Rock Balance Blog

beach balance

2007-08-14T08:40:00.000-07:00

White Plains, NY

2007-08-14T08:39:00.001-07:00

Balance in a hotel

2007-08-14T08:36:00.000-07:00

in my front yard...

2007-06-17T19:41:00.000-07:00

A rock balance in my front yard. The people that lived here before us were stone masons and they left these rock pillars. Very convenient since they are the perfect base for balancing rocks.

an army...

2007-06-07T12:12:00.001-07:00

Here is some little pebbles I balanced on this huge slap of sandstone right in front of my house.

Ojai River Preserve

2007-05-30T10:48:00.000-07:00

Here are some balanced rocks at the Ojai River Preserve. Balancing Rocks in the water is always fun.

Desert Rocks

2007-05-11T08:36:00.000-07:00

A few rock balances from Death Valley. It was very windy so I could not balance as much as I wanted to...

Rock and wood balance!

Rock Balance Publication

2007-04-21T09:33:00.000-07:00

Please check out my recent rock balance publication in Stonexus Magazine
Also take a look at the full article about the art of rock balancing.

at home...

2007-04-21T09:32:00.000-07:00

rock balance in my driveway.

Midnight Balance in my front yard...

2007-01-14T22:15:00.001-08:00

Arroyo Burro Beach, Santa Barbara, CA

2007-01-14T22:12:00.000-08:00

heavenly...

2007-01-04T14:21:00.000-08:00

Clark, Colorado

2007-01-03T09:36:00.000-08:00

These rocks were balanced in Clark, Colorado. 20 miles out of the ski resort of Steamboat Springs. In the early morning I walked down to the Elk River and had to actually kick the rocks out of the ground since they were frozen in.

heart shaped rock on tree

2006-12-21T09:05:00.000-08:00

Red Rock Canyon, Santa Ynez Valley, CA

2006-11-29T21:44:00.000-08:00

Older balances

2006-11-26T08:41:00.000-08:00

Here is a couple of images of rocks I balanced over the last six months.

Mesa Lane, Santa Barbara, CA

2006-11-18T10:15:00.000-08:00

This was a semi unsatisfactory balance. The shot above was actually only an exposure check. I balanced the rocks so I could take a picture after sundown. As soon as they were standing I waited and two ladies came by. They were amazed by the balance and wanted to take a picture of me next to it. I got out the camera and snapped the above image to check the settings on the camera, gave it to them and stood next to the rocks. Just before she took the picture the balance collapsed. I had plenty of time before sundown to build them back up but an hour later they still weren't back up. The tide was coming in, waves clashing all over me, soaking me and throwing my balance off. The sand under my feet was washed away by the waves and I was sinking while trying to balance. It was a little frustrating and the rocks did not want to go back up. I ended up not being able to build the balance again, since it was getting dark and the tide was too high...

Griffith Park, Los Angeles, CA

2006-11-03T16:29:00.000-08:00

This balance took me quite a while. The long rock right on the base rock is balanced by the upper rocks. The single rock has just over 50% weight and the two smaller ones are just short of 50% in weight. Sorry for the poor images, I just had my little point and shoot with me.

More Mesa Rock Balance

2006-10-30T14:33:00.000-08:00

Here is a video of some rock balancing I did this morning in Santa Barbara.

And here is images of the rocks...

Ventura California

2006-10-20T14:49:00.000-07:00

Rocks in Death Valley...

2006-10-18T19:49:00.000-07:00

Here are some rocks from Death Valley...

Balanced Rocks on beach in Santa Barbara

2006-10-09T19:03:00.000-07:00

I went to the beach today to do some balancing. My intention was to do some rather complicated balances involving multiple rocks. Being spoiled by Austrian rocks I actually had quite a hard time finding rocks I liked. Still happy with the outcome...
This one took a while, had to experiment with multiple rocks too. At first there was a big heavy rock involved but it crushed my finger and I got pissed off with it.

This thing was cool. I had just read how someone was carrying heavy rocks under water, diving down and pushing it forward a little bit at a time, to balance them and then I found this thing. It was about 3-4 feet tall and heavy enough that I could not carry it by any means, had to slide it. It balanced rather easy, but the two on top of it fell a couple times.
The two following images are close-ups of the two rocks balanced on the tall rock above.

Rocks at beach

2006-10-06T16:36:00.000-07:00

a balanced rock at Arroyo Burro Beach in Santa Barbara and...

multiple rocks balanced at More Mesa beach in Santa Barbara guarded by Milan.

Balanced Rocks in Austria

2006-10-06T16:32:00.000-07:00

These rocks were balanced in a canyon called "Buerser Schlucht" in Buers, Austria.

This was the first time I balanced a rock in water...

random rocks

2006-10-06T09:23:00.000-07:00

Balanced Rock in Berlin.

This is two balanced rocks in Santa Barbara.

Rock Balance in Santa Barbara

2006-10-05T18:30:00.000-07:00

Rock Balancing from about a year ago in Santa Barbara, CA

Galgentobel, Austria

2006-09-29T00:00:00.000-07:00

Balanced Rocks in a canyon in Bludenz, Austria. The canyon is called Galgentobel and offers a lot of rock balancing oportunities.

Two balanced rocks and Milan...

A gate of balanced rocks.

Balanced Rocks in 2000m elevation in Austria

2006-09-25T01:24:00.000-07:00

Rock balancing images from "Steinernes Meer" in the Arlberg region in Austria. (Balancierte Steine im Arlberg Massiv in Oesterreich.) These images were taken at an altitude of over 6000 feet (2000m).

Me and a balanced rock in Santa Barbara

2006-09-25T00:31:00.000-07:00

Here is a balanced rock on a beach in Santa Barbara.

(balancierter Stein in Santa Barbara)