[kinghami3]

Rock climbing when it's warm out (I don't like paying to use the wall)
acoustic guitar
I generally have music playing all the time
I find most outdoor activities entertaining
Restoring and detailing anything (cars, furniture, etc...)

 

[blue]

All part of a photoshoot I did on my car a month or two ago.

Sweet pics, is that out West somewhere?

A sampling of pics of teh explorations...

 

[maxyedor]

Sweet pics, is that out West somewhere?

It's in Ventura Calif. There was an oil refinery and a fertalizer plant next to each other. Now it's just a realy big toxic ooze of a good time.

 

[Bicyclist]

Hey, I've been there. That's out kinda by the Avenue, right?

 

[merrrrjig]

Photography and snowboard for me!

 

[.:Jeenyus:.]

Snowboarding. (On par with biking)
Baseball.

 

[mxer338]

mtb started as a secondary hobby to moto but turned into a fulltime one.

now that i dont moto, i:
drum, play golf, and do other ****, but im really still looking for something i like as much as biking, anyone have a really cool hobby the wana suggest for me?

oh yeah, i used to do capoiera, however i lost interest but i still think its quite amazing

 

[Trainwreck]

The biking is pretty much all consuming. Being married with children I'm only allowed one hobby.

I did manage to get out to see Rod Piazza and the Mighty Flyers today and snap a picture or two.

 

[MMcG]

Hockey!!!!!!

 

[in the trees]

Horticulture - I find plants of all types fascinating.

toby

 

[mobius]

Got into snowboarding beginning of january and acceled at it fast. Love it but nothing better then pinning it down some fresh dh tracks. Other stuff i do includes photography, graphic design (my major), reading, video games, and listening to and finding new music.

 

[narlus]

Horticulture - I find plants of all types fascinating.

toby

happy b-day plant man!

 

[ghettogt76]

Welding, building toyota crawlers, jerking off, sex, drinking, make fun of TheMontashu.

 

[maxyedor]

Hey, I've been there. That's out kinda by the Avenue, right?

Ya it's sorta off the ave. on the other side of the 33. Down the street from Brooks

 

[Westy]

Hockey!!!!!!

I'd love to take up Hockey too. Too little time, this whole work thing kills me.

Who am I kidding, if I didn't work I'd just ride even more.

 

[TheInedibleHulk]

I used to snowboard, both backcountry and lifts, but this year I havent touched it. Having a new puppy, work, and bike riding is more or less all Ive got time for. This summer I want to start climbing again, which I did alot in high school before this whole downhill thing took over my life and my bank account.

 

[jimmydean]

I wrench on about anything. I was big into 4x4 monster Toyota trucks, then older Chevy 4x4 trucks. Since I quit snowboarding about 6 years ago, I started working on muscle cars and street trucks.

I built a 1960 GMC truck, then I bought my 1969 Chevy that I am still working on now.

I also have 1996 Husaberg FC400 dirt bike that is wicked sweet that I do all my own work on as well. I haven't taken it to the sand yet, but I enjoy trails in the woods a lot.

Aside from that I focus at work on software and network security exploits. I was a hobby when I was a kid, but now I get paid to break sh!t and it's nice. Pays well enough to.

 

[Broken_Spoke]

Lets see landscapeing/gardening, hunting, and photography

 

[jimmydean]

I am also looking to start a chopper project after I clear my garag out this spring. I want to build a new schoo/old school combo bike. Sort of the look I am headed with my truck. A classic look with modern technology.

My goal is a hard tail frame with inverted fork and fuel injection. Street bike power with old school flair, like spokes and white wall tires. I will be funky, that's for sure. Either Ducatti or Buell based donor, I know when I buy the bike to start with

 

[PatBranch]

Tell me pls. I desire to visit such a location.

Besides riding I ski, go "urban exploring", sex, drink...occasional bowl...you know. School? Is that another passion?

I really want to go. I would have so much fun there (not sarcastic).

>Biking-10 years (mtb-8 years)
>Snowboarding - 6 years
>Skateboarding- 6 years

>Photography/graphic design- I'm starting a little photo buisiness and working on the website right now.

>Videography- starting to make my first movie

>I listen to music, don't make music.

>Ridemonkey

>Offroading/working on truck (when I get truck)

 

[PatBranch]

It's in Ventura Calif. There was an oil refinery and a fertalizer plant next to each other. Now it's just a realy big toxic ooze of a good time.

I thought it looked familiar. I want to ride and take pictures there sometime.

 

[maxyedor]

I thought it looked familiar. I want to ride and take pictures there sometime.

I'm not sure I would ride there, aside from all the broken glass, I realy wouldn't want to get the dirt flung on my skin. I was using plastic drop cloths for any shot where I was kneeling or lying on the ground.

Make sure you aren't undercutting anybody on photography, that's kind of a pet peive of mine.:redhot:

 

[PatBranch]

Oh...I didn't know it was that bad.

What did you mean by undercutting? I think pictures of of old industrial stuff are cool, like yours.

