RayinNY wrote: RoamingScott wroteRayinNY wroteRoamingScott wroteI was nationally competitive up to college, but in the FAR superior variation of Epee
I’m jealous you get to watch and shoot it, it’s such a fun sport. I heard that the preeminent fencing photographer in Texas recently passed away.
sfogg wroteRayinNY wroteAre you a fencer? I was one a long time ago, a lot of my friends are still involved.Nope, my daughter is a foilist, I take shots of her team. Very fun to watch though I'm still working to figure out right of way.
ShawnDid you try to pursue it in college? I have a few friends on my college team that were very prominent Epee fencers including the current coach of the NCAA team. I fenced Sabre but retired after college.No, the fencing club at my college was small and largely non competitive. I ended up branching out into recreational team sports during college instead.
The last national comp I participated in, I was eliminated by a kid that would go on to medal in the Olympics, so looking back, I don't feel too bad about that I don't think we've medaled in Epee at the Olympics in the last 30 years, maybe I missed it. I was beaten in the quarterfinals at the NCAAs by a future Olympian.
You made me google, hah. Looks like I was conflating an olympics story I read about him with his gold at the world fencing championship.
Guess i'll have to get back into it if I want to lose to an olympian I'm sure the losing part would come easily at this point!
RoamingScott wrote: RayinNY wroteRoamingScott wroteRayinNY wroteRoamingScott wroteI was nationally competitive up to college, but in the FAR superior variation of Epee
I’m jealous you get to watch and shoot it, it’s such a fun sport. I heard that the preeminent fencing photographer in Texas recently passed away.
sfogg wroteNope, my daughter is a foilist, I take shots of her team. Very fun to watch though I'm still working to figure out right of way.
ShawnDid you try to pursue it in college? I have a few friends on my college team that were very prominent Epee fencers including the current coach of the NCAA team. I fenced Sabre but retired after college.No, the fencing club at my college was small and largely non competitive. I ended up branching out into recreational team sports during college instead.
The last national comp I participated in, I was eliminated by a kid that would go on to medal in the Olympics, so looking back, I don't feel too bad about that I don't think we've medaled in Epee at the Olympics in the last 30 years, maybe I missed it. I was beaten in the quarterfinals at the NCAAs by a future Olympian.You made me google, hah. Looks like I was conflating an olympics story I read about him with his gold at the world fencing championship.
Guess i'll have to get back into it if I want to lose to an olympian I'm sure the losing part would come easily at this point!
If you are ever in NYC I can arrange for you to lose to an Olympian . It's a young person's sport these days, I guess we're just too old. I picked up golf instead. Sometimes I bring my X100F with me to the course if I'm playing a scenic one.
baseball tournament in tucson with my son this weekend, lots of sun with mountain views. shot with my x100t and a quick and dirty edit with my iphone after transferring via the app.