• Fur Rondy Big Air Contest

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    What do you do to keep everyone busy and excited during the week long Fur Rondy festival?  Have a big air contest, of course!  Actually, this was pretty cool compared with the parade and sled dog sprint races, etc. that are the usual attractions for Anchorage’s annual winter festival.  Not that these attractions are not interesting, they are (they are part of Alaskana, and so should be featured), but I’m suprised this is the first year the big air event was sponsored.  Fittingly, the big air event was held on the hillside directly behind the carnival so there was a certain visual poetry seeing snowboarders and skiers hurling through the air with the backdrop of whirling carnival rides.  The event also cooincided with the fireworks which added an additional dynamic to the spectacle.   An appoximately 30 foot gap was set up riders needed to clear with a start beginning atop a 15 foot tower at the top of the hill next to the carnival to get enough speed.   Watching the riders there was just enough hill to make the gap.  Some of the skiers almost did not.  All in all a cool event I hope the Fur Rondy organizers will hold again next year.  Maybe they will build a bigger tower and make the jump  bigger and gap wider.  This is Alaska.  Enjoy the photos.
     March 2nd, 2009  phil   7 comments

    7 responses to “Fur Rondy Big Air Contest”

    • Phil - Great photos… the ones with the manlift and the falling snow are amazing! It is awesome that you were stoked on the event. Now that we know what we are up against we will defintely need a way to get more speed.

      Keep it real.

      BRT

      http://www.doomslashlove.com

    • Hey, thanks! I guess you were one of the riders? You guys killed it. I had a lot of fun shooting it, too. Definitely do it again next year! My advice: way, way bigger tower.

    • hey phil, i was a skier running in that event. the photos have great quality, and i would love to see some of the full size jpegs to forward to my sponsors, along with your contact info. would you be interested in emailing me? thanks,

      logan

    • Sure! Can you tell me what shots you are in? What are you wearing?

    • the burnt gold looking pants and a red jersey with flannel underneath it.

    • Logan

      Look at image 11 of 15. Is that you? Fits the description. It is a shot where the fireworks are going off in the frame.

    • yeah that one is me, i was checking to see if you had any more.


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