, June. It's three months. But I think Robert, you probably know it, it takes more than just, the stuff is good now. We're just getting stuff, ordering like our, the manufacturing and logistics and stuff. Yeah, just three months is not a long time. Not at all. So three, four months. Yeah, we're pushing hard, but it's and obviously we're hoping to have to release the bigger and smaller wings in that range. But it probably won't be till after June. So the first one will be the eight 50 that sort of slightly bigger than the lift one 20 sort of size 8 99 axis sort of size. And then the rest will come after that. But yeah, baby steps because it all, the need a cost a bit, but it takes a lot of time too. So it's, yeah, it's been a. Spend a bit of a journey already. Just I'm only one, officially one week in . Cool. And then what about boards? Are you con gonna continue with Sonova making, like the Casey labeled boards or that, or are you gonna make code foil boards also, or? No, at this stage we're gonna, like Ben still works for One Ocean Sports and Marcus and I still work for Sunova. So it just, it makes sense for us to stick with them, for the, yeah. For the time being because it's we've got great relationships with Ben's got a great relationship with Jacko at one and Mark and I have a great relationship with, Tino and Dylan at Sunova. We don't wanna, we don't wanna break that relationship and Sure we've got good products and we're super happy with how it's all working. As is and the foils, are they made at the Sunova factory or where are they made? The fos are made in China. Yeah. So they're, that we've different factory, the Sunova. Don't really do carbon fiber. I guess they're more of the bolser and polonia skins, which for a foil doesn't really work. . Yeah. It's a, it is a very specialized manufacturing process and yeah. Definitely not simple. You have to have Yeah. Get everything right. Especially like to make the mass stiff and torsional and all that, all that kind of different kind of things to consider. But anyway, yeah. Cool. Congratulations. That's pretty exciting. Yeah. Super exciting. It's been, and let's talk about the Moloka race. Since 2019 we haven't had it. And then this year it's gonna be on July 30th, I think. And I got to see the list of people for the for the foil race. And it's a pretty, pretty impressive list. A lot of people are entered. Yeah, including you and Kailan and a bunch of other really top top writers are doing the foil race, so I almost feel like that's gonna be like the main event, almost like the down one foiling, yeah. But yeah, talk a little bit about that. Yeah. Obviously 20 Montana wanna 'em a stand up and uh, basically that was my goal. That was when I first started stop Racing, my goal was to win Malachi to Oahu when I was stoked to be able to do that. And I dedicated to my dad who's now passed away. And that was a really emotional, experience to be doing that. But I feel like to me, like a lot of people are like, oh, you gotta do it again. Go back to back on the s And to me, I feel like it's almost not that chapter's done, but it's like I've achieved what I wanted to achieve on the standup. Not only that, since I started racing mochi on a sap, like the first year I did that, there were 15 to 20 big names. And probably of those we five people could have won it. The previous year, the year I won, there were probably only like probably five or six people that were like really racing it com like super competitively with a win. And of that sort of five or six, there was probably only two or three or four that were real serious contenders. So it, what I've seen is the s downwind supp racing has declined a bit, or a lot. Yeah, for sure. Like all the guys that were downwind, downwind, standup paddling are now supp foiling or just, prone or they're downwind foiling now. So to me the sport that I was interested in has shifted to foiling, so for me, the foil stuff, it was even in 2019, I was foiling like a lot. And for Malachi, I put my, gave myself a bit of a foil band and Marcus was foiling and training for the foiling and He was like, come on, Jimmy, come on the phone. I'm like, nah man, I just gotta, I just gotta tick this off. I gotta win this race on the standup and I just wanna, I wanna get that done. And yeah, I'm stoked I did that because then it wasn't on for 20 20, 20 21, 20 22, and it's just come back in 2023. I could have been I could have been, still wanting to win it on a standup and, not having it mean for a while. They were talking about maybe doing the the foil event on a Saturday and then the paddle and prone event on the Sunday. If they would do that, would you do try to do both or would you just Only on foiling? Oh, I'd focus on foiling, but like the factors on the day before, I'd do both because I'm over there, so I, and I still have all my gear over there. It's all ready to go. The only thing is the extra cost. The moloka to a race is not a cheap event, and an escort boat is super expensive. And hard to find. That's one of the biggest challenges I think like this year especially. Cuz during the pandemic, a lot of the escort boats got out of the business or they, sold their boats or got into fishing or doing other things and then, yeah. So it's actually gonna be really hard to find escort boats for all the competitors I think. Big time. Yeah, absolutely. So yeah that, I'm lucky enough, I've got the same boat captain and Andrew he actually hit me up. He goes, I got a few people asking you doing mochi cuz people are hitting me up to do their escorting on it. Your first, you won it last year so last time we did it. So you are, you're my first guy and he is like, and he goes, and I hope you're foiling . Cause obviously for a boat it's quicker on a foil. Yeah. You need a fast boat to it, . Yeah, exactly. So yeah. Yeah. I signed up to do it on a wing foil this year, so I'm excited to, to be wing foiling. Yes. It's so cool that they did a wing event too. I assume. The wings should win. Like the wings should be the quickest really. But it'd be interesting to see how they go on the final bit. That up win leg could be pretty, there'd be a bit of tacking going on, and if there's no win, yeah. Going into the finish is gonna be tricky. But for you to, for you guys too, going into the wind with a Yeah, it's the same. Yeah, it's, yeah. And the foil board's gonna be super cheeky yeah. But yeah, last year we had that blue water race where jack hole came in like third overall I think the first two finishers were wing foyers and then he came in third, so he beat a lot of wing foyers on the standup foil board, yeah, pretty fast. Cuz you can go straight down wind versus on a wing, you have to angle more, a little bit angle off. Yeah. Yeah that's a big question. Can you go quick enough over further distance to, to beat the sub guys? We're going more direct I guess, but Yeah, I think you said you did the king of the cut with where there was wingers and standup foyers, a king of the cut race or something. Yeah. I haven't done it when there's wingers because it wasn't on last year and the year before. In 2019, winging wasn't a thing, wasn't a, what, people weren't racing. So the last time I did King of the Cup was 2019 and then Covid hit, so we couldn't get over here. And then when everything opened up last year, end of 2022, the King of the Cup wasn't on anymore. Basically all the volunteers, but they couldn't get enough volunteers together. But have you competed in any doman races that have both wingers and standup foil? I don't think I have actually. Yeah. I don't think I have. Yeah. I haven't competed again or rice against. It'll be interesting to see. Yeah. Who's faster . Yeah. You would think, definitely like with the Wing, you do have an unfair advantage and you can probably use a smaller, faster foil, yeah. But yeah, I think it, I think there's Yeah. A lot of, yeah. Yeah. A lot of animals that go into, I've had the Marcus about this, and he did the race when speaking of the cup when there were wingers and foyers and the wingers smoked them, not only because they were from the start, they were up and going. But smaller foils, they're using small foils. They're using big wings, like big sails and yeah. They're just, , they're moving. Yeah. The wings were quicker, even though they were having to go a little bit further distance. They were faster by, by fair bit, actually, five, 10 minutes I think it was. Okay. That's good to know. Yeah. Cool. So yeah, I think that's gonna be super exciting. We're gonna try to interview some more people that are in that race and yeah, it should be fun to be part of it, the first time they're doing wing foiling too, yeah. So actually, have you done much wing foiling or just more focused on down winding and surf foiling? Yeah, more focused on down winning and surf oiling. But I, I've done the, I guess the stuff the wing that I do is mainly around wave riding. So I'm, and not even heirs. So I'm, I do a few, hes, but I'm not a trickster. Like I don't, I'm I'm not as interested in the big jumps and the flips as I am, like the calves and, the re-entries and the cutbacks and that sort of stuff. So to me winging, winging is like poor man's towing, it's like toe falling cuz you can to toe yourself into the wave and then you just drop it in the back end and you're just surfing like you would anyway. So it's And then talk a little bit about I know you've done like upwind on the wing and then deflate and then just go down one with the wing under your arm or something like that. Or put on your back. Yeah. The wings is, talk a little bit about that. It's such an epic tool for that. So in Sydney especially, we get a lot of days where the wind is in winter we get offshore breezes, so it's like howling like 30 knots offshore. And we can go into sort of harbors or bays or river entrances and we can like big river entrance and we can what we do is we wing up wind, like five ks up wind, which is like almost 10 Ks cuz you have to z and zag up wind. You attacking. And then I'll I, in what a lot of guys were doing was they were going on onto the shore, deflating their wing on a beach, rolling it up, putting the backpack, and then paddling up. And I was like, why are we doing this? Why don't we just deflate it on the water? So I started deflating on the water wrapping up trail on the backpack. It was a bit wet, bit soggy, but it was still doable. . And then I was like why am I sitting down and doing, why don't I just deflate it whilst en foil? So I deflate it whilst en foil and then hold it under your arm until you stop. And then you've got your paddle on your back knee. You pull that out once you're ready. But yeah, and then I was chatting with mate and I'm like cuz it's this run we do it's in a river and basically there's a national park so you can't drive. It's hard. It's like a bit of a, it's like a two or three K hike to get to the beach that you'd start at. . So instead of going there, we actually just start at the finish point and we wing up wind and then we do our pack down, however you wanna do it. And then we'd go like most of the way back to the finish. But you can go, there's two options you need to pull in to this little bay where the car is, where you can go around this headland and there's like, it's just a peninsula, so it's a sand spit and you can go around the other side so you get like an extra three or four kilometers. So I guess two, three