Images in words
In 2009 there will be a new possibility to learn from mE some tricks to take photos. In the week between the 11th and the 19th of July I will be at Steineggerhof in South Tirol for 2 days of lessons. Language: German. Check it here!
What to do while you are waiting for the skiable snow? I went riding with Rob J, yesterday. We started from my place, climbed up 600 vertical meters and found ourselves in the melting snow. It was melting so fast that in the forest was really pouring. Take a look to this photo to see what I mean. It was a beautiful ride.
You can find my Portes Du Soleil shots in Bike Magazine December issue (US), the Sardina photos in Mountain Bike Action issue (US) and 14 pages about Sicily in Velo Vert (F) of November.
Changing subject: thanks to Tibor Simai for finding a ticket for me to the Metallica show in Munich!! Now I am listening a lot at the “Arctic Monkeys“. Great band and a sick sound.
1. It’s time for a serious change in a country governed by very old men (over 70): Italy. How can a prime minister be so ridicolous like this? Stupid white man.
2. It’s time to start thinking why India is growing up so powerful. That’s a great country with great people that work hard. You pay? You get service. In Germany you pay and you get back shit.
I’m desperately looking for a ticket to the Metallica show in Munich, 6th May 2009. I cannot believe that all tickets have been sold in 30 minutes on the online sell point.
What a great surprise here in Sicily (where I am now): great riding and even better photo locations. Have a look at this. Yesterday we have ben riding down Etna, the highest european volcano. In two days we will be in a small island south of Sicily with some good riding terrain for some completely different shots. Stay tuned!
The nice thing about mountainbiking is that there are locals nearly everywhere. I found their precious help many times in the Alps, then in Canada, in Sardinia, in Norway, even in the Philippines. Now it’s Sicily time. We can’t go to Bolivia, so we organized a one-week trip to Sicily. The program looks sick. We are going on the top of Etna and then to a small island with lots of singletracks. I think we can take a swim, normally after summertime the water stays warm for a long time. I started the season in Sardinia and (if there are no cancelled flights) will end it up in Sicily. Sweeeeet.
Right now I should be on an airplane to La Paz, Bolivia. Unfortunately two days ago American Airlines cancelled all flights from Miami to La Paz - the only direct flight between North America an Bolivia. They say ist because of the political situation, I don’ know, it sounds like the usual overreaction of the US when a government is not on its side. So here we are, hoping the situation will get better soon. I hope we can go to Bolivia after the rain season. Shit.
Here I am back to the blog. I haven’t been writing for a long time. This summertime is super busy, I have been travelling a lot and when I’ve been home I had lots to do, especially spend some time with my family. Going away from my son (and my wife, obviously) breaks my heart every time. At the end of the month I will go to Bolivia with Rob J and Mauro Franzi for a shooting, thanks to Canyon for making this possible. After that I hope I will have some more time to take a break and go on holiday: I need it!