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With the Corvette progressing further and further along, little details that didn't matter before are starting to stand out in contrast to the excellent work elsewhere. These little details are both annoying and enticing, as they stick in stark contrast to the excellent features, but are tasks I can easily handle. Most recently, with the latest 383 build in the corvette along with the engine bay painted and tidied up... it occured to me that the cheap rubber fuel line and tin fuel filter jangling around just wasn't cutting it.

2015/2016 was based primarily around the front suspension and some other chasis aspects. 2017 was based around wrapping up the rear suspension and chasis, getting big tires, and fixing the sloppy work done on the front (note to self: Stick to Carl's Alignment here in Vancouver for quality work).

Sunset Falls

Per the encouragmenet of a friend, I ponied up the funds for a last minute entry into the ACA Instructor training. I'd been wanting to do it for some time, but was concerned some local politics might play a factor into things (I can't get to level X because some ones homie is level Y and the comparison blah blah blah), and then had monetary concerns. The timing wound up perfect though. I had the free time, I had the funds, and my local politics concerns had quelled. I decided to sign up and go for it.

The new Jackson Kayak Antix seemed like a promising boat when I first saw it. I'm a big fan of Jackson and paddle their boats pretty much exclusively. Their outfitting works, a lot of their designs work for me... they are just my goto. When the Antix came out, I was immeditely impressed by all the footage showing people getting vertical on the tail with relative ease. I regularly paddle a Jackson Rockstar, and am fairly decent in it. I can get vertical and stay there, stern squirt in and out of eddies mid-rapid, surf it, wave wheel it... you name it.