Fresno Wedding Photographer Craig Kohlruss » Sports

Grizz Air

Craig — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 14:45:55 +0000

Sunday at The Bee is rarely slow, but this past Sunday had me out hunting for a feature package for the Local page. A sign in front of Fresno’s Woodward Park peaked my interest so I drove over to the relatively new Woodward Park Mountain Bike Skills Progression Course. There I found folks, young and old, enjoying the fabulous weather and an incredible MTB trail course. I staked out one ramp and tracked one rider as he performed a Grizz Air trick. I had heard of the course but never seen it up close. You can’t even see it from the road that goes around the park, but it is 10 acres in size and varied with many jumps and obstacle skills courses. It’s got me thinking again of getting a mountain bike for sure. There’s nothing like this anywhere around here and maybe even the state. See http://woodwardmtbpark.com/Woodward.html for more details.

Tour of California – into the Sierras

Craig — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 03:46:54 +0000

Finally got my first chance to photograph the Amgen Tour of California Wednesday. I had applied for credentials for several years but for whatever reason, I was never able to make it out to one of the stages. This time it was coming into our coverage area so we would definitely be all over it. The Bee had both the start and finish covered so they had me head up to the summit of one of the climbs. I chose Highway 49 just north of Ahwahnee where the fourth King of the Mountains point was set. Snow covered the hills around us after days of storms. It would make a cool shot. After three hours of waiting the riders finally came by going much faster than even I was expecting. These guys are amazing athletes. I was happy to grab one frame of Lance Armstrong and Levi Leipheimer of the Astana team. All that waiting for about 30 seconds of photos. So I headed down the hill to catch them riding into Clovis for a few more shots. Among the other riders I photographed were George Hincapie and Floyd Landis.

In yoah face!

Craig — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 20:21:58 +0000

This is Fresno State forward Nedeljko Golubovic, center, having his shot stuffed by Montana’s Kyle Sharp in the second half of their game at the Save Mart Center Sunday. Tough loss (65-69) for the Bulldogs who are looking like they need some inspiration, or maybe a a kick. Now that we know how the ‘Dogs stand up against the Big Sky conference, it’s looking like a long WAC season ahead.

Bulldozing Bulldog

Craig — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 20:35:54 +0000

This is Fresno State’s Anthony Harding scoring the first of his two touchdowns that put away my alma mater, San Jose State, at Spartan Stadium in San Jose Friday night. This picture ran on the cover of Sports in The Bee. The first half was flat-out awful so I’m glad we were able to wait for late game stuff.

Running colors

Craig — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 01:56:37 +0000

This is from the CIF Central Section Cross Country Championships at Woodward Park. I think it was the Division II boys race.