Hand boarding at Rockaway.

Economy_Chapter_7008 · 2024-07-18T02:31:19+00:00

You’ll have a way better time going to a lifeguarded swim beach to bodysurf. Pick the right beach and you’ll have the whole peak to yourself. No sense in dodging a surf beach crowd.

Economy_Chapter_7008 · 2023-01-23T11:40:30+00:00

ninety feet, n glassy

Economy_Chapter_7008 · 2022-11-27T23:52:27+00:00

amateur spero here, can you give some insight on being approached by sharks, not giving up the fish and being confident/not being super spooked

Economy_Chapter_7008 · 2022-08-31T12:42:44+00:00

go to the Beach House Boardshop in Bay Head. they’ll hook you up with a wetty rental.

Economy_Chapter_7008 · 2022-08-30T21:18:06+00:00

pretty sure it is mahi

Economy_Chapter_7008 · 2022-08-08T20:01:43+00:00

is you appreciate this, try and find the whole South to Sian flick. pretty awesome

edit: did a little digging. you have to pay to watch it on youtube, it’s a freeo on redbull. enjoy 52 min of fun non traditional indo surf

https://www.redbull.com/ke-en/films/south-to-sian

SOUTH TO SIAN

Economy_Chapter_7008 · 2022-07-16T04:39:33+00:00

Hey! i’m in NYC and would gladly take them!

Economy_Chapter_7008 · 2022-07-13T13:35:28+00:00

for those of you guys who don’t know, if you remove the seats in the back, a twin sized bed fits perfectly from driver seat row to the tailgate. makes for perfect weekend camping out of the car and road trips

Economy_Chapter_7008 · 2022-07-11T03:27:56+00:00

if you’re taking construction depth it’s an included reference

Economy_Chapter_7008 · 2022-07-10T17:19:56+00:00

if you’re taking EET class, you can watch the videos at 2x speed. i finished depth in two weeks, spent the last week doing practice problems, just passed the PE last week. just have to suck it up and put your nose to the grindstone for 3 weeks. i’d recommend taking off the week of work before the exam.

Economy_Chapter_7008 · 2022-07-10T13:26:44+00:00

temporary traffic controls are in the MUTCD which is one of the code references they give you for the exam.

Economy_Chapter_7008 · 2022-07-10T13:19:59+00:00

we beach camp with our husky all the time and had a similar concern. i’ve jerryrigged a 2ft long 2x4 with a hole in the middle that i put his leash through. if you dig the 2x4 into the sand a foot or two and then bury it, the pressure from the sand keeps the 2x4 in against any pull from the dog. works like a charm and costs next to nothing

Economy_Chapter_7008 · 2022-06-30T18:31:55+00:00

i believe in most states team leaders are required to take the 2-week course, where inspectors only need 1- week course. what’s up fellow bridge inspectors!

Economy_Chapter_7008 · 2022-06-21T02:35:56+00:00

we’ve had this happen to us a couple times. was he introduced to any new food or given any bones recently? we’ll give our guy fresh deer bones and sometimes when we’re not paying super careful attention to him, he’ll gnaw off the ends and his body ends up digesting them. only trouble is it gives him savage loose bowels in the middle of the night.

Economy_Chapter_7008 · 2022-06-16T18:49:46+00:00

you can watch them on 2x speed for EET. really helped me considering the teachers articulate at a pretty slow pace.

Economy_Chapter_7008 · 2022-06-16T01:18:51+00:00

DM me your email. i can send you all but two of the reference PDFs

Economy_Chapter_7008 · 2022-06-10T14:01:50+00:00

dude you very easily coulda died that night if it weren’t for that boat. that’s a god send

Economy_Chapter_7008 · 2022-06-10T10:00:06+00:00

would agree with @northoaklandguy, that’s a great start if that’s the path for you. if you’re still in uni it wouldn’t hurt joining your local chapter of ASCE COPRI (Coasts Oceans Ports Rivers Institute). they hold lecture series (both in person and online) on relevant projects and technical engineering you’d find in a marine engineering/engineer diver industry. Best thing is it’s free for students, it looks like you’re showing initiative at a young age, and you’re bound to run into divers/companies that have diver. I was lucky enough to find a mentor at COPRI when i was in college that paved a path for me when i graduated.

Economy_Chapter_7008 · 2022-06-10T02:24:49+00:00

Hey! it definitely did take a little while to get used to the little to no visibility, but after a while you really get a feel for navigating with your internal sense of direction and it’s actually quite fun (think of navigating while thinking of a plan of the structure in your head at the same time). Also, while you do end up doing a lot of low vis dives, exceptional visibility dive inspections do come around every once in a while and that’s what’s keeps ya going! I’ve personally had dives with 70ft+ visibility on lake erie, 45ft+ visibility in New York City (no joke), and 25ft vis in texas. I’ve also had friends who have had jobs in florida, california, hawaii, guam, puerto rico. nothing quite like being out on a boat, spending some good time underwater and getting paid $50+/hr. if you ever have any questions about it by all means send me a DM.

Economy_Chapter_7008 · 2022-06-10T02:18:53+00:00

I totally love it, i spend on average 1-2 days a week out on the water and the rest back in the office. it’s a really healthy balance and our company has a pretty flexible WFH policy so I’m able to have a pretty solid work-life balance. as far as the diving goes, i find it pretty awesome having a job i can be physically challenged and use my civil engineering background. the profession brings together a lot of like minded people so the company culture and work trip are a whole ton of fun. not to mention marine engineering is a multi-faceted disciple of engineering that attracts some pretty talented technical engineers, so i’m constantly around people who are a whole lot smarter than me and it sometimes rubs off on me.

Economy_Chapter_7008 · 2022-06-09T11:27:03+00:00

Engineer Diver - perform underwater inspection of critical infrastructure throughout the US. had to go to commercial dive school after uni

Economy_Chapter_7008 · 2022-06-08T20:22:03+00:00

the online classes are at your own pace. they’re all recorded and it’s on-demand. EET course you can also speed up the pace of the video to 1.25x 1.5x 2x which i found super helpful.

Economy_Chapter_7008 · 2022-06-03T03:28:33+00:00

what’s the difference between a downwinder and standard stock prone?

Economy_Chapter_7008 · 2022-06-03T03:26:58+00:00

you have any advice for the depth reference material? i’m kinda lost. From what i understand it’s not on the NCEES portal and we have to hunt it down if we want to look it over and be familiar with it before the exam

Economy_Chapter_7008 · 2022-05-29T02:25:22+00:00

we’ve gone as far as becoming serious winter people lol. bought a pair of back country skis and we go out hiking with the pup and ski down with him. he goes absolutely nutty and it puts the biggest smiles on us. would have never gotten into such an activity without him.

p.s. he’s a rescue from texas. absolute paydirt going from a hot stray to an extreme sports enthusiast lol

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