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  • Fall Protection: Only Titan
    Safety is always a chief concern in construction. Fall protection is used whenever a person has to work 5 or more feet off of the ground, as stated by OSHA Standards. A fall protection device is essentially a harness, which is strapped around an employee's body and secured by a lanyard to a secure place on a permanent structure. It takes some doing to put on the harness. Initially, an employee must grab the harness by the metal ring located on the back, where one end of the lanyard is connected, and hold it at waist height. Tangled ends must be straightened before the harness is stepped into and the shoulder straps secured. The chest strap must then be secured, followed by the individual leg straps. When finished, the loose end of the lanyard can be connected to either one of the lower hip rings on your sides.
  • Flying High With a Skateboarding Ramp
    Sooner or later, everyone who rides a skateboard, bike or inline skates has to try a skateboarding ramp. So many cool skateboarding tricks can be performed on a ramp, and it is not too difficult to build one at home. Having a ramp at home lets you practice your skateboarding moves in peace and quiet. After all, who wants to take a lot of beginners' wipe outs in public? With some plywood, a few pieces of 2" by 4", and the proper tools, you can build your own skateboarding ramp at home.
  • Skateboarding: Awe Inpsiring Tricks
    Nosegrind, noseslide, 360, Ollie, kickflip-these all sound like factors the NTSB might attribute to airplane crashes. In reality, these are some of the many tricks practiced by high-flying skateboarders in their quest for air. The more daring the trick, the higher the risk. Watching pros take to the skies it is hard not to imagine how much thrilling it must be to launch yourself into the air, reconnecting with your board on the way back down.
  • Skateboarding Shoes Help Develop Mad Skills
    Skateboarding in the United States has arrived. Skateboard parks are cropping up all over the country. There are magazines dedicated to skateboarding, and riders show off their skills in competitions. Skateboarding does not require a great amount of high tech equipment or the participation of an entire team of people. It is just you and your board. The sport can be hazardous, however. A smart skateboarder should wear protective gear to prevent or minimize injury. Knee and elbow pads and a sturdy helmet are obvious equipment, but the skateboarding shoes you wear can make a big difference, too. Good skateboarding shoes not only give you protection, they can improve your riding as well. There are some specially made skateboarding shoes you might want to try, or you could just follow these guidelines and choose a pair that meet all the standards.
  • Cycling Shorts: Give Riders An Edge
    The Tour de France, considered by many to be the height of cycling races, has a colorful history. It actually resulted from a fight-a lawsuit between two French magazines over title rights. The loser. L'Auto, decided to do something big to generate publicity and subscriptions and landed upon the idea of a grueling race with a sizable purse for the champion. This first Tour de France in 1903 was a great success for them-subscriptions multiplied. It was not too shabby for the sport of bike racing, either!
  • Skateboards Have Evolved with the Sport
    From their birth years, the vast majority of males seem to be programmed to love anything with wheels on it. Road graders, garbage trucks, race cars-if it rolls it's fascinating. No small wonder then, that of the 18.5 million skateboarders on the planet, 74% of them are males! The first kid who attached wheels to a plank and launched himself down the street could not have imagined what he started.
  • Bike Shorts: 21st Century Comfort
    "Get a bicycle. You will not regret it-if you live." Mark Twain
  • Gunsmithing Classes Can Lead To Exciting Careers
    Thousands of people would count themselves gun enthusiasts. They collect modern guns or weapons from a certain era and attend antique and modern firearms clubs. Their blood races when they see an excellent example of gun craftsmanship, and they feverishly pursue specific firearms for their collections. For all their numbers, however, not all that many have enrolled in gunsmithing training or thought about turning their love of firearms into a marketable skill.
  • Streamline Your Silhouette With Bicycle Clothes
    Biking is fun. If you ride for pleasure, or for competition, biking provides a wonderful overall workout that gets you into the fresh air. Though cycling has been a staple of transportation for many decades, it has only recently experienced the level of attention and participation it enjoys today. In the United States, a great deal of that popularity can be attributed to Lance Armstrong. He has helped cycling's astronomical rise and the new popularity of bicycle clothes. Professional cyclists need the sheerest advantages that only scientifically engineered materials can afford, but casual cyclists are also interested in bicycle clothes, and for good reason. Bicycle clothes are extremely comfortable.
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