Search found 364 matches
- Fri Feb 01, 2013 9:23 pm
- Forum: Short Stories...
- Topic: Books from Phil Curtiss
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4524
- Wed Feb 01, 2012 3:22 pm
- Forum: Contests...
- Topic: KSUSA 2012 Kneeboard Surfing Titles and Kneeboard Festival
- Replies: 106
- Views: 77884
- Tue Dec 27, 2011 7:44 am
- Forum: Legends...
- Topic: Sean Collins 2011
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3120
Sean Collins 2011
I don,t if you,ve heard but you will soon. My brother in law Sean Collins has passed on. He had a fatal heart attack while playing tennis yesterday. I hope their is a prayer in your life for his family. He will be sorely missed here.
- Wed Jul 06, 2011 4:10 pm
- Forum: Video Clips...
- Topic: Congratulations to Barry & Jody Baker
- Replies: 26
- Views: 5247
- Fri Jul 01, 2011 7:08 am
- Forum: Short Stories...
- Topic: Phil Curtis update
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3804
final one and my favorite: Rocking Under the Mutaba Tree Bemba proverb: umunwe umo tausala nda* As I walked onto the grounds, I noticed that the young man in front of me carried a pint-sized version of a car battery, and I wondered. Very few people were around for the service…..I figured that (a) th...
- Fri Jul 01, 2011 7:07 am
- Forum: Short Stories...
- Topic: Phil Curtis update
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3804
2 more The Borehole Bemba proverb: Ameenshi, emweo* The first few times I tried this, I overloaded the bike…..thought it might break. With two five-gallon jerrycans filled with water and strapped to either side of the rear tire like saddlebags, the tire flattened nearly to its rim and the rack acros...
- Fri Jul 01, 2011 7:06 am
- Forum: Short Stories...
- Topic: Phil Curtis update
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3804
again; Samfya Road I rode alongside the Zambian equivalent of Lance Armstrong the other day. There I was, going along at some speed with my spiffy multi-geared, shock-absorbed mountain bike, when I came up behind a young guy pedaling along on his single-speed with a huge bag of cornmeal and a young ...
- Fri Jul 01, 2011 7:04 am
- Forum: Short Stories...
- Topic: Phil Curtis update
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3804
2nd of five
there is more: Insoka (Can They Climb Walls?) Bemba proverbs: Ilyashi iya nsaka, musenda cipuba* Munshebwa, aile nama shinshi kubuko** “He was just coming to greet you” This said by Ba Mumba, with a huge smile and a laugh, to explain why I had come face to face with a 4-5 foot long spitting cobra in...
- Fri Jul 01, 2011 7:02 am
- Forum: Short Stories...
- Topic: Phil Curtis update
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3804
Phil Curtis update
These are fantastic stories and even though they,re not about knee boarding it is a fascinating read. Imbabula Challenged Bemba proverb: Mukutu ali eka, taikulula* …..never thought I’d be scoping out the backs of pit toilets for broken off pieces of “bad air” exit pipe. They’re perfect, though, if y...
- Tue Jun 07, 2011 7:48 pm
- Forum: Health matters...
- Topic: Mutiny injured.
- Replies: 84
- Views: 38079
- Mon Jun 06, 2011 5:56 am
- Forum: Miscellaneous Kneeboard Surfing ...
- Topic: tom backer injured this morning....
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1786
- Sun Apr 17, 2011 7:20 am
- Forum: Short Stories...
- Topic: Phil Curtis peace corp update
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4781
- Sat Apr 16, 2011 6:03 pm
- Forum: Short Stories...
- Topic: Phil Curtis peace corp update
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4781
And again
Ilinso ne Icisa (The Eye of the Fetus) Site announcement day was awaited with some anticipation. This was the day we would each find out where we would be spending two years of our lives in Zambia. Be...
- Sat Apr 16, 2011 6:01 pm
- Forum: Short Stories...
- Topic: Phil Curtis peace corp update
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4781
Phil Curtis update
Another addition to Phils encounters Off the Grid I’ve got this thing…..paid 20 bucks for it on eshopper.com (or whatever). It’s a box with a solar panel on top and will charge AA, AAA, C, D, and other batteries just by setting it out in the ...
- Fri Apr 01, 2011 7:44 am
- Forum: Short Stories...
- Topic: Phil Curtis peace corp update
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4781
and another
And a further accounts Bashikulu Man, it's a maze in here. Let's see now. After leaving the boma, I turn left onto the wide trail just past the last structure, follow it through the small plots of head-high corn, sweet potatoes and plowed ground until I see the mango trees just ahead. Then I pedal l...