Thanks for visiting our site!
Impact Racing Super
Checkout Ebay Auctions For The Cheapest Prices
 |
 Impact Racing Super Sport Air Helmet SA10 Black Small  US $434.99
|
 Impact Racing Super Sport Air Helmet SA10 Black Medium US $434.99
|
| Powered by phpBay Pro |
Check out Amazon:
 |
Ingersoll-Rand 232TGSL 1/2-Inch Super-Duty Air Impact Wrench Thunder Gun List Price: $345.78 Sale Price: $189.00  |
|
The Ingersoll Rand Thunder Gun puts pit-crew speed and power in the palm of your hand. Looks and sounds just like the original tool used by most NASCAR pit crews! It's the fastest 1/2in. Impactool available, delivering 10,000 RPMs. Hear and feel the power! Features a black powder-coated handle and housing. Put this tool to work at the track or in your garage, and at a much more affordable cost than the original. Drive (in.): 1/2, Speed - No Load (RPM): 10,000, Average Air Consumption (CFM): 5.4, CFM at Load: 23, Working Torque (ft.-lb.): 40 - 400, Forward Torque (ft.-lbs.): 500, Max. Reverse Torque (ft.-lbs.): 625, Impacts Per Minute (IPM): 1,200, Hammer Mechanism: Twin, Variable Speed: Yes, Reversible: Yes, Standard Bolt Capacity (in.): 5/8, Inlet Size (in.): 1/4, Min. Hose Size (in.): 3/8, Noise Level (dB): 105, Tool Weight (lbs.): 6, Tool Length (in.): 7 5/16 Do you want to get as close as you can to a NASCAR pit crew without setting foot on a pro track? Then the Ingersoll Rand 232TGSL 1/2-Inch Super-Duty Air Impact Wrench Thunder Gun is the choice for you. At a much more affordable price than the NASCAR pros' model, this tool will soon be an invaluable favorite in your shop or garage.1/2-Inch Super-Duty Air Impact Wrench Thunder GunAt a Glance:Fastest 1/2" Impactool--10,000 rpm--for ultra-quick removal625 ft./lbs. max torque for powerful performance Powder-coated handle and housing for durability Same look as original Ingersoll Rand tool used by NASCAR pit crews 1-year warrantyGet best-in-class removal with the fastest 1/2-inch Impactool available. View larger.The 232TGSL Thunder Gun features a shock-absorbing comfort grip. View larger.Pit-Crew Power and SpeedThe 232TGSL puts pit-crew speed and power in the palm of your hand. In fact, it's the fastest 1/2-inch Impactool available--10,000 rpm--for best-in-class, lightning-fast removal. You'll hear and feel the power of this innovative tool, and you'll see it too.Its racing-inspired yellow and black design gives it the same look as the original Ingersoll Rand Air Impact Wrench used by NASCAR pit crews.Powerful Reverse and Forward TorqueThis tool provides 625 ft./lbs. of maximum reverse torque and 550 ft./lbs. of forward torque to power through even heavy-duty jobs. And to ensure you get the full benefits of all that muscle, an adjustable regulator gives you optimum control.Durable, Comfortable, and Easy to UseAs user-friendly as it is powerful, the 232TGSL is comfortable and built to last. It features a black powder-coated handle and housing for durability, and a comfortable grip for shock absorption.The 232TGSL is backed by a one-year warranty.Ingersoll Rand Air Tools: Reliability and PowerWhether you're working in the shop, at the garage, or on a heavy-duty jobsite, you can depend on Ingersoll Rand air tools for quality and performance. Ingersoll Rand tools are powerful, durable, and easy to use, reducing downtown and improving productivity.For more than 100 years, the company's advanced engineering, manufacturing, and service models have set a standard of excellence. Trust Ingersoll Rand to help you complete your work faster and easier than ever before.What's in the BoxIngersoll-Rand 232TGSL 1/2-Inch Super-Duty Air Impact Wrench Thunder Gun and manual.The Thunder Gun puts pit-crew speed and power in the palm of your hand. |
 |
Scalextric C1256T- Digital Lane Change Slot Car Set List Price: $249.99 |
|
MULTI-CAR RACING WITH LANE CHANGING IN 1/32 SCALE COMPLETE ROAD RACING SET WITH 6 ' X 1" X 4'3" ROAD TRACK COMPLETE SET"NEW" |
 |
AKA Racing Impact 1/8 Buggy Super Soft Tires W/Insert (2) |
|
The IMPACT tire features a dense small square lug pattern with offset lug rows in the center of the tire to deliver maximum forward traction and good wear characteristics. The two outer rows of lugs are parallel to create a circumferential groove at the edge of the tire to give the tire very predicable side bite. This allows the car to rotate in the center of the turn while still feeling very stable and predictable. The IMPACT is built on AKA's latest carcass design featured on our ENDURO and WISHBONE tires. Tread Performance - Each tire tread is computer designed and track tested by AKA engineers Gil Losi, Mark Pavidis and team drivers to ensure the best performance before each tire goes into production. Lifespan: The long life of the AKA tires is due to the collective decades of rubber compound development Gil Losi brings to the table. In fact, Mark and Gil have been responsible for developing some of the most successful tires in off-road racing for a generation. Each compound is tested in labs then rigorously track tested to ensure the highest quality. Balance: Like AKA inserts and wheels, tire balance is critical to superior performance and it''s a priority in AKA tires. Mold components are manufactured to the highest tolerances to ensure the best possible alignment of all the mold components. This results in a tire with more uniform thickness for the best possible balance. Mold Accuracy: AKA tire molds are made in the U.S.A. using the most advance mold-making techniques and processes available. The cost is higher to produce such a precision mold, but its part of an uncompromising desire to deliver the highest quality product available. Included: Two Tires, Two Inserts |
|
AKA Racing Impact 1/8 Buggy Super Soft Tires Only (2) |
|
