tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-520394710420373581.post-21999963060958249032008-04-18T13:29:00.011-04:002008-04-18T14:15:43.820-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_MSdL9VcrozY/SAjceYfIazI/AAAAAAAAAJM/VEJRPMdlLgU/s1600-h/DSCN0567.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_MSdL9VcrozY/SAjceYfIazI/AAAAAAAAAJM/VEJRPMdlLgU/s200/DSCN0567.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5190640985071708978" /></a>One of the duties of being Top Sporter is that sometimes you are required to participate in photo shoots. It is one of the more glamorous roles because you get to clean yourself up as if you're going to the prom...or racing in France.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_MSdL9VcrozY/SAjbKYfIaxI/AAAAAAAAAI8/RB1aW6yf2U4/s1600-h/DSCN0606.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_MSdL9VcrozY/SAjbKYfIaxI/AAAAAAAAAI8/RB1aW6yf2U4/s200/DSCN0606.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5190639541962697490" /></a>For this, Top Sporters make sure that they're 1. Clean shaven from head to toe 2. Bikes are flawlessly clean 3. Shoes are polished 4. Legs are baby oiled up 5. Smelling fresh with expensive cologne 6. Hair is slicked back with too much product 7. Wearing their bling bling<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_MSdL9VcrozY/SAjbl4fIayI/AAAAAAAAAJE/7Bk1B85axuo/s1600-h/DSCN0597.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_MSdL9VcrozY/SAjbl4fIayI/AAAAAAAAAJE/7Bk1B85axuo/s200/DSCN0597.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5190640014409100066" /></a>It is incredibly important to have the director of the shoot instruct the Sporters and Top Sporters alike how to pose in the pictures. This coaching is necessary because we are bike racers, not talented actors. Note: Because the video is being taken for the official Virginia Tech Commercial, to be aired at all home football games on the JumboTron for the next 5 years, hand gestures and the like must cleverly be used.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_MSdL9VcrozY/SAja1IfIawI/AAAAAAAAAI0/-CEeLPG1ylI/s1600-h/DSCN0580_edited.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_MSdL9VcrozY/SAja1IfIawI/AAAAAAAAAI0/-CEeLPG1ylI/s200/DSCN0580_edited.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5190639176890477314" /></a>VeloNews Magazine cover shotEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08312539308962784312noreply@blogger.com