Friday, September 13, 2013

America's Cup San Francisco

America's Cup with Team Oracle USA and New Zealand's Team

Team Oracle USA at the Oracle Base at Pier 80 in San Francisco. Watching the Start and finish of race #6 an #7

America's Cup with Team Oracle USA and New Zealand's Team

8AM at the Oracle USA base in San Francisco to cheer the boys off - this place is massive and under very tight security

America's Cup with Team Oracle USA and New Zealand's Team

Friends and Family cheer on Team Oracle USA while AD/CD blasts in the background

America's Cup with Team Oracle USA and New Zealand's Team

I didn't realize the team boards at 9:30AM and are out on the water until the start of the race at 1:10 - long day for these guys.

America's Cup with Team Oracle USA and New Zealand's Team

Chase boat is ready at 9:30 as well

America's Cup with Team Oracle USA and New Zealand's Team

Off they go!

America's Cup with Team Oracle USA and New Zealand's Team

Inside they were giving tours of the base, no photos after this section. It was very interesting to see how the boats were built, the ovens used and where it all takes place. The hanger is massive

America's Cup with Team Oracle USA and New Zealand's Team

The Team Oracle USA base in San Francisco

America's Cup with Team Oracle USA and New Zealand's Team

Old sails from past races hang in the media lounge - very nice area and good coffee.

America's Cup San Francisco Pier 27

At the America's Cup at Pier 27 in San Francisco, Artemis skipper Iain Percy gives his 2 cents on race #6

America's Cup with Team Oracle USA and New Zealand's Team

Just for the Halibut!

America's Cup with Team Oracle USA and New Zealand's Team

Emirates Team New Zealand wins races 6 and 7 and it's now 6 to -1

America's Cup with Team Oracle USA and New Zealand's Team

Just after the victory gun, Emirates Team New Zealand sails by pier 27 with San Francisco Bay Bridge in the background

America's Cup with Team Oracle USA and New Zealand's Team

Some woman photo bombed my picture!! Damn her! Emirates Team New Zealand and Team Oracle USA

Jimmy Spithill at Oracle Base

About 3:30 after race #7, Jimmy Spithill walking back to base at the end of the day.

America's Cup with Team Oracle USA and New Zealand's Team

Oracle wing after a day for racing

America's Cup with Team Oracle USA and New Zealand's Team

Pulling Oracle boat 17 out of the water

San Francisco Sept 2012 back when they were still on the AC45's -- Americas Cup Photos

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Here are Club45 with America's CupCake at the St. Francis Yacht Club (StFYC)

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Team Oracle USA grinder at Club45 for the America's CupCake event Sept. 2012

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Jonathan “Jono” Macbeth's talking about sailing and the sport at Club45

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Grinder Jonathan “Jono” Macbeth at America's Cupcake event 2012

America's Cup San Francisco

Sept 2012 on the San Francisco Bay with all teams for the 34th America's Cup series: Luna Rossa Challenge, Artemis Racing, Oracle Team USA, Emirates Team New Zealand, J.P. Morgan BAR, Energy Team, China Team

America's Cup San Francisco - Artemis

Artemis Racing on the Bay with Alcatraz in background - America's Cup Series in Sept 2012

America's Cup San Francisco - Prada

Luna Rossa and Alcatraz 2012

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Getting the books signed at Marina Greens

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Book and poster signing with the sailors of Team Oracle USA

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Jonathan “Jono” Macbeth - What a smile!

America's Cup - Biking with Shannon

Riding bikes around San Francisco with grinder Shannon Falcone of Team Oracle USA

America's Cup - Biking with Shannon

Few people gather and ride around San Francisco - photo op with Falcone. Really cool guy

America's Cup "Challengers Countdown Reception" benefiting YachtAid Global

America's Cup "Challengers Countdown Reception" benefiting YachtAid Global With Team Artemis

America's Cup "Challengers Countdown Reception" benefiting YachtAid Global

America's Cup "Challengers Countdown Reception" benefiting YachtAid Global With Team Artemis

America's Cup "Challengers Countdown Reception" benefiting YachtAid Global

America's Cup "Challengers Countdown Reception" benefiting YachtAid Global With Luna Rosa

America's Cup "Challengers Countdown Reception" benefiting YachtAid Global

America's Cup "Challengers Countdown Reception" benefiting YachtAid Global With Emirates Team New Zealand

America's Cup "Challengers Countdown Reception" benefiting YachtAid Global

America's Cup "Challengers Countdown Reception" benefiting YachtAid Global With Emirates Team New Zealand

America's Cup "Challengers Countdown Reception" benefiting YachtAid Global

Cake at the America's Cup "Challengers Countdown Reception" benefiting YachtAid Global

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Photo op with Paul Cayard American yachtsman, professional sailor and CEO of Artemis Racing. He also lives near me so i can add neighbor.


Sunday, September 8, 2013

Burning Man Black Rock City in the Dust 2013

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Getting my hair done at Burning Man 2013

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From San Francisco to my camp total hours - 13 hours door to door. Sunday Night around 7:30PM at a total stop 7 miles from Gerlach, NV

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You can ride your bike there. It might be faster to take the train to Reno, then ride your bike! This woman passed me as I was going 0.2 miles an hour.

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Or you can fly in to Burning Man for a small fee of... Not sure, I got this one for free. I went up with Burning Sky camp to watch the skydivers jump!

