03-01-2009, 10:05 PM
Titan ! Wrote:Potty, I got there wayyyyyy to Fing early on Saturday, I ended up waiting too long for the peeweesto start and got bored and left, so today I waited for the intermediates to go, and the crowd was just too big to budge through so I tried to get some shots from behind the back stop, which was a great place to shoot, until one of the competitors crashedand went over the back, and missed me and my cmaera by about an inch. Then I switchedto the side with the hot tubs, and that was okay, but again I got bored waiting and the sun was going down so I left....
I gotta say it was pretty darn cool having a snowboard contest, and a live rock concert in a parking lot in the middle of downtown G R.
There was a great spot behind the backstop, where there was a bench that let you shoot right over top of that orange plastic fence. Bummer was that when I was down there, I wasn't the only person to realize that.
Sounds like a hair-raising moment with the near miss! When I was there on Saturday a skier just destroyed a photag who was able to get up close with his press pass. Came down off the rail nearest the tub deck and - BAM!