The IMPACT tire features a dense small square lug pattern with offset lug rows in the center of the tire to deliver maximum forward traction and good wear characteristics. The two outer rows of lugs are parallel to create a circumferential groove at the edge of the tire to give the tire very predicable side bite. This allows the car to rotate in the center of the turn while still feeling very stable and predictable. The IMPACT is built on AKA's latest carcass design featured on our ENDURO and WISHBONE tires. Tread Performance - Each tire tread is computer designed and track tested by AKA engineers Gil Losi, Mark Pavidis and team drivers to ensure the best performance before each tire goes into production. Lifespan: The long life of the AKA tires is due to the collective decades of rubber compound development Gil Losi brings to the table. In fact, Mark and Gil have been responsible for developing some of the most successful tires in off-road racing for a generation. Each compound is tested in labs then rigorously track tested to ensure the highest quality. Balance: Like AKA inserts and wheels, tire balance is critical to superior performance and it''s a priority in AKA tires. Mold components are manufactured to the highest tolerances to ensure the best possible alignment of all the mold components. This results in a tire with more uniform thickness for the best possible balance. Mold Accuracy: AKA tire molds are made in the U.S.A. using the most advance mold-making techniques and processes available. The cost is higher to produce such a precision mold, but its part of an uncompromising desire to deliver the highest quality product available. Included: Two Tires Only |
 |
Leadfoot: Stadium Off-Road Racing List Price: $19.99 Sale Price: $0.95 |
|
This software is BRAND NEW. Packaging may differ slightly from the stock photo above. Please click on our logo above to see over 15,000 titles in stock. Leadfoot combines the extreme sport of motocross and the thundering action of four-by-four racing. Race on short, tight tracks with plenty of single, double, and crossover jumps. Possible vehicles include five models of four-wheel drive sports trucks and three types of Super Lites, all with a full six degrees of freedom, resulting in ultrarealistic handling. Dents, dings, and other damage can impact vehicle speed and handling. In the career mode, players drive in more than 180 events across 15 series races in the hopes of becoming world champion. Twelve stadium tracks include steep hills, banked corners, tabletops, and water traps. There is multiplayer support for up to 10 players via the Internet or a LAN. |
 |
Total Autobahn Racing List Price: $29.99 Sale Price: $2.40 |
|
Slicing through the German countryside, ripping through small towns and large cities with equal abandon, Total Autobahn Racing is the ultimate driving experience. These roads were built for the best - the best exotic super cars and the best drivers. Speed limits are non-existent and the asphalt cries out to be ridden hard and fast. |
 |
Nike Women's R0081-243 Triax Speed 10 Super Watch List Price: $49.00 |
|
Digital quartz movement, Nike's Triax Speed 10 - Super, Sport watch, Time, Date, Alarm, One-touch backlighting, Data mode, Mineral crystal, 10-lap chronograph, Black polyurethane selector buttons, 100 meters/330 feet water resistant Part of Nike's Bowerman Series (named after one of Nike's cofounders, and former University of Oregon track coach), the super-sized Nike Triax Speed 10 digital sport watch for women offers a balanced combination of functionality, simplicity and ergonomics. Designed for beginning to advanced runners, the Speed 10 helps you keep your training on track with a large, quickly readable display and handy sport timing features, including: 10-lap chronograph keeps splits while training or racing Data mode tallies total time, lap times, and best and average laps One alarm The convertible display allows quick view changes between lap time, total time, or both. The durable pre-curved polyurethane strap and hardened polyurethane watch case (with stainless back plate) form a unique S-shaped design that curves comfortably around your wrist for an improved fit and quicker reading of the time. Other features include Nike Electrolite one-touch backlighting, a scratch-resistant mineral glass crystal, and water resistance to 100 meters (330 feet)--offering protection from accidental splashes as well suitable for swimming, snorkeling, and light recreational diving. About Nike Nike watches are built to endure extreme outdoor conditions without missing a beat and they adhere to the company's founding mission statement: to bring inspiration and innovation to every athlete in the world. And as Nike co-founder Bill Bowerman would add--if you have a body, you're an athlete. Ever since the fateful day in 1971 when University of Oregon track coach Bowerman poured rubber into his wife's waffle iron, technological innovation has been the spark that lights Nike's fire. The Waffle outsole transformed the running world and soon after Nike Air evolved Nike's revolutionary impact on sports. Beyond shoes--from watches and eyewear to carry gear and even socks--Nike is committed to giving athletes of every make, model and body style, who compete and recreate in ways never before imagined, the very best performance product. Here are just a few important dates in Nike's journey: American record-holder Steve Prefontaine becomes the first major track athlete to wear Nike brand shoes in 1973. At the 1976 Olympic Trials, Nike shoes are seen in abundance for the first time--worn by young, rising stars in both middle- and long-distance events. The first athlete to win an Olympic medal wearing Nike shoes is British runner, Steve Ovett in the 1980 Moscow Games The Just Do It advertising campaign began in 1988, and is now ensconced in the Americana exhibit at the Smithsonian National Museum. |
 |
Nike Midsize WR0129-002 Triax Speed 50 Super Watch List Price: $59.00 |
|