miles of down winding and it's just it's like a kilometer. Upwind back to the beach. And so what I was doing was I was de like doing my deflate, like wing up wind deflate at the top of the run, and then I'd wing all the way down to the bottom of the run and I rigged up this soda stream bottle so I could use press a button and it reinflated the wing whilst I was up on fo. So instead of sitting down and pump, I was actually pumping up the wing. Prior to this, I was pumping up the wing of the water. Yeah. And I'd I sort do it that way. But yeah, the soda stream bottle is pretty sick. So you also don't have to carry that big pumper around, right? Yeah, exactly. Yeah, exactly right. Yeah. But I heard someone say that the carbon dioxide is like not good for your bladder or something like that, that they used to do that with kites and it wasn't good for the bladder or something like that. Have you had any problems, like with your bladders or anything like that from the, I've only done it like three or four times. The soda, I use a soda stream bottle and I just rigged that up. So it's just a big, like a big CO2 canister. And yeah, I'm sure it's not great for it, but it was I still pump up on the water a lot of the time because to set up the Soda Stream bottles is a pretty specific thing, whereas I can just grab my pump and a dry bag and I'm good to go. , whereas the soda stream, gotta, you gotta attach it onto the boom and, have the hose. And it was just a cool it was an idea that Matt made of on Grant Perry and I worked on for a little while and yeah he, he's on a, he's on an E four, so he filmed it all. It was a pretty cool little clip. Yeah, it still has a lot of function, but yeah, the biggest thing that we noticed was when you did the co2 the wing itself got really cold. So the CO2 was a really super cold air. And it like sort frosted the now the outside of the. The canopy or the inflatable edge of the stratt. Yeah. The leading edge was like, freezing around the belt, probably especially, yeah. Yeah, exactly. So I'm not sure how good it is for the long term . I haven't tested it enough times to know, but I've done it four or five or three or four times and it was fine. Prob actually probably four or five times. It didn't it didn't blow anything up. We tested it on land first because we were worried about that. What's gonna happen here? But yeah, it was sweet. It was sweet. Nice. There's I'm sure there'll be like, there's, I feel like there's a bit of a, there's a bit of a potentially a cool market in that, like if you can cuz winging down wind is epic. Yeah. But it takes a bit of wing management. So like I find it easier to downwind with a paddle than I do with a wing. Cause once I have the wing and I'm like letting go of it and it's just, flagged out, it's behind me. , it's all in front of me, I've got, if I change directions, , there's a bit of technique to either, you either swap hands or you've gotta bring it behind you and drop it down behind you and try to, it's there's a bit of, there's a bit of admin to, to keep the wing out of the way and not yes. To be able to go the same lines. Cuz what I find is when I'm wing it, I'm gonna cut across the wind a lot more than I would when I downwind. Even if I've just got flagged out to go straight down wind, the wing wants to blindfold you, essentially. So that's where it came from. The whole deflate thing. I I love the downwind thing, but, and I winging up wind was the free shuttle, but the downwind part, I was like, man, this wing just doesn't get, doesn't get outta the way and back home I'm using a four or five meter wing most of the time when I'm down winding. It'd be easier with a two or a three obviously. it's even easier for you to stay Flighted. . Yeah. What I've been doing for if you're doing, if you're racing downwind, what you can do is just put the wing up over your head and have it almost level so that if you're going faster than the wind, straight down wind it's just of been neutral over your head, so that works pretty well too, but it's, yeah, but it's not really, your sounds get tired. Yeah. Your arms get tired, right? Yeah, not so much cuz you can't really stay in that po you can do that when you're on a good bump and you go really fast, straight down wind. But then once you of come off the bump and you catch the wind again, so you bring the wind, bring it back down, wind, wind back down and stuff like that. But yeah, that makes a lot of sense for like speed going down wind, because you're like, I was thinking too, like the electric pumps are getting pretty good, like battery powered electric pumps. I wonder if you could set up something like that, but then you have they probably can't get wet, so be hard to make that waterproof. So yeah, I've had so many people hit me up and say, oh, you should try this electric pump. And I'm like, yeah, but electric I'm in the water. Like it's going to get wet. If I fall off all of a sudden that's 30, 40 bucks down the drain and electricity and water is something I don't really wanna be too close to. Yeah. Yeahium battery and stuff. Yeah. Yeah. The other, I think even better options, you just get a decent pump. Like electric pumps are great, but like you get good pumps that, like hand pumps instead of the ones we stand on and get hand pumps. Yeah. And you can just pump it up. It doesn't take that long. And a lot of the time I'll just deflate the leading edge and leave the middle strut inflated. So it's just pumping up the leading edge. So it's not the end of the world. And water in a pump is a lot less. It's less worse, it's less bad than water in a electric pump . Yeah. And you can make 'em pretty small to the hand pumps maybe. Yeah. Actually it's cause you definitely don't want something that you have to push against your board or something like that cuz it's like everything's moving around. It's more almost like you want two handles that you can push together or something like that. Yeah. Accordion style pump. That'd be pretty serious. Yeah. Oh, there you go. . Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I think, I just think it's all coming. It's all part of the evolution and I think I was probably people think it's a bit, hard to do or whatever, but I promise you any wingers out there who wanna learn a downwind like and downwind like we do on a sap or. it's way easy to learn to daylight your wing than it is to learn to paddle up . I guarantee you. Yeah. There's this guy, Paul, that he wants to do like channel crossings and stuff like that. And like one of the risks is that your paddle breaks, right? So he's thinking as a backup, he's gonna take a wing and a pump with him, so that just paddle breaks or you can't, the, you can, as long as there's wind you can, wing with it, so yeah. I think a better backup plan is the hand paddles. Have you guys seen those? Oh yeah. They just, you can, cause they're much smaller, like a wing and a pump gets pretty heavy. And that's gonna, that's gonna limit your ability to paddle up, which is probably gonna increase the chances of you breaking your paddle Cause the more you're paddling and the more weight you have to paddle. That's the biggest disadvantage of the deflate downwind. Is that once you wrap it all up and put it in a backpack, The extra weight of the wing, like it's probably maybe five or six kilos. So it's a lot of water weight too, if it's still wet, right? Yeah, it's a lot of water weight and so I've actually done some of my fastest ever like downwind runs when I've had the wing in my backpack because the extra weight, I can just go faster, but it's way harder to get up. Oh, that, that's an interesting point actually. And I wanted to talk about that as well. And cuz Dave Klo also says in the down windows, when he is going fast, he likes a little bit heavier board just for better, more momentum and stability and more. Yeah. And I found that too actually, that sometimes weight is a good thing and lot of people I talk to is no weight is never good. You just wanted the lightest gear possible, you and it totally depends, like in my experience that's not really true. But what, how do you feel about weight in the board and the foil and so on? Like you said, like wearing weight on your back actually helps with going faster. Yeah, no big time. So the only thing is so Dave, for example, if it's only 10 knots, Dave being heavier compared to me will have a harder time getting up than I will if we're on the exact same foil. If Dave gets up and then, so let's change it up. So let's say it's a really windy day and Dave and I are on the same foil, the same setup, exactly the same, but he's heavier. Once we're up on foil, he should be faster. Ju just based on, and this is not taking into account how you read a bump or how you do all that, and you're pumping ability or any of that. But just on the, if you were going in a straight line together then, and you're next to each other on the exact same bump, Dave should be able to go faster than I can in big conditions, but in smaller conditions on the same foil. If he's slightly under foil, I'm just right, then I'm gonna go quicker. So the weight is a big thing and it's a hard thing to plan for because look, you're not gonna, you're not know for mochi, Oahu, the start of the race is generally a lot lighter than it is at the, in the middle. . So if I'm to, if I'm to wait my board for the start of the race, I'm gonna have a harder time to paddle up. But if I can get up with that heavier board, it's gonna be better for me in the middle. . But the other thing with Malachi is you got the off wind at the end. So you, I think for a race like Malachi where there's lots of different conditions, there's definitely an advantage for the lighter guys and lighter equipment, but not in the middle of the channel, just for the beginning and end. Yeah. Because for the middle of the channel, a big guy can probably make up a lot of ground on the guys that are smaller, but they've gotta be able to get up early and then foil as far as they can, as close they can to the finish. So it's interesting, there's a few things going on fo I can't wait to get into this foil racing because I've done a bunch of downwind fall races here in Australia, but mainly against surf skis in ri canoes and a few mates who are learning. I have, the best race I've had has been over here in Western Australia against the all the WA crew and Marcus and then Z Westwood, but there was heaps of seaweed, so it was like, it was who could foil through the seaweed best and bit of a like, it it was like a obstacle course, but yeah, I'm looking forward to getting outta Hawaii and getting some. Some good rising and good conditions for sure. Should be fun. Yeah. Not too much seaweed in Hawaii, but yeah, sometimes I've noticed like just a little tiny thing that stuck on your foot makes a big difference in your speed, so huge. Yeah. Yeah, I was just thinking the way too, like I remember, back in the windsurf racing days, like slalom racing and stuff guys would wear like weighted jackets, like weighted life jackets so they can hold a bigger w sale basically, yeah. So that's another interesting thing, like yeah, where you wouldn't think that it doesn't really make sense, but when you're using he heavy equipment sometimes it's wow, this is nice, yeah. Anyway, but uh, you've seen the, to the to foil guys do it a bunch too lids on a big weighted heavy board putting lead, lead weights