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More Articles from Recreation and Sports Information: | | | | RELATED ARTICLES Golf Swing Mechanics Can Be Improved Very Quickly If you’re like most golfers, you’re always trying to duplicate that “perfect” golf swing.I know I am.Doesn’t it feel great to hit that effortless shotDon’t you wish you could do it every timeThat would be a similar feeling of what the pro’s have most of the time.It would be such a high! Dutch Oven Cooking Basics Pioneer Cooking Stay Young- Play Bingo! Exercise, intellectual stimulation, surgery, meditation or detox – you name it, we love it. Let’s face it, we live in a society obsessed with staying young. So, when you mention to someone that bingo may well be a key to youth, the image of pensioners playing in a retirement home may well prompt them to ask a few questions. It’s not chess or bridge, but researchers insist that bingo can keep your mind trim and bring more to your youthfulness than just cash prizes and idle chitchat. Whats In Your Hiking Pack Every time I leave the pavement, I take along my trusty hiking pack – even if I have no intention of hiking. Doing this has become a habit rather than a conscious decision. My pack goes with me when a hike, camp, hunt, fish, bird watch and even when I drive out of town. I’ve been a boy scout and a United States Marine so I suppose I have learned to be prepared for almost anything. My pack is full of items I hope I will never need. Avoiding eBay Scams Read through this checklist and save yourself time and aggravation. A bit of due diligence will help you avoid eBay scams. What is Snowkiting As if snowboarding and kitesurfing actually meshed into one single sport it would be Snowkiting. Imagine taking a lift high atop a beautiful mountain, you set your kite in motion and get your feet firmly planted you start your run down a long white hill. As you snowboard down the mountain your kite helps you gain speed and with a good gust of wind you too can be 10 – 15 feet in the air. With this much gravity you too can be implementing the same moves as the kitesurfer does including jibing and crossing over. The rising popularity of windsurfing As with any extreme sport or sport in general, there is only so much one can do on a surfboard. Enter windsurfing, a popular way to gain speed and air by using a sail attached to the surfboard itself. A windsurf setup consists of a bi-directional surfboard with a sail attached in the middle. Windsurfing is not for just the ocean, this sport can be done on a lake should their be a proper wind to propel the surfer. Camping Food That Works for You Even though winter - with all its snow, wind, and cold - is definitely upon us, it’s never too early to start thinking about camping this spring or summer. And for those outdoor enthusiasts who won’t wait for the snow to melt before setting out this winter, there is no better time than now to review a few useful tips to remember when planning your camp menu. Italy - The Mother of Opera The story of Italian opera begins around the turn of the 17th Century and depicts an important piece of Italian culture. Divided into two periods, the Baroque and the Romantic, opera displays tragic-comedy that was adorned with beautiful scenes and breathtaking music. Historians across the world recognize the significance these periods have had on Italian culture. Playing Online Poker For A Living Playing online poker for a living is absolutely duable, but it takes a combination of talent, dedication, patience, discipline and disposition to succeed. Five Life Skills for BackCountry Enjoyment As outdoor enthusiasts spend more and more time in our backcountry, a handful of skills become more and more essential.All of these skills are easy to learn and add considerably to the overall enjoyment of spending time out-of-doors.The key word here is enjoyment.In order to enjoy ourselves, we must be comfortable with ourselves and our surroundings.This is especially true in the backcountry.So let’s talk about life skills that, when mastered, will lead to heightened enjoyment as we find ourselves off the beaten path. Best Tips for Enjoying the BackCountry in the Rain If you spend any amount of time in the backcountry at all, it will rain on you.Remember this - rain is a good thing; without it there wouldn’t be much backcountry to enjoy.How you prepare for rain and how you handle yourself and gear in the rain, makes the difference between a great experience and a horrible one.Here are some great ideas for ensuring your backcountry enjoyment when mother nature rains down on you. 17 Tips Thatll Safeguard You and Your Family From Dog Bites or Attack Did you know that more than one million north americans will be bitten by dogs this year, and about one million dog bites will go unreported. Its sad but most of the victims will be children. These dog bites will come from animals known to them. Unleashed dogs will account for most of the bites inflicted. NHL Hockey Fans Left Out In Cold As The NHL Owners Lock Out Its Players NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman has halted the start of the NHL hockey season by locking out its players.Can the impasse between the NHL owners and its players ever be mendedBettman reports that the NHL league has a desolate bottom line that lost $224 million US last season.The NHL hockey league is reported to have lost $1.8 billion over the 10 years of its collective bargaining agreement. End the Madness: Down with the BCS Lets face it: the BCS is a piece of garbage. It encourages unsportsmanlike behavior - and there really seems to be too much of that these days - by forcing teams to run up scores to maintain high poll positions. It encourages corruption by allowing poll voters to affect dramatic changes at the last minute, bowing to political pressure. It has resulted in weaker overall bowl matchups. And worst of all, it denies us the ability to settle the matter of the championship on the field. Belly Dancing for the Midlife Soul I have been a student and performer of the Middle Easternbelly dance for 12 years. I began this dance form at age 52when a friend of mine told me she was taking an AdultEducation class in Middle Eastern belly dancing.Here wasan opportunity right in my own community.I was going tolive out my adult fantasy - to be a belly dancer!And so Ijoined the class and have been a student ever since. I amnow 64 and have no signs of slowing down. Ski Fitness for Recreational Skiers Imagine yourself cruising down a groomed run carving elegant turns with your new shaped skis. In the distance you see two symbols, a blue square for a left turn and a black diamond for a right turn. Without hesitation you steer to the right. The pitch becomes steeper, the snow is un-groomed, and there are trees, lots of trees. You stop momentarily, pick a line, push off, and tighten your turns as you begin the descent. 3 Easy Steps to Becoming a BackCountry Hero Have you thought about helping to protect wildlife or wild flowers, but you don’t know howOr maybe you want to protect your favorite camping site or that cool little stream nobody else knows aboutMaking a difference in the backcountry is easy for anyone – you don’t have to be Ted Turner.Not every one can fly to the Amazon delta to move bird nests or trek off to the Aleutian Islands to remove crude oil from a pristine beach.But everyone can help right where they are.Follow these 3 easy steps, and you’ll be on your way to giving back to your backcountry and you’ll have a ball doing it. Choosing A Fly Reel Selecting a fly reel for trout fishing has become, like many things in fly fishing, a somewhat unnecessarily complicated adventure. The problem is, reels have gotten so well-made, so functional, that you almost have to know what you are looking for. In the old days, reels held the line, your spare hand was the drag, and that was it. Tippets almost always broke when fighting an unusually large trout, and the rare one you did haul in was a great cause for celebration. SportGamble.us Picks this Years College Football Bowl Games Here are the consensus bowl picks from the SportGamble.us staff. |
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