The Nike Timing designed the Triax Speed 50 Super Watch to keep middle and long-distance runners on their training pace. A target time feature lets you compare your ideal and actual times. The Speed 50's 50-lap chronograph tracks your lap times, recalls your times, and gives you your best and average lap times. With a five-segment interval timer, the Speed lets you record through full interval workouts, training runs, or walks. The unique S-shape fits your wristergonomically, and makes the Speed easy to read while kicking to the finish. The Speed is water resistant to 100m, so it'll take the toughest Eugene downpour in stride. The Super features a larger Part of Nike's Bowerman Series (named after one of Nike's cofounders, and former University of Oregon track coach), Nike Triax Speed 50 Super digital sport watch for men and women offers a balanced combination of functionality, simplicity and ergonomics. Designed for serious runners, the Speed 50 Super helps you keep your training on track with an extra-large, quickly readable display and powerful sport timing features, including: 50-lap chronograph keeps splits while training or racing Five interval timers for run/walk programs and hard/easy running programs, time/date display Target Time compares goal times with actual times while training or racing Data Mode recalls total time, lap times, best, and average lap Two alarms and two time zones The large-sized, convertible display allows quick view changes between lap time, total time, or both. The durable black polyurethane strap (with gold highlights) and hardened graphite polyurethane watch case form a unique S-shaped design that curves comfortably around your wrist for an improved fit and quicker reading of the time. Other features include Nike Electrolite one-touch backlighting, water resistance to 100 meters (330 feet) and a scratch-resistant mineral glass crystal. About Nike Nike watches are built to endure extreme outdoor conditions without missing a beat and they adhere to the company's founding mission statement: to bring inspiration and innovation to every athlete in the world. And as Nike co-founder Bill Bowerman would add--if you have a body, you're an athlete. Ever since the fateful day in 1971 when University of Oregon track coach Bowerman poured rubber into his wife's waffle iron, technological innovation has been the spark that lights Nike's fire. The Waffle outsole transformed the running world and soon after Nike Air evolved Nike's revolutionary impact on sports. Beyond shoes--from watches and eyewear to carry gear and even socks--Nike is committed to giving athletes of every make, model and body style, who compete and recreate in ways never before imagined, the very best performance product. Here are just a few important dates in Nike's journey: American record-holder Steve Prefontaine becomes the first major track athlete to wear Nike brand shoes in 1973. At the 1976 Olympic Trials, Nike shoes are seen in abundance for the first time--worn by young, rising stars in both middle- and long-distance events. The first athlete to win an Olympic medal wearing Nike shoes is British runner, Steve Ovett in the 1980 Moscow Games The Just Do It advertising campaign began in 1988, and is now ensconced in the Americana exhibit at the Smithsonian National Museum. |
 |
Nike Midsize WR0129-001 Triax Speed 50 Super Watch List Price: $59.00 |
|
The Triax Running Series is designed to provide innovation and insight to the true runner. Our newest features are incorporated in an extra-large display to keep you on pace for your goals, and keep them in clear view. 100m water resistance 50-lap chronograph Convertible display / View lap time, total time, or both Data mode / Recalls total time, lap times, best and average lap Five-segment interval timer / For run/walk programs and hard/easy training Stainless-steel buckle and back plate / Enhanced durability Target Time / Enter up to 50 lap times, then track progress while racing Time, date, 2 alarms, 2 time zones Part of Nike's Bowerman Series (named after one of Nike's cofounders, and former University of Oregon track coach), Nike Triax Speed 50 Super digital sport watch for men and women offers a balanced combination of functionality, simplicity and ergonomics. Designed for serious runners, the Speed 50 Super helps you keep your training on track with an extra-large, quickly readable display and powerful sport timing features, including: 50-lap chronograph keeps splits while training or racing Five interval timers for run/walk programs and hard/easy running programs, time/date display Target Time compares goal times with actual times while training or racing Data Mode recalls total time, lap times, best, and average lap Two alarms and two time zones The large-sized, convertible display allows quick view changes between lap time, total time, or both. The durable black polyurethane strap and hardened light graphite polyurethane watch case form a unique S-shaped design that curves comfortably around your wrist for an improved fit and quicker reading of the time. Other features include Nike Electrolite one-touch backlighting, water resistance to 100 meters (330 feet) and a scratch-resistant mineral glass crystal. About Nike Nike watches are built to endure extreme outdoor conditions without missing a beat and they adhere to the company's founding mission statement: to bring inspiration and innovation to every athlete in the world. And as Nike co-founder Bill Bowerman would add--if you have a body, you're an athlete. Ever since the fateful day in 1971 when University of Oregon track coach Bowerman poured rubber into his wife's waffle iron, technological innovation has been the spark that lights Nike's fire. The Waffle outsole transformed the running world and soon after Nike Air evolved Nike's revolutionary impact on sports. Beyond shoes--from watches and eyewear to carry gear and even socks--Nike is committed to giving athletes of every make, model and body style, who compete and recreate in ways never before imagined, the very best performance product. Here are just a few important dates in Nike's journey: American record-holder Steve Prefontaine becomes the first major track athlete to wear Nike brand shoes in 1973. At the 1976 Olympic Trials, Nike shoes are seen in abundance for the first time--worn by young, rising stars in both middle- and long-distance events. The first athlete to win an Olympic medal wearing Nike shoes is British runner, Steve Ovett in the 1980 Moscow Games The Just Do It advertising campaign began in 1988, and is now ensconced in the Americana exhibit at the Smithsonian National Museum. |
 |
Battery Tender 021-0123 Battery Tender Junior 12V Battery Charger List Price: $39.99 Sale Price: $17.99 |
|
