Archive for the ‘Sports’ Category

Snowboarding

In: Snowboarding

12 May 2007

I always thought that winter sports were for rich, stuck-up stupid people. Although to certain extent that was a misconception I still think along the same lines even today. However that does not have to do anything with snowboarding so never mind.

Shooting

In: Shooting

12 May 2007

I am no hunter or ever belonged to an armed organized crime group but a few times I have shot real guns on a shooting range. It was fun but I could stop thinking that this little noisy inventions were originally design to kill people among many other living beings. I have an immense respect [...]

Skydiving

In: Skydiving

12 May 2007

Arc thousand, two thousand, three thousand, four thousand, five thousand, check thousand!!! Are you crazy or what?. Jumping from an small airplane flying at 180mph and 1000ft up in the air, you nuts? Yep! I guess so.

Sailing

In: Sailing

12 May 2007

Like paragliding, sailing is yet another wind powered and environment friendly leisure sport. As long as the weather behaves I dare to say that sailing is considerably less dangerous and more relaxing than paragliding and almost as fun.

Paragliding

In: Paragliding

12 May 2007

From the beginning of times humans have wanted and dreamed of flight. We always wanted to know how it would feel to glide high up in the sky freely at the mercy of wind like birds do. Many tried unassisted flight and they indeed flew, but only for a few seconds and into eternity. Later [...]

Golf

In: Golf

12 May 2007

Let us be honest, as of Dec 2003, I have played golf the scandalous amount of three whooping times in my life. I do not think I even can qualify for the crippled-fat bastard amateur sucker division.

Dancing

In: Dance

12 May 2007

Like I say, I am a naturally born horrible dancer. I suck at it, my sense of rithym is non existent and even in a slow song I manage somehow to step on my partner’s feet continuously.

Cycling

In: Cycling

12 May 2007

I still remember the euphoric feeling I had the moment I realized I had learned to ride a bicycle at the age of 6. It was a tiny, solid rubber tires, cheap rusty yellow bike, but it felt like a million bucks that warm august afternoon.


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Zenbach is a digital collage of memories, opinions, favorite links and videos.
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