We had hoped to be fishing by now. Spring salmon are running, the local lakes are freshly stocked with trout and walleye and smallmouth bass are biting in the Columbia River. Got all the gear ready and threw the kayak on the truck. The next day began a week of downpours and 40+ mph wind. … Read more
This time of year it can be sunny and warm one day and raining and wet the next. Slowly but surely, the mud becomes nice, firm ground and the trails are just about perfect for riding. The grass is lush and green so the local rancher let their cattle out for maximum feeding. Many of … Read more
Finally got all the editing and encoding done; the videos of the 1994 NORBA National Championships at Big Bear Lake, California are the first installment of MTB Theatre section of the WatermanAtWork.com website. These video clips are from the glory days of NORBA mountain bike racing. Tomac, Overend, Furtado, Juarez, Giove, Lopes, King and more … Read more
Last weeks snow storms have made early spring bike riding a little tough. With the trails either muddy, snowy, or both, the best bet was to get out on the road between storms. The roads have been damp with snow on the sides of the roads at the higher elevations and you had to endure … Read more
It’s been raining and snowing off and on so the trails are still really wet and muddy. Days like this; taking the road bike out is a better bang for the buck. I live in a hilly area, on top of a pretty big hill, so every ten mile ride is a pretty good workout. … Read more
It has been raining, snowing and hailing off and on for the past week or so. Yesterday I managed to sneak out in between storms and get a ride in. There is a lot of water in and on the ground, the trails were mostly wet, muddy and slippery. Water was running strong in every … Read more
Well, with my season pass for Mt. Hood Meadows in somebody’s drawer up at the resort, the snow season is over(at least here in Oregon), so it’s back on the bike. This is the rainy season here in the PacNW, so it’s only the hardcore riders that get off the couch and out the door. … Read more
Beautiful day today; sunny and cool. Headed out to the hills to ride around and see what I could see. I spent most of the day on old logging roads. The legs are in fair shape from lots of snowboarding but not quite ready for two or three thousand feet of climbing. Checked out a … Read more
For everyone involved in the potential upcoming snowboard project; it looks like either Mammoth or Bachelor, probably Mammoth. Depends on the weather and everyone’s commitments should something else come up; looks like lots of potential for south swell action. I’ll post general info here; email or call for details.
The 2009-10 snowboard season came to a sudden an unexpected end on March 18. Shortly after a couple hours shooting photos of the Revolution Tour; I was informed by the lift operator on the Cascade lift to report to the Ski Patrol at the top of the lift. When I got there; the head ski … Read more