Two Foot High Kick and Ear Pull
July 22, 2008 | Tags: Alaska Native Culture, Photos
We had the privilege of attending and photographing two of the wonderful events at this past week’s World Eskimo-Indian Olympics in Fairbanks. We were audience to two of the most amazing and painful events, which you have to see to believe.
The two-foot high kick requires athletes to kick a ball suspended high in the air with both feet. Many of the finalists (demonstrated in images 3 and 4 above) end up successfully kicking above the length of their own outstretched arms!
The ear pull pits two competitors against one another, both having a single string placed behind their ear. The contest begins when both competitors begin pulling their heads straight back. The first person that either gives up, moves their head sideways, or has the string slip off their ear is the loser.
The Latest Entries
June 26, 2008 | Tags: Denali, Photos
After some extra encouragement, several people have decided join the latest round of our Fairbanks and Interior Alaska Photo Contest. Here are a few few of the latest shots. Judging will take place at the end of August; submit today!
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June 5, 2008 | Tags: Photos
We hand out prizes quarterly in our Fairbanks and Interior Alaska Photo Contest. After wrapping up the voting for January through April, we were expecting a cascade of new shots for the May through August round. To our surprise there have only been a few photos submitted as of today. This gives aspiring photographers the opportunity to leap into the competition-void with an astonishing and breathtaking series of up to five master works (cheesiness and over-dramatization intended). Or…you could just upload a couple of cool shots from your trip and see how they rate during the voting at the end of August.
The above is one of our latest entries. If you want to join us, we would be happy to have you. Just read all the details on the Photo Contest entry page - sign up - then upload your favorites. We’ll let you know in a couple of months whether or not you’re a winner. Thanks for participating!
Official: Second Coolest Photos
June 5, 2008 | Tags: Photos
Every day we are provided a list of search terms that resulted in a visit to Inside Alaska. One in particular caught our attention today: “cool pictures of Alaska”. While our humble opinion has always been that many of the “coolest” photos of Alaska can be found here; we were ecstatic to see an “authoritative source” like Google finally agrees. According to them, we have the second coolest set of Alaska pictures on the web. Hopefully with your support we can make #1 some day! 
See some of our officially cool photos in the Photo Gallery, via our Photos tag, on the Fairbanks Photo Contest page, or in our Interactive Guides.
Voted Best for the First Quarter
April 15, 2008 | Tags: Northern Lights, Photos
The first quarter winners of our Fairbanks and Interior Alaska Photo Contest have been determined. John Dykes captured the most first and second place votes with his northern lights pictures, and Bill Brophy secured third place with a sled dog closeup. Click the thumbnails below to see the winning shots.
Thanks to everyone who participated in this round. Entries are already being gathered for the second quarter contest; sumbit yours today!
2008 Open North American Pictures
April 3, 2008 | Tags: Dog Mushing, Open North American, Photos
The GCI Open North American Championship has been blazing through the streets of downtown Fairbanks since 1946. A field of the best sprint-mushers in the world were on hand again this year. Here’s a few pictures from the event.
For more pictures and final standings visit the Sled Dog Central ONAC page. If you would like to plan your own dog mushing adventure in Fairbanks, enter the search term “dog mushing” in one of our interactive guides. You may also want to visit the Inside Alaska dog mushing tag.
Enter Before the End of March
March 17, 2008 | Tags: Photos, Video
Entrants in our Fairbanks and Interior Alaska Photo Contest for the first quarter will be judged by our staff at the end of this month. There have been some terrific pictures submitted, and the variety this time around is better than ever. If you’ve been a Fairbanks visitor and have photos to share, we’d love to see them. You still have a couple of weeks to get in on this month’s judging, just read the entry rules and upload up to five favorites. Click play above to see a video montage of some of the best recent entries.
Cool New Photos
February 1, 2008 | Tags: Photos
The great thing about operating our Fairbanks and Interior Alaska Photo Contest year-round is the surprise of fantastic new photos every couple of weeks. Above are a few of the great new entries. If you are a Fairbanks resident, or have made a recent trip to our area and have photos you would like to share, we would love to see them. Every quarter we will be passing out a few small prizes for our staff’s three favorite shots.
Photographing the Aurora
January 10, 2008 | Tags: Northern Lights, Photos
Fairbanks’ Winter visitors should come prepared with a good camera and a little knowledge about Alaska’s photography challenges. Top on the list of difficult images to capture are the Northern Lights. While everyone wants to leave with at least a few memorable shots, we don’t always have the knowledge to get us there. Thankfully, Fairbanks has some top-notch pros to help us out! Patrick Endres gives us a lesson in quality aurora photography today on his Alaska Photo Graphics blog. Take some notes, check the aurora forecast, then get out there and take some great Northern Lights photos.
By the way, when you have those stunning images and want to show them off, please enter our Photo Contest. We’d love to share your Alaska Winter adventure with Fairbanks visitors from around the world.
Photo Contest Winners
December 12, 2007 | Tags: Photos, Video
We want to thank everyone who participated in our Fairbanks and Interior Alaska Photo Contest! There were some wonderful photographs, and everyone on staff had a difficult time selecting their favorites. Below is a video montage of some of the best entries.
This contest is open year-round, so if you have photos to share, be our guest. Here are the top three choices this month: First Place, Second Place, Third Place.
