Sunday, September 26, 2010
NYC - Views of 5th Avenue
Fifth Avenue is a major throughfare in the center of the borough of Manhattan in New York City, USA. The section of Fifth Avenue between 34th Street and 59th Street is one of the premier shopping streets in the world. Fifth Avenue serves as a symbol of wealthy New York and is consistently ranked as one of the most expensive streets in the world. The "most expensive street in the world" moniker changes depending on currency fluctuations and local economic conditions from year to year. For several years starting in the mid-1990s, the shopping district between 49th and 57th Streets was ranked as having the world's most expensive retail spaces on a cost per square foot basis. In 2008, Forbes magazine ranked Fifth Avenue as being the most expensive street in the world.
Saturday, September 25, 2010
Epic downhill mountain bike race - Red Bull 5000 Down
Some of the greatest North American and European riders competed in the Canadian mass start downhill mountain bike race on Whistler Mountain.
Here there is no such thing as bad riding conditions. Everything is welcome from snow, mud, and gnarly root infested single track.
Men and women, in their respective category, battled against each other in hopes of reaching the finish line first or in most cases, one piece.
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