City of Rocks Mountain Biking
In south-east Idaho’s ranch country, City of Rocks is well known as a rock climbing destination; less known for it’s potential for mountain biking. I stopped by to look for lines on the course granite slopes. To my great pleasure, City of Rocks is ride-able. Slick rock it’s not, however. Long cross country tours are out. But this place is a secret free-ride spot with committing lines and drops, flowy but abrupt transitions, and either cactus lined run-outs or cliffs. Potential, indeed.
Shevlin Park, Central Oregon mountain biking
Rarely am I in front of the camera. But today, Angelique Valdez got some shots of me on one of my favorite trail rides in Bend — Shevlin Park loop. A fast sprint with a few rewarding climbs.
Tribal Timmy’s 6.25.10
Latest “whale tail hook” necklace and “lotus” guitar picks, all made from fossilized walrus tusk. View more Tribal Timmy pieces here.
Kirt Voreis, Enduro Down Hill
This is the third in the series of where does Kirt Voreis ride with his Specialized Enduro. Down Hill mountain biking requires skill, daring, confidence, and a bike that withstands abuse. Typically you wouldn’t downhill on the same mountain bike you trail ride with. The Enduro challenges this. Though a “big” single track bike and “small” DH bike, the Enduro rocks both worlds. From fast descents to technical corners, to big air, in the hands of Kirt, the Enduro very well defines the all mountain ride. Featured in this gallery is Kirt at the Cline Butte DH course with AllRide team rider Austin Aldrich.
Kirt Voreis, Enduro Down Hill
This is the third in the series of where does Kirt Voreis ride with his Specialized Enduro. Down Hill mountain biking requires skill, daring, confidence, and a bike that withstands abuse. Typically you wouldn’t downhill on the same mountain bike you trail ride with. The Enduro challenges this. Though a “big” single track bike and “small” DH bike, the Enduro rocks both worlds. From fast descents to technical corners, to big air, in the hands of Kirt, the Enduro very well defines the all mountain ride. Featured in this gallery is Kirt at the Cline Butte DH course with AllRide team rider Austin Aldrich.
Kirt Voreis, Enduro DH Jump Line
Second in the essay of where Kirt Voreis rides the Specialized Enduro. From single track to down hill jump lines, Kirt rides in Bend, Oregon.
Kirt Voreis, Enduro Single Track
Kirt Voreis, Specialized team rider, enjoys Bend’s single track on a 2010 Enduro
Buddha between the spokes
Find your bliss. Until you do, everything is toil and suffering. A subtle message. View images of Kirt Voreis introducing the joy of riding to Cascade Academy middle school kids here.
Peter Pan Portraits
The ballet Peter Pan was performed today, June 12, at Summit High in Bend, Oregon. Presented by Dance Velocity and Academie de Ballet Classique with photography by Paul Clark’s Black & Red Photography. For galleries and product ordering go here.
Nick, son of Merlin
Nick is an artist. He builds motorcycles, bicycles, and log homes. He shapes metal. He sculpts figures in wood. He discovers a hidden meaning below the textured surface. “Magic lays within the lines,” he tells me.
Tribal Timmy’s 6.9.10
Latest whale tale hook from Tribal Timmy’s, crafted out of fossilized walrus tusk. Artist Tim Ferguson creates jewelry pieces inspired from Hawaiian legend and Central Oregon lifestyles. His hand crafted necklaces are shaped from stone, wood, bone, and tusk. Accenting the main piece are beads from glass, lava rock, and metal, tied together with leather cordage. See more from Triabal Timmy’s collection here.
Kirt Voreis and James Reigner, AllRide, and the Phil’s Trail Head Pump Park
An artist creates from what is given. Kirt Voreis and James Regner create the path for mountain bikers to jump, pump, bank, and otherwise express themselves. What do you do with a reclaimed dirt road leading from a parking lot trail-head to a network of single track mountain biking trails? Make features, of course. More images here.
