August 21, 2009
Big River
In case any of you were wondering why I wasn't stirring up trouble around here last weekend it was because I was stirring up trouble in the Williams Fork river area north of Silverthorne, CO instead. (I'm the one with only two legs.)
We camped next to a molybdenum mine. Funny thing, there was still plenty of wildlife.
Great picture.
Posted by: jk at August 21, 2009 7:08 PMAugust 6, 2009
2009 KVC 2-Star Team Champion Horse: Mile High Vaulters' Sampson
Oh no, not another vaulting post!
This should be the last for a while folks. And why not? It carries final results from the 2009 Kentucky Vaulting Cup international equestrian event I introduced here last week. As the event began Sampson was featured on the front page of the Lexington newspaper, perhaps because of the novelty of his size (he was the tallest horse at the show.) But now that the show is over his photo was featured, albeit in a blog post, because of another attribute: Sampson was the horse that carried the championship vaulting team in the highest level of competition.
Mt. Eden Sun Team’s solid performance earned them a victory over the Woodside Vaulters, reversing the standing’s from Saturday’s one-star team competition. In the two-star team division, Mt. Eden scored 6.512 to Woodside’s 6.154.The Mt. Eden Sun Team members are: Kenny Geisler, Tasha Thorner, Alicien Thrasher, Kalyn Noan, Lizzie Ioannou, Heidi Rothweiler and Makayia Clyne. Jessica Ballenger is the coach, and Jodi Rinhard [sic] longed Sampson. They were also the American Vaulting Association 2009 A team national champions.
One of the reasons this post is so many days after the fact (other than the hay harvest I just finished) is I was waiting for a video of the team freestyle to be posted somewhere. Do you think standing on the back of a cantering horse is impressive? How about standing on the shoulders of someone else who is standing on the horse! It's called a "stand on stand." Check it out.
Also, TIVO ALERT - Sampson and several Mile High Vaulters will be featured on Denver's KUSA, Channel 9 'Colorado & Company' program tomorrow, Friday, August 7 from 10-11 am Mountain Time.
I have loved the vaulting posts! (okay, I may have cursed the player once or twice, but I enjoyed watching.)
Well done Sampson and well done team. Hope the hay came in well.
Posted by: jk at August 6, 2009 4:46 PMCongratulations! I'm willing to bet that 30+ man-years of effort went into that four-minute performance. Well done!
Posted by: Boulder Refugee at August 7, 2009 11:13 AMJanuary 31, 2007
Grace, Beauty and Intelligence
The folks over at NeverYetMelted Blog made me aware of some good horse riding video. The video is of:
Andreas Helgstrand of Denmark riding the Danish Warmblood mare Blue Hors Matiné [turning] in a spectacular performance in Freestyle Dressage at the 2006 World Equestrian Games (WEG) at Aachen.
Beautiful! I loved the hug at the end!
Posted by: Terri at February 1, 2007 10:55 AMWow. When it started, I wasn't sure I'd enjoy it (the guy's hat frightened me) but that is truly beautiful. Also a great long-tail (I'm trying to avoid puns) example: this is perfect for YouTube. It deserves to be seen, but it's hard to think of another medium that would package or carry it.
Posted by: jk at February 1, 2007 11:26 AM