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Liam Moya races the Slalom A/B on March 21 -- 2025 A Racer’s Edge Masters National Championships

An Individual Sport

By Mark D Phillips March 29, 2025 Beyond Brooklyn, Sports, Winter Sports Comments are Disabled

Alpine racing…… It’s a great sport that pits the athlete against a mountain and their own confidence in their own abilities. Toss in spring skiing conditions and you get an amazing opportunity to capture an individual testing their own limitations.

US Masters come to the East

By Mark D Phillips March 19, 2025 Photography, Sports, Winter Sports Comments are Disabled

The 2025 A Racer’s Edge Masters National Championships will be held March 18-22 at Gore Mountain, NY, and I will be documenting the event on SouthBrooklyn.com

Best of 2024

By Mark D Phillips January 1, 2025 Photography Comments are Disabled

2024 brought different kinds of images to my best for the year. I took advantage of time and spent more hours on the water, exploring the Farmington River in my kayak. Europe featured heavily with returns to Barcelona and Paris, and new excursions to Pairi Daiza in Belgium and black sand in Iceland. Sports are still a passion and skiing has stayed a constant.

Mikaela Shiffrin out at Killington

By Mark D Phillips November 30, 2024 Sports, Winter Sports Comments are Disabled

Mikaela Shiffrin has her eyes on the finish line during the first run at the FIS Ski World Cup at Killington Resort on Saturday during the Killington Cup GS.

Mikaela Shiffrin celebrates with the Killington Cup trophy after winning the Slalom discipline at the FIS Ski World Cup at Killington, Vermont, on November 26, 2017. ©Mark D Phillips

Killington World Cup heats up the Season

By Mark D Phillips November 22, 2024 Sports, Winter Sports Comments are Disabled

Mikaela Shifrin returns to Killington for the only women’s FIS World Cup race in America with her 100th victory a possibility.

Summer 2024, Dam Square, Amsterdam ©Mark D Phillips

Three Days in Amsterdam.. an addendum

By Mark D Phillips November 12, 2024 Beyond Brooklyn Comments are Disabled

The events of November 8, 2024, caused me to change my view of Amsterdam. I am devastated at the attack on Jews during the 86th anniversary of Kristallnacht.

Gowanus DRIFTWOOD Comes Ashore

By Mark D Phillips November 8, 2024 News & Stories Comments are Disabled

Artist Jos Prol’s Debut Solo Show Opens November 9, 2024, at Gowanus Dredgers Gallery with GIANT GOWANUS DRIFTWOOD SCULPTURE and 14 FOOT-TALL PAINTING.

Echoes in a Canyon, the new Gowanus Canal

By Mark D Phillips November 6, 2024 Photography Comments are Disabled

“Hello” we called on the new Gowanus. Our voices echoed back. This was not the Gowanus Canal of the last thirty years. It also was almost unrecognizable.

Arthur Ashe and David Dinkins at US Open Arthur Ashe Day 1992

Sportsball at 30: The legacy of Arthur Ashe

By Mark D Phillips October 17, 2024 News & Stories Comments are Disabled

The Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health celebrates 30 years of Sportsball tonight at the Pierre Hotel in New York City, bringing a new vision to healthcare. Arthur Ashe created the Institute on December 3, 1992, just three months before his death from AIDS.

Following multiple sold-out shows on a floating stage on the Gowanus Canal over Labor Day weekend, The Fish Queen of the Gowanus Canal will debut several new songs in upcoming performances at Principles in Gowanus on October 4th & 5th.

The Fish Queen returns to Gowanus

By Mark D Phillips October 2, 2024 News & Stories Comments are Disabled

Following multiple sold-out shows on a floating stage on the Gowanus Canal over Labor Day weekend, The Fish Queen of the Gowanus Canal will debut several new songs in upcoming performances at Principles in Gowanus on October 4th & 5th. The Fish Queen of the Gowanus Canal, a new musical, […]