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Amateur World Championship of aggressive inline skating

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First of all, I’m way behind on pictures. Not been disciplined enough, I have to do something about that.

Second – aggressive inline skating is seriously a difficult sport to photograph, especially in a competition. It’s totally random, the competitors can go anywhere on the course, and do whatever they want to.

My conclusion is, if you wanna do actionshots of a sport like this, it has to be planned, and you probably need radiocontrolled flashes (at least if you are inside).

I’m gonna do more of this when I get back to Norway, though.

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Ol’ Waynard

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I met Ol’ Waynard outside the McDonalds where the I-5 and CA-46 intersects, just northwest of Bakersfield, California.

Waynard has been hitchhiking for the last 15 years. Non-stop. Imagine that. He’s 71 years old, and crushed his ankle in an hit-and-run maybe 50 years ago. He still struggles with his injury.

He had a map of the USA, where he had marked all the roads he had hitchhiked with a yellow marker. The map was full of yellow lines going crisscross over it.

Sadly I was going in the opposite direction, so I couldn’t give him a ride. Now, I regret that I didn’t take the extra six hours to give him a lift to whereever he was going. I’m thinking, a guy like that, has to be great company.

US Senate passes bailout plan

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You Can’t Fix This

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www.youcantfixthis.com

Everyone vote now!

Dead wood

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Outside of Monterey there’s a patch of road called The 17-mile Drive. For the sum of $ 9.25 you can drive these 17 miles and enjoy whatever scenery you come across.
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And, just to conclude this senseless indulgence of scenery, a picture of yours truly, to honour a request from Ida. Now that’s a self-portrait for ya. With my new hat and all.
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I am currently in Sacramento, driving eastwards tomorrow. I can’t quite decide whether to go to South Lake Tahoe, or drive the extra 30 miles or so to Carson City.

Beeing the procrastinator that I am, I have come to the conclusion that I will decide this when I get to South Lake Tahoe.

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Sealion, Monterey
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Tourists on tour at Warner Bros, Los Angeles
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Sign in a bar, Monterey

Northbound

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Orange County Pier

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Bertil & Kjell

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These two swedish guys have been selling Scandinavian foods and merchandise for 52 years in West Hollywood, Los Angeles.

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