Vegetarianism

Nothing adds credibility to a writers voice like quoting a more famous and credible source. I think I found a good one for this topic.

“Nothing will benefit human health and increase chances for survival of life on Earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet” Albert Einstein.

I like how he used the term evolution to a vegetarian diet. Albert was quite succinct in his argument, I took a few more words in saying vegetarian motherhood and raising vege kids is absolutely healthy and a huge step towards saving the planet, from us.

Read on…

Is a Vegetarian Diet Suitable During Pregnancy?

Raising Vegetarian Children

Alaias

I love surfing Alaias. Tom Wegener who is largely responsible for the rebirth of the alaia is a full advocate of the DIY approach to alaia surfing. The way he tells it, you can start with a long wide plank of wood and shape a 7ft alaia, then go for a ride.

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From my experience you fall off loads on the first attempt, but you also get that feeling; fluid and super fast, melding with the wave yet skating across the surface. Surfing an alaia is all about feeling the wave and dancing with it.

Now back to the DIY part. After a surf or two take the 7ft alaia back to the work shed and re-shape it. Make it a 6 footer with a swallow tail or deepen the center concave or re-shape the rails all you need is sandpaper, a hand plane and a saw. Each surf alter a different aspect of the board and then ride it to feel how that affects performance. It really is a great way to learn about hydrodynamics and surfboard design. When you have sanded and chopped that alaia till it is too small to ride (you can belly board a 4ft alaia), give it to a kid and spread the stoke.

A wrote an article on alaias for The Surfboard Man.

Alaias - A Modern Resurgence of Ancient Surfboards

Playa Gigante, Nicaragua

Right now I am living in Playa Gigante, It is a very villagey kind of beach town, in Nicaragua. Their are about 50 families that live in Gigante, but in reality it is only 4 big extended families, in 50 different houses.

We are running a surf shop in a building owned by Orlando. We share a bathroom with the next door neighbours, who are Orlandos relations (we still have not worked out how) and they share a kitchen with the restaurant across the street, but not how you would think. The restaurant has no kitchen, Carlos, Orlando's son, still gets his mum to cook for him, and all his customers, but in her own kitchen. This sort of neighbourly relations are normal in Gigante.

I have added Gigante to the HostelTrail map.