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unspeakabl-e: ☯♡ vertical blog ☯♡

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 00:00:22 -0700

unspeakabl-e:

☯♡ vertical blog ☯♡

hollyhocksandtulips: Halloween, 1961

Wed, 31 Oct 2012 11:21:24 -0700

hollyhocksandtulips:

Halloween, 1961

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Sun, 21 Oct 2012 22:49:19 -0700

jesuisperdu: christopherschreck: FYI in case you haven’t seen...

Fri, 12 Oct 2012 00:19:51 -0700

jesuisperdu:

christopherschreck:

FYI in case you haven’t seen this already (and even if you have), it was recently made available on netflix instant

gonna make for a good friday afternoon movie

rookiemag: Realist oil painter Lee Price paints self-portraits...

Fri, 12 Oct 2012 00:17:07 -0700

rookiemag:

Realist oil painter Lee Price paints self-portraits of herself from an overhead vantage point, primarily in bathrooms while eating junk food.

this is awesome.

- Petra

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Thu, 04 Oct 2012 22:14:35 -0700

rvlvr: Saint Laurent

Thu, 04 Oct 2012 22:12:23 -0700

rvlvr:

Saint Laurent

saturnrising: Matthieu SOUDET, Normandy landscapes

Thu, 04 Oct 2012 22:12:08 -0700

saturnrising:

Matthieu SOUDET, Normandy landscapes

thomasprior: driving cross country tonight. i’ll try and post...

Wed, 03 Oct 2012 00:38:23 -0700

thomasprior:

driving cross country tonight. i’ll try and post from motels..three pictures from bonneville speed week, 2009

thingsorganizedneatly: ed: This looks really nice. I’m jealous.

Tue, 02 Oct 2012 23:58:45 -0700

thingsorganizedneatly:

ed: This looks really nice. I’m jealous.

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Tue, 02 Oct 2012 23:47:14 -0700

aaronhegert: Thomas Albdorf from Aufheben Exhibition at Fuller...

Tue, 02 Oct 2012 23:44:35 -0700

aaronhegert:

Thomas Albdorf

from Aufheben Exhibition at Fuller Projects gallery, Indiana University.

bull-heck: 則巻千兵衛っていい主 - 二次元裏＠ふたば

Tue, 02 Oct 2012 23:44:24 -0700

bull-heck:

則巻千兵衛っていい主 - 二次元裏＠ふたば

anchordivision: Mr Porter - Style wherever you are.

Tue, 02 Oct 2012 23:43:33 -0700

anchordivision:

Mr Porter - Style wherever you are.

thewayweate: Harvey’s Bristol Cream Advertisement - Gourmet:...

Tue, 02 Oct 2012 23:42:06 -0700

thewayweate:

Harvey’s Bristol Cream Advertisement - Gourmet: September 1965

nickelcobalt: gaws: DH 05 wif da ill gold cubanos

Tue, 02 Oct 2012 00:09:25 -0700

nickelcobalt:

gaws:

DH 05

wif da ill gold cubanos

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Sun, 30 Sep 2012 19:29:44 -0700

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Sun, 30 Sep 2012 19:28:43 -0700

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Tue, 25 Sep 2012 23:34:33 -0700

youmightfindyourself: Just past a bridge near the Haus der...

Mon, 24 Sep 2012 22:05:11 -0700

youmightfindyourself:

Just past a bridge near the Haus der Kunst art museum, the river forms a standing wave about 1 metre high, which is a popular river surfing spot. The water is cold and shallow (sometimes only 40 cm deep), making it suitable only for experienced surfers and playboaters (whitewater kayakers). The wave is predominately used by surfers, and animosities of surfers towards kayakers (in general not uncommon) have occasionally been reported.^[3]

The wave has been surfed by river surfers since 1972, and surfing competitions have even been held. Due to the more recent development of playboating, kayakers have only more recently and so far not in great numbers started to surf the wave.

Surfing is now (2010) officially allowed. A new sign next to the wave warns that “Due to the forceful current, the wave is suitable for skilled and experienced surfers only”. In previous years there have been issues between the authorities, who threatened to demolish the wave, and a group of wave supporters who organized activities and a website to save the wave, including an online petition to leave the wave intact.^[4]

Being a standing wave it can be surfed for as long as one’s balance holds, and in busy times a queue of surfers forms on the bank. In the past surfers tied a leash to the bridge to hold onto, but a sign announces that this is both dangerous and forbidden.

The local surfers have forced the wave to break more cleanly, with increased height, by attaching ropes to the bridge which trail submerged planks, creating two large “U”-shapes. Such a shape makes the wave easier to surf for river surfers (playboating makes fewer demands of the wave shape).

Surfing The Eisbach, photos by Thomas Prior.