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Volcano Boarding at Nicaragua's Cerro Negro

 

[Boarders receive instructions on how to balance, steer, and control speed on the slope, which is 41 degrees at its steepest.]

[A boarder is pushed off. Before settling on a sled made of plywood reinforced with metal and augmented with Formica under the seat, Big Hostel tested boogie boards, mattresses, and even a minibar fridge.]

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[With pebbles and dust flying everywhere, the ride is bumpy and the noise deafening. The whole run only takes a few minutes to descend.]

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[Near the bottom, a rider who fell off his board decided to try finishing his run standing.]

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More? 

Read Laura Siciliano-Rosen's first person account of her experience volcano boarding at Cerro Negro in Nicaragua, which appeared in the April 19, 2009 New York Times Travel section and featured the photos above.

Blog Platforms

Wrote Manuel Moreale:

I started compiling this list last year as part of a simple blog post.

I decided to give it a better structure to make it easier for people to browse it.

A few notes on how this page is structured:The order of the list is randomized every time the cache is flushed on my server.

None of these services have paid to be included in the list.

None of the links are affiliate links.

I excluded generic CMS on purpose.

This is a list of tools that have blogging as their primary goal.

I had no idea there were so many: I've only heard of 8 of the 42 listed.

Short-sided Ruler

From the website:

This minimalist ruler has gotten the short end of the stick, but its elegant beauty is not short-sighted.

• 15cm x 3.4cm

• Acrylic

$10.