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What does it mean to Surf Life? Surfing app is another experience to use it if you cannot attend in the event. First, I have to explain what fun the surfing experience can be. Then I will tell you how you can make surfing your lifestyle and how you can surf life in just about everything you do.

Since the very early years of my life, my parents took me and my brother to the beach and taught us how to bodysurf. We surfed as a family. My mom and dad could do it and they took the time to teach us.

We graduated from bodysurfing to riding canvas air mattresses, homemade skimboards, paddleboards and eventually to surfboards. One thing you probably never heard of is surfing a pillow case filled with air. We did that too. We would wet the pillow case and the run down the beach to fill it with air, spinning the end into a knot to hold the air in the case for one wave. Like I said, we rode everything.

Surfing was fun and we carried that over into board surfing. When we first started to ride surfboards, we only surfed longboards, which were normally 10 feet and longer. We didn’t know about wetsuits, leashes, and as a result we were limited to beaches where there were no rocks on the shoreline unless we wanted to repair the dings caused when the fiber glassed board hit the rocks. If we were lucky, another surfer would run and try to catch our surfboard before it hit the rocks. Today, wherever there is a wave, it will be surfed.

Everyone in those days helped each other and shared waves. It wasn’t uncommon to take off on a wave and have as many as 5 of your fellow surfers on the same wave. There was no pressure not to share. Everyone just seemed to have fun. We spent hours talking about how many waves we caught that day and the new maneuvers we saw and tried. Everyone was constantly trying to outdo their buddies by trying new types of pullouts, walking to the nose, turns, etc.

The other thing that was fun was helping the other surfers improve by telling them what they were doing and complementing them on their surfing. We shared wax, towels, and ideas.

Maybe this free spirit was brought to us from Hawaii originally by Duke Kahanamoku. He brought the Aloha Spirit to the shores of California and the rest of the world. This spirit is what I talk about and want to share with you when I talk about how we should all Surf Life.

If you play golf, chances are you will mishit a shot, miss an important putt, or screw up badly on a hole and end up with a bad score. It will probably make you mad. I’ve seen golfers get so upset that they throw or break their golf club after a bad shot.

Well, this doesn’t happen in surfing. You never hit a bad shot. You may fall off of your board and get wiped out, but it is fun. You paddle out and catch the next wave.

What makes you happy and successful in life, marriage, and your job? Having fun? I think that whatever you are doing you should enjoy, just like you enjoy surfing. As I said, it is a spirit that you should and will learn to carry over to your relationships and your work.

Surfing is something that can sure help you do this. Surfing gives you a feeling of freedom. It gets you close to nature out in the fresh air and in the water. It is a great way of relieving tension and stress, while you get a good physical workout. Surfing improves the quality of one’s life.

Surfing is really a fun sport. There are all kinds of amateur contests or you can treat it as a sport each day you surf even though you are not in a contest against others. Although it is normally an individual activity, it is very seldom that you are alone. You are normally with your surfing buddies and friends either riding the waves or hanging out on the beach. It is a happy time.

Surfing leads to beach parties, barbeques, and other social events. You develop a new set of friends who enjoy doing the same thing as you do. It is a mellow lifestyle that you carry over to everything you do. Although it can be competitive, it is still mellow. You are in the water feeling the spray on your face, breathing the fresh air, and in a wonderful state of mind.

Buy a ukulele and learn to play it. Get yourself a Woodie car or a good surf vehicle. Do you really need to wear a tie to work? Feel the aloha spirit. All of these things go with surfing.

Take these feelings with you into the world around you and into your personal and business life and then you will know what it means to Surf Life. You will learn to relax when you get into a difficult situation. You will stop stressing out when someone cuts you off on the freeway.

So my friends, go surfing and learn to Surf Life! Both are a blast!

Chuck Herpick, a Stanford graduate and former Naval Aviator, is an accomplished surfer and has spent his lifetime in or near the ocean surfing most of the California and Hawaii breaks over the many years.

Chuck has been a friend and associate with legendary surfer Tom Morey, inventor of the Morey Boogie Board. Together, he and Tom have designed and made many different types of soft and hard surfboards and other surfing products.

He is also the owner of Oak Street Surf, an online surf shop representing the latest surfboard products where you can get a good review of top of the line surfboard types and designs. You can talk with Chuck to discuss in detail the various options for you to ensure that you select the proper surfboard that will bring you surfing fun and success.

Chuck believes that surfing, whether it be bodysurfing, boogie boarding, board surfing, skimboarding or riding a Standup Paddleboard (SUP) will change your life forever. You will be able to apply the love you will obtain from surfing to everything you do and will learn how to Surf Life! What a joy!!

