All posts by Raymond Hess

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Stingray Shuffle

Stingrays are all over the beaches.  This species of fish are a rounded shape with a small, long tail, with a sharp barb attached at the base of the tail.  This fish camoflauges into its environment to hide from predators.  Its defense against predators is the sharp barb attached at the base of the tail.  If you step on these fish, they use their barb and tail to defend themselves. Continue reading Stingray Shuffle

Hypothermia

Every year the gulf reaches temperatures that can cause hypothermia.  What happens when your body’s core temperature drops is your body will prepare for a potentially fatal situation.  It will allocate it’s resources to mantain life for as long as possible. You know this is occurring when two primary things happen. Continue reading Hypothermia

Surfboard Repairs

Here is the damage.  This board got in a fight with a bigger, thicker board.  The bigger thicker rail made contact with this rail while in motion, at a high speed.  The bigger board created more damage than this board created.  Therefore the bigger board won.

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