Santa Barbara May 2-4, 2008

Saturday afternoon, starting a 5 hour ride along the bluffs north of Santa Barbara. From far to near: Jess, Hans, Beau.

nobody@smugmug.com (Nathan Hoover) — Mon, 05 May 2008 18:04:11 -0700

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Saturday afternoon, starting a 5 hour ride along the bluffs north of Santa Barbara. From far to near: Jess, Hans, Beau.

Hans riding down by the beach

nobody@smugmug.com (Nathan Hoover) — Mon, 05 May 2008 18:04:43 -0700

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Hans riding down by the beach

Beau on the sand

nobody@smugmug.com (Nathan Hoover) — Mon, 05 May 2008 18:05:17 -0700

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Beau on the sand

He was the only one who made it all the way to the hard sand

nobody@smugmug.com (Nathan Hoover) — Mon, 05 May 2008 18:05:44 -0700

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He was the only one who made it all the way to the hard sand

Beau and Jess playing on some fun little hills

nobody@smugmug.com (Nathan Hoover) — Mon, 05 May 2008 18:06:25 -0700

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Beau and Jess playing on some fun little hills

This one was deceptively hard. Beau has no choice but to pull the ejection lever.

nobody@smugmug.com (Nathan Hoover) — Mon, 05 May 2008 17:29:27 -0700

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This one was deceptively hard. Beau has no choice but to pull the ejection lever.

Beau helping out a biker who couldn't get his bike back up the hill

nobody@smugmug.com (Nathan Hoover) — Mon, 05 May 2008 17:30:17 -0700

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Beau helping out a biker who couldn't get his bike back up the hill

Jess going down

nobody@smugmug.com (Nathan Hoover) — Mon, 05 May 2008 17:30:58 -0700

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Jess going down

Beau

nobody@smugmug.com (Nathan Hoover) — Mon, 05 May 2008 17:31:41 -0700

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Beau

Beau again

nobody@smugmug.com (Nathan Hoover) — Mon, 05 May 2008 17:32:21 -0700

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Beau again

Jess

nobody@smugmug.com (Nathan Hoover) — Mon, 05 May 2008 17:33:05 -0700

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Jess

Hans

nobody@smugmug.com (Nathan Hoover) — Mon, 05 May 2008 17:33:50 -0700

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Hans

[Video] Beau demonstrating the way to maintain momentum. (125mm cranks - a little harder than it looks)

nobody@smugmug.com (Nathan Hoover) — Mon, 05 May 2008 17:27:47 -0700

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[Video] Beau demonstrating the way to maintain momentum. (125mm cranks - a little harder than it looks)

[Video] Going the other way

nobody@smugmug.com (Nathan Hoover) — Mon, 05 May 2008 17:18:36 -0700

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[Video] Going the other way

[Video] Down the face

nobody@smugmug.com (Nathan Hoover) — Mon, 05 May 2008 17:22:08 -0700

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[Video] Down the face

[Video] Beau following Jess down a great trail we found. Shooting while riding the bumps proved to be too much though.

nobody@smugmug.com (Nathan Hoover) — Mon, 05 May 2008 19:00:36 -0700

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[Video] Beau following Jess down a great trail we found. Shooting while riding the bumps proved to be too much though.

[Video] This time they make it all the way

nobody@smugmug.com (Nathan Hoover) — Mon, 05 May 2008 19:23:11 -0700

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[Video] This time they make it all the way

[Video] Beau on some planks

nobody@smugmug.com (Nathan Hoover) — Mon, 05 May 2008 19:30:35 -0700

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[Video] Beau on some planks

Hans cruises the planks too

nobody@smugmug.com (Nathan Hoover) — Mon, 05 May 2008 17:34:43 -0700

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Hans cruises the planks too

Unlikely posture #1 "Dad, I can roll over this pipe, no problem".

nobody@smugmug.com (Nathan Hoover) — Mon, 05 May 2008 17:35:15 -0700

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Unlikely posture #1 "Dad, I can roll over this pipe, no problem".

Unlikely posture #2. "Dad, come on, one more try."

nobody@smugmug.com (Nathan Hoover) — Mon, 05 May 2008 17:35:45 -0700

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Unlikely posture #2. "Dad, come on, one more try."

