Magazine articles by Joel Kilby

 

AMC 360 Easy Ignition Upgrade
Off-Road.com - August, 2008

I got my 1988 Jeep Wagoneer in a well-used condition. However, she was rust free and ran well enough to drive home. Whenever I pick up a used rig like this, I like to go through it and get some of the basic maintenance done. That usually clears up any minor issues that come from neglect and/or high miles. It also gives me a good baseline for what has been done, and when it needs to be done next.     ...read more

 

Wakeboarding: X Games Fun for the Whole Family
Carolina Sports Link - July, 2005

Back in the mid 1980's a San Diego surfer named Tony Finn gave a name to something that had served as a mild amusement on days when the waves were flat. Finn and his buddies would pull a modified surfboard waterski style behind their boats in an effort to find fun on the water however they could. He wasn't the first to pull a surfboard behind a boat for kicks. But he was the first to name it. He called it SKURFING. And by borrowing the fundamentals of water skiing, foot straps from windsurfing, and - of course - a board from surfing, Finn's skurfing idea ended up as the grandfather of what we now call wakeboarding.     ...read more