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The Use of Pilates in Horse Riding. A variety of KX Pilates Dee Why class that suit you with their world class instructors around it.

It seems everyone has heard of Pilates and very few people actually know what Pilates is.

So what is Pilates?

Pilates was the name of the man who discovered the function of the deep Transverse Abdominal muscle with respect to spinal stability. The exercising of this muscle has been labeled Pilates. The exercising fraternity has picked this up and marketed it as the new wave exercise regime. Gym trainers, personal trainer’s aerobics teachers are all giving Pilates classes.

Unfortunately the true function of this muscle and its bio mechanics is not well understood by many of these people and the teaching of it is not complete. Many people think they are doing Pilates and in fact they are not.

Pilates is the function of the deep core abdominal muscles and simply drawing your tummy in to do an exercise is NOT Pilates.

So how can Pilates be of use to the Horse Rider?

Horse riding is unlike many other sports. The riding posture is a very static posture. Most ball or athletic sports are what we call dynamic, which is, fast moving in many directions. Horse riding requires symmetry and strength from both sides of the body. It requires all the limbs to contribute together and separately. It requires coordination, feel and precision from all body parts. Most sports a one sided using one dominate side repetitively e.g. tennis.Humans are not natural at feeling movement and rhythm through their seat. We mostly feel with our hands. We find it difficult to coordinate left and right together let alone feet and hands and seat together.

When we analyze what is required to ride well we actually understand riding isn’t that easy. The good riders make it appear easy. Why?

What does a good rider have that the other rider doesn’t have?

Well in most cases they have a natural feel for a horse, an inbuilt talent and skill. This can be taught to every rider.

A good rider has a strong upright posture out of the saddle and good deep core stability with flexibility through the lower back and pelvis.

This can be taught to every rider.

A good rider will have a stable strong spine which enables them to achieve good coordination of the limbs and body movements for precise accurate aids.

This can be taught to every rider.

A good rider has endurance and strength in all their posture muscle.

This can be taught to every rider.

A good rider has the ability to use their hands, arms, legs and lower back independently in specific movement patterns, with sitting upright on a moving horse.

This can be taught to every rider.

How can a Horse Rider Learn to Ride Better?

There are many skills a rider can learn off the horse. To establish and practice movement patterns that are similar to the riding movement will teach a rider to ride better.

The absolute most important muscle to train and learn how to engage is the deep core abdominal muscles. A rider can then be taught how to use this power in the saddle. Horse riding requires specific training of movement patterns to gain the maximum functional of the deep core muscles.

This cannot be taught by a gym trainer or aerobics teacher.

Pilates is essential in learning all of the movement patterns required for riding. But learning Pilates and just doing core stability exercises will not improve your riding unless you learn how to use core stability and practice the specific movement patterns.

The walk is a four beat pace; the weight of the rider should be in the seat with some in the stirrups. The body should be upright and the hands forward of the saddle. The pelvis should move up and forward in rhythm with the horses hind legs. Therefore as the left hip of the horse moves forward the riders left hip should roll up and forward the right hip will drop and stay in rhythm with the right hind leg. This is a rolling tilt movement of the pelvis. In order to stay upright and basically appear still the upper body will move in a counter opposite movement. The hands should move forward and backwards in time with the horses head nod. The appearance of all this is the rider is STILL.

This can be taught to every rider.

The walk is the easiest movement pattern to learn and really all that is happening is the rider is in tune with their horse. Why do some find even the walk so difficult? If a rider has a stiff lower back that can not tilt or rotate then the movement will be blocked. If a rider has weak upper back strength the body will wobble or remain stiff. The horse will find a free walk difficult; all sorts of resistance actions come in. The horse will not relax and hold his head high; there may be NO head nod. The hind wont step through, the horse may 2 track or jig or rush etc etc etc. This is only the walk.

If a rider has been taught how to engage test and train the deep core muscles (Pilates) and also learn the walking movement patterns on a big ball then this can be practiced and then applied in the saddle. Once a movement pattern has been established it will come naturally. The trot, both sitting and rising can be trained on the ball, if the trainer knows the correct movement pattern. The sit trot can be taught by learning how to engage the deep core muscles and coordinate the breathing pattern with the two beat foot fall pattern, once learned the breathing pattern can be dropped because the sit trot is established. The canter can be simulated with certain exercises just as easily. Postural strength is a must to improve with the correct advice for riding.

This can be taught to every rider.

