Learn how to do a s-bend with Flysurfer teamrider Mathias Wichmann. Kite surfing or kiteboarding is a hybrid sport combining kite sailing and wakeboarding in open water. It's a high endurance sport that uses your whole core to keep you flying high on the surf.
Learn how to do a kiteloop-handlepass with Flysurfer teamrider Mathias Wichmann. Kite surfing or kiteboarding is a hybrid sport combining kite sailing and wakeboarding in open water. It's a high endurance sport that uses your whole core to keep you flying high on the surf.
Learn how to do a 313 with Flysurfer teamrider Mathias Wichmann. Kite surfing or kiteboarding is a hybrid sport combining kite sailing and wakeboarding in open water. It's a high endurance sport that uses your whole core to keep you flying high on the surf.
Starting with a boom, this tutorial shows the transition from submerged to standing. Use your butt as a third point of balance. Keep your knees over your feet and keep your ankles locked.
Here's a quick drink for you to enjoy while watching the election coverage - next up, a cocktail for McCain! You need blue curacao, orange juice, grapefruit, soda water, Maker's Mark bourbon and you've got the Barack Obama election cocktail. Garnish with lime.
If soap is so good for you, why does it leave behind that icky, gooey scum? Get rid of the gunk! Learn how to remove soap scum from your shower or bathtub.
A dishwasher makes clean up much easier, especially if you load it properly. Putting each item in correctly will help the water and suds do the dirty work for you. Make sure to scrape off all food before loading your dirty dishes. These housekeeping tips will help you properly load your dishwasher.
A short how to video on how to perform a safe stream crossing or ford using trekking poles when ultralight backpacking. Hiking or trail running often involves crossing or fording rivers and streams. Make sure you cross the water properly so that you don't get caught in a current or injured on rocks.
If your system keeps filling up and won't shut off, you will probably need to switch out your toilet's float valve. Make sure to turn off the water before making any plumbing repairs! Watch this video home improvememnt tutorial and learn how to replace the float valve in a toilet tank.
Cracks in your shower, if left untreated, can wreak untold water damage. Fortunately, this video tutorial presents an easy-to-follow guide to resealing a shower stall using silicone. For detailed, step-by-step instructions, and to get started repairing your own shower, watch this handy home DIY video tutorial.
Despite your best efforts, do your paintbrushes always end up too stiff to reuse? Keep them forever with these cleaning tips. You will need water, a clean rag, a paintbrush comb, a clean container, liquid fabric softener, a rubber band, and a ruler. Watch this video interior design tutorial and learn how to clean latex paint off paintbrushes.
Watch this instructional painting video to draw a roaring tiger with India ink and water color on Chinese rice paper. This fluid style of painting takes lot of practice and does not allow for mistakes. Every brush stroke counts. Get out some newsprint to practice painting these ferocious tigers.
A mouse in the house? Why not? Pet mice are cute, easy to care for, and fun to watch. You will need a wire cage or ten-gallon glass aquarium, aspen shavings, paper, or hay, rodent food, a water bottle, untreated wood blocks, paper towels, toys, an exercise wheel, and of course, a pet mouse. Find out how to care for a pet mouse by watching this video animal care tutorial.
This noodle soup "PHO" is easy to make at home, and it is sure to please. You will need beef, vinegar, onion, pho spice seasoning, rice noodles, and water. Watch this video cooking tutorial and learn how to make pho Vietnamese noodle soup from Thai chef Kai.
Good news for egg lovers: You don't need a drop of oil or butter for this preparation, which makes poaching one of the healthiest ways to put a protein powerhouse on your plate. You will need water, a skillet, white or cider vinegar, a stove top, an egg, a small bowl, a slotted spoon, and a kitchen towel. Watch this video cooking tutorial and learn how to make a poached egg.
Deep-fried bananas are good for snacks between meal time. These Thai treats calm down the violence of hunger, and eliminates the tensions of the day. For this recipe, you will need coconut milk, rice flour, tapioca flour, salt, sugar, water, sesame seeds, and banana or even sweet potatoes. Watch this video cooking tutorial and learn how to make kluay kaek, deep-fried bananas, from Thai chef Kai.
Chicken doesn't have to be a boring dinner. This Thai recipe is so tasty and flavorful. For this dish, you will need chicken, sugar, soy sauce, water, cornstarch, carrot, celery, bell pepper, onion, and cooking oil. Watch this video cooking tutorial and learn how to prepare sweet and sour chicken with Thai chef Kai.
We have all woken up in the middle of the night with leg cramps, but what can you do to prevent them? In this how to video Pharmacologist Joe Graedon show you home remedies for nighttime leg cramps. Use tonic water, a bar of soap, baking soda, Pedialyte, pickle juice, or yellow mustard to help ease nasty leg cramps.
Watch this fashion design tutorial video to learn how to tie dye your clothes. This how-to video features very detailed instructions that make tie dyeing easy for even first timers. The tips in this how-to video will help you tie dye ilike a pro in no time. All you need is dye, soda ash, a bucket of water, a fork, rubber bands, gloves, saran wrap, and paper towels.
