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Hi.

So I have the materials for the board.

Next, I made a template out of steel sheets that I would put the melted plastic into.

Once that was done, I compressed the plastic with a 12-ton jack to get the air bubbles out.

Then take the rough board out of the template and shape it.

After that, I have to cut the slots for the hand straps.

Then I put it into a different template to form the concave bottom to the board.

Then I have to polish and glue the top deck on.

Only the hand straps to sow and install and I have a Hand Board ready to use.

This was the first board I made. I have come a long way since then.

Keep you updated.

This is filling you in on what it's all about.

For quite some time I have been wanting to make my own hand boards.

For those that aren't sure what I'm talking about, a hand board is like a very small surfboard that you put on one hand.
You then catch the waves and use the hand board to glide along the face of the wave.
This can be done without a hand board but you lose the speed and control of where you want to be on the wave.

Back to my board, the main challenge has been, what materials do I use?
Fibreglass was always an option and wood was a far off second best.
The whole time this was happening, I was assisting Shanan Atkins in her research on Humpback Dolphins in Richards Bay (https://www.dolphins.org.za/) and spending time surfing whenever I could.
Slowly but surely bodysurfing became my prefered mode of transport on the waves. The hardboard I had then was already a veteran and I was looking to upgrade it.

Plastic is and will always be a danger to our sea life and there needs to be a way to prevent it from getting to our waters.
That's when I had my "AHA" moment.

If we can't stop plastic from getting to our waters, let's recycle the plastic into hand boards and take the recycled plastic to the water.

Talk about killing two birds with one stone, please note no animals were injured or harmed in any way when saying this.

What I meant was that I now had a material to make my hand boards from and we would keep the beach cleaner because we collected the plastic.

That's it for now. will keep you informed as to what happened next in the next post.

Humpback Dolphin Research Humpback dolphins are endangered, threatened by shark nets at Richards Bay, South Africa. Conservation research is being conducted to stop the dolphin deaths. Visitors can help by searching for dolphins in live footage from a video camera.

So I have been away from the PC for a while so what. I have been making hand boards for body surfing. Stay tuned and I will fill you in on what it is all about. Not going to put photos up just yet.

Hi,
That is another year of trading we can mark down to experience.
I finished the year on a high of 45.24% in the green. I can not say it was easy.

I’m looking forward to the next year and what challenges it brings. One of my goals will be to improve my selection of trades.

I would like to thank the people that copied me last year. Please feel free to ask me if you need some help.

My total has increased to42.57%
for the year

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Still winning more than I am losing.

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Small wins add up to big gains in the end. For those friends that are interested in trading, follow me and start learning what you need to do to trade on line.

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Hi,
This is a video about the basics of a candlestick used in trading.

https://youtu.be/TnDc9V2JtIc

Soon we will be going to set up a virtual account and slowly go through how to look for trading opportunities.
You will have virtual money to work with. If you can select the amount of virtual money, try selecting an amount closest to what you would be trading with on a live account.
The reason you do this is so that you get a real feel for the amount of money you are making or losing.
If you can’t change it, it’s not a problem. When making a trade only use an amount of virtual money would use on a live account.

There are going to be thousands of questions when you see the site. Just relax and breath. You will get to use most of it at some stage but not yet.

There is another site you must go to that will help you when selecting trades.
Go to https://www.google.com/finance
Once it has opened, type GOOG in the search box.
Then select:
Alphabet Inc Class C

You will now be looking at a graph of Google. Try changing the time period on the graph to a year. At this stage don’t worry about all the rest of the information on this page.

What you want to look at is where the graph starts and where it ends.
You want the graph to start low at the beginning of the year and slowly move high towards the end of the year.
You can see the effects of the pandemic around the end of March 2020
You will use this page to check other stocks and there progress over a year when deciding if its a stock to follow or not. I think that’s enough info for now.

Next, we will log into a site and set up the virtual account. Don’t miss it.

Right, I said I was going to talk to you about candlesticks.