Better than Fair chance at fun — Ninilchik hosts pig-racing, horse-riding good time

Photos by Clark Fair, Redoubt Reporter. Beth Fowler guides her horse around the next pole in the pole-bending competition.

A hand-waxing specialist pokes air holes to ease the removal of warm wax from around a fair visitor’s hand. Customers at the Wax Hands counter could have wax molds of their hands created in various positions and then dyed a rainbow of colors.

With onlookers behind him, Bill Ashwell surges out of the chute in the senior bull-riding event.

John David “Duce” Wilson Jr. holds on as his hat and bull slobber go flying. On the powerful Jackpot, Wilson had the best ride of the day in the senior bull-riding event.

Navy Bean Griffin leans back happily into the mechanical bull at the Ninilchik State Fair last weekend.

Ciarra McKenzie and her horse eye the next pole in the pole-bending competition during the rodeo last weekend at the Ninilchik State Fair.

As rodeo officials look on, junior bull rider Johanna Drew, and her bull, go airborne simultaneously. Neither animal nor rider were hurt.

In the match race between the race one winner, Pacer (left), and the race two winner, Diesel, it was too close at the final turn, but Diesel pulled out the narrow victory as the crowd cheered.

Ninilchik Fair worker Cristal Barton is covered with some of the prizes she doled out to winners in the skills booths.

As rodeo workers watch from atop the fence and Garret Willis tries to hold the steer in position, Jenna Mahoney races to capture the flag on the animal’s tail during the Ribbon Roping event.

Becky Dragseth and her horse, Diesel, pursue their bovine prey in the Breakaway Roping event.

Garret Willis (right) aims his lasso at the head of the fleeing steer, while Steve Cook prepares to capture the animal’s back feet with a second lasso in the Team Roping event.

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