If the battery in your motorcycle is difficult to get to, Battery Tender has the answer with the quick disconnect and a 12 foot cord. Bolt on one side to the battery and leave it there for convenient use when you need it. A complete 4-step charging program that includes initialization, bulk charge, absorption mode, and float mode will ensure the best maintenance for your motorcycle's battery. The brain in the Battery Tender Jr. will automatically switch to float and maintenance voltage after fully charging the battery. Battery Tender keeps you informed when the Jr. is in use with the solid state two color LED indicator. Going a step further, the Battery Tender Jr. is also shock proof and has reverse polarity protection. Battery Tender includes a 5 year warranty with the Battery Tender Jr. The Battery Tender Junior 12-volt/.75-amp battery charger is the small and simple solution to the challenge of keeping vehicle batteries optimally powered when not in use. It is able to charge any lead-acid battery, including standard and sealed AGM and GEL Cell battery types and is also designed to be easy to use in small spaces, to utilize a 4-step charging program and safely function in a fully automatic mode. Taken together this makes the Battery Tender Junior 12-volt charger an excellent means of ensuring that your battery is fully charged and ready to go when you are. .caption { font-family: Verdana, Helvetica neue, Arial, serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; } ul.indent { list-style: inside disc; text-indent: -15px; } table.callout { font-family: verdana; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1. 3em; } td.vgoverview { height: 125px; background: #9DC4D8 url(http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/electronics/detail-page/callout-bg.png) repeat-x; border-left: 1px solid #999999; border-right: 1px solid #999999; padding-left: 20px; padding-right: 20px; padding-bottom: 10px; width: 250px; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; } 4-step charging with automatic float mode. View larger. Charge any lead acid battery, including AGM and gel cell. View larger. Safe, 4-step Battery Charging The Battery Tender Junior 12-volt charger is much more than a trickle charger. It has a "brain". Utilizing a 4-step charging program (initialization, bulk charge, absorption mode and float mode), it allows you to simply connect the charger to a battery, either in or out of a vehicle, and forget about it until you are ready to put the battery to work. Like all Battery Tender chargers, at the end of the regular charger cycle it automatically switches its output voltage to a safe, storage or float level that eliminates the need to worry about the damaging effects of overcharging, and the resulting need to check on the condition of the battery. If/when the battery voltage drops too far under load, output power resumes and the charging cycle begins again. The unit also features sparkproof connectors, short circuit and reverse polarity protection, an easy to understand charging status indicator consisting of a single LED, and almost no current draw from batteries connected to it. Key Features: Perfect for all lead-acid, flooded or sealed maintenance free batteries (AGM and gel cell). Complete 4-step charging program (initialization, bulk charge, absorption mode and float mode). Automatically switches to float / maintenance voltage after fully charging the battery. If the battery voltage drops too far under load, full charger output power resumes. Solid state two color LED indicates stage of charger. Spark proof and reverse polarity protected. 12' output cord. 5 year warranty. Charger Models Output Voltage Output Current Charging Software*/ Battery Type AC Voltage/ Frequency Input (Volts) (Amps) Battery Tender Junior 6V Battery Charger 6V 0.750A 3 Step STD & AGM 120 VAC, 60 Hz Battery Tender Junior 12V Battery Charger 12V 0.750A 4 Step STD & AGM 120 VAC, 60 Hz Waterproof 800 12V Battery Charger 12V 0.800A 3 Step STD & AGM 100 to 240 VAC, 50/60 Hz Battery Tender Plus 6V Battery Charger 6V 1.25A 4 Step STD & AGM 120 VAC, 60 Hz Battery Tender Plus 12V Battery Charger 12V 1.25A 4 Step STD & AGM 120 VAC, 60 Hz Battery Tender Plus 12V Battery Charger (Gel Cell) 12V 1.25A 4 Step STD & AGM or GEL 120 VAC, 60 Hz Battery Tender Twin 800 12V Dual Battery Charger 12V 0.800A 3 Step STD & AGM 100 to 240 VAC, 50/60 Hz Battery Tender 12V 2-Bank Battery Management System 12V 1.25A 3 Step STD & AGM 100 to 240 VAC, 50/60 Hz Battery Tender 12V 4-Bank Battery Management System 12V 1.25A 4 Step STD & AGM 100 to 240 VAC, 50/60 Hz Battery Tender 12V 5-Bank Battery Management System 12V 2.0A 4 Step STD & AGM 120 VAC, 60 Hz Battery Tender 12V 10-Bank Battery Management System 12V 2.0A 4 Step STD & AGM 120 VAC, 60 Hz *Note: All Deltran battery chargers will charge all types of lead acid batteries: either flooded (standard STD), sealed maintenance free Absorbed Glass Mat (AGM), or sealed maintenance free gelled electrolyte (GEL) batteries. However, for optimum battery performance in deep cycle applications (for example, running a trolling motor), it is best to chose the Deltran charger that has the charging software specifically designed for the battery type. Fortunately, since the technical staff at Deltran has developed charging software that works equally well for both STD & AGM batteries, the only choice to be made is between 2 models: either STD & AGM or GEL software. Five-year Limited Warranty Deltran provides a limited five-year warranty on its Battery Tender Junior 12V Battery Charger to the original purchaser based on defective material or workmanship. Warranty is void in cases of product misuse, disassembly or modification. Other details regarding warranty limitations and procedures are contained in the Deltran Battery Tender Charger's general limited warranty information sheet enclosed with this product. |
Here are some more information for Impact Racing Super:
Recently, a well-known and respected online poker site was charged with allegations of game manipulation, which effected players on these sites in adverse ways. After some legal and commissioned scrutiny into the matter, it was determined that this site had insiders create accounts, that enabled them to see their opponents' hands, thus creating an unfair advantage.