 

[maxyedor]

If you sell them for significantly less than the market rate it realy kills it for everyone else. I assumed when you said you were starting a photo iz. you were selling work.

 

[PatBranch]

I wouldn't do that; never said that about anything doing that. I will sell stuff for average price. If you don't want me to get pics there because you did, fine, I won't.

 

[maxyedor]

No go ahead and shoot there just watch out for the ooze on the ground. I meerly said riding there might not be a bright idea. Shooting there is realy cool, just bring tons of cf cards/ film.

 

[DaveW]

Skiing.... thinking of getting back into racing again.

And Surf rescue.

 

[maxyedor]

Skiing.... thinking of getting back into racing again.

And Surf rescue.

Don't lie your real hobby is launching zodiacs off waves, surf rescue is just a better sounding name

 

[PatBranch]

No go ahead and shoot there just watch out for the ooze on the ground. I meerly said riding there might not be a bright idea. Shooting there is realy cool, just bring tons of cf cards/ film.

I would bring have to bring a bunch of film. There would be so many cool things to shoot. That stuff with a bright colored sunset in the background would be awesome.

BTW, I really like those pictures of your car there. Its a cool setting for that!!

 

[maxyedor]

I would bring have to bring a bunch of film. There would be so many cool things to shoot. That stuff with a bright colored sunset in the background would be awesome.

BTW, I really like those pictures of your car there. Its a cool setting for that!!

One thing to keep in mind if you want sunset shots is that it is free to get induring the day, but at night it is $100 per night. I'm not sure when that cut-off point is, and the hills may block the great sunset light anyway. If i have time this week I'll scope it out.

Now that we have completly hijacked this thread, back to the regularly scheduled programing.

 

[DaveW]

Don't lie your real hobby is launching zodiacs off waves, surf rescue is just a better sounding name

Sometimes I do my job

 

[BSEVEER]

Well, I've been doing Pyro for about 25 years so I guess it qualifies as a hobby.

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[Toshi]

Skiing.... thinking of getting back into racing again.

And Surf rescue.

that's a cool pic!

i have a bunch of hobbies:

photography: www.toshiclark.com

music: i play trumpet in a quintet (www.blackdiamondbrass.com), a community orchestra (www.psso.org) and whatever freelance gigs i can get. i haven't composed in years but completing a fugue cycle is still on my global list.

skiing: currently at 14 (resort) days on the season, aiming for 20. in the future i'd like to get into backcountry skiing.

reading: 2nd year of med school has kind of killed my desire to read, but i used to read around 3000 pages a month (no typo) i'm slowly working through "the seekers" by daniel boorstin.

autos: i'm competing a more or less full season of autocross in the street modified class in 3 local series. also on the calendar are a few rallycrosses and a hpde (high performance driver education day, a track day).

add to that being a general nerd and you see that my days are full.

 

[PatBranch]

One thing to keep in mind if you want sunset shots is that it is free to get induring the day, but at night it is $100 per night. I'm not sure when that cut-off point is, and the hills may block the great sunset light anyway. If i have time this week I'll scope it out.

Now that we have completly hijacked this thread, back to the regularly scheduled programing.

Is it some kind of (offroad) park or something? Why do they charge? Why, other than shooting, would people go there?

 

[amateur]

Sometimes I do my job

Pfff, wuss. Unassisted rescues are always fun.

Bikes, desert racing, metal fabrication.

Oh, and coke and hookers.

 

[MudGrrl]

Rock Climbing: I climbed my first 5.9 on Friday, been climbing since December.

Art: I went to Art School, and am currently painting a nudie pic (wanted to paint a figure, and the only references I had were Playboy)

Hashing:It's a drinking club with a running problem. I have never been a person that goes running for the sake of running.... this is lots of fun.

Caving: I love being in places that other people haven't been, and it's a great fun.. Bats are cool

 

[ThePriceSeliger]

Freestyle skiing. Mainly slopestyle comps though.
Golf.
Lax sometimes
And letting my OCD run wild.

 

[I Are Baboon]

Skiing. Been skiing for about 7 years and still have a lot of learning to do.

Deck hockey. Basically, organized street hockey. I played from age 15 to 25, took a 7 year break, and started playing again just over a year ago. I play deck hockey better than I do anything else (including MTB).

Working out. For some people, it's a painful chore. I enjoy it though.

 

[ThePriceSeliger]

Deck hockey. Basically, organized street hockey. I played from age 15 to 25, took a 7 year break, and started playing again just over a year ago. I play deck hockey better than I do anything else (including MTB).

OMG HOCKEY!!!!! No, never in Avon. I didn't think I would ever find a hockey player up here. Don't come to AOF, you would NEVER fit in.
Jump on the bandwagon.

 

[I Are Baboon]

OMG HOCKEY!!!!! No, never in Avon. I didn't think I would ever find a hockey player up here. Don't come to AOF, you would NEVER fit in.
Jump on the bandwagon.

I'm from Southington, numbnuts. I was playing hockey long before moving to Simsbury. Besides, guys who grew up in the Avon area would never "slum" to deck hockey. It's like what softball is to baseball.