function getRSS(xml) {
      var newH = document.createElement("h2");
      $(newH).addClass("ne").text("news");
		$('.news').append(newH);
		$(xml).find('item:lt(1)').each(function(){
				var itemTitle=document.createElement('h2');
				$(itemTitle).addClass('title');
				var title = $(this).find('title:first').text();
				$(itemTitle).html( title );
				$('.news').append(itemTitle);
				var thisDD=document.createElement('div');
				$(thisDD).addClass('article');
				thisDD.innerHTML = $(this).find('*').map(function(){if(this.nodeName.match(/description/)){return $(this).text()}}).get();
				$('.news').append(thisDD);
				
			});
			$(".news br, .news div:empty").remove();
			$(".news div").css({
			      marginBottom: "15px"
			   });
			$(".news a").attr("href", "#").click(function(){});
			$('.news img').each(function(){
			         $(this).attr("style", "");
			         $(this).width(150).css({
			               float: "left",
			               margin: "5px 20px 20px 0"
			            });
			   });
		};
		
function pics(count, source) {
			for (i=0; i< count; i++){
					var n = i+1;
					var src = '<img src="http://www.spiraresurfboards.com/images/'+source+'/thumbs/'+n+'.jpg" rel="'+ n +'" style="display:none" />';
					var bigPic = '<img src="http://www.spiraresurfboards.com/images/'+source+'/'+n+'.jpg" rel="'+ n +'" />';
					$("#thumbs").append(src);
					$("#scratch").append(bigPic);
				}
getPics();
			var thePics = $("#thumbs img");
			$(thePics).click(function(){
					if ($(this).hasClass("open")) {
					} else {
						$(".open").removeClass("open");
						$(this).addClass("open");
						var ech = $(this).attr("rel");
						var pinct = "http://www.spiraresurfboards.com/images/"+source+"/"+ech+".jpg";
						$(".mainPic").fadeOut(250, function(){
								$(this).attr("src", pinct)
							},  "easeInQuad").fadeIn(250,  "easeOutQuad");
			
						}
						
					});		};
		
				
function getPics() {
			var thumbs =  $('#thumbs img');
			$(thumbs).hide();
			var tlen = thumbs.length;
			for (i=0; i<tlen; i++) {
				var x = i*330;
				setTimeout('showPic('+i+')', x);
			}
		}
function showPic(i) {
			$('#thumbs img:eq('+i+')').fadeIn(1500);
		}
 function boardNav() {
		$("a.boardNav").mouseover(function(){
					var thisAlt = $(this).attr("alt");
					$(".mainPic").hide();
					$(".mainPic[@alt='"+thisAlt+"']").show()
				});
		}
		
function		aboutNav() {
		      $(".subTopic:gt(0)").hide();
		      $(".aboutNav").click(function(){
		            if ($(this).hasClass("current") ) {
		            
		            } else {
		               $(".current").removeClass('current');
		               $(this).addClass('current');
		               var tN = $(this).attr('name');
		               $("div.subTopic").slideUp(500, "easeInQuad")
		               $("div.subTopic[@id='"+tN+"']").slideDown(500, "easeInQuad");
		                    return false;
		               
		            }
		         });
		   }
		
<!--
// copyright Nick jaquith

function emailChecker() {
	var emailAddy = $('#emailAddy').val();
	$('#emailAddy').css({background:'#F65766'});
	$('#emailAddy').parent().siblings('.error').show().html(emailAddy + ' is not a <b>valid</b> email address');
	$('#emailAddy').parent().siblings('.errorBox').show().addClass('bad').removeClass('good');
	}

function echeck(str) {

		var at="@"
		var dot="."
		var lat=str.indexOf(at)
		var lstr=str.length
		var ldot=str.indexOf(dot)
		if (str.indexOf(at)==-1){
		emailChecker()
		   return false
		}
		if (str.indexOf(at)==-1 || str.indexOf(at)==0 || str.indexOf(at)==lstr){
		emailChecker()
		   return false
		}
		if (str.indexOf(dot)==-1 || str.indexOf(dot)==0 || str.indexOf(dot)==lstr){
		emailChecker()
		    return false
		}
		 if (str.indexOf(at,(lat+1))!=-1){
		emailChecker()
		    return false
		 }
		 if (str.substring(lat-1,lat)==dot || str.substring(lat+1,lat+2)==dot){
		emailChecker()
		    return false
		 }
		 if (str.indexOf(dot,(lat+2))==-1){
		emailChecker()
		    return false
		 }
		 if (str.indexOf(" ")!=-1){
		emailChecker()
		    return false
		 }
 		 return true					
	}



function doForms() {
	$("#taForm").show()
	//$('.error').hide();
	//$('.errorBox').each(function(){
		//	if ($(this).hasClass('bad')){
			//	$(this).show();
		//	} else {
		//		$(this).hide();
		//	}
	//	});
	$('.error').each(function(){
			if ($(this).hasClass('bad')){
				$(this).show();
			} else {
				$(this).hide();
			}
		});
	$('.required').blur(function(){
		var thisValue = $(this).val();
		var title = $(this).attr('name');
		if (thisValue == false) {
		$(this).css({background:'#F65766'});
		$(this).parent().siblings('.error').show().html('please enter your ' + title);
		$(this).parent().siblings('.errorBox').show().addClass('bad');

		
		//$(this).focus();
		} else {
		$(this).css({background:' #F4F5FF'});
		$(this).parent().siblings('.error').hide().html('');
		$(this).parent().siblings('.errorBox').hide().addClass('good').removeClass('bad');
		//$(this).parent().siblings('.error').html('');
		}
		});
	$('.required').focus(function(){
		$(this).css({background:' #F4F5FF'});
		$(this).parent().siblings('.error').hide().html('');
		$(this).parent().siblings('.errorBox').hide().addClass('good').removeClass('bad');
		//$(this).parent().siblings('.error').html('');
		});
	$('#emailAddy').blur(function(){
		 var emailID=document.getElementById('emailAddy');
	
		if ((emailID.value==null)||(emailID.value=="")){
		$(this).css({background:'#F65766'});
		$(this).parent().siblings('.error').show().html('please enter your email address');
		$(this).parent().siblings('.errorBox').show().addClass('bad').removeClass('good');
		//alert("Please Enter your Email ID")
		//emailID.focus();
		return false
		}
		if (echeck(emailID.value)==false){
		//emailID.value=""
		//emailID.focus();
		return false
		}
		return true
		});
	
	
	
	};
	
function post() {
	var name = $('input[@name="name"]').val();
	var email = $('input[@name="email"]').val();
	var msg = $('textarea[@name="message"]').val().split("\n").join("<br />");
	var phone = $('input[@name="phone"]').val();
	if ( (name == "") || (email == "") || (msg == "") ) {
		$('.required').blur();
		$('#emailAddy').blur();
		//alert('You have not entered all of the required information. Please go back and check that everything is in order.')
	} else { 
		var dataString = "name=" + name + "&phone=" + phone + "&email=" + email + "&msg=" + escape(msg);
		$.ajax({
		   type: "POST",
		   url: "contact.php",
		   data: dataString,
		   success: function(msg){
		   	if (msg != 0) {
				$("#taForm").slideUp(250, function(){
					$("#taForm").html('<h2>Thank you.<br /> Kevin will respond as soon as possible.</h2><p>An email has been sent to <b>'+email+'</b> for confirmation.</p>');
					setTimeout("$('#taForm').slideDown(250)", 143);
				});
			} else {
				$('.required').blur();
				$('#emailAddy').blur();
			}
			
		   }
		 });
	}

}