Category: SPORTS
Picture of the Day: Serenity Now
SERENITY NOW Photograph by ZAK NOYLE for SURFER MAGAZINE Sun, water, wave, surf. Oh and a rainbow. This gorgeous photograph by Zak Noyle was the winner of Surfer Magazine’s ‘photo of the year’ and it’s easy to see why. The image was taken with a fisheye lens at Teahupoo in Tahiti. The…
Picture of the Day: The Art of Ski Jumping
THE ART OF SKI JUMPING Photograph via Alexander Hassenstein/Bongarts/Getty Images A reflection of the Alps mountain “Nordkette” is seen in the ski googles of Anders Bardal of Norway during the training round of the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup event at the 60th Four Hills ski jumping tournament at Bergisel on January…
Picture of the Day: Super Mom!
SUPER MOM! Photograph by MARK GORMUS/TIMES-DISPATCH With an 8-month baby in one hand, a golden glove in the other, super mom Tiffany Goodwin shows the boys how it’s done; catching a foul ball with ease at a home game for the minor league Richmond Flying Squirrels. The photograph was snapped on May…
Picture of the Day: Just Hanging Out
JUST HANGING OUT Photograph via splitwheel on Reddit Pictured above is the late Dan Osman (February 11, 1963 – November 23, 1998) an American extreme sport practitioner, known for excelling at the dangerous sports of “free-soloing” (rock climbing without ropes or other safety gear); and “rope jumping” (falling several hundred feet from…
Picture of the Day: The Definition of Extreme
THE DEFINITION OF EXTREME Photograph by MICHAELA REHLE/REUTERS Freddy Nock from Switzerland balances on the ropeway of a cable car leading to Germany’s highest mountain, the 9,718-ft. (2,962 m) Zugspitze, near the southern Bavarian resort of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, on Aug. 20, 2011. Nock balanced on the 3,264-ft. (995 m) rope to break his…
Picture of the Day: Beautiful Day for Baseball
BEAUTIFUL DAY FOR BASEBALL Photograph by JEFFREY PHELPS A beautiful capture by Jeffrey Phelps as Milwaukee Brewers starting pitcher Yovani Gallardo throws during the eighth inning of Game 1 of baseball’s National League division series against the Arizona Diamondbacks on October 1, 2011, at Miller Park in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The Brewers would…
Picture of the Day: Vintage Tour de France from the 1920s
VINTAGE TOUR DE FRANCE FROM THE 1920s Photograph via joshsaldana on Reddit The image above is a cropped version of a popular poster/print that you may have seen before. It shows two riders smoking cigarettes during the Tour de France some time in the 1920s. The two riders smoking have been identified…
