THE WILD WEIRD WORLD OF SPORTS

I achieved a miracle of sorts this past week: I had a blast in Texas without losing 5 lbs in sweat. Who knew Austin could be so awesome in April? (Not me.)

Photographing unicycle football was in itself great. Hanging with great friends like Julia and recent Portlandia immigrants Emily & Caleb was a wonderful bonus, as was gathering for a couple Texas-style barbecues with new peeps.

Below are my favorite images from game day. To read my über witty prose on Wired.com, do the right thing and click here.

Austin, you’re totally weird. I thank you.

Photographing Weird Sports is really an excuse for me to travel and have fun. But who says there isn’t fun right down the street on Hawthorne? No one, not after witnessing pudding wrestling firsthand at the Mt. Tabor Theater the other night.

To read my witty post about the first-ever Pudding Wrestling Massacre in PDX, simply move your cursor and click here. Outtakes from that night are posted below on this here blog.

Portlandia, holla.

Just had a conversation the other day with Derby Queen Brandy Rettig to Rumble about the current state of the derby union. Brandy was saying how cool it is that because of the growing number of junior and youth leagues, girls growing up today will never know a world without derby as an option in life. Pretty badass. Give it up to female empowerment!

I waxed poetic about derby recently in a column for Wired.com. If you click here, you can read it. Outtakes from my day are posted below.

And thanks to Hillary Atiyeh for the tip about the Rose Buds. PDX, holla.