How to canoe - open Canadian canoe August 15, 2007
Here is a great little video showing you how to control your Canadian open canoe. Although the beginning shots are a bit dark, the rest of the clip has some very nice moves in it.
I like the tandom sequences.
Another young teamrider joins Zoozoo2 August 13, 2007
Earlier this summer we added another young teamrider to ZooZoo2. Alex Kerry is just 15 years old and from Newquay in Cornwall.
His local breaks are: Fistral, Whipo, Watergate and Newquay Bay. You will probably find Alex out in the water whenever the surf is up.
This summer is will be riding:
Mosquito grom comp-2nd 3rd june
Volcom VQS- TBD
Bude surf classic- TBD
Quiksilver King of the Groms-30thjune-1st July
Surf relief UK-7th July
SAS Cornish and open-17th,18th,19th August
Cornish schools comp-TBD
Keep an eye out for him.
M - zoozoo2
China’s Yangtze River Dolphin now extinct August 10, 2007
The Chinese river dolphin is now officially extinct, according to scientists who could not find a single one of the animals during a six-week search on China’s Yangtze River. The first recorded extinction of a cetacean species to be caused by human activity. The small, nearly blind white dolphin, also known as the baiji, was nicknamed “the goddess of the Yangtze.”
The delicate dolphin, which dates back 20 million years, was found only in China’s longest river, the Yangtze.
The baiji represents a loss not just of a species but a whole family of animals which were …
Lovemarks August 1, 2007
Zoozoo2 becomes a lovemark.
A few years ago, Saatchi & Saatchi setup Lovemarks. A place to share those brands you love. According to Saatchi ‘Lovemarks transcend brands. They deliver beyond your expectations of great performance. Lovemarks reach your heart as well as your mind, creating an intimate, emotional connection that you just can’t live without.’
Simple put Lovemarks inspire.
A Lovemark can be a small, everyday product that embraces and infuses your life to make it just that little bit better. Equally, it could be a world-changing revelation for thousands.
Now we can’t claim to be world changing or inspiring but we do what we …
Womad, Womud
Diary of a trader at Womad 2007
This year we decided to have a stall at Womad the World Music Festival.
Entry 1 - Wednesday 25 July
1.00pm We arrived at the traders entrance to Womad at around 1.00pm happy enthusiastic and ready to roll.
3.40pm We were still waiting in line to sign in it had taken nearly 3 hours for the Womad staff to process approximately the 10 traders in front of us. By process I mean check our three or four items of paperwork at give us our pitch number and wristband.
To be fair to the Womad staff …