on their boards and stuff like that. Yeah. And that just means they can get away with a Basically going faster with the same foil, because I think especially in the toe falling and stuff, we're just in the, tip of the iceberg. There's a whole bunch of stuff that's gonna be like, basically I think toe oil is gonna be a lot smaller than what they are, so you shouldn't have to weight it up. You should just be able to use a smaller foil. But at the moment, the foils have too much lift, and we've gotta weight our gear up to make them work. So it's, I just think the fo they aren't enough. There aren't enough iterations of it yet. I think it's similar to also, it's similar kind of to having a longer fuselage. It's less pitch sensitive. So if you have a heavier board, it balances out that pitch sensitivity, yeah. True. Lightboard will just, Harder to control the pitch and the heavier board just has so much momentum that you don't have to make as many adjustments, it's like more comfortable ride in a way, absolutely. Absolutely. But there, I think there's something to it, I, I would say lighter is not always better. That's what some people think, but it's not true. Yeah. I don't, I feel like for what most of us are using, like in, in smaller waves the lighter stuff is epic. Cuz a light set up is gonna be really reactive. . But when you start to get too much power and too much speed and that's when you want the heavy stuff, that's when you wanna dull everything down. Yeah. It's like having a nicer suspension or something, like a smoother, smoother ride or something like that. I don't know. Absolutely. Yeah. Yeah. For sure. All right let's talk a little bit more about equipment, like the foils. What have you learned from riding all these different foils and and what, now you're developing the quote foils, like what, what kind of things are you trying to put together and what, I guess when you're down with foiling, you're always trying to create a foil that's easy to pump up on and then fast and easy to control at the maximum speed or, has a high top end speed. So how do you do that? What's, how do you achieve that compromise? Yeah, so I guess if we talk about the range, like we've got our, like the planned range for co, the planned range for code foils is a race wing, which is obviously gonna be super as high aspect as we can get it because we want to be going, be able to go really slow and really fast. with the one foil, like for a race like mochi, you start in pretty much, no bumps. It's like howling offshore, but it's, there's no fetch in the middle. So at the beginning you need that foil that can paddle up easily, and then in the middle you wanna fall. That can go fast cause you're out in the middle of the ocean. There's a lot of stuff going on. And then at the end of the race, you've got an upwind pump. So like you need a foil that can pretty much do it all. And that's what we see a race wing is, I, it's something that it doesn't necessarily we don't want it to turn really well. Like we prefer to add another, two kilometers on the low end and two kilometers on the top end, rather than have it be able to do really nice roundhouse
This week's episode of "What We Learned This Week" features Drake and Jake. In this episode, we take a deep dive into a new global trend that has sparked discussion in the United States about the possibility of a shorter work week. We also invite you to participate in a fun experiment by commenting #WSS on our social media platforms. Don't miss out on all of the exciting topics we cover in this week's episode of WWLTW!Support the show Don't forget to Press, Press, Pass that subscribe button and run a train on that Like Button.Instagram ► https://www.instagram.com/wwltw_podcast/MERCH ► https://teespring.com/stores/wwltw-podcastSpotify ► https://open.spotify.com/show/4epTLOzxhwh5NYfGU4rxiuiTunes ► https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/what-we-learned-this-week/id1459956595
Join Women's Support Services Annual Community Vigil October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Women's Support Services (WSS) will hold its Annual Community Vigil on Thursday, October 6th at 6:30 pm. Each year, we commemorate residents of Connecticut who have lost their lives to domestic violence / intimate partner violence. This year we will meet at Community Park (10 Sharon Road) at the corner of Rts. 41 & 44 in Lakeville for a welcome at 6.30 pm. We will then walk to our new offices at 13a Porter Street, where we will hold the remainder of the program and reception. Parking is available at both Community Park (10 Sharon Road) & behind the Lakeville United Methodist Church (319 Main Street). This year we are partnering with Red Sand Project. Red Sand Project is a participatory art project designed to raise awareness of human trafficking and intersects with the human trafficking curriculum WSS implements in partnership with Region One schools. The project was created by resident Molly Gochman. This part of the evening begins at 6:00 pm.
Tough times breed tough riders, and they don't come much tougher than World Supersport campaigner, Ben Currie. The likeable Aussie sits down with our own Dave Neal to talk us through arguably the most difficult season of his career as he battles to get back on WSS pace after a serious pre-season back injury. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
DV talks to last night's walkoff hero, Will Smith on a special episode of Dodger Talk at WSS.
DV talks to Mark McGwire and takes your calls in a special edition of Dodger Talk at WSS.
A special edition of Dodger Talk at WSS in Reseda. Dodgers catcher, Will Smith joins DV.
DV talks to Big Mac on a special episode of Dodger Talk at WSS.
