Saturday, September 28, 2002
Blowing Snow
Copper Mountain Colorado already started blowing snow. We plan to train there starting Oct 20th for 4 days before heading to Solden Austria for the FIS World Cup. We will return to Copper for more training on the 9th of November.
Friday, September 27, 2002
The Pete's in the GP
Pete Wagner and I had a great ride in the Gifford Pinchot today. My first one since I broke my ribs. Click HERE to see more photos
Thursday, September 26, 2002
Alex The Pool Boy has a new hit video.
Check it out. 1.5 mb Quicktime Movie.
Wednesday, September 25, 2002
More on the Nigerian 419 Scam.
Woman falls for Nigerian scam, steals $2.1m from law firm. A fool and her bosses’ money are soon parted [The Register]
Hunter S
Nick Smith informed me that Hunter S. Thompson has resumed his Football column, “Hey Rube". Nick says “it’s the only good thing about the Football season”. The column appears each Monday on the page 2 section of ESPN.com.
Tuesday, September 24, 2002
The boys are back from Chile (except for Anton) and the surf was great.
Photos coutesy of Chris Klug.
Monday, September 23, 2002
Some random web stuff:
The Ellen Feiss phenomenon, is a funny one to check out.
Below are some funny links to people scamming the scammers in the Nigerian 419 scam.
http://www.haxial.com/fraud/mikeaba.html
http://www.buddyweiserman.com/
Thursday, September 19, 2002
The FISH can fish.
Andy “The Fish” Fisher and I took the drift boat down the Klickitat for some steelheading today. I had a story about one that got away, and he caught this 34” monster pig. Click Here to see a bigger version of the photo.
New Honda 250's
Honda announced two new 4 stroke 250’s for 2004 (availability Fall - Dec 2003) the CRF 250R and the CRF250X (pictured here) No spec’s on weight yet, but they sure look nice.
Wednesday, September 18, 2002
Sports Tech
Shadowing the Perfect Golf Swing. Golfers looking to improve their swing can step into a new teaching aid that superimposes a virtual pro over their live image to show them where to alter their technique. By Louise Knapp. [Wired News]
The company in the article above has developed some cool coaching technology for Golf. We use video software from a company called Dartfish that works on a similar principle. It allows us to superimpose the image of one rider over the other. It also allows us to put together what are called Stromotions (see the Stromotion photo of Anton from last winter).
