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Been going through some changes and I gotta admit this blog has taken a bit of a back seat. I was originally planning on retooling the site to support and host a business idea I have…. sadly though life and work in general have consumed the bulk of my time, keeping me from this. I dont want this blog to be about work, nor do I want it to be my emotional vent spot… I have a blogs for those specific reasons already!!

So what is to become of this here The Flipside?? Who knows, I’m getting up to alsorts of new things these days and they’re all prooving to be rather interesting. I might just fill the site with my adventures or discoveries. Tales of surfing and learning the world of surfboards, waves and wetsuits…. or howz about following my discoveries into the world of film and story telling for film. I wouldn’t mind directing a film one day and I guess its not to far from possibility, so getting into story and film is perfect training for that!!

In the meantime life goes on, and when does it ever stop really! We’re nearly at the end of a year and it was only may that I last posted on this blog, may that I had a great business idea, may that I was filled with ideas of escaping my current industry, living off the new business and finally getting back to being my own boss like I was back in my feelance design days. Here I sit though writing a blog that basically talks of staying in the same industry for another good 5 years… I have no intentions in directing a film until I am 30 at least and that’s well, two years away!! Wow scary thought….

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4 Reasons to Try Slacklining

Glad you asked :)

Wikipedia describes slacklining as, ‘…a balance sport that uses nylon webbing tensioned between two anchor points. Slacklining is distinct from tightrope walking in that the line is not held rigidly taut (although it is still under some tension); it is instead dynamic, stretching and bouncing like a long and narrow trampoline’

This is a pretty accurate description really! Very technically correct, but there is so much more to it!

Fitness
Its a great for full body fitness, utilising multiple muscle groups all at once. It works your legs, core, back muscles and even your arms as you are constantly moving every part of your body to remain balanced on the line. Often these movements are ever so subtle short bursts of muscle control.

Social
Slacklining is an incredibly social sport! Its something to be done whilst out with friends at a picnic, or take it along with you to the kids birthday party. It gets people connected and gets them active! I have a regular group that meets on sunday afternoons, picnic blankets, guitars, drinks & food its all there… simply so we can all get together to slackline

Entertaining
It sure is… what could be more fun than challenging friends to balance against you on the same line, learning new tricks, laughing at your mates when they battle the first few times to stay on the line. Its all about fun, and it sure delivers.

Addictive
Every person I have ever mentioned slacklining to gives me this funny look and wonders what it is… when you tell them its like tightrope walking they get just a little cautious of you! LOL! But the minute you convince them to come on out one day and give it a try, they never look back! Its totally addictive and I am yet to hear of someone who has not fallen in love with it on the first try!

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Weekends Slacklining

spent a good few hours on the slackline today! so much fun :) on Twitpic

Its been great spending more and more time, on the slackline. Its become my sunday afternoon ritual. Find a park, beach, or just hit the regular park… grab some chips and drinks on the way and jam on the slackline for a few hours.

Its even grown into a bigger event now with @suekieza and @animatedabi being constant regulars with @suekieza even buying her own slackline. Friends have also started joining in and instead of just being purely a slacklining session its has become a great afternoon out with friends playing thier guitars and everyone just chilling on picnic blankets. What more could you want from a lazy sunday afternoon.

I have definitely noticed an increase in my fitness levels. My legs & core muscles feeling more strengthened every time. Every new trick or maneuver asks something new from a different muscle group… the tricks I am beginning to try now are starting to work my arms which is really exciting!

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Listening, Writing, Living, Surfing

You gotta hate it… when you’re in the mood to write but for some reason you’re brain is just blank. Thats me tonight I’m afraid! Quite comfortable in bed with the new Jamiroquai Album – Rock Dust Light Star and loving every minute of it. It feels rather weird to be cruising around my flat with my big Sony Earphones on plugged into my CD-Walkman! Lol, yes I have not ripped it to mp3 to go on the iPod… its actually quite amazing how much better the sound quality is coming off the CD, sorta makes me wanna pull out all the old CDs (oh wait, I left them all in Joburg when I moved to CT :p) I actually kinda enjoy it when I’m back in Joburg raiding the old CD cabinet and pumping some of my more old school CDs. Lately though, I have been having a major urge to buy myself a sweet little old school record player and buying a few LPs this Jamiroquai album is available on Vinyl… that along with a strobe light lol! Yeeehaaa!!

So last week wednesday I ‘celebrated’ two years of life in CT. I still can’t believe everything that has happened to me in that time. Yes I cant believe I am still here but that aside its been a relatively upwardly positive experience. As I was telling a friend recently life is not to be lived feeling numb & nothing. Even during your worst breakup (yes admittedly it was totally crap) at least you’re alive you’re feeling something weather it be good or bad! So even through the lows of my life in CT, I suppose they old changed me for the better… I am a better person now than I was 2 years ago, probably a little bit more naughty but hey why not! All you CT peeps, don’t get too excited…. *cough cough* my ‘Reasons to not live in CT List’ is still very much a work in progress! LOL!

Having breakfast at Knead on Sunday, I was watching all the surfers cruising in and out of the water and I think the surfing bug got under my skin just a little. A few years back now (2007) I did a few surf lessons whilst here on holiday and I really enjoyed it… so considering that I live minutes from the beach I think its time to smashing few more sessions in the water with some slightly smaller boards… as much as a 6’5″ guy needs a 9′ board its just a little to big for my liking… thinking of having a go on maybe a 6′ board if such a thing even exists lol! I think the visual of me on a smaller board however would just be ridiculous! Its time to get myself plugged into the surfing community so I know when the good days are! Like they say, ‘when in rome…..’

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Relationships Hurting Others?!

Spending a weekend sickly in bed seriously sucks!! :’(

It did however give me quite a bit of time… just thinking and wondering if it is weird of me to actively shy away from relationships… You see, I have seen in my own life and past relationships, the damaging affects they have.

Obviously I am a little biased, being single means that all my past relationships have failed or ended in someway or another and some would call that jaded… Call it what ever you want, I hardly feel up to hurting someone else, by putting them through the heart break that I know some of my ex’s have experienced let alone what I assume they experienced. Breakups are all rough… sure! I somehow battle to just reconcile the returns verse rewards?

I enjoy the single life and the freedom is affords me, obviously I miss the intimacy, and connection relationships allow you to have with another person whilst dating.

Its a very pessimistic view point I suppose… assuming that a relationship will fail, and that I will hurt the other person. The question is… Is this the norm… or am I the only one?

I definitely know quite a few guys and gals who don’t spend much time wondering about the results of their actions, maybe its those few who do think this way that are still single?!

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