Flying was one of my childhood dreams. I was lucky to be able to pursue it.

Ikskile airfield, Latvia.	On the cockpit of an Antonov 2, the largest single-engine plane, flying over Lithuania.

Soon I discovered that jumping off planes (or mountaintops) was more fun. I did paragliding in the Austrian alps for two years.

	Top left: ready to jump. Top right: two thousand feet over Cesis airfield, Latvia. Left: on final approach, Ossiachersee, Carinthia, Austria.

I first learned to ride when I was a teenager.I still do it as often as I can.

A few years ago, I discovered diving. I have become a Rescue Diver and PADI Master Scuba Diver, with specialties in enhanced air (Nitrox) diving, deep diving, wreck diving, peak performance buyoancy, equipment maintenance, and underwater photography. Underwater photography has become now my favorite pastime.

If you want to see a sample of higher-quality underwater pictures from my collection, please be my guest at Picaboo.  

At my free time at home, I make things out of wood.