Wisetrips Travel Blog

Inna and I visited the San Francisco Symphony to listen to the  Joshua Bell Plays Sibelius program .   Artists Conductor: Dalia Stasevska Violin: Joshua Bell Musical Program: Nautilus  [San Francisco Symphony Premiere] Anna Meredith   Jean Sibelius' Violin Concerto…

For my Tuesday, April 26th, Zoom tennis lesson with Ryan Reidy, I wanted to focus on the following tennis deficiencies in my tennis technique. The main issue Ryan explained was the incorrect grip on my racket. During serve initiation, the palm must face down to allow the elbow to swing from right to left (behind the head). Serve Deficiencies: 1. The elbow was not high enough during the serve motion. 2. Not enough lasso e…

After using my Naish 5'11" foil, I upgraded to a smaller, lighter foil. Since Boardsports California (my local shop) had a huge sale, I decided to upgrade. I purchased the board online (after some email discussion with Jesse). I selected the 5'7, 95-liter version of the board at $949 (about 40% below retail). I sold my original Naish 5'11 110-liter board on Craigslist. FEATURES 3K CARBON/WOOD CNC E…

With iwindsurf.com predicting steady winds, Alex and I drove from San Jose to Sherman Island to open our 2023 windsurfing and wing foiling season. After parking at the Sherman Island County Park, I unloaded the van and pumped up the Duotone 4.0m SLS Wing with the Naish Hover 110GS board (using the Armstrong 1850cm foil). The wind was gusting to 22 knots, and it felt very windy. A few windsurfers and wing foilers were out on small …

Inna and I were fortunate to dog-sit a Bernie-doodle named Teddy for one week. We enjoyed playing with Teddy and going out for daily walks. He never barks and is very affectionate and playful.