The effected site had a disgruntled (or at minimum, a disingenuous) former employee create what is known as a "Super User" account at their site. This account, as the name implies, enabled its user to "see" all of the hands of his/her opponents, when in a poker room. Obviously, this allowed this user to fold when it was necessary to do so, and bet aggressively, when the hand they held dictated a reason to do so.
Players that played in the rooms of this Super User, started smelling a rat, when the user would never lose, and would repeatedly win hands, even when others in the room had strong hands. These players wound up reporting their findings on poker forum bulletin boards initially, and also presented the facts to the poker rooms' management staff as well. After the gaming commissions that sanctioned this site began investigating the situation, the poker rooms' management admitted that a former employee, had in fact, created this account, and had used it inappropriately for self-gain.
As it turns out, the online poker site had enabled an administrative procedure to permit such accounts to be created, for the purposes of testing their software. Unfortunately, the wrong disingenuous person got his hands on this functionality. The online poker site combed through all of their hand histories, where this illegal player was playing, and reimbursed all players who were adversely effected by these improper acts.
As a result of this escapade, online players have started to question the merits of online poker sites, and whether game play is fair or whether it is unfairly manipulated. It is this author's belief that online poker is on the up-and-up for the most part, but there is always the chance for unscrupulous activity, as with any other business. Here are some comforting ideas, in support of the merits of online poker:
Regulation abound - Many of the most popular and reputable sites are regulated (in their jurisdiction) by reputable gaming commissions. These commissions have strict rules and accounting principles that must be adhered to, or the site runs the risk of losing their license. Routinely, these gaming commissions audit the online poker sites' systems, and look for abnormalities. Moreover, some of the world's most famous online poker sites are public companies, that are held accountable in additional public manners.
Random function - Every reputable poker site's card generation software is implemented using computer software's "random" function. This function, implemented in most computer programming languages today, uses an algorithm, that legitimately randomizes the selection of a card. These random functions are the same used by randomized lottery systems.
Players on the lookout - Many players that participate in online poker, are always on the alert for any "strange" functional behavior of the poker site. Anything discovered can immediately be reported to the poker site's management team and the governing gaming commission. Also, with the creation of hundreds of poker forums on the internet, issues like these are discussed in detail, among the community of internet poker players. This helps to create a checks-and-balances philosophy between the user community and the poker sites themselves.
Reputation - The popular and reputable poker sites cannot afford to cheat or have allegations of cheating associated with their site. A bad reputation means instant loss in credibility, which will severely impact the site's bottom line. Credible poker sites cannot afford the stigma associated with cheating.
Software - Keep in mind that a poker site's functionality is only as good as its design and the implementation and testing of its software engineers. Poor design will lead to poor game results, which lead ultimately to a tarnished reputation for the poker site. Quality poker sites spend lots of time and money on developing their software or licensing their software from reputable software development houses.
In summary, it is paramount in importance to patronize reputable and licensed online poker sites, that exhibit the quality and characteristics noted above. Although there is no 100 % guarantee that your poker experience will be legitimate, the odds of this are certainly in your favor, when you patronize a credible and reputable site.
Douglas Hayman, Expert Software Systems President, is a database, web, and SEO professional, who designsinformational websites on a variety of areas, including:
Best Online Poker Sites - A well-regarded poker website that contains informational material on a many poker topics including strategies, rankings, rules, playing tips, news, and many other features.
Review of Best Poker Sites - This website objectively reviews today's most popular and prominent online Poker sites.
Free Ride
FREE RIDE
Labor Day in SoCal means sunny skies, crowded beaches and a gentle 2-3 foot swell the kids can play in, so we visited family friends at their Huntington Beach house. In 1963, I was 18 and still hadn’t seen the already legendary Hawai’i, but I literally crawled into the Laguna Beach surf when I was six months old. I kept right on going, spending my time outside school bodysurfing and SCUBA diving. Just to keep beach lifeguards in on their toes, I had already ‘shot’ between the pilings of every pier between Santa Monica and La Jolla in eras I can’t even remember.
