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Archive for the ‘Cycing’Nov 13, 09 Comments (0)
 Alberto Contador Good evening friends, here’s another Alberto Contador photo by popular request this evening, have to keep my bikers happy! Alberto was overheard saying “in 2007 these folks hardly knew who I was, now everyone wants autographs and photos”!! That’s the power of the Tour de France! I shot this again at the beginning of the race, he was completely surrounded by fans and seemed to be just loving it! The island now is so quiet with all the cyclists gone, it’s the calm before the storm, meaning in December the island gets hit hard with tourists from the Netherlands.
It was another day of sitting at the computer searching thru years of old pictures. I was counting the cameras I have been thru alone on this journey, four of them so far! One Nikon D-100, two D-200’s and now the D-300 is gone, I guess it’s a small price to pay for so many cool shots and like they say “anything mechanical will fail at some point”.
Sorry so short, still feel like crud, I am off to bed! Barry
Nov 9, 09 Comments (0)
 Amstel Curacao Race 2009 Good morning from rainy Curacao! By popular request this morning for more biking photos here’s another from the starting line! Many of you know these faces without me having to even list them but here they are anyways from left to right, Thor Hushovd, Frank Schleck, Mark Cavendish and Andy Schleck, Contador wasn’t here yet, he made his grand entrance seconds before the start. Saturday night Aimee and I went to the big after-party at Mambo and sat with Mark Cavendish and had him autograph a few things for us. He is a really nice guy, him and his girlfriend are here for a week and I have volunteered to take them on an island tour this week some time if they have time. Some of you may remember that Mark won six stages in the Tour de France this year, this guy is really amazing! I also met Contador and his team members yesterday and sat with them at lunch having him sign some prints I made, so those of you who asked for pictures you got them!! After he signed all my photos I asked “what can we do for you know” he replied, can you get me and my boys hooked up with some snorkel gear?, which I borrowed from the all new Animal Encounters dive shop. I said just wait here and I will be right back! So it was a fun day of walking around the beach bumping into and seeing these biking pros everywhere, this is really one of my favorite times of the year!!
Aimee is back but she is sick as a dog!! She is so short staffed that she is unable to take any sick days off. She said her time in Atlanta other than getting sick was fantastic!! She said seeing the Whale Sharks in the new Georgia Aquarium was unreal!!
I went on a bike ride last night but am still feeling a bit out of shape or maybe just tired?? I did take the dogs for a nice walk yesterday morning and finally cleaned one of the bad climbs to Jan Theil, it was so loose for the quads going up and down it! That’s it folks, sure feels like a Monday, be back tonight, Barry
Nov 7, 09 Comments (0)
 Alberto Contador Good evening friends, the winner of the 2009 Amstel Curacao Race is no other than the man himself, Alberto Contador!! Here’s the list of riders today for all my bikers out there, Alberto Contador, Andy Schleck, Frank Schleck, Thor Hushovd, Edvald Boasson Hagen, Lars Boom, Karsten Kroon, Johnny Hoogerland, Koos Moerenhout, Kenny van Hummel, Jakob Fuglsang, Jesus Hernandez, Gabriel Rasch and Brice Feillu just to name a few, not to mention all the team riders that are here as well. Contador has three other team members here and they are not even on the main list I thought that was kind of strange?? Before the race I was up front and personal at the starting line with all the big names shooting away and could only be there because of knowing the right people and it was great! I snapped this fun shot of Contador just moments before the race started, he was so calm and relaxed! I’ve been busy here at home this evening printing out 8×10’s to have the guys autograph for us. If Aimee get’s here in time tonight I have VIP tickets to the party where all the riders will be, it’s always great to shake their hands and talk to them in person, Aimee can practice her Spanish with Contador! For all our biking friends back home you have to get here for this next year!! It’s the only Pro race in the World were you the general public can race right along side with your favorite celebrity but be warned, once they drop you there’s no catching back up!! They even have three or four sprints along the route and if you win one of those that’s money in the bank! Second place today went to Thor Hushovd and third was Koos Moerenhout man were they flying! Fun day, it was again great to be part of such a wonderful event, Lions Dive Hotel always puts on quite a show!!
Aimee’s plane should be landing in the next few minutes, a friend is picking her and the other girls up so all I have to do is just sit and wait and print out more biking photos!! Sorry so short, off to play, Barry
Nov 5, 09 Comments (0)
 Barry and Contador Hi guys, what a crazy day!! I first did the responsible pet owner thing and took my four legged hounds on a great two hour hiking adventure thru the Curacao outback!! By 9:30 it was so hot and humid we were all soaked and rushed home for some cool showers and a ton of relaxing in the air-co!
At 11:30 I rushed to the Dolphin Academy because not one but all the famous Pro bikers were there swimming with the dolphins. You would have thought Tom Cruise himself was here again because of all the photographers lined up taking pictures above the bikers as they swam with the dolphins. And not just any dolphins mind you Contador got to swim with Tela and baby Pasku! As expected I dove right in with the rest of the photographers and shot away, it was great all these guys we watch on TV every year winning event after event and here they were in person, what more could you ask for?? So for those of you who don’t know this guy, his name is Alberto Contador two time winner of the Tour de France, his list of accomplishments is a mile long and to have him here for a week is wonderful. The big race is Saturday afternoon at 1:00 and I will be shooting the start so be looking for more fun pictures to come. Frank and Andy Schleck are also here and also swam with Contador today along with many others, can hardly wait for Aimee to get back. I was given ticket today as well to the VIP dinner after the race, will get some more jerseys and pictures signed, any requests??
Today on my way to DHL to send my camera back to the States I hear George Kieffer from Dolphin Academy talking on a live interview from sea via a local radio station about Sully the Whale! Turns out the Coast Guard calls George at 1:30 saying they spotted a group of Pilot Whales heading towards Puerto Mari! George, Junior and Naomi take off in the boat to Jan Theil, pick up Sully, (they opened the gate) and off they went headed west to see if they could find the pod? George said on the radio Sully was doing great following them the whole way showing no signs of getting tired but when they got to where the whales were spotted they couldn’t find them?? The last thing I heard was there was two helicopters in the air searching for the wild pod and that George was going to continue west in hopes of finding them and hopefully Sully will then go with them, so that’s all I know at this point. Crazy huh?? Talk about an adventure someone should right a book about this whole ordeal!
Well I have to take the dogs to the trail still for their evening walk, talk to you tomorrow!! Curacao regards, Barry
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