What else do you do for fun?

[Moto Fugazzi]

In the past few months, I've put more miles on my Longboard than on my motorbike. There's some really great parks in Milwaukee, and tonight my friend and I skated over 17 miles round trip.
Here's a short video of our shenanigans...
Ken

[Jukebox]

Hi Ken
Short board 6'2 been surfing since I was 10 years old.
Camping - camper trailer, on the bike - tent.
Love a sitting around a fire having a drink with friends.
56 this year and times are a changing
Enjoy

Harry

[Kev m]

I've got one teen-ager and two toddlers (2 & 5) so much of my time is spent being a family man. This time of year it means a lot of time swimming, kayaking, canoeing, paddle boarding in the lake behind our house.

I've always been a gear head and I still enjoy turning wrenches, and general involvement with motor vehicles of all kinds.

We sold the boat when we moved here but I could see another in the future when the kids are a little older.

Jenn and I met at our karate club more than a decade and a half ago. I've been training in the martial arts for about 3 decades now. Most of that and my black belts are in traditional Shotokan karate, but I've also spent time over the years training in Judo, boxing, wrestling, Tae Kwon Do, and Kenpo. When we moved states two years ago we found a new club that was largely Shotokan based but that also has wrestling, MMA, & Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu programs and mixes a lot of that back into the karate which is nice.

Jenn and I also like skiing/snowboarding, scuba diving, and basically anything else that's active, but don't get to do much of those for obvious reasons.

Living so close to hundreds of thousands of acres of state and federal land I'm thinking we'll do more hiking and paddling as the kids get older.

[Texas Turnip]

Masticate, matriculate and meditate.

I applied many years ago for a truck driving job and one of the questions was what do you do in your spare time. My college educated brother gave me the three answers I posted. And I still got the job.

Tex

[Mark Harpell]

All things car/motorcycle related, especially vintage.....i do pinstriping, painting, lettering, pencil and pen drawing, a little wood carving.....

Also play the five string banjo some and ukulele

[Mark Harpell]

Mostly like to tinker and ride motorcycles.....

[bobdar]

Have raced this vintage Formula Ford for way too long.  Takes about 1/2 my time, 2/3's of the extra money and we only race on really hot days.  Definitely not recommended.

 

[derek533]

Build and fly RC helis and planes. 

[Guzzistajohn]

Gardening and an occasional kayak fishing trip. Work leaves very little time for much more. I like to spend time with my dogs too

[John A]

I build stuff for fun

[Mark Harpell]

Have raced this vintage Formula Ford for way too long.  Takes about 1/2 my time, 2/3's of the extra money and we only race on really hot days.  Definitely not recommended.

Now THAT looks like fun.......

[ITSec]

I have to admit, I probably ride more than anything else, though it's often to places like this (when I can):



But my other real passions would have to be politics (yeah, I actually enjoy the process!) and underwater photography. Here are a few shots...

[Moto Fugazzi]

Very cool pics, ITSec!

[oldbike54]

Very cool pics, ITSec!

 Yes , very cool 

 Dusty

[Guzzistajohn]

You can post more of those underwater pics as far as I'm concerned!

[Adk.IBO]

After a ten year hiatus from boating we'll be back on the water next season. Found a used Boston Whaler we like. Pretty much restored. Only motor boats we've owned have been Boston Whalers. This will be our third.

[webmost]

I roll cigars:

[Kev m]

After a ten year hiatus from boating we'll be back on the water next season. Found a used Boston Whaler we like. Pretty much restored. Only motor boats we've owned have been Boston Whalers. This will be our third.

That's cause they're damn fine boats! 

[Adk.IBO]

That's cause they're damn fine boats! 

Yes sir! Thank you. 1st was a 20' Temptation with a 200 Yamaha (it was rated for twin 150s),  2nd was a 15' Rage (jet boat), and this is a 1981 13' w a 2003 40hp 4stroke Mercury. It will be good to do a little more than rent a party barge every couple years especially with the grandson staying with us for 6 weeks in the summer  .

[Rich A]

I've been target shooting and just started playing taiko (Japanese) drums.

