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Competitors No. 39 & 40 for the 65th Annual UK Coach Rally in Blackpool, parked up on the promenade in front of the Blackpool Tower
Plaxton Supremes from Gibbons Coaches & Bibby's of Ingleton
Competitors in the 2014 Canterbury Secondary Schools athletics championships held at Rawhiti Domain.
model: Emily Carey
strobist info: SB-900 camera left, shoot-through umbrella, triggered with PocketWizards (miniTT1 w/AC3 & Flex TT5s).
Post-processing done with Capture NX2 (w/Color Efex Pro 3), and Photoshop CS5.
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Competitors thermalling on the final Task (5) day out west of Mt Borah. The lift was weak, so the gaggles were tight at times, especially after Task windows opened.
On Tuesday I took the day off of work to photograph the 2012 Florida Firefighter Games - Mountain Biking competition, which was held at the Santos Trails in Belleview, Florida.
This event is held annually and rotates it's location within the state of Florida and features a wide variety of sports, of which mountain biking is just one of many. Firefighters, active and retired, come from all over the state to participate in this friendly, yet high level effort, competition to vie for gold, silver, and bronze medals in numerous categories (Open, 30+, 40+, 50+, 60+, Clydesdale, Women, and 1st Timers) for the individual event. The racers had to complete 2 laps of the varied terrain 6+ mile course. There was also a Team Relay race, where groups of firefighters rode individual laps (8 total laps, which were a bit shorter in miles) for their own set of medals.
I have attended these firefighter races for many years - on the state, national, and international level - with Tom. Sometimes I simply cheered him on and handed out nutrition and fluid in the feed zone; sometimes I photographed the event; sometimes I served as referee/timer. Regardless of the role that I played, I always did it with pride, as these guys and gals are heroes in my book!
In this image, of course, I chose to feature my "sherpa", my best friend, and of course, my personal hero. Tom raced in the "Open" category, which is there for anyone who doesn't want to be dictated to any specific age or gender in the race. Tom was victorious as the Gold Medal Winner in that race and took the Bronze Medal in overall time.
Guess the old guy still has it! :-). Not bad for a 2001 World Police & Fire Games Master "A" Gold Medalist in the Cross Country Mountain Biking event. Yep, he's AWESOME!
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While in San Diego on a recent visit, I came across the San Diego Lawn Bowling Club at Balboa Park. It looked to be such a civilized affair that I couldn't resist a few shots. Lawn bowling has been a tradition at Balboa Park since 1932.
And, I couldn't help but notice the number of flowers blooming on trees and bushes even though it is November!
WorldSkills 2022, Bern, 21.10.2022,
Phinyo Wataphai (Thailand)
Foto&Copyright: SwissSkills / Tatjana Schnalzger
By Pfc. Lee Jae-gwang
CAMP RED CLOUD – Although the weather was gloomy and cold, competitors heated up the Schoonover Bowl as they eagerly and quickly worked to finish the six tasks of the second annual Warrior Country Strong Women and Men Challenge April 21.
Nineteen competitors came out to have their physical abilities challenged. A dozen men and one woman competed individually, while three two-man teams squared off against one another in the team competition.
Six events made up the Strong Women and Men competition: tire flip, farmer’s walk, dumbbell lifts, rope pull, truck pull-and-push, and the medicine ball throw.
Contestants were awarded points on their performance in each event.
The goal of each event was to finish the task as fast as they could, because they were going against the clock and not head-to-head, said Richard Sanchez, sports director for U.S. Army Garrison Casey.
Competitors had to flip a truck tire end-over-end for 20 yards. In the Farmer’s Walk they had to carry two 45-pound barbell plates 200 yards. Competitors had the option of either pushing or pulling a one-ton truck for 50 yards.
For the remaining three events, the men and women had to move various weights. For the dumbbell lift the men had to raise a series of five dumbbells that ranged in weight from 130 to 150 pounds.
The lifts had to be from the ground to platforms that varied in height from 12 to 40 inches.
The women’s dumbbells ranged from 50 to 75 pounds.
In the rope pull, the men had to pull a 45-pound weight on a rope 50 yards, while the women had a 25-pound weight on the end of theirs.
The medicine ball throw had men and women bending over backwards. The men had to throw a 35-pound ball backward over their head for distance while the lone female in the challenge had to heave a 15-pound ball.
“The most challenging event was the medicine ball throw,” said Preston Edmonson, 55th Military Police Company, 2nd Infantry Division, who took first place with 52 out of 60 points. “You gotta find the right angle and use throwing skills that you are not familiar with.”
While the weather provided a spring shower and winds for most of the event, the competitors did not let it dampen their enthusiasm as they shouted encouragement to each other.
Last year’s challenge only had four competitors, three men, one woman, and no teams. Sanchez sees this year’s turnout as an improvement and thinks more people will show up next year.