2008 Great Bear Chase http://billfink.smugmug.com/gallery/4486301_prLHw/ The 2008 Great Bear Chase cross country ski race was held at the Swedetown Trails near Calumet, Mich. on Sunday, March 9. The pictures in this gallery feature the three starts, as seen from near the entrance road to the Swedetown Chalet; extensive coverage at the finish area in the historic downtown; and finally the awards at the high school. The pictures are posted in chronological order. If you know what time you finished, you should be able to narrow down your search. I got most racers, but not all -- sorry if I missed you! You may view the whole kit and kaboodle very nicely by using the slide show function, above right. If you have a solid high speed connection, you may also call in the entire set of images using the "thumbnails" style (above right). If you stay with the basic style, note that you can access any individual page by pausing over the page numbers until the entire range of pages comes up. High quality prints and photo products may be ordered through this site. Downloads may also be purchased. Note that after some basic expenses are recovered, 20% of the proceeds from print and product sales through this site will be given to the Copper Island Cross Country Ski Club. All images are copyright 2008, Bill Fink Communications, LLC. Editorial and non-profit publication is authorized, if credited to Bill Fink, GalleryOnDaLine.com. Contact me for clean copies of the picture files, noting the file number. As time permits, you might wish to explore the 2006 and 2007 Great Bear Chase photos also on line here, along with pics from the 2008 and 2007 Junior Bearchase (some really cute pictures of future Bear Chasers). Please also explore some of the other many galleries available here. Also, note that I will photograph the activities of any non-profit organization here in the Keweenaw, post the pictures for all to view at no charge, and after recovering some basic expenses, share 20% of the print sales with the organization. And hey, if there's a wedding in your future, I shoot brides and grooms too! Thanks for your support of cross country skiing here in the Keweenaw. http://www.smugmug.com/img/feed-icon.png Sports Sun, 09 Mar 2008 19:06:02 -0700 Tue, 11 Mar 2008 10:47:01 -0700 http://www.smugmug.com/ Copyright 2009, the copyright holder of each photograph. Some portions copyright SmugMug. All rights reserved. http://billfink.smugmug.com/Sports/2008-Great-Bear-Chase/FNK0005/263920533_ZDX23-Ti-1.jpg 2008 Great Bear Chase http://billfink.smugmug.com/gallery/4486301_prLHw/