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What’s Your Solar Potential?

There are two great sites we found for helping you determine not only your homes potential for solar panels, but for the costs as well. RoofRay.com uses google maps to help you determine the size of your roof and it’s potential for saving on your energy costs. After typing in your address and pinpointing your [...]

Reduce Your Carbon Emissions, Get Paid

I think every reasonable person would like to reduce their carbon emissions, right?  Aside from the fact that is should make you feel good, reducing your energy consumption reduces your bills and puts more money in your pocket, right? That’s just what a new website intents to do by awarding consumers credits for their reductions [...]

Team Amsoil Offshore Beats Endurance Record, Another 1st

The AMSOIL Offshore Racing Team set the Official Endurance Record sanctioned by OSS in 2008 in the Cat Lite Class from Miami, Florida to Bimini, Bahamas and back. This year, the team returned with a mission of defending and beating its own record in the 106 mile long race. On Friday, June 12th, Team AMSOIL [...]

Flexible Plastic Recycling, A Job Too Big?

Picture from Earth911.com Last year a wonderful thing happened in our community,  a local waste management (garbage) company added a flexible plastic recycling bin to one of their recycling stations (a service our local curbside recycling does not support). A station which already contained the typical recycling bins: mixed paper and cardboard, metal and plastic [...]

ROVs, Minimum Trail Impact

Over the past few years a majority of the powersports industry has been in decline. The Utility Terrain Vehicle (UTV) or side-by-side, or now Recreational Off-Highway Vehicles (ROV) market has grown and remained consistent. That being said, there are plenty more drivers out there who must be conscious about the lands they’re using. Our friends [...]

Tread Lightly! Keeps Equestrian Conversation in Mind

In an effort to help equestrians and all outdoor enthusiasts protect their trail access on public lands, while also helping avoid conflict amongst trail users, Tread Lightly! has formed a strategic alliance with Equestrian Land Conservation Resource (ELCR). The alliance was formed because access to healthy public lands and waters for the enjoyment of responsible [...]

Team Amsoil Offshore Wins in Ocean City

Team AMSOIL attended the OPA season opener in Ocean City, Maryland which is the first race of the Geico Triple Crown series. Saturday testing required several setup changes including switching gear ratios to accommodate the rough conditions of the Atlantic Ocean. After some severe weather, the conditions on Sunday were even rougher, presenting challenging conditions [...]

Team Amsoil Offshore Dominates in Lake Cumberland

  The AMSOIL Offshore Racing Team led both of its races from start to finish in the fierce OSS Cat Lite competition in both Cat Lite heats held at Lake Cumberland, KY on Sunday, May 10th. The Team AMSOIL 368 Skater was re-fitted with new Mercury 525 EFI engines and components just prior to the [...]

Biokleen: Cross Country Albuquerque to Dallas, Part 2

Part 2 of 2: Texas is a land of cattle, horses and armadillos. The armadillo is a fascinating creature to visitors from the north. They first foraged into Texas across the Rio Grande from Mexico in the 1800’s. Armadillo is Spanish for “Little Armored One”. There are 20 species of armadillos which are distinguished by [...]

Biokleen: Cross Country Albuquerque to Dallas, Part 1

The Biokleen Team, our favorite biodegradable cleaning products, has been out on the road over the past few weeks attending pokerruns and charity fundraising events with the Bio-Kleen offshore boat. They’ve documented some interesting facts along the way and have been kind enough to share Part 1 of 2: We first traveled into Albuquerque, NM [...]