Freezing Saddles 2021 – Daily Photo Scavenger Hunt

[drevil]

EDIT 3/23/21 – FINAL RESULTS POST: http://bikearlingtonforum.com/showthread.php?18102-Freezing-Saddles-2021-Daily-Photo-Scavenger-Hunt&p=210265#post210265
EDIT 3/17/21 – FINAL WEEK POST HERE: http://bikearlingtonforum.com/showthread.php?18102-Freezing-Saddles-2021-Daily-Photo-Scavenger-Hunt&p=209861#post209861

I love taking photos, and having a goal usually ups the fun factor, so I’m doing a daily photo scavenger hunt.

Every night, I’ll post something you have to take a picture of the next day (along with the date). I’ll try my best to post before midnight.

It might be an object (a stop sign), a theme (something blue), specific (e.g., a bike laying on the ground), vague (e.g., confusion), a mish-mash of those, or none of those.

Rules:

1. Obvs, you should be a participant in Freezing Saddles ’21
2. It has to be on a bike ride on the day it was requested
3. It has to be posted on the day for which it was requested, i.e., 12:01 AM EST to 11:59 PM EST for the day it was requested. Sorry, I won’t count ones that aren’t posted for the day it was requested. That’s part of the challenge
4. The reason I say “for the day it is requested” is because I might do requests a few days ahead of time, but don’t take and/or post the pic until that day comes.
5. It has to be posted here on the forum in this thread
6. There should be text either in the title or in the post with the date and the found object/theme. Another option is to “Reply With Quote” the post with the request, i.e., simply click that button on the bottom right of my request so it is quoted above your picture
7. Description, short backstory or location are optional (but nice). That said, if your pic is abstract or not obviously relatable to my request, please explain (e.g., I ask for “happiness”, and you post a pic of a tennis ball you found on a ride, please explain how that tennis ball = happiness)
8. It has to be a picture you took, so if you’re in it, it either has to be a selfie or done with a self-timer
9. Only one pic/day. Please don’t pad by adding more than one pic/day
10. It has to be a picture, not a video
11. Let’s stick to things you find out there during your ride, and not things that you bring or make yourself (unless otherwise specified). Example 1: if I say find “2021”, don’t scratch it into dirt. Example 2: if I say find a flower, don’t bring a flower with you on your ride and take a pic of that. This kinda takes the fun out of looking for things, which is the whole point. (Rule added on 1/2/21)
12. Unless specified otherwise, your bike does not have to be in the photo. (Rule amended on 1/4/21)
13. Found item needs to be clear and discernible (or legible if text) in the picture. If you are using Tapatalk and are having trouble posting pics that are large enough, let us know and I/we can try to help you with it. (Rule added on 1/3/21)
14. Filters are OK, but no obvious/blatant photoshopping… not that I know anything about such things

Photoshop? by bikecentric, on Flickr

Scoring: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1kgsAzaLIXN-IJMjscyNnQTNvWEp__VzgGBSkJDYrTfs/edit?usp=sharing

1. If you follow all the rules above, it’s 1 point/picture. I’ll like your pic if I have added the point to the tally sheet.
2. If I feel like you haven’t met all the rules, I’ll give you .25 points for the effort (Added on 1/11/21)
3. I’ll keep a tally with your forum name. I may reach out to you via the forum’s messaging, or ask you to reach out to me in a post in this thread.
4. EDIT ON 3/17/21: THIS WILL NOT HAPPEN ANYMORE -> At the end of FS, every like in each of your pic posts = +1 point. I’ll add these up at the end
   So for example, your pic has met all the conditions at the top, and has 3 likes. That will add 4 points (1 for the pic +3 for the likes) to your pot.

Notes:

1. Prizes TBD
2. Contest starts 1/1/21 and goes until the last day of FS ’21
3. Some of these will be hard. Fret not, some will be easy, so skip those days that are too difficult
4. Don’t ever ever ever ever do anything that can put you in danger or will result in hurting yourself. I promise I won’t ask for any pics of you riding on the Beltway
5. I might post pics, but mine don’t count in the contest

EDIT 3/17/21 -SEE FINAL WEEK POST HERE: http://bikearlingtonforum.com/showthread.php?18102-Freezing-Saddles-2021-Daily-Photo-Scavenger-Hunt&p=209861#post209861

Topic

[LisaE]

1/30/21 – Skate Park or Skateboard (found in the wild)

West End Park in Falls Church has a small skateboard park. One guy was there messing around. Turns out it was his first time. I did witness him get his skateboard from the ground to the edge of a bench ever so briefly. Here’s a photo taken just as liftoff is underway.

