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Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Frozen Toes






When it is the middle of summer, a 100 degrees and my brain is frying. There is not even a whisper of wind and the sun is burning everything to a crisp, withered stalk I need to remember days like Monday in December.
Seventy five degrees, a nice breeze blowing and my toes are freezing even with a 5 mil wetsuit on. That is when I actually get to go ride my kite board.
I saw this from a slightly different perspective since my buddy Guy Witherspoon was shooting and I was the one getting the frozen toes and dizzy from all the spinning.

Sunday, December 19, 2010

Beautiful end of the Day




I spent the day at a football stadium and hardly even watched the game, and not because of all the plastic bouncing around me. I was editing other peoples pictures. But I finished the day having a beer with old friends in the parking lot of the stadium after the game and got to watch a gorgeous winter sunset over the home of Superbowl XLV.

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

THe Really Fast Guys





Now I am trying to keep up with the really fast guys on snow, wow they are fast. Blisteringly fast regardless of weather and I did not know that you called sliding on ice skiing. I always considered that skating and you used a puck that you swatted with a stick, but I guess that is not on a 40 degree slope either.
  Having watched the FIS World Cup racers on the Birds of Prey course in Beaver Creek, never again will I say I go fast on skis.