Rad to see the Red Bull Illume is back!!. The final book from a couple years ago was amazing. The Illume is an action sports photography contest showcasing the globe’s very best action and adventure sports images and honoring the photographers behind them.

Contest is open from October 1, 2009 until February 28, 2010 and can be submitted online. The categories are culture, playground, energy, spirit, close up, wings, sequence, new creativity, experimental and illumination.

The overall winner of the 2010 Red Bull Illume Image Quest will receive a Leica S2 camera and equipment to the value of €30,000. But it won't be easy....

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Alpine Ski Racing is one of my most favorite sports of all time. Pretty exciting year as Vancouver is right around the corner (FEB 12) and Olympic Qualifying is under way. I know a few of the contenders, so I'm invested and cheering them on:). Sending Palmer n crew positive vibes!!. Super hard to know what's going on, but I'm sure we all will know soon enough. Here's a schedule and list of the US players.

SKI

SNOWBOARD

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WENTWORTH FALLS, NSW, AUS
This is our home town, can walk to this lookout from our place:) Good to be back!

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Check out the latest from KORE.... Bryn and I have been on Kore products for over 3 years, and really like working with these guys:). Torsion race bars 35mm rise , B-52 stems, and T-rail distance and performance seats are the goods. Check out the 3-d animation- Kore T-Rail.

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SYDNEY, AUS
Been putting in a lot of time out in the mud, rain, and snow looking for the Sasquatch, but didn't find him, so I'm out:),, It's time to head back to Australia for some much needed sunshine and dry ground, but it's one extreme to the next- heat wave drought hot.

Excited to see our beloved Blue Mountains, Bryn's family, homies, our house, dirt bikes, and all the strange little critters that live there,,, Queueing up for next season, there will be quite a few changes for me. Will keep ya posted, but am going to give DH some serious attention:).

4 months worth of packing equalled 7 pieces of checked baggage for Bryn and I. 4 bike boxes, 2 extra large clothes bags, 1 golfbag full of spare parts, then helmets and backpacks, etc, not super convenient, but United was stoked to see us roll up to collect dem dollars.

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My brother was telling me about some crazy BMX tricks that are being pulled. Here's one ridiculous gymnastics maneuver I'd never seen before ...double backflip tuck no hander. youtube- D.B.T.N.H.

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WHISTLER OPENING WEEKEND
Day 2 was unbelievably sweet!!. It dumped last night, seemed like nearly a foot, the wait for lines were minimal, and quite a bit of fluffy powder was left all to ourselves. So rad!!. Beef stew has never tasted so good!! Gonna need a nap very soon. Later Whistler, back to America...

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WHISTLER OPENING DAY
The snow ferries came early this year!!! It's been awhile for me, since we live in a summer to summer program, but this was a pleasant surprise!!. Fully enjoying snow and our close proximity to Canada. Mt.Baker got dumped on as well, but I was really excited to see our Canadian mountain bike friends shred some powder. Whistler is a trip, everyone was so excited for the mountain to open, I guess some people slept in the lift line overnight in below freezing temperatures. Come morning the line for the gondola went all the way to Earl's restaurant, which is super far, like a km.

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Don't think you have ever seen anything like this....Check out this website. Gotta love Red Bull!! shaunwhite.com/projectx

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Big 4x debate on Ridemokey.com. Underground slalom movement?!?!? Do-it .

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It's been raining a lot lately. That's kinda how it goes from November onward here in the NW, but I guess I haven't been home enough in the past to really enjoy the mud. Been on a summer to summer program for quite awhile, about to leave again, but muddin' is so much fun once you get used to wearing gortex and being wet. Been covering some ground all the way to Vancouver, 3 hr radius of the best riding ever!! dark brown dirt, fall leaves cover the trails, slippery roots, technical riding with flow, and some incredible scenery.

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www.2010olympictickets.net/

Get em while they're hot!! I would Love so much to see the Alpine skiing finals! $400 per seat is cheaper than I expected, but who wants to go and only see one event? The best options are those package deals that have tickets, accommodation, food, and tourist stuff built in.

I'm planning a trip to Chile in Feb for some sweet bike riding, so I think I'm S.O.L. for Winter Olympics. No free tickets even for former Medalists. Watching footage on NBC will have to be enough. I've almost had enough winter anyway, Southern Hemisphere soon...

hellobc.com

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JILLKINTNER- TMC Ride 09 from BrynAtkinson on Vimeo.

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