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When everything else fails, purchase a ticket on the sailboat (from Alameda, CA) and sail on in to burning man.

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Found my camp around 10PM at night, hopped on my bike and went out to explore the playa. Now this is cool!

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Speed boat at Burning Man - lots of boat this year.

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Big Heart on the Playa

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Always end your night with Sunrise at Robot Heart in the Outer Playa - My favorite way to end the night

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Old school hair salon outside of the man. Getting my hair done after a long night out

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Maybe you prefer to wakeboard around the playa. Wakeboarding on a skateboard at Burning Man

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Tennis anyone - right before the Monday day party at Garage Mahal

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SS Malibu at the Monday Day Party at Garage Mahal Camp

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Dictators and despots, privates and seamen - mobilize by land, air or sea and join Garage Mahal on MONDAY afternoon at Burning Man for a celebration of all things militaristic. Come dressed in your finest tyrannical attire, fantastic fatigues and martial couture. Weapons of mass destruction are strongly encouraged.

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Garage Mahal on MONDAY afternoon at Burning Man Bring out your big guns.

Dictators and despots, privates and seamen - mobilize by land, air or sea and join Garage Mahal on MONDAY afternoon at Burning Man for a celebration of all things militaristic. Come dressed in your finest tyrannical attire, fantastic fatigues and martial couture. Weapons of mass destruction are strongly encouraged.

♥ Aim your heat-seeking missile at our targets of opportunity!

♥ Engage in psych ops with new recruits!

♥ Enroll in basic training or suffer a dishonorable discharge!

♥ Enjoy our Agent Orange Punch!
(BRING YOUR I.D. - We will be checking them.)
Featuring bunker-busting beats on the Space Cowboys' Unimog by:
1200-1300: XO (Jory Phillips)
1300-1400: Deckard (Space Cowboys)
1400-1500: Tamo (Space Cowboys/Angels of bAss)
1500-1600: Shissla v sh00ey (Space Cowboys)
1600-1700: DingDong v JoeJoe (Brass Tax)
1700-1800: Trotter (Royal Soul Records)
1800-1??0: Jack Frost (Antarctica)


It's our DUTY to rock your BOOTY. See you at 1200 hours.

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Garage Mahal on MONDAY afternoon at Burning Man

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It's cheaper to drink at my camp sailor!

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After the day party, this sailor hoped on a ship to sail the seven seas

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Risking imprisonment, this stowaways was allowed to stay on the ship and sail away

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Then we saw a big, big Ducky

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So we drank more hoping it would help... with our sailing

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UFO Crash Site Alpha 13. Poor little ET needs to learn to park his ride. Lucky for him, no parking tickets today

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Jumped ship and got back on the SS Malibu and we headed to Distrikt!

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Surfing at Distrikt was never better - surfboards and Distrikt 2013

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Zebra People stampede Distrikt once again. These South African's traveled the distance to be here!

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Flying GoPro at Distrikt - You are always being watched.

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GIANT VW BUS AT BURNING MAN - sorry I was yelling, but this is so cool!! I have always wanted a VW BUS!!!

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Best Day Party on the Playa - Distrikt (the old Deep End)

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DJ booth at Distrikt

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Skate Park at Burning Man - Get your boards or just use one of theirs. Nice little skateboarding park at BRC

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Big Bug on the Playa - I think this is a cockroach

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Then we had a wedding at our camp on Wed night

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Wedding reception at our camp

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Guest of the bride and groom at our camp

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Weddings at Burning Man - Guest of the bride and groom

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Wedding at our camp

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Weddings at Burning Man

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Best Coffee on the playa Sunrise Coffee - Me and my playa friend stoked for our daily trip over here

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COFFEEE at Sunrise Coffee Burning Man

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After coffee we road our bikes to the Duck Pond at Burning Man to ride the bucking duck

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This guy can ride! Duck Pond Burning Man

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I couldn't even get on the thing!

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White Wed at Burning Man. I ended up going on an airplane ride up to 11,500 feet to watch skydivers jump out to the Playa. I was lucky to be a firefly! Burning Sky

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A little dusty, but we are going up! Here I'm at the Black Rock City airport at Burning Man

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Black Rock City Airport at Burning Man 2013

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Take off and an aerial shot of the Playa at Black rock City Burning man

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This is an aerial shot of Black Rock City at Burning Man 62,000 people 2013

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Yay With my Swiss Jummper for Lauterbrunnen

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Sunrise at the Temple with some IMAX guys. They are filming a documentary called Sand To Ashes about burning man. I look forward to seeing it.

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Sunrise at Temple with the filming of Sand to Ashes, a new imax film about burning man

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Sunrise at Temple with the filming of Sand to Ashes, a new imax film about burning man

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Then there was another sunrise at Robot Heart at Burning man where I ran into allllll of my friends

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Robot Heart Love

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Golden Gate Bridge at Robot Heart Sunrise with my friends

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I'm always ready with fire... I'm medically trained

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Hunter S. Thomson at Burning Man right at Sunrise

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Hunter S. Thomson at Burning Man right at Sunrise

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Big, Big Ducky again...

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Playa Barbie doll at burning man BRC edition

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Houses and wagons

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Bubbles and Bliss - morning sparkling wine

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Bubbles and Bliss - morning sparkling wine

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It all starts and ends at Distrikt

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We are flying sailors

Sailors at Burning Man 2013

Join us if you can!

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Fred and the Tahoe Crew at Distrikt!