Rich A

[ritratto]

I paint.

[Kev m]

I paint.

Wow...

[ITSec]

I paint.

Classic. Very nice.

[oldbike54]

 Damn , I'm surrounded by geniuses 

 Dusty
 

[ITSec]

You can post more of those underwater pics as far as I'm concerned!

OK, here's a few more...

[Kev m]

IT, should I assume you've got a serious underwater camera rig? My understanding is the biggest problem/challenge is the lighting.

For many years I used a simple Canon elph point and shoot in a basic dive case with removable light diffuser. Most of my photos just don't have sufficient light to bring out those colors. I console myself by telling myself they look more "realistic" or as relatively stark as I actually experience it in real time lol. 

Maybe I'll get better gear someday.

[lucian]

I generally find myself doing what I love, working, creating and trying to keep customers happy. Here is a small sample of some  projects. I was fortunate to have my daughter working with me one summer and she started this page for me. Unfortunately I have 40 more years worth that are in albums and I have now idea how to put them on this page,

www.davidlebelmaine .wordpress.com

[Moto Fugazzi]

I generally find myself doing what I love, working, creating and trying to keep customers happy. Here is a small sample of some  projects. I was fortunate to have my daughter working with me one summer and she started this page for me. Unfortunately I have 40 more years worth that are in albums and I have now idea how to put them on this page,

www.davidlebelmaine .wordpress.com

Very impressive! You designed and/or built everything on that website?
Ken

[ITSec]

IT, should I assume you've got a serious underwater camera rig? My understanding is the biggest problem/challenge is the lighting.

For many years I used a simple Canon elph point and shoot in a basic dive case with removable light diffuser. Most of my photos just don't have sufficient light to bring out those colors. I console myself by telling myself they look more "realistic" or as relatively stark as I actually experience it in real time lol. 

Maybe I'll get better gear someday.

Not too serious - I've been using a Sea&Sea mid-range setup with a good strobe. I selected that one because it was my first UW digital and I wanted to learn with it. I had used 35mm UW for quite a while before that, going back to about 1985. Sea&Sea has always had a nice system for adding or removing lens adapters while underwater, so I could carry macro, standard, and wide lenses and use them all on one dive. Traditional film systems had to be set up for one kind of shooting for each dive, and it's a pain to be doing macro work when that whale shark swims past.

My next UW setup is going to be an Olympus OM-D EM series body (Micro 4/3) with a wide zoom (by land standards), likely a 7-14mm (35mm equiv 14-28mm) or a 9-18 (equiv 18-36). Given that water changes the refraction by about 35%, that puts these in the range of what acts like a 18 or 21mm to 40 or 50mm on a 35mm land camera. Add an externally mountable macro adapter and a pair of strobes (hopefully that also have LED continuous lighting for movies) and I'll be set. Now, that will qualify as a 'serious' UW rig 

[Kev m]

Not too serious - I've been using a Sea&Sea mid-range setup with a good strobe. I selected that one because it was my first UW digital and I wanted to learn with it. I had used 35mm UW for quite a while before that, going back to about 1985. Sea&Sea has always had a nice system for adding or removing lens adapters while underwater, so I could carry macro, standard, and wide lenses and use them all on one dive. Traditional film systems had to be set up for one kind of shooting for each dive, and it's a pain to be doing macro work when that whale shark swims past.

My next UW setup is going to be an Olympus OM-D EM series body (Micro 4/3) with a wide zoom (by land standards), likely a 7-14mm (35mm equiv 14-28mm) or a 9-18 (equiv 18-36). Given that water changes the refraction by about 35%, that puts these in the range of what acts like a 18 or 21mm to 40 or 50mm on a 35mm land camera. Add an externally mountable macro adapter and a pair of strobes (hopefully that also have LED continuous lighting for movies) and I'll be set. Now, that will qualify as a 'serious' UW rig 

Thanks for all that.... Still more serious than what I've always used which is about the equivalent of a camera-phone (actually it couldn't hold a candle to a modern smartphone camera lol). Maybe when the kids are grown I'll upgrade.