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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>In light of our recent discussion of lubrication, check out the first minute of this video:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>----- <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU><br><a href="http://www.zapiks.com/the-coolest-dog-in-the-world.html" target="_blank">http://www.zapiks.com/the-coolest-dog-in-the-world.html</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU>A very thin laminar flow of water trapped beneath the skimboard and the sand creates a nearly frictionless interface, which allows the boarder to do something that looks impossible. A good rider can skim fifty meters or more, and if you have the right kind of board, you can spin it around, do tricks and so forth.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>This brings back fond memories of riding a skimboard on the beach in my misspent youth. In my teenage years, I had access to an excellent place for this, Cocoa Beach. In some ways riding a skim board is more fun than riding a surfboard: you get more rides in a given length of time, you don’t spend as much time paddling out, you have less risk of hitting a swimmer, more physically challenging, better exercise, and on the Florida east coast, the waves are seldom any good anyway because it is too far inside a big continental shelf. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Besides that, I never was worth a damn at surfing, but I was good on a skimboard, better than anyone I knew because I understood something important: the skimboard works best when there is almost no water left. If the water is about half a centimeter depth or less, you go like there is no friction at all, and the spectators go wild. Plenty of them are from New Joisey and have never seen anyone ride a skimboard. It’s a hoot! They even laugh with a funny accent.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>spike<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>