Sol Neelman’s Quest for Oddball Sports

The Weird World of Sports

What possesses grown men to dress like movie monsters and destroy miniature cities? Sol Neelman, the quintessential weird sports photographer, aims to find out.

via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/28/the-weird-world-of-sports/?pagewanted=all

While other sports photographers head to Florida for spring training, Sol Neelman drives through the mountains of Idaho looking for K-9 keg pulls and a skijoring event (skiers, pulled by horses). His itineraries are not shaped by the N.F.L. season or the P.G.A. tour, but by the schedules of weekend warriors pursuing oddball pastimes.