It was ten years until satellite photos, radar images or any form of swell forecasting, so my brother Tom and I expected some small Huntington shoulders while our parents watched from their beach chairs.
What we found was15-foot closeout dumping surf - the largest I’d ever seen. Huntington is a long, sand beach without a point break – just huge swells dumping outside, reforming a hundred meters out, dumping again and hitting the beach in a wall of foam powerful enough to knock us over in knee deep water.
Just getting outside was hopeless, let alone catching a decent ride. Young and stupid, we gave it a try.
We didn’t get anywhere. Obviously, with a swell this big, we needed a point break just to get out – or a jetty break. This was the best swell of our lives, and we should have been at the Wedge.
Back at the beach house, Tom and I lobbied hard for a drive to Newport. . The only problem was Mom knew her surf, and she knew the Wedge. No way, today!
Plan “B” was to convince Mom into snorkeling at Corona Del Mar cove, usually ideal for a pleasant day’s snorkeling. There’s a small but beautiful sandy spit snuggled up against the Newport Harbor jetty, well protected inside the double jetty. The other side of the channel is the legendary Wedge, the biggest, meanest, strangest shore break anywhere east of Hawai’i.
Mom saw right through our strategy and said that if we went bodysurfing on a day that big we would go to the Corona Del Mar side. Maybe she could still go snorkeling.
It was a fair compromise. Off we went.
Thanks for Mothers. Corona was a nice ripping 15-foot peak swamping over the breakwater, sucking so deep we saw rocks that hadn’t seen air since they built the jetty. The beach was packed with Labor Day crowds, but only a couple of dozen bodysurfers. The form was excellent, and getting out was fairly easy. Waves broke big, in plenty of water, so we took some chances, experimented, and spent the day playing with the peak. Sometimes we caught the pitch, dropped straight down the face, made a radical bottom turn and raced the tubes. When they collapsed, we tucked back and came up facing a monstrous but predictable wall. No problem.
Our favorite game became intentionally pitching over the falls, free falling head first into the foot of the wave, tuck, and let our momentum take us under the wave foot just in time to surface in the line up of the next wave.
It was something like a 15-foot “hydraulic” on a river, except we had to work to stay in the cycle. We played like this for hours.
In the early afternoon, the beach guard was going nuts with his bullhorn until he finally caught my attention. He was pointing to a swimmer so tired he was headed to the barnacle-encrusted jetty instead of the beach. Even an experienced waterman would die going for the jetty when awash. This guy was so inexperienced he didn’t realize he was about to become hamburger.
I signaled the guard that I had it under control. His hands were full already. The guy was already so close to the rocks it was foolish to go in and get him, so of course I did.
No fool, I considered my options. My Super Extra Large Voit Duck Feet gave me the torque to time the break, grab a cross-chest carry, and pull him out beyond the break before we both got dumped on the jetty. Plan B was to let a big peak wash us over the breakwater and into the channel without scrapping rocks, a truly low percentage option with high percentage negative consequences.
Luckily, I was able to pull the guy away from the jetty. I waved off the guard. Now it became a normal rescue - all I had to do was get him in through 15-foot surf.
My victim was really tired, and really freaked, on the verge of panic. He wasn’t thinking normally. This was the pre-chopper era, and who knew where the Lifeguard boat was, if it even left the harbor. I had to take this guy in through the surf.
We regrouped outside the break where waves are peaking, but not yet breaking. It’s an interesting spot to calm down a victim, I had no choice except to calm my new friend, assess the situation, explain what we would do, and do it.
The next time you find yourself on that roller coaster forming 15-foot waves, imagine pulling somebody out of there, with or without fins. In the trough, there’s nothing but water. From the peak, you’ll get a frustrating and fleeting glance at dry, safe land beyond that huge break before you.
There’s really only one way to handle an unassisted rescue in large dumping surf, and it’s not fun. Gradually swim closer to the break with your victim, and wait at the peak for a break in the sets. When calm comes, “swim” like hell through the impact zone before the next set hits. Of course, all the water is dumping off the beach, and usually, your victim is just dead weight anyway, so go into this maneuver expecting both of you to get crunched.
Of course your goal is your victim’s survival, so you’ve got to break some rules. Your only hope of saving them in that dumping soup is to stay with them – and the only way to stay together in that pandemonium is to double bear-hug, face to face. This makes you a serious candidate for a double drowning and the funny farm. Bear hugs require extreme faith in your superior conditioning and swimming abilities; and the hope the victim will release when things get really bleak.
The last thing you want is to get dumped “Over the Falls”; a problem because you are so sluggish you can never maintain speed with the wave – a bad spot to be with so much water washing up the wave face.
When you see that inevitable crunch-time looming, get as low on the wave face as possible, bear-hug each other, take one last deep breath – and get crunched. With luck, you can stay clenched through the impact. It’s a sickening feeling to lose your grip on somebody during this explosion.
This uncomfortable scenario should be avoided whenever possible. Several tons of water dumps from five meters up, tossing both of you in a giant washing machine. But if you want to save a life, there are times when you have no other option.