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[Nadine]

1/31 – skate park /skateboarder

Well no wonder the skater dudes at Powhatan Springs looked so nonplussed at my standing there with my bike taking pictures – clearly I was at least the 4th one there today! [emoji38]

This guy really tried, but I don’t think he got off the ground. I did get this cool shadow pic though. (My bike is in the original picture, but I wanted to post a zoomed in version, so the bike isn’t visible here.)

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[Kbikeva]

@accordioneur 206657 wrote:

1/30/21 – Skate Park or Skateboard (found in the wild)

Another one I could satisfy close to home, as the Powhatan Springs skate park is just a mile from home. It was mostly kids at the park – no one in the deep bowls doing anything really exciting. Plus, I didn’t want to be a creepy old guy loitering and taking pictures of the kids skating. The closest I got to capturing any air was this kid jumping up out of a bowl.

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Was this picture taken on a bike ride? _X_ Yes ___ No

I had no idea there was a skate park back there! It’s amazing what Dr. Evil has us finding/noticing around the area! Loving this quest.

[Catedrew]

@drevil 206635 wrote:

1/30/21 – Skate Park or Skateboard (found in the wild)

On January 30, 1988, INXS land their first and only US #1 hit with Need You Tonight, which was on the album called Kick. On the cover of the album is a skateboard.

Bonus point if you capture someone doing a trick where their board is off the ground.

1/30/21 – Skateboard.

This kid did some tricks for me.

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[jen_stoly]

1/30/21–skateboard.

Stopped by the skate park in Hyattsville briefly.

[reji]

1/30/21 – Skate Park or Skateboard (found in the wild)

I had no ride plan for today but found inspiration in today’s hunt. I went on a Tour de Skateboard park, managing to go to 5 different skateboard parks in 5 different municipalities. I went to West End in Falls Church, Powhattan Springs in Arlington, Schuyler Hamilton Jones in Alexandria, Wakefield Park in Fairfax County and Van Dyke in Fairfax City. The best photo I got was from Powhattan Springs which was hopping when I was there.

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[Nadine]

@reji 206673 wrote:

1/30/21 – Skate Park or Skateboard (found in the wild)

I had no ride plan for today but found inspiration in today’s hunt. I went on a Tour de Skateboard park, managing to go to 5 different skateboard parks in 5 different municipalities. I went to West End in Falls Church, Powhattan Springs in Arlington, Schuyler Hamilton Jones in Alexandria, Wakefield Park in Fairfax County and Van Dyke in Fairfax City. The best photo I got was from Powhattan Springs which was hopping when I was there.

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Whoa Nellie! What time ish were you there? I was there at 330ish. It was pretty good – but not in the air good like that!

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[Mtansill]

@drevil 206635 wrote:

1/30/21 – Skate Park or Skateboard (found in the wild)

Bonus point if you capture someone doing a trick where their board is off the ground

This guy told me that I wasn’t the first one who wanted to take his picture doing a trick and he was so nice, telling me that he was happy to help. Skateboard is halfway off the ground, having just traveled the rail. I didn’t want to annoy him asking for multiple tries since obviously I wasn’t the first and I was pretty sure wouldn’t be the last.

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[HokieBeth]

1/39 Skateboard or skatepark

This is Luke who was at the Hyattsville Skate Park with his Dad and sister. Boomer, former skateboarder himself, coached him on how to pivot his hips so he could do a 360 and also encouraged him to “commit” to doing the trick. Luke was so excited as each time to tried he got better. By the time we left he had almost mastered the trick.

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[Brownws]

1/30/21 – skateboard

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[historygeek]

1/30/21 skateboard

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[bigredboiler]

1/30/21 – Skateboard (or Park)

Had fun watching the skateboarders today in a few parks.
Obviously, others were much better at getting good shots of boards in the air than me. There are some great shots posted today.
Here is my shot from Wakefield. The guy had some really good air at the top of the halfpipe, but he’s far away so it is tough to see; but I think still visible. That’s him in the middle of the pic with board in the air above the pipe that’s far away.

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[mootsfy]

1/30/21 – Skatepark

[Kbikeva]

@mootsfy 206685 wrote:

1/30/21 – Skatepark

OOOhhh, so pretty! Is this somewhere in Prince George’s County? I seem to remember seeing it back in the ‘before times’.

[Kbikeva]

@HokieBeth 206678 wrote:

1/39 Skateboard or skatepark

This is Luke who was at the Hyattsville Skate Park with his Dad and sister. Boomer, former skateboarder himself, coached him on how to pivot his hips so he could do a 360 and also encouraged him to “commit” to doing the trick. Luke was so excited as each time to tried he got better. By the time we left he had almost mastered the trick.

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Boomer should get double points for leading yet another youngster astray! Rock on!

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