The rocket stove, invented by Dr. Larry Winiarski, was developed to require much less cooking fuel than a traditional stove. The rocket stove also emits less dangerously, as most of the energy burned turns into heat. To build this rocket stove, you will need sheet metal or a 5 litre metal can, clay, water, sawdust, a wooden mold, a clay brick, vermiculite or perlite, and cement. Learn how to build a rocket stove by watching this video tutorial.
You want the water to push the pills so that is why you tilt your head forward with pills that float and backwards with pills that sink.
Learn how to build a turtle raft to attract water turtles for sun bathing. Pull in an old raft and rebuild it to withstand continuous use for the next couple of years. Turtles use it almost immediately. This is nature watching made simple! The turtles using this raft are Eastern Painted and Red-Eared Sliders.
Watch as Manjula prepares Indian pakora. This bread makes a delicious appetizer or finger food. For this recipe you will need:
Flashback Max ties the Egg-Sucking Leech. With some simple marabou and some steady hands, you'll be sucking those fish out of the waters like Jesus himself.
Forget the Chinese take out tonight, make your own soup at home. Watch this how to video tutorial as professional Thai chef Kai shows you how to cook up a Chinese wonton soup from scratch. This Chinese soup is great for a cold winter day.
Onion water makes invisible ink. The drawing becomes visible when it is heated. Use this as inspiration for one of your April Fools Day pranks!
Quarters are nice and silvery. What if they looked like a big penny? This video shows you how to electroplate metal objects, using just a battery, some copper salt, copper metal, two wires, and a quarter.
A 20$ bill is dipped into a solution of water and isopropyl alcohol. It is then ignited and the bill bursts into flames but the bill does not actually burn.....well most of it anyway.
This video will show you how to keep shrimp alive for live bait fishing. Fishing with live bait is a great technique.
Here are some camping and party tips for you would-be burners out there. Be prepared for some serious excitement around the water truck.
If you're ever stranded alone with your special someone and you remembered everything but the matches, this how-to video should help. It will show you how you can make fire using just a condom and some water. Watch this video survival training tutorial and learn how to start a fire with a condom.
"Preparing Pomegranates" Video Food Tip of the WeekPreparing pomegranates can be a pain. All those arils (that's the delicious, juicy part that covers the seed) squirt on your clothes while the papery white pith sticks to your fingers -- and everything else. Save yourself some hassle by prying open pomegranates over a bowl of water. The heavy arils will sink to the bottom while the pith and the spongy skin of the fruit will float -- making it easy to skim them off the surface.
Warm and crusty, this French bread is perfect for a baguette, or enjoy it with your favorite toppings and spreads. For this recipe you will need: water, kosher salt, yeast, unbleached flour, cornmeal and eggs.
It is important that your mortar is not cracked so that animals and insects cannot get in. Also, it can prevent water damage and mold. Greg Lim, a professional handyman and residential property manager, shows you a do-it-yourself method for fixing your brick wall by applying mortar.
Satisfy your sweet tooth with a batch of yummy peanut brittle. This crunchy candy uses just a handful of ingredients and is a cinch to make. You will need water, sugar, roasted peanuts, corn syrup, peanut butter, butter, salt, parchment paper, and baking soda.
Frustrated with your shower's water pressure or leakage? Replace your shower head and make the necessary repairs to make it work more effectively.
In this tutorial, we learn how to cook your green beans so they keep their color. The secret ingredient you can add to your boiling water while cooking your green beans is ice! This will help the green and yellow colors from appearing in your green beans! It will keep the color a beautiful green and not mix in any other colors. To start, put enough water to cover the green beans in a saute pan and then heat it up, put in the green beans and as you cook them add in ice cubes. When finished, ad...
In this video, we learn how to make iodine easily. You will need potassium iodine and sulfuric acid to make this. First, add the acid into the potassium iodine slowly. After you add in each part, swirl the beaker slowly so it gets mixed together. After you have added in all of the potassium, you will place this into a beaker filled with ice water while you add in more, because the mixture gets really hot. When finished, you will end up with a mixture that is iodine and nothing else. Fill with...
In this tutorial we learn how to cook a low country shrimp boil. To make this, you will need: corn on the cob, cut up sausage, 3 lbs shrimp, Old Bay shrimp and crab boil, and a large boiler. First, get the water in the boiler heated up so that it's boiling. After this, add in the sausage and cook it for ten minutes. Then, add in the corn and cook for 10 minutes. After this, add in the shrimp and the seasoning to the water. When this is finished cooking, you will be ready to serve! Eat this an...
In this tutorial, we learn how to make your very own moon shine. You will first need to take some sugar and mix it with some water. After these are combined, add in yeast to this mixture along with cinnamon and additional water. After this, you will need to pump some CO2 into the mixture and seal it tightly. Now, store this in a warm and dry place for 10 days without disturbing it. When finished, you will strain this mixture out and place into a pot with a pipe coming out of it. Once this is ...