Category: surfing

Are Paid Opinion Surveys For Real?

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by Janice Anderson

It is easy to make money with paid opinion surveys but it is very hard to make enough money to pay the bills with paid opinion surveys. 99% of the people doing paid opinion surveys seriously make a few dollars a week or month, but very few make enough to live off of.

Whenever big companies need market research on new products, new services, or buying trends, they hire marketing companies to pay people to take surveys. These are the paid opinion surveys that you see online. The paid opinion surveys help these companies make decisions on what products to launch or what existing products to keep.

While paid opinion surveys are great for voicing your opinions or concerns, they do not make great income opportunities. Through paid opinion surveys, you can be a part of influencing the new products that will come to the market. Few people have said, though, that they make enough money with paid opinion surveys to pay any bills.

When you get started with paid opinion surveys, you will make very little money. Each survey may earn you just a few cents. Some of the paid opinion surveys are short and easy making it worth your time to do them but others are long and complicated making it not worth while as a way of making money.

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Posted in surfing on Sep 28th, 2008, 5:31 am by Oliver McMann   

Learn To Surf Part 4 - The Fun Part, Catching your First Wave

by Rodney Lister

Alright then lets get down to business, only 2 articles to go. You now know the right surfboard for a beginner, how to paddle it, and get out through the surf, so in this article we are going to cover the fun part, catching the wave.

Catching the wave:

When you get out behind the breakers, sit on the surfboard so that you are straddling it just below the center of the board. Sitting in this spot makes it easier to turn the surfboard around, when you see a good wave coming.

Keep your eyes on the horizon so the swells don’t take you by surprise, but also keep on checking the shore to make sure you are not drifting down to far. Choose an easy to see land mark on the shore, and stay out the front of it.

When you catch your breath, and you see a nice small wave, that looks full enough to pick you up, but isn’t just going to stand straight up and dump you, turn your board around to face the shore, lay down with your weight cantered, and begin to paddle.

It may take a few times to get your position right, so remember this so you know which way to change it. If you are lying to far back on your surfboard, it will create to much drag, and you will not get enough speed, dropping off the backside of the wave.

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Posted in surfing on Aug 24th, 2008, 6:11 pm by Rodney Lister   

Rule The Waves: CWB Wakeboard

by Salvador Paez

Wakeboarding is an extreme game that has gathered lots of enthusiasts since its birth in the latter part of the 1980s. It involves riding a wakeboard over wakes or “whitewash ripples”, as they are called, caused by the water surface trails of the wakeboard boat. The boat tows the rider along as he maneuvers and plays tricks on his board. In the sport, the more difficult the move the higher the score the rider gets.

If you want to try out the sport, you have to get your hands on quality wakeboards, like CWB wakeboards. CWB wakeboards are among the best wakeboards in the market today. These wakeboards are specially designed by professional wakeboarders who have a vast knowledge of the sport. They know that it’s very important to match the wakeboard with the rider. CWB wakeboard designers take into consideration the weight of the rider as well as his level: beginner, intermediate or advance.

If you’re wakeboarding for the first time, you might want to try the “Ride,” CWB’s flagship wakeboard. It is specifically designed to give the wakeboard rookie his first wakeboarding high on the surf. The board’s rocker is very flat with a wide surface and a sharp edge that cuts the wake. It also has a molded kicktail with a tip protector made of EVA. This ensures that the wakeboard boat is scratch-free from behind. The board also has four fins made of fiberglass.

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Posted in surfing on Aug 24th, 2008, 5:27 pm by Salvador Paez   

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