Just how much energy are you putting into creating the speaking business of your dreams? Is it your full-time focus, are you treating it like a side hustle, or is it something you are dabbling in? On this episode of The Wealthy Speaker Show, we are proud to welcome Kendal Netmaker. Kendal is another of our WSS students here to share his Wealthy Speaker Success Story and some tips that you will find invaluable. If you could use some inspiration and great ideas to help guide you on your speaking journey, you simply can't afford to miss this episode! For access to FULL SHOW NOTES, including video, transcript, and links, visit https://www.speakerlauncher.com/category/podcasts/
Day 4: Conversation on Anxiety | GOD does not give us the spirit of fear 2 Timothy 1:7 says “For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love, and self-discipline." Also, click the link in the bio to subscribe to my podcast for more information like this. And if you are in the Virginia area you don't want to miss my conference this July! Tickets are now available and we have an amazing lineup of speakers talking about the mind, body, and soul. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/healing-... Seating is limited so lock in your spot quickly! And everyone who gets a ticket also gets exclusive WSS merch
The WSS team in this episode discuss films, how they have influenced our gaming and how they might be used to inspire scenarios. Links: Blackpowder Red Earth Fire on the Frontier Three Ages of Rome Wargames, Soldiers and Strategy issue #76.
Hello Sailors, Welcome to a month-long series I'm calling "A Day in Anxiety" where I share my perspective as a Mental Health Professional. Today we will discuss how anxiety stunts your productivity. Proverbs 12:25 says “Anxiety weighs down the heart, but a kind word cheers it up.” If you like this content make sure you like, comment and share. Also, click the link in the bio to subscribe to my podcast for more information like this. And if you are in the Virginia area you don't want to miss my conference this July! Tickets are now available and we have an amazing lineup of speakers talking about the mind, body, and soul. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/healing-... Seating is limited so lock in your spot quickly! And everyone who gets a ticket also gets exclusive WSS merch
Hello Sailors, Welcome to a month-long series I'm calling "A Day in Anxiety" where I share my perspective as a Mental Health Professional. Today we will discuss not letting anxiety cause you to miss the moment! Luke 10:40-42 says "But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to him and asked, “Lord, don't you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!” “Martha, Martha,” the Lord answered, “you are worried and upset about many things, but few things are needed—or indeed only one. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her." If you like this content make sure you like, comment and share. Also, click the link in the bio to subscribe to my podcast for more information like this. And if you are in the Virginia area you don't want to miss my conference this July! Tickets are now available and we have an amazing lineup of speakers talking about the mind, body, and soul. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/healing-... Seating is limited so lock in your spot quickly! And everyone who gets a ticket also gets exclusive WSS merch
Hello Sailors, Welcome to a month-long series I'm calling "A Day in Anxiety" where I share my perspective as a Mental Health Professional. Today we will discuss 5 signs that you're not casting your anxiety. 1 Peter 5:7 says "Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you." If you like this content make sure you like, comment and share. Also, click the link in the bio to subscribe to my podcast for more information like this. And if you are in the Virginia area you don't want to miss my conference this July! Tickets are now available and we have an amazing lineup of speakers talking about the mind, body, and soul. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/healing-... Seating is limited so lock in your spot quickly! And everyone who gets a ticket also gets exclusive WSS merch
I'M BACK! With a new purpose, a new sound, a new pivot. I am finding my purpose as a single mother of 2 and I know I have been gone for a while, but I'm back with a new voice, Paola who you will get to know in this new season of pivot. She is sitting here with me, and I know I met her at just the right time. Recently some things have been circulating on the internet, I asked for privacy but if we are going to talk about it, let say the TRUTH. What You'll Hear: • What is tradition/ traditional marriage or relationship. • The healing I have been doing, sitting with my emotions, and discussing the different emotions we forget to name and feel when they are happening. • Things I did or do to make myself feel good vs. dealing with the emotions themselves. • Feeling emotions and observing them whether they are good, bad, or ugly. • Not everything deserves a reaction, I have gained control of my emotions/ reactions. • Learning to focus on the big picture. • Our therapy journey, and how religion fits into that. • How has my personal relationship with God has been my strength throughout this journey. Three things that I learned from an article: 1. Sit with your emotions by noting what you are experiencing without judging. 2. Validate your emotions, accept them. 3. Focus on the present instead of wallowing in the experience or situation that triggered your feelings. • Sponsored by Betterhelp.com/WSS save 10% off your first month • Journeyorl.com • Whos Wax gummies at Whoswax.com • Send your questions to: askcarlawilmaris@gmail.com
Matthew Carroll brings us an Oscars short take for West Side Story! Join us as we cover these Oscar contenders in a real fast hurry in preperation for The 2022 Oscars on March 27th.Check out our Networkhttps://www.strandedpanda.com/