We held our breath, bear-hugged, took the dump, and according to plan, we tumbled onto the beach right in front of the guard. It was my first contact with dry land in hours.
The victim spit foam for a couple of minutes, and then said, “Damn, I never realized ocean waves were so big and strong.”
The guard and I shared a look that said, “What’s this jerk talking about. This is the biggest swell of our lives.”
I said, “What do you mean, man? This is the biggest day I’ve ever seen”
Flat on his back in wet sand, my victim said, “Really - I’m from Iowa. This is my first time at the ocean. I just thought every day was like this.”
Disgusted, I grabbed my fins, and ran back into the surf for another few hours of free falls. But the karma I “banked” from that rescue helped save my life almost immediately.
All day long, the jetty was awash – not with spray, but thick green stuff. It was the first time I’d seen this awesome sight, and we all wondered about the Wedge. We left about 4pm, trying to convince Mom to drive the Newport circuit in Labor Day traffic so we could “just watch” the waves. Sure, nobody’s surfing, but let’s take a look.” It’s only 200 yards across the Channel, but the Wedge is a long drive around Newport from Corona.
From the Corona parking lot, we saw the peaks of swells. Driving up the cliff, we got the awesome panorama. Mom went for it. We were off to the Wedge.
It was late afternoon when we finally beat the traffic, but there were still several hundred onlookers...but only two lunatics in the water,
I slid into my wet suit, grabbed those Duck Feet, jumped off the overhead sand cut into the water and immediately caught a nice 15 foot right while I was swimming to the line up. The Wedge runs double the size of anywhere else, so that wasn’t an unusual wave. What was unusual was the right.
The Wedge is a “rebound” wave. When a wave jams into the corner where the beach meets the jetty, it rebounds off the rocks almost perpendicular to the following wave. On reasonable days, it is great fun to start near the jetty, catch the rebound and race across the face before it meets the next wave and builds into a giant bowl.
The rebounding wave packs into the face of the oncoming swell, driving the wall so steep that water “peaks” so rapidly you can hear liquid explode. Where the two forces intersect, everything sucks up, forming a caldron called the “Bowl”.
Instead of pealing off, the Bowl collapses into itself on either side. Wedgeheads can take the rebound off the jetty, race high on the wave away from the jetty to hopefully “Beat the Bowl”. We usually enter the forming bowl on an incline; make a turn at the point of the bowl, screaming down and away from the break (and the rocks) as the bowl collapses into itself from either side. Because of the complexity and dangers involved, this is the perfect Wedge ride. Making that turn in the bowl, sliding like a stunt plane in a tight turn, realizing you are making the wave, and then screaming down the steep wave face, is Nirvana.
However, an early take-off on the rebound wave results in a sluggish ride, arriving late into the collapsing bowl.
A wipe out is a given. But you do have choices.
The safest option is to bail. Dive deep under the wave foot, and pop up before the next peak. This is smart on a slow ride because without momentum, you are doomed to being blown backwards over the falls when you confront that collapsing peak deep inside the Bowl.
However, if you are smoking, you may hit the collapsing lip with enough momentum to punch straight up into a free fall. It’s great fun for about three seconds. You arc into the sky, totally separated from water. At the top of your arc, you hang, suspended in time. Just when you think, “Wow, what a beautiful space”, survival genes start screaming “Oh, shit. I’m going to fall back into that caldron!” (see Linda 4 “launched by a wave from Linda”)
It’s inevitable.
Well, none of this happened on my ride. I started near the bowl, and peeled away with the break back into the rebound wave – right towards the Jetty.
I realized the stupidity of my actions, but didn’t care. . I was lined up perfectly on the wrong shoulder on a dangerous day, so I dropped in and screamed across the face. When I came to the rebound, I turned up the face and snapped into a free fall arc. It was a great ride.
I landed behind the collapsing wave, which broke with the usual deadening roar. I heard cheers, and at 19, I was stoked. I knew I was close to the jetty, but I was pumped with my own ego, and started swimming on my back like an otter, casually kicking back to the line up. I was a Hero!
Suddenly, everything turned dark, and the water was dropping fast. I was sucking into a forming wave! I flipped onto my stomach to face an already vertical dark green wall with white foam across its face. It was a monster – 30 or 40 feet, and the lip was already pitching beyond me.
The wave sucked water off the sand, a rare event that far out even at the Wedge. For an instant, time stopped as I froze like a deer caught in headlights. I stood on exposed wet sand, only 10 yards from those meat-grinder boulders, with tons of Green Death about to envelop me.
A million options went through my mind. “What am I doing here” was not among them. I didn’t have the time for self-pity.
Bodysurfer instinct says dive under the wave, so I dove at the very foot of the wave, but the last water sucked up the face, and I landed flat out on wet sand. It was a good thing. I stayed flat, becoming one with the crabs, limpets and barnacles living in the jetty, evolved flat to withstand surf.
The pitching wave started to fall. Imagine the Goodyear blimp filled with water, falling from five stories up. It was worse than that as a hundred tons of energized water hit the sand with a force that would have crushed me if I hadn’t been flat on the deck.
I took a huge deep gulp of air, expecting it to be my last.
