Art @ MindSay

Well, it went quick, and was a mix of weird and wonderful...leaning more towards the wonderful side. But all good....and weirdly wonderful...things must come to an end.

This has been a great experience though, one I will be repeating again, and again probably. It's nice not having to follow any schedule, time limits, or the dreaded small bickering with another during vacation. It is however, also quite lonely at times.  This was especially felt when seeing so many groups and couples on the beach. Guess theres give n take in everything huh.

So, I took a few last pics of this little, beautiful undisturbed part of the world, and here they are.

I have had a few e-mails, IMs, and replies here saying they like my pictures, so I decided to be a bit of a artsy photographer (wellll, a artsy, small digital camera havin' photographer! :p) I took a couple of them in B&W and even played around with exposure times. But, again, non have been re-touched.

1) The General Store in the heart of 'downtown' Cannon Beach. It's the only grocery, household items, etc. type store around. Something straight out of a old western cowboy movie! So cool. 2) Right place, right time for yet another breath taking sunset! (the 2 small pillars are called 'the needles' 'cuz they're right by Haystack Rock)3) Haystack Rock (the 3rd largest monolith in the world!) My 1st attempt at B&W pics. Not bad eh? 4) the 2nd attempt. annnd 5) My fave picture. Another early morning shot with fog on the beach.

I love animals, they help remind you of how significant it is to let things go, and just keep it simple.

Dogs are probably my favorite animal, just from how much personality they have, and how a little bit of affection towards them goes a long ways.  Plus they're always good for a laugh.

I sent some pictures to DIG bmx magazine today, their USA guy seemed to be really into them and forwarded my e-mail on to their editor.

I'm contemplating sending another batch once I hear back from him on this set.

Off to the trails I go.

Having to rebuild 90% of the shit back there since so much of all of the jumps got washed away.

I definately got caught with my pants day by not having the jumps covered to prevent such erosion, and keep the sun from drying them out.

Rainfall totals for this week alone are over 8".

On the bright side there's a picture of Ryan Popple shredding the trails in dryer times below.



So kicked out.

Reflections and reflecting. 

I'm a big fan of candid photography, to me it helps portray what was really going on.  That's not something that you can get from having somebody pose for a photograph, it's just a moment in time, frozen for all of eternity. 

Hopefully this weekend will include a return trip to this spot somewhere in the ghetto of Greenville, SC.

S&M handlebars and ODI Long-neck grips.

Made in the USA.

I will never run anything different.

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