Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Double S-bend in swimming pool

Lot of my friends are now somewhere riding, I mean in some warm place, where you don't need even wetsuit (e.g. in Philippines, Thailand etc...).
Yes I would like to go also!!
We are here in the middle of darkness and rain, waiting that we could get little bit snow, at least could ride by snowboard. Actually some slopes already opened, there was enough minus degrees (Celsius) and they made snow by snow blower, but I didn't open my season yet, it was so bad weather at the last weekend. I don't know what is happening to me, earlier I would be there already for sure.
Well because it's not possible at the moment to go anywhere, I must be contended, that I can ride in swimming pool.)))
Yeah I got some results and I made some new tricks, we should have video camera more often with us.))
Check this trick! Space is really limited and tiles are so near, but I believe it will work well on the lake, there I can cut longer, get more speed and air, also there is some space in the landing.
Yes quality is quite poor here in blogger, but it's possible to watch.
Link to my Vimeo profile, there is maybe something more and quality is better: http://vimeo.com/ak1

Sunday, November 20, 2011

Amsterdam

I had a chance to go the business trip to Amsterdam for 3 days. My colleagues flew from Helsinki, but I flew from St. Petersburg. In the airport of Amsterdam was so strong fog, that lot of arrival planes were delayed or diverted. My plane landed, thanks to brave Russian pilot, but my colleagues flew to Brussels.)))
                                                                                                                                                                          
Well I had a little bit time to walk around in the city center and photo. There was still some fog in the air also in center.

Amsterdam is the city of bikes! They have solved their traffic jams this way, everybody are driving by bikes. Well they have also some problems e.g. to find parking places for them. Below is the picture how they solved little bit this challenge. There are some canal boats and their meaning is only to be parking platform for bikes, this is just because all space beside of the streets are busy for parked bikes!! This kind of biking culture could solve some traffic problems also in St. Petersburg, but attitude should change totally. I saw stylish mature lady with long and great fur driving by bike and her handbag was in the bright yellow basket at front of the bike....so Bohemian!! Of course in this kind of moment camera is in the backpack.(((
These kind of stylish mature ladies in St. Petersburg are coming out only from Lexus, when their driver opens the door.)))
Okay we have -25C sometimes in the winter and biking wouldn't be so great.))
I rented a bike and tried also. In the beginning driving is even little bit difficult there, because you have own one-way lanes, own traffic lights etc. for bikes, but I used to it very fast.


I met there some strange and great people e.g. this hippie-troubadour, who wanted to tell some philosophies of life to everybody or this small boy, who just pop up from somewhere and wanted to tell me something, when I was shooting photos near of Van Gogh museum.














I think I'll return back to Amsterdam... in December or maybe in summer...

Thursday, November 10, 2011

Trampoline session

Earlier I was jumping quite a lot on trampoline... unfortunately now only sometimes. Jumping over there is always fun, but it's also great way to develope body balance and coordination ability.
Couple photos from Bump-Club St.Petersburg...

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Kirill Shevchenko photo shooting...

Kirill is professional photographer and journalist, who is riding himself also, at least by snowboard and kite. I was proud that he was shooting us and very proud photo's, which he shared to me from our pool sessions.
Here is one nice photo of my s-bend.
Thank you Kirill, link of his photo blog below!
http://mobilizator.blogspot.com/