Back to Calgary. One of the popular rodeo-ish events is the chuckwagon races. These were vehicles used to prepare food for cowboys on long cattle drives. Today's versions closely resemble the old ones, down to the special oven they carry in the back. They come in from the right, do this complicated figure 8 pattern around barrels, then swoop back out where they came from and do a full lap around the track. The get penalties of so many seconds for not doing something exactly right. I never really got it, although they probably wouldn't understand the subtleties of skateboarding on moving NY subway cars like I did in my teens. Pick your own excitement.
j'adore la pancarte a la fin ;))) j'aurais adore suivre cet événement, beau reportage
ReplyDeleteWe tend to make sport out of what used to be work, like those lumberjack competitions.
ReplyDeleteI guess they call them Food Trucks today!
ReplyDeleteI've heard bad things about the chuckwagon races in terms of harm to the horses....
ReplyDeleteAdmittedly, that's one part of the Stampede I'm wary of. Each year it seems the question is, "which horse died in the chuckwagon races this time?"
ReplyDeleteBeautiful use of light in some of your photos. I love them.
ReplyDeleteA very cultural event too. That's where you know you're not in Europe.
As for skateboarding on moving NY subway cars, I can't for the life of me imagine you doing that in your teens. I've always thought of you as a very serious and law-abiding person.
The poster stole my line...'.yee haw'. :))
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That would have been fun to see. Nice action snaps.
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