POSTS TAGGED: buoyancy

Riding Hawaii’s Jaws in Pitch Black

Mark Visser packed up his board called in a few choppers and dropped in on Jaws, the world famous big wave surfing location off the coast of Maui, in the middle of the night no less. The video is absolutely mind blowing to think that a 40-foot wave is right behind him and hes essentially riding blind down this aquatic cliff face. Mark was wearing a buoyancy vest and employed a modified surfboard with LED lighting. Still, even with the two helicopters, that’s some seriously dangerous sh*t- and I approve!

Apparently the lighting technologies were created for by Solus Corporation using NASA submarine lighting technology to ensure the wave and board were lit in the right places at the right time to illuminate the scene, but not blind Mark in the process.

via Gizmodo

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February 17, 2011 by Jonathon Marshall

Filed Under: Entertainment, Incredible, News, Non-Fishing, Saltwater, United States, Videos
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New Storm Lures Kickin’ Stick

The new Storm Kickin’ Stick is yet another fine example of a hardbody swimbait. The Kickin’ Stick comes in 9 colours and three sizes (5″, 6″ and 8″) all fitted with rattles, slow-sinking buoyancy, and quality VMC hooks. Guaranteed to perform for all applications and will only set you a back about 10-13 bucks each.

Check out this video of Dave Mercer catching a musky on his very first cast! Unfortunately the video is not available to embed, though I could probably copy the html code and embed it here anyway. Instead I’ll send Dave an email and hope that in the future we can post his videos here directly.

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March 17, 2010 by Jonathon Marshall

Filed Under: Fishing, Gear, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, News, Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye
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Bionic Dolphin Watercraft

Bionic Dolphin WatercraftThis ones about a year old, but it’s still funny everytime I see the picture of this Bionic Dolphin breaching the surface. But what’s even better is watching how they built and tested it. For example, to test the buoyancy they loaded it up with a ton of bricks. Submersible “flying” watercraft aren’t that new, but have since become very popular for new exploration vehicles.

Link via Jalopnik

For more information on submersible flying crafts check out innespace.com and Deep Flight – Hawkes Ocean Technology.

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October 10, 2005 by Jonathon Marshall

Filed Under: Non-Fishing, Watercraft
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