Giving up and doing it the easy way

nobody@smugmug.com (Nathan Hoover) — Mon, 05 May 2008 17:36:17 -0700

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Giving up and doing it the easy way

Hans likes it too

nobody@smugmug.com (Nathan Hoover) — Mon, 05 May 2008 17:36:51 -0700

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Hans likes it too

Jess going down a really steep one

nobody@smugmug.com (Nathan Hoover) — Mon, 05 May 2008 17:37:25 -0700

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Jess going down a really steep one

[Video] Beau attempting a ridiculous one

nobody@smugmug.com (Nathan Hoover) — Mon, 05 May 2008 18:14:52 -0700

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[Video] Beau attempting a ridiculous one

Guy in the background: "Man, he has balls the size of basketballs to try that." Possibly the steepest terrain ever traversed on a 36" cycle with 125mm cranks (90 degrees).

nobody@smugmug.com (Nathan Hoover) — Mon, 05 May 2008 17:38:01 -0700

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Guy in the background: "Man, he has balls the size of basketballs to try that." Possibly the steepest terrain ever traversed on a 36" cycle with 125mm cranks (90 degrees).

[Video] Down the super steep one - almost making it

nobody@smugmug.com (Nathan Hoover) — Mon, 05 May 2008 18:19:38 -0700

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[Video] Down the super steep one - almost making it

[Video] Success

nobody@smugmug.com (Nathan Hoover) — Mon, 05 May 2008 18:25:08 -0700

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[Video] Success

Hans on a nice little hill

nobody@smugmug.com (Nathan Hoover) — Mon, 05 May 2008 17:38:31 -0700

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Hans on a nice little hill

Beau after the second of two flights of stairs

nobody@smugmug.com (Nathan Hoover) — Mon, 05 May 2008 17:39:04 -0700

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Beau after the second of two flights of stairs

Group shot by the ocean at UCSB.

nobody@smugmug.com (Nathan Hoover) — Mon, 05 May 2008 17:39:37 -0700

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Group shot by the ocean at UCSB.

Riding the beach

nobody@smugmug.com (Nathan Hoover) — Mon, 05 May 2008 17:39:58 -0700

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Riding the beach

Jess in his element

nobody@smugmug.com (Nathan Hoover) — Mon, 05 May 2008 17:40:21 -0700

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Jess in his element

Jess's blanket.

nobody@smugmug.com (Nathan Hoover) — Mon, 05 May 2008 17:40:51 -0700

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Jess's blanket.

[Video] Sunday morning, Romero trail. Beau crossing the first stream.

nobody@smugmug.com (Nathan Hoover) — Mon, 05 May 2008 18:30:13 -0700

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[Video] Sunday morning, Romero trail. Beau crossing the first stream.

[Video] Childs play for Eyal

nobody@smugmug.com (Nathan Hoover) — Mon, 05 May 2008 18:35:50 -0700

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[Video] Childs play for Eyal

Eyal dropping

nobody@smugmug.com (Nathan Hoover) — Mon, 05 May 2008 17:41:30 -0700

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Eyal dropping

Hans

nobody@smugmug.com (Nathan Hoover) — Mon, 05 May 2008 17:42:12 -0700

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Hans

Phil loves this stuff

nobody@smugmug.com (Nathan Hoover) — Mon, 05 May 2008 17:42:54 -0700

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Phil loves this stuff

Beau, cool but concerned

nobody@smugmug.com (Nathan Hoover) — Mon, 05 May 2008 17:43:27 -0700

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Beau, cool but concerned

Headless Eyal

nobody@smugmug.com (Nathan Hoover) — Mon, 05 May 2008 17:43:58 -0700

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Headless Eyal

Beau

nobody@smugmug.com (Nathan Hoover) — Mon, 05 May 2008 17:44:27 -0700

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Beau

And again - he tried this LOTS of times, various different way, eventually landing right on the photographer (sorry no picture of that).

nobody@smugmug.com (Nathan Hoover) — Mon, 05 May 2008 17:45:16 -0700

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And again - he tried this LOTS of times, various different way, eventually landing right on the photographer (sorry no picture of that).

Eyal being interviewed for the Santa Barbara News Press. He's just telling about how safe Mountain Unicycling is.

nobody@smugmug.com (Nathan Hoover) — Mon, 05 May 2008 17:45:52 -0700

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Eyal being interviewed for the Santa Barbara News Press. He's just telling about how safe Mountain Unicycling is.

Then Beau goes again, crashes into the photographer and ends up on the ground writhing in pain.

nobody@smugmug.com (Nathan Hoover) — Mon, 05 May 2008 17:47:08 -0700

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Then Beau goes again, crashes into the photographer and ends up on the ground writhing in pain.

