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ADRENALINE
STORY BY ADAM ONNEBANE PHOTOGRAPHY BY ADAM ONNEBANE AND RICH BROOKS
Life can be slow or full of too much excitement to handle. For me, the upper three-quarters of the excitement scale is filled with sports that each bring their own set of challenges. Too laid back, and you can get hurt, or worse. Too confident, and the same thing will happen. But
just because there is high risk in something, it doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be done. And not only done, but enjoyed like a dream.
Water was the first element that created excitement and thrill for me. I started swimming at a very young age. My mother was a big swimmer and I was in the water and started holding my breath to compete with her before I could walk. Throughout the years, different watersports brought the level of excitement up a notch.
Growing up in Denham Springs, Louisiana, everybody in town knew about the trestle railroad bridge crossing the Comite River at 55 feet above the water. My first taste of an adrenaline rush
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