Kirt Voreis 5.24.10
Kirt Voreis called me up to do some shooting at his old rail road dirt jump course. Santa Cruz rider and Bend local Jamie Goldman was to be there as well as some of Kirt’s AllRide team. Hell ya! Unfortunately, shit happens. After a few warm up laps, some 360s, and Toboggan saddle grabs, Kirt concussed himself on a hard landing. A trip to the ER became the photo session. Kirt was joking with the hospital staff and laughing at himself. After a long career as a professional mountain bike racer Kirt understands the risks and continues to push the limits for the love of the ride. I look forward to the next session! See more photos here.
COTA’s Spring Fling Trail Building Party
Central Oregon Trail Alliance held it’s annual Spring Fling trail building party. Numerous well organized and equipped volunteers gathered in the woods on the outskirts of Bend to create the new Steve Larsen memorial trail. COTA has a grant to build 35 miles of single-track in the Wanoga complex within the next year, and is about half way there. Trail builders, under the leadership of lead builder Chris Kratsch, carved about 4 miles of trail during the few hour event, then finished the day with a BBQ and Deschutes brew at Pine Mountain Sports. COTA gathers every Wednesday at Pine Mountain Sports in the evening to build and maintain the growing network of trails in the Bend area.
Joel Sanchez/Fusion Fitness
Working out at Fusion Fitness in Bend with Joel Sanchez. More images here.
Ride of Silence
The Ride of Silence rode through the streets of Bend tonight.
“To HONOR those who have been injured or killed.
To RAISE AWARENESS that we are here.
To ask that we all SHARE THE ROAD.
THE RIDE OF SILENCE WILL NOT BE QUIET!
On May 19, 2010, at 7:00 PM, the Ride of Silence will begin in North America and roll across the globe. Cyclists will take to the roads in a silent procession to honor cyclists who have been killed or injured while cycling on public roadways.In 2003,
Chris Phelan organized the first Ride of Silence in Dallas after endurance cyclist Larry Schwartz was hit by the mirror of a passing bus and was killed.
The Ride of Silence is a free ride that asks its cyclists to ride no faster than 12 mph and remain silent during the ride. There are no sponsors and no registrationfees. The ride, which is held during National Bike Month, aims to raise the awareness of motorists, police and city officials that cyclists have a legal right to the public roadways. The ride is also a chance to show respect for those who have been killed or injured.”
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5.7.10 Bridges Senior Portrait & Variations Dance Recital
Fun day of shooting. Senior portrait for James Bridges in the afternoon. In the evening, Variations dance recital. View recital images here.
Body Building and Competition Poses
In preparation for the upcoming NPC Bill Pearl High Desert Classic body building competition, participants rehearse their poses at Fusion Fitness. See more images.
Dress Rehearsal for Variations
Dance Velocity & Academie de Ballet Classique present Variations, at the Cascade Theatrical Company. May 1st and 7th. See images of rehearsal and Saturday’s performance.
Dirt Jumping at Slalom
Some of the boys from Kirt Voreis’s All Ride team and photographer Sven Martin at the Slalom dirt jump course in Bend, www.kirtvoreis.com
Herzcoff Kennel portrait session 3.28.10
Had the pleasure of photographing formal portraits at the Herzcoff Kennel in Powell Butte, Oregon. Melissa Herz, trainer and owner of the Small Munsterlander Pointer kennel has some pretty amazing dogs in all stages of training progression.
Top Shelf: Face of Bend’s HipHop Scene
Hip, hop, you don’t stop. Music is an external beat. Beat, beat, the heart is an internal beat. How do you tell people what you feel inside, what is in your heart. Sing it, of course. Or, as Gabe Van Eikeren and Lyndon Hansen do, rap it out loud. Gabe (aka, Amsterdam) and Lyndon (aka, Middle) make up the lyric component of the Bend hip-hop group Top Shelf.
