Kite training, trail runs, dollar showers, waterfall rappel, shooting, editing, planning, problem solving with software issues, hearing some bad news, uploading images to Aurora, dropping my co-pilot off at the airport, planning a surf-style bachelor party in SoCal, sleeping under the stars, sleeping in a city, driving, hanging out with an old friend, making random and not so random connections, the Apple store, being interviewed, learning new technology and upgrading.

            All in a week’s work.

            I’m not sure where my personal life ends and my work life begins, but I like it that way.  When I first sat down to type this, I actually thought I had a boring week, but I really didn’t.  A lot happened this week, even if I wasn’t on some ridiculous trip in some crazy location.

            Crazy, for me, is being on the other end of an interview.  I am used to being the journalist, so answering questions about myself and my pursuits showed me what it must have been like for all of the people I have interviewed and photographed over the years.  It was very humbling.  If you would like to read the interview, go to:

http://www.worldkayak.com/article_wk.cfm?newsid=862

            My answer to one of the questions made me think a bit about my past and my adolescent life spent wakeboarding.  It made me think about good friends and great memories.  Then I realized that I had the perfect way to pay tribute to my friends and the time we all spent together. 

Last fall, as part of a project to test some online storytelling software, I rounded everyone up for a day of hanging out and riding.  I photographed the day and got my buddy to record sound bites.  We took portraits and everyone donated some old pictures for the cause.  I put the project to together, but I never made it public as part of the agreement for testing the program.

Well now it is.  Check out the link to get a look at how one sport shaped one group of friends.  Be sure to click on the four icons within the collage to get a deeper understanding about how our lives came together through wakeboarding.

http://www.vuvox.com/collage/detail/0c921dae6

Enjoy it guys!  Can't wait to ride with you all again.