A BIGGER BOAT E4: WEST SIDE STORY AND OSCAR PICKSJack and Ken watched West Side Story, Spielberg's 2021 passion project and ode to the "conservative" musicals of his youth (not in the political sense). It flopped! Big time! Why? Because it is terrible? Or is it good and simply failed to connect in the current theatrical market of multiverses and reboots? Ken and Jack both went in dubious about WSS - how did it turn out? Surprises guaranteed! Then special guest Annabel, an actual honest to gosh dancer, pipes in to discuss the dancing in West Side Story (she skipped through the talking parts). Finally we are joined by co-host Thomas (who opted out of watching West Side Story) as we make our Oscar picks. Listen to this episode before the Oscars to compare our (100% uneducated) picks or listen afterwards to laugh at how bad we did. WEST SIDE STORY: 0:00THE DANCE OF WSS: 28:50POD SQUAD OSCAR PICKS: 43:13 THEME SONG: WEIRD A.I.Email: thegoodthepodandtheugly@gmail.comFacebook: https://m.facebook.com/TGTPTUInstagram: https://instagram.com/thegoodthepodandtheugly?igshid=um92md09kjg0Twitter: https://twitter.com/thegoodthepoda1YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6mI2plrgJu-TB95bbJCW-gBuzzsprout: https://thegoodthepodandtheugly.buzzsprout.com/Letterboxd (follow us!):Ken: Ken KoralJack: jackk1096
Greetings programs and welcome to another edition of the Awesome Friday Movie Podcast. This week Matthew and Simon are taking a look at the new season of Netflix's The Witcher and Steven Spielberg's remake of West Side Story. You can find prior coverage of these titles here: Review: ‘The Witcher Season 2' is a cool, confident continuation and improvement of the story that began in season one Review: ‘West Side Story' reinvents a classic with modern context And of course you can find all this and more at this episodes homepage on AwesomeFriday.caAs always, we want to thank you all for listening, and if you like what you hear, please consider giving us a like, review, and subscribe on your podcasting platform of choice, and if you can spare a few bucks, you could support us via Patreon, Ko-Fi, or Paypal.Meanwhile, relax and enjoy your flight.
The world's largest eastern bullion buyers are waking from their pandemic slumbers as western efforts to bring absolute transparency to the silver price and gold price discovery continue failing and falling on their faces. More on that story later. Great news this week as I've returned fully to my desk after a short few days touring the Pan-Americana countryside. Meanwhile, the fundamentals, trading price action, and market sentiment for silver and gold have turned for the better. To start this week, we'll lean heavily on many of Daniel March's latest physical bullion flow tweets, so I can further explain what has been happening. First, watch what the aggregate central banks do and often ignore the narrative games they play. Central banks are on pace to collectively break their record 2019 gold bullion buying this year, 2021. And now, Poland is gearing up for another 100 metric tonne gold bullion buy to begin 2022. The Chinese Shanghai Gold Exchange is delivering gold bullion at volumes not seen since before the pandemic kickoff to start this decade, the 2020s. Indian gold bullion demand this year is going to rival record volumes hit in the 2010s. See this chart for where 1,000 metric tonnes of gold bullion demand stacks up historically. Silver Squeezers and silver bullion bulls out there buck up. The Indian silver demand gorilla of the 2010s may be returning as Metals Focus reports that over 400 metric tonnes were imported into India in September 2021 alone. Here is where that amount stacks up to the way India bought silver bullion in the 2010s. If and when the Indian nation returns to its average 172 million ounce silver demand levels in this decade, the 2020s, good luck, London, and unsecured ETFs like $SLV and $SIVR changing your prospectuses yet again. Quickly, this is a reminder. Remember history, knowing the nature of how bullion bull markets with increased prices behave; eventually, increasing demand for near-record high gold prices bleeds over into undervalued silver. When the increasingly less poor Indians on the street see gold's price climbing a curved wall, expect many of them will switch their buying preferences to silver, and the import demand levels to increase sharply for Indian silver flows ahead. Let us move on to the idiocy that is the inflation narrative con game ongoing. Long-time silver bull Bill Fleckenstein pointed out how stupid this Bloomberg Opinion headline is; underreported escalating inflation hurts average US citizens and is a crime ongoing for anyone who bothers to look. Actual price inflation is likely running at double digits if we simply take into account the actual escalating prices on rents and housing prices in the USA. The rigged US gov't's Consumer Price Inflation data has yr over yr shelter price escalations at a laughably low 3.2% increase. But just a few cursory glances at data, and we know that's a lie. Even the cost-of-living adjustment for Social Security is going up nearly 6% for 2022 as the poorest amongst us often suffer the most under high inflationary regimes. Meanwhile, get ready for a cold winter full of BRRR fueled escalating natural gas prices to come. But don't worry, the narrative gamers at the fiat Federal Reserve have no shame as their lies get exposed for all to see, yet again. Anyone who thinks high inflation is not the primary tool for defaulting on our record debts and not saved for liabilities still, I have a bridge down in the Florida Keys to sell you. So hop on, figuratively speaking. And let's do some more cruising through the most important bullion market updates for this week. Be sure to share this content with those who you think may also enjoy it. Full transparency, I am recording this SD Bullion market update on the afternoon of Thursday, October 14th, 2021. Yesterday, Wednesday morning in the US COMEX open, silver and gold had a snapback rally which put the short sellers on their heels and has given rise to some seriously bullish sentiment across the precious metals complex. This week, it will