Bitness – Geek to the Core

Gadgets + Gear for Core Sports

Cold SurfRead: 2 mins

Balance Trainers

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With temperatures well below freezing and finding myself miles away from any mountains, I've decided to post another indoor, off-season workout entry. For Surfing there isn't an off-season unless, like me, you can't afford a winter suit and…
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Swim & Paddle: Gravity and Wind Resistance Trainers

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For years Chuck Norris and Christie Brinkley have been selling a machine called the Total Gym, a machine that uses gravity and your body weight to deliver over 80 exercises. It seems to be working miracles for them, so why not another gravity-based…
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RIP Dan Osman

It's hard to believe it's been 10 years since Dan Osman passed away while rope jumping in Yosemite at the Leaning Tower rock formation. I recall reading the rope he used was left out in the rain or snow and may have contributed to the equipment…
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HangTimer: Back-up that Spray with Some Facts Son

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Many moons ago I wrote about the Airpod, a device you wear while snowboarding that measures hang time while pulling airs. Now an application for the iPhone does that and adds a few more bells and whistles to boot. HangTimer for the iPhone…
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Quiksilver MoondakRead: 2 mins

Quiksilver Moondak Watch and TideGraph

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Tides don't affect the breaks I surf all that much, but at my favorite spot, low slack tide (between low tide and when the incoming tide starts) is probably slightly better. That's all the reason I needed to go out and plunk $95 on a new Quicksilver…
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O’Neill Mutant Wetsuit

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Surfing in the Northeast really picks-up in the Fall, with better wind direction for most breaks and storms that kick-up the swell to head / overhead conditions. To enjoy the quality surf, you have to endure the elements. When I decided to…
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narragansettRead: 2 mins

This Thing About Surfing

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We had a beautiful weekend here in New England. On Saturday a friend and I headed to the beach with our families with no expectation other than to paddle and keep fit for an anticipated swell later this week. We headed directly out to a point…
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Infinity Rad Noserider Longboard

After nearly 20 years of research I finally bought a new surfboard - a 9' Infinity Rad NoseRider. While not exactly a gadget, there is plenty of technology at work here worth mentioning. For starters the Rad NoseRider (heretofore known as…
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hackerRead: 2 mins

So, Like Bitness was Hacked

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Bitness went on hiatus this Summer, but only we sort of didn't intend it to last the entire Summer. Bitness was hacked by some crackers who had nothing better to do than waste our time and piss us off. After tediously extracting all the evil…
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Bayley S4Read: 2 mins

Bear Grylls Knife Costs $700

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Man vs. Wild star Bear Grylls is no doubt a surviver. Consumption of live snakes, sheep's eyeballs, decomposing Zebra, still-warm Yak livers and worse, but a man's gotta eat! He free-solos cliffs, wrestles wild beasts, drinks from elephant dung...…
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hillsRead: 2 mins

On My Honor I Will Do My Best…

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Life takes hold and just zips by. I turned 40 on the 11th and realize I'm starting to slip. Can someone please tell me what the hell The Hills is and who these plastic people are? I don't know anything on regular radio anymore - it's all classic…
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