The impact drove me into the sand, then bounced me back up into the collapsing wave. The water advanced to the beach with as much force as it was dropping. The Impact Zone is where these right angle energies intersect, and I was at Ground Zero, buried and bouncing under tons of imploding water.
When you are beneath them, Monster waves drop in agonizing slow motion. Their vortex is the tube, wound tight until it implodes with fury. I was helpless, at the mercy of wave physics, sucked backwards through a giant fire hose - ten feet above sand and ten feet from air. The white fury tried to dismember my extremities as I tossed in a cyclone of wet.
Those were the days before fin straps, and I vividly remember my fins sucked from my feet, the most sickening feeling of my life. I was lost in the Impact Zone at the Wedge on a legendary day, my only remaining asset my wet suit. I wouldn’t get sand burns, I could still dive under waves, and I had just enough buoyancy to survive.
The ability to remember which way is "Up" is a special talent that prevents broken necks at the Wedge, Waimea or Sandy Beach. It also saved my life when I was knocked unconscious while cliff diving. I was able to maintain enough presence to hit the sand bottom feet first – not easy when you are flipping backwards in turbulent water. Of course, I instantly toppled and sucked further down the steep bottom while the wave sucked back off the steep sand beach. I was running out of air, the surge pulling me backwards into deep water.
After a long, wild underwater ride, my air was finished. I found the surface just in time to take one breath before getting hit square in the face by the next wave, as big as the first. Repeat the above.
After a third wave, I was wasted, but alive, breathing real air, and floating just outside the impact zone...very important.
I was also kissing the jetty...very important.
Fortunately, there were no more huge sets. I could see the waves forming down the jetty, and there was water underneath me. I was also very tired, and without fins. In big water like this, it’s every man for himself, and I couldn’t ask for help. But by then, I didn’t need it. I was in for a long, grinding, tedious haul, but with determination I could survive, and I knew it.
There is usually a rip along the rocks that takes you on an interesting ride along the jetty to deep water, but I couldn’t find it, so I just floated, expending only enough energy to clear the jetty, and let my wet suit do the work. When I regained enough energy to deal with the currents and chop, I tried getting away from the rocks. Without fins, that recovery took about 20 minutes.
My strategy was simple – get away from the jetty, swim behind the break, and ride the back of a ‘small” wave onto the beach. My goal was only 100 meters away, but without fins and sapped of energy in large seas, it took me another 40 minutes to get far enough off the jetty to where I could comfortably let a “small” wave spit me up onto sand.
I was too exhausted to take a wipeout, so I hung way back on the wave and took a sluggish ride in, dropping on the back of the wave. I was finally “inside”, with sand before me, but the shorebreak section reformed quickly. I sucked down the breaking shoulder in perfect position for an ungracious spit onto steep sand, where I scrambled to the cut bank before the next wave hit. With all my remaining energy and very shaky knees, I stood upright at the wall of sand, my head still three feet below the feet of spectators. I stuck my arms straight up - my wrists finally at sand level. I’m 6’4”, so the cut bank must have been about 9 feet.
Somebody grabbed my wrists and pulled me up to dry sand and safety.
I had my teenage energy back in 15 minutes. Off came the wet suit and out came the stories. From shore, the family just though I was having a tough time catching big waves after a full day at Corona. I clawed and struggled on the edge of death for an hour, and Mom was bummed that I only caught one ride.
When my knees stopped shaking, I walked to the corner where the jetty meets sand. The sun was setting, and I wanted to muse on what almost was. The Wedge was still pumping, although nothing like the massive set that almost took my life.
I looked at the froth before me. Sure enough, there were both of my fins, bouncing around in the corner.
I judged the break, ran into the surf, and retrieved first one, then the other. After all, Floating Duck Feet, Super Extra Large, were about $16/pair, special order only, and tomorrow was another day. (Reborn as classics, they run US$100 today.)
I realize I died that day. Teen-age ego got the best of me and clouded my judgement. The Wedge isn’t a baseball game, and my break in concentration almost cost my life. Except for the Karma from saving the Corona Del Mar tourist, instantaneous instincts and excellent conditioning, I would not be here to write this.
While I was watching the sunset, I realized that everything I did from that day on became a Free Ride, and at 62, I still live my life accordingly – pushing the envelope daily.
Even so, when I’m on the open sea, I never lose my focus.
When all is said and done, the ocean just doesn’t care.
# # # # #
About the Author
John "Caveman" Gray, AKA Ling Yai (Thai for Big Monkey)was first published nationally in the USA in 1957 in Parade Magazine. He's been writing, photographing and producing videos ever since. His stories have appeared in numerous national and international magazines and newspapers on everything from Science to politics and travel. You can catch many more stories in the "Readings" section at www.johngray-seacanoe.com
How Big an Impact will IOWA have on 08 Race?
In my Opinion If Hillary wins, then its all over , but if she doesnt win, then regardless of who wins the three early states....super tuesday will be the decider in 08 race
your are correct, because that is based on the simple electoral vote math
Queensland: FPR race 2 report
Ford Performance Racing's Mark Winterbottom's championship hopes took another blow when the Orrcon Steel pilot was caught up in a dramatic crash at the start of the second and final race at Queensland Raceway this afternoon.
Thanks for visiting!