Pilates is simply the learning of HOW to initiate, test, train and function with core stability. The use of core stability in horse riding is more complicated than just doing Pilates based exercises.

Being a Physiotherapist and Pilates Teacher and a past elite event competitor I have the skills and knowledge to teach every rider about heir own posture and train them in Pilates Specific for Horse riders My Applied Posture Riding program has been designed to teach riders how to do their own self assessments and then fix them.

This can be taught to every rider.

Annette Willson Author of Applied Posture Riding

I have a Masters Degree in Physiotherapy and I am a Pilates teacher and I am a retired elite competitor. My Applied Posture Riding program is a teaching program specific for horse riders, now available on DVD. If you want to learn more about training your self to ride with skill and confidence then this is the program for you. A good strong core is essential for riding and must be trained out of the saddle. Go to my website and treat yourself as a rider.
Pilates Specific For Horse Riders

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Whether a charities to donate to is a household name or an innovative start-up, like any ordinary business it will need to think about its brand.

If the charity is about to be launched, a trademark search is desirable. When new ventures are begun, there is so much to do and think about that sometimes name clearance is overlooked. As a result an unlucky few receive a ‘cease and desist’ letter requiring them to stop using their name. So they have to start over with a completely new identity, new website, new business cards, new marketing materials etc.

Name clearance involves a trademark search to check whether any identical or similar and conflicting existing brands are already registered. Charities may want to also look out for similar brand names with associations that are contrary to the charity’s aims. For example, if there is an existing registration in a similar name by a tobacco company, then the charity may want to reconsider whether to use the name for its hospice for cancer patients.

Given the potential risks, it makes sense to have a trademark search before committing to a new name. Charities can ill afford costly legal proceedings or rebranding if trademark law is overlooked. Ensuring that they take steps to protect the brand at an early stage is a shrewd move to the long term security and success of the brand. So, the key for any charity is to manage brand protection at an early stage to avoid costly outlays later on.

What is registrable? Taking a short cut on marketing by adopting a descriptive name carries a risk that the name will not be trademarkable. Only distinctive brand names may be trademarked. So, in selecting names a balance needs to be found between those indicating what the charity does, and those that are unique.

One of the main reasons organisations move to using acronyms like WWF instead of the full name – World Wildlife Fund – is so as to be able to trademark what would otherwise be too descriptive a name. However, as the trademark registers get increasingly cluttered many acronyms will already be taken, and more difficult solutions may need to be found to get round the problem of the charity’s overly descriptive name.

Charities that start out with a distinctive name will have the singularity that is the hallmark of a memorable brand name. It is good practice to register the name as a trademark right at the inception of the charity’s life, as it is far easier at that stage to make name adjustments if necessary before a charity is firmly established with a particular identity.

Territorial nature of trademarks. Brands are protected in the area in which the charity registers its trademark. Initially, resources may not stretch to more than a local country trademark, but in due course as the charity becomes established, registrations in other countries in which it is active should be afforded.

Those charities with strong associations and operations in less economically developed countries – where reliance on the brand will be particularly strong – will find it more expensive to protect their because they may not be party to the Madrid system, which makes it very cost effective to file for protection in a number of countries worldwide under a single application based on a national application.

Brands matter Although a charity operates to meet a social need rather than generating a profit for its owners, brand protection is just as important for non profit organisations. The brand will communicate the charity’s message, promote its services to the market and, of course help raise funds. Trademarks are the means par excellence of protecting brands, as there is no copyright in a mere name.

As people identify the brand with the charity’s cause the goodwill generated becomes a valuable way to promote the cause. Charity brands are particularly vulnerable to unscrupulous third parties who may try to take advantage of the brand’s social purpose, special meaning and credibility, and the trust that the public place in it. So, registering a trademark is the most cost effective protection for enforcing the charity’s rights.

While names may not be top priority to start ups, the importance of them to organisations is obvious from the ferocious disputes that sometimes rage over brands. For example, for years legal battles went on between the World Wildlife Fund and the World Wrestling Federation over the WWF mark. The two organisations reached agreement in 1992, and yet ten years later the Fund sued for breach of that agreement. The two then had a dispute over domain names – specifically over WWF.com – and spent most of the 1990s opposing each other’s trademark applications in different national intellectual property offices around the world.

Ultimately the long term reward for a charity that takes a proactive approach at an early stage, is the establishment of a strong framework for protecting and enhancing its charitable objectives.

Shireen Smith is an intellectual property solicitor and technology lawyer at Azrights Solicitors providing advice on trademarks, patents and domains and domain disputes.

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