be interesting to see how both monetary metals can close in their respective derivative price discovery markets. Will gold clear and close above $1800 and the critical $1820 an ounce threshold ahead? Will silver get beyond $24 oz soon? The lately building gold-silver ratio head and shoulders formation has given way to a fall back towards the mid-60s and perhaps beyond as we come towards the end of 2021 into 2022? If we take some of the analog 1970s vs. this 21st Century bullion bull market statements I have made on this channel in months and years prior, now is the time to start the valuation climbs. The 2.5Xs 1970s vs. this 21st Century bullion bull market analog is calling for gold to make a major move now through next month, November 2021. We shall see if the timeframe overlaps accordingly. Again, here is a chart I often use here to explain potential timing ahead. Remember back to the start of this year 2021, and the record media attention freely given to the bullion industry by the likes of Bloomberg and CNBC as the Reddit #SilverSqueeze got underway late in late January. Well, a draining of the COMEX has since ensued steadily after that. The registered amount of available underlying fractional reserve COMEX silver bullion is now under 100 million ounces, down over -50 million troy ounces from its peak before the silver squeeze start. The Wall Street Silver subreddit now has over 160,000 members and growing. With rabid members committed to figurative wage war this decade by stacking silver bullion for the long haul. One of the creative members of the silver squeeze clan, Creflo Silver, points out that it would only take a bit over a mint case of silver bullion delivered to every of the current 160 thousand WSS members, around 618.75 ounces of delivery, to suck the COMEX dry of its currency registered silver bullion pile. Think back to the start of this week's SD Bullion Market Update video start. Ponder what happens if and when Indian demand returns to its former 2010s levels; combined with that current, there is not much silver bullion to go around the fact. As well too, while having idled of late, Sprott $PSLV stands ready to take on new inflows and begin jacking up its silver bullion ounce holding levels as the months and years progress. And, of course, we are not the only ones turning blue in the face with silver bullishness. Peter Brandt, a long-time COMEX derivative silver trader, is tweeting mega bull shoutouts on silver ahead. Have a read on some of his latest thoughts. First, about not pitting against one another over silly bullion vs. crypto arguments while flashing the mega long-term silver chart cup and handle that is building. Also, he states that a $48 oz silver "moon shot" is on his silver point-and-figure chart. Transitioning now to a story we jumped on top of right before we began this SD Bullion YouTube channel. The NY Federal Reserve's REPO loan fiasco from September 2019, some of the loan data from that month just came to light thanks to the great work by pam and Russ Martens over at WallStreetOnParade.com. And while it does not surprise the megabank and fiat financialized institutional names involved in the overnight lending fiasco that has escalated since. What is surprising is the size and scale it has mushroomed into since September 2019. This week also, Reuters had an exclusive on how supposed western gold silver derivative price discovery transparency continues failing. Pause here for a moment and a warning. It's funny how the respective seemingly lawless City of London-based custodians for the world's largest silver ETF SLV (JPMorgan) and the world's largest gold ETF GLD (HSBC) shunned bringing potential transparency to opaque silver and gold derivative markets they often dominate via outsized concentration. Not in their interests? Suppose you own either SLV or GLD for the medium or long haul. Go read their respective +50 page prospectuses, know with a share in either of those two derivatives you legally own no bullion and learn what the legal term "unsecured creditor" means for when and if things go wrong with either trust. Back to finish reading you all this article in our video embedded above. That is all for this week's SD Bullion market update. Here's hoping you out there have taken advantage of recent price weakness to build a prudent bullion position, as we are possibly heading to a bullish close for this year 2021 and onwards into 2022. As always to you out there, take great care of yourselves and those you love.
The boys are back from a long break and pick up right where they left off with the USMNT Word Cup Qualifiers, as well as take a look at WC Qualifiers from around the world. As always Jon and Jibbs give you their best picks from club football around Europe. Lastly the whole crew gets you ready for EPL matchweek 4 with previews and predictions as well as give you an update and our picks for the WSS pick em table. As always, like, subscribe, download and follow us on all our socials here: https://linktr.ee/WeSaySoccer
In this episode DV is joined by Braves pitcher and Harvard-Westlake Alum, Max Fried. Plus, Andre joins the show to recap their successful remote broadcast at WSS.
In this episode of We Say Soccer, the boys are back after a great weekend of matches that saw Jibbs go 8-1 in his non-EPL picks. Along with those matches we also review and react to what went down in a draw filled Matchweek 3 in the EPL. Rounding out the show we take a look at the WSS as well as check in on Jeff's Journey. As always thank you for listening! Don't forget to like, subscribe, download and follow us on our socials here: https://linktr.ee/WeSaySoccer
On this episode we welcome in our homie Ricco from Phoenix and The Sneak Diss Podcast. We get into the up and down year at Reebok, what it means that Footlocker brought Atmos and WSS. We chop it up about the latest Lebron 9 and some interesting news topics! Solefulmike is also back with his questions and we get into the meaning of pressure and the various situations where it applies.
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