sunny

By Paulo Ribeiro in life, surf 1 Comment

Um dia gostava de fazer uma curta espectacular sobre surf, com esta música como banda sonora. A original, claro, do Bobby Hebb. Mas a performance de James Brown neste vídeo é insuperável.
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One day I would like to make a wonderful short film about surf, with this music as soundtrack. The original from Bobby Hebb, naturally. But men, this performance from James Brown is amazing!

6am leash

By Paulo Ribeiro in surf 6 Comments

Acordar às 6h da manhã para ir fazer uma surfada antes do trabalho, fazer a parte mais penosa – que é chegar ao pico – e na primeira ondinha, partir o leash é… porreiro, pá.
Pelo menos sempre deu para tirar as primeiras fotos do Vasco com a sua “Paulo Jacinto”, e as primeiras ao Paulinho a surfar em grande estilo.
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Waking up at 6AM to go surfing before going to work, swim to the peak and in the first wave, breaking the leash it’s definitely not the best way to star the day. At least I got the chance to capture the first photos of Vasco on his new “Paulo Jacinto” surfboard, and my firsts pics of Paulinho surfing in great style.

getting ready for vacations v.3

By Paulo Ribeiro in life 1 Comment

Depois de um mês a trabalhar no lançamento do site do deputado ao Parlamento Europeu, Mário David (www.mariodavid.eu); no projecto do Fixing the Future (www.fixingthefuture.eu); em pequenos acertos no Participez (www.participez.com) e a preparar o desenvolvimento de um novo projecto a ser lançado no inicio de Setembro (entre muitas outras coisas)…
Depois de um mês onde provei os piores caracóis, os piores pimentos padron e definitivamente o pior sushi alguma vez imaginado…
Está na altura de mais um período de férias. Com o gato e a gata, claro.
Espero que dê para surfar, porque depois de ver a nova prancha do Vaskinho (uma Paulo Jacinto linda que brevemente terá direito a uma photo session), tenho que melhorar o nível rapidamente.
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After a month working on the launch of the website for the European Parliament member, Mário David (www.mariodavid.eu); on the project Fixing the Future (www.fixingthefuture.org); in small updates on Participez (www.participez.com) and still getting ready the development of a new project, to be launched on September…
After a month with some of the worst gastronomical experiences: the worst snails, the worst pimentos padron and definitely the worst sushi that anyone could ever imagine…
It’s time for some more vacations.
I’m hoping to get some surf, because after seeing Vasco’s new surfboard (a Paulo Jacinto surfboard) I definitely have to get my surf going.

on the web

By Paulo Ribeiro in web 0 Comment

Rodeo Clown
Jordy Smith making surf history. An incredible move he calls Rodeo Clown. So “simple”.
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Hawaiian Surf Auction
Vintage surf auction directly from Hawaii. 17 and 18th of July. Pre registration needed.
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Apenas o fim
Brasilian movie. Geek movie. Muito nice, cara.
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The Daily Show on the New York Times
“Jason Jones visits the the New York Times’ offices to find out why the last of a dying breed prefers aged news to real news.”
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The GOP Doesn’t Understand Sex
«The first time I ever heard about oral sex was during the Lewinsky scandal. Mostly, I remember being confused by President Clinton’s response—“It depends on what the meaning of ‘is’ is.”» by Meghan McCain
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Biz Stone on a conference organized by “i” newspaper
(Nassim Taleb on the first half of the video)

porto côvo

By Paulo Ribeiro in life, surf 3 Comments

Tivémos imensa sorte. Viemos sem destino, e encontrámos um pequeno jardim à nossa espera. Parecia desenhado para nós. Lugar para as pranchas, duche para o fim do dia, churrasco… Perfeito.
O surf podia ser melhor, mas o tempo está magnífico, o que já não é mau.
Entretanto, existem relatos de caos e stress por Lisboa, mas essas são palavras sem qualquer significado em Porto Côvo.
O nosso ritmo altera-se por completo, de forma imediata.
Por vezes parece melhor, mas há sempre algo que falta.
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We left Lisbon without a destination, and we got lucky. On our first spot we found the place we were looking for. Peacefull, green, with perfect conditions for our surfboards, an outside shower, barbeque…
The surfing conditions could be better, but the weather is great, and that’s enough for now.
There are rumors of chaos and stress in Lisbon, but those are notions with no meaning over here. Our rhythm has changed instantly as we approached our destination.
Sometimes this seems better, but there are always something missing.