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6
Sep
2010
Fun Weekend at Shuswap Lake


Photo of Ian Harding wakeboarding on the Shuswap
Above: Getting air on Shuswap Lake during my first time wakeboarding.

Last weekend was a fantastic (and special) weekend. Two very good friends of mine got married at a beautiful lake-side resort on Shuswap Lake in British Columbia. Since the ceremony was only a few hours long, we spent the rest of our time taking advantage of a ski boat that we had rented for the weekend, along with a tube and a wakeboard. The photo of me above is, believe it or not, my first time ever on a wakeboard. I have never tried snowboarding or skateboarding either, so I had no idea what it was going to be like. If you’ve never done it, the hardest part is the initial getting up out of the water (which some others had a bit more trouble with), but since I grew up waterskiing, I knew what to do and getting up came natural. Once up, it was a matter of learning how the board reacted to my movements.

It was such a great weekend. To cap it off, I drove the extra 2 hours south to Penticton where I got to see my father (59 years old) complete his third Ironman challenge. Seeing the intensity of the crowd and the emotion on the faces of the competitors as they crossed the finish line after 13+ hours of racing was quite the experience. I have only ever ran half-marathons (which are 21.1kms), so to see people completing a full 42.2km marathon AFTER cycling 180 kms and swimming 3.8 kms… is beyond impressive to say the least.

Will I ever race one? Probably… someday.

Photo of Todd Thomas wakeboarding on the Shuswap
Above: My friend Todd showed us all how its done.

Photo of Steve McGrath tubing on the Shuswap
Above: Steve taking flight in the water tube.

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3 Comments

Faby
09/06/2010, 1:58 pm

That looks like so much fun!! Great photos, Ian!

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Todd thomas
09/06/2010, 11:59 pm

Hey how come that first photo is stamped with your watermark? I’m pretty sure you can’t wakeboard and take a picture of yourself at the same time. Oh I guess I did use your camera to take the pic but I still own the copyright. I reserve all rights :-) BTW, you only liked 3 of the pics out of all the shots?

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Ian Harding
09/07/2010, 7:53 am

Todd. One aspect of my photography that I am very particular about is what I show to the public and how much. If you only ever show people your best work, that is what they remember you by. Yes other images turned out (about 20 of them are really good), but these three are the best. I do not want to be known as a a “dump photographer” or a “quantity over quality” photographer. It should be quality over quantity. Remember that. ;o)

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