Capturing the moments after winning Gold ..

See it here at Dragon Boat World Television - (Not sure how to embed this particular video).

2009 Prague World Dragon Boat Championships - Senior Mixed 500m Final - Capturing the moments after winning Gold. I love hearing George's voice. Not often you see a smile on my face like that. More photos here.


Crossing the Line ..


It's Official ..

Peter Dombrovskis: Photographer

His work inspired me to buy a Large Format Camera. When I went Canberra (now not as often as I did) I would go to the National Library of Australia to look at his Books. None of his books are now in print and they can only be found in libraries and the 2nd Hand Book Market. My favourite was On the Mountain.

The Sydney Morning Herald published an article last week indicating his widow, Liz, has just "sold his archive of 3000 images to the National Library of Australia".

A couple of quotes from the article follows:

"He used to get physically exhausted by the emotional effort he put into his photos,'' she says. ''Apart from the artistic composition, Peter used to say you can't take a good photograph if there's not part of you in it."

"he excelled at sweeping landscapes and intimate detail shots"


Lake Albina: Jan 2005

The Perth Doctor 2009 - Clint Robinson

Fantastic footage of Clint Robinson winning the Perth Doctor 2009 - filmed and produced by Rambo.

The Doctor - Perth, WA : 16-17th Jan 2010

The Doctor Race - 2010 - 16-17 Jan 2010 - A 28km ocean race from Rottnest Island to Hillary's Marina.

Thinking of giving it a go on an OC1. Need to talk to a few people first and workout some logistics. Definitely keen.


Whosus (picasa) - Balmoral Saturday Open Water Session (more here) - Sat 04 Apr 09 (PD's Photo Album)
OC1 - Swan River/Fremantle (Nov 2008)

Some times, just some times, Dreams do come True ..

2009 Prague World Dragon Boat Championships - Senior Mixed 500m Final

Some times, just some times, Dreams do come True - the Stars aligned for us that day.

We live on in Jenny's Afterglow - "our guiding light and inspiration."

I don’t like to lose in anything. Anything.

Lance Armstrong Rides Again Vanity Fair (9 Sep 2008) - I read this article last year on the day it was published online. The following quote helped me start to understand a lot things about Lance Armstrong, Jenny and Cancer. It finally motivated me to read It's not about the Bike, all be it 9 months later (May/June 2009) which Jenny had read just after it was published ..

'.. it is only fun if we win.' And for me, I think a lot of that stems from just the illness and the diagnosis and the process there. Because failure there is death. Loss there is death. And victory is living. Which people just assume they’re going to do. I mean, most people—cancer survivors—don’t always assume that. But I was scared. You know, from that point on, I associated loss with death. And so I didn’t. It was burned in my mind forever.

"I don’t like to lose in anything. Anything."

Mission Adrenal

Some fantastic footage of Rambo on his Pegasus off Mooloolaba (fantastic sound track on this one). You can download a 150MB HQ mp4 copy from here:

http://blip.tv/file/get/Rambooc1-MissionAdrenal383.mp4

Danny Ching au PA' A Solo '08

Danny Ching on OC1 as filmed by Outpaddin.

A must see for any budding OC1 paddler.

Va'a Paddling Tahiti

Love watching these guys paddle. They really are connected with the water as you can see from their rating lifts and changes. Learnt a lot just watching what they do. Hopefully will do this event one day.

Also, love the soundtrack - Ua fano te va'a by Trail Basis.

Afterglow - INXS - Letterman

Afterglow - INXS - Letterman
Andrew Farriss from INXS writes about Afterglow ..

"Lyrically I was looking for something that deals quite generically with the sense of loss. But not in a depressing sense. It could be about a family member, someone close, [..] it could be about loss of any kind. I really wanted to convey a recognition of coming to terms with that loss in a positive way and remembering someone with immense affection. Initially the loss makes you sad, but then you feel that glow of warmth and I think this is something everyone can relate to."

Afterglow Lyrics

Here I am,
Lost in the light of the moon,
That comes through my window.

Bathed in blue,
The walls of my memory divides,
The thorns from the roses.
It's you and the roses.

[CHORUS]
Touch me and I will follow,
In your afterglow.
Heal me from all this sorrow,
As I let you go.
I will find my way
When I see your eyes,
Now I'm living,
In your afterglow.

Here I am,
Lost in the ashes of time,
But who wants tomorrow,
In between,
Longing to hold you again,
I'm caught in your shadow.
I'm losing control.

My mind drifts away,
We only have today.

[CHORUS]
Touch me and I will follow,


In your afterglow.
Heal me from all this sorrow,
As I let you go.
I will find my way,
I will sacrifice,
'Til the blinding day,
When I see your eyes.

Now I'm living,
In your afterglow [in your afterglow].
When the veils are gone,
As I let you go,
As I let you go.

[CHORUS]
Touch me and I will follow,
In your afterglow.
Heal me from all this sorrow,
As I let you go.
I will find my way
I will sacrifice,
Now I'm living,
In your afterglow.

Bathed in blue,
The walls of my memory divides,
The thorns from the roses.
It's you who is closest.