Unicycle Fury!

Here at Fishing Fury we love anything that’s new and exciting, cover it in lighter fluid, set it on fire and we’ll love it even more. My good friend Philip Barbosa, who’s been featured in Beginners Luck; Gracefully Out-Fished by a Novice, has turned me on to the relatively new extreme sport of unicycling. I won’t be riding off with the big boys just yet, but I’m in the process of learning the basics.

If you’re a fan of skateboarding, BMX, or rollerblading you’ve no doubt seen some awesome jaw-dropping tricks performed. Well, prepare to pick your jaw up off the floor after watching these two videos.

First, we have the Spaced Out Trailer, I believe filmed in and around Toronto, in which riders display an amazing ammount of technical skill in a variety of styles.

Now, lets break out the lighter fluid I mentioned earlier and get a game of Flaming Puck Unicycle Hockey going.

For more information about extreme unicycling check out Unicyclist.com, KrisHolm.com and Wikipedia.

Hopefully Phil can supply me with some more links and videos when he gets off of work.

Beginners Luck; Gracefully Out-Fished by a Novice

It’s been rather difficult finding fishing partners here in La Paz since Clive left for BVI. I’ve found many people willing to go, until they find out we leave Fishermen’s Fleet at 5am. Not many people seem interested in waking up at 4am, but I managed to con two great guys, Mike Brum and Philip Barbosa in to giving it a shot. Promising them an unforgettable experience, the fury was upon us.

The alarm goes off, it’s 4:20 am October 5th, 2005. I made sure to find out how much time they needed to get ready since I’m generally awake and out the door in 5 minutes. To my surprise everyone was sticking to the plan, I thought for sure I would lose at least one of them since there are only two chairs in the panga, but they were both awake and ready in no time. When we arrived at Fishermen’s Fleet we headed upstairs for some coffee and breakfast. Upstairs was the largest group I’ve seen, in total it would take four huge vans to shuttle us to La Ventana.

In the van it was the usual conversations you find on these trips. Where are you from? What do you do? Etc. One of the guys kiddingly refers to us as “the new guys”, but I explained to him how I’ve been living here for a while and have gone out plenty of times. Since I don’t know this fellows name, we’ll just call him “the weekend warrior” since he later admitted it was his first day fishing on this trip. We’re joking back and forth, and before you know it, the ability to catch fish comes up. He makes a funny comment about our ability, and I kindly replied. “We’ll be looking for you on the beach.”

By some strange occurrence of beginners luck and being dubbed “the new guys”. Phil, who has never actually caught a fish in his life, was our lucky charm.

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