Being comforted by Pepper

nobody@smugmug.com (Nathan Hoover) — Mon, 05 May 2008 17:47:47 -0700

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Being comforted by Pepper

You can get a feel for Pepper's height in this photo if you know that Hans is about 6' 3" or so. Pepper is tall too.

nobody@smugmug.com (Nathan Hoover) — Mon, 05 May 2008 17:48:45 -0700

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You can get a feel for Pepper's height in this photo if you know that Hans is about 6' 3" or so. Pepper is tall too.

Hans in action

nobody@smugmug.com (Nathan Hoover) — Mon, 05 May 2008 17:49:51 -0700

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Hans in action

Beau

nobody@smugmug.com (Nathan Hoover) — Mon, 05 May 2008 17:50:35 -0700

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Beau

Eyal

nobody@smugmug.com (Nathan Hoover) — Mon, 05 May 2008 17:51:07 -0700

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Eyal

Phil being videoed

nobody@smugmug.com (Nathan Hoover) — Mon, 05 May 2008 17:51:45 -0700

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Phil being videoed

On the new Hans line - rock to rock.

nobody@smugmug.com (Nathan Hoover) — Mon, 05 May 2008 17:52:24 -0700

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On the new Hans line - rock to rock.

Hans tries it

nobody@smugmug.com (Nathan Hoover) — Mon, 05 May 2008 17:52:56 -0700

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Hans tries it

Eyal going rock to rock

nobody@smugmug.com (Nathan Hoover) — Mon, 05 May 2008 17:53:27 -0700

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Eyal going rock to rock

Phil on another fun section

nobody@smugmug.com (Nathan Hoover) — Mon, 05 May 2008 17:54:10 -0700

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Phil on another fun section

Eyal, Mr Smooth.

nobody@smugmug.com (Nathan Hoover) — Mon, 05 May 2008 17:54:34 -0700

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Eyal, Mr Smooth.

Another stream crossing

nobody@smugmug.com (Nathan Hoover) — Mon, 05 May 2008 17:55:11 -0700

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Another stream crossing

Beau

nobody@smugmug.com (Nathan Hoover) — Mon, 05 May 2008 17:55:50 -0700

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Beau

Going up

nobody@smugmug.com (Nathan Hoover) — Mon, 05 May 2008 17:56:34 -0700

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Going up

[Video] An aborted attempt by Eyal

nobody@smugmug.com (Nathan Hoover) — Mon, 05 May 2008 18:41:45 -0700

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[Video] An aborted attempt by Eyal

Hans crossing

nobody@smugmug.com (Nathan Hoover) — Mon, 05 May 2008 17:57:09 -0700

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Hans crossing

Eyal on a successful crossing

nobody@smugmug.com (Nathan Hoover) — Mon, 05 May 2008 17:57:46 -0700

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Eyal on a successful crossing

Going up

nobody@smugmug.com (Nathan Hoover) — Mon, 05 May 2008 17:58:22 -0700

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Going up

Beau lower down on Romero

nobody@smugmug.com (Nathan Hoover) — Mon, 05 May 2008 17:58:56 -0700

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Beau lower down on Romero

Phil

nobody@smugmug.com (Nathan Hoover) — Mon, 05 May 2008 17:59:30 -0700

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Phil

Eyal, Mr. Cool.

nobody@smugmug.com (Nathan Hoover) — Mon, 05 May 2008 18:00:04 -0700

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Eyal, Mr. Cool.

Hans

nobody@smugmug.com (Nathan Hoover) — Mon, 05 May 2008 18:00:49 -0700

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Hans

Eyal

nobody@smugmug.com (Nathan Hoover) — Mon, 05 May 2008 18:01:29 -0700

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Eyal

Hans

nobody@smugmug.com (Nathan Hoover) — Mon, 05 May 2008 18:02:17 -0700

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Hans

Second sport of the day - Pool at Hans' house

nobody@smugmug.com (Nathan Hoover) — Mon, 05 May 2008 18:02:41 -0700

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Second sport of the day - Pool at Hans' house

The master on his way to annihilating Beau in 8 ball.

nobody@smugmug.com (Nathan Hoover) — Mon, 05 May 2008 18:03:05 -0700

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The master on his way to annihilating Beau in 8 ball.

Trivial shot for Hans - he can't miss.

nobody@smugmug.com (Nathan Hoover) — Mon, 05 May 2008 18:03:31 -0700

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Trivial shot for Hans - he can't miss.