Pleasure Bay 2004-04-29
The week before my Ph.D. thesis defense, the wind was good; for four days the wind was good. In Boston, when the wind is good, you go to the beach. It doesn't matter if you have work, obligations, family, or a thesis defense, because it may never blow again. |
So for four days (April 29 - May 2), I kitesurfed at Pleasure Bay rather than prepare my defense. My picture even appeared in the Boston Globe. Good thing my advisor didn't notice; otherwise, I might not have passed! |
These are the pictures the Globe photographer, Joanne Rathe, took on the first of the four days. Somehow, I got lucky and was the only one on the water when she arrived, so I got all the glory. These are, by far, some of the best kiting pictures ever taken of me. |
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All images Copyright Eric J. Wilhelm
Please contact me at if you wish to use them.