The photographer, Sean O'Brien, moved from Northern California to his wife's hometown of Minneapolis, Minnesota in 2013 just in time for the coldest winter in 30 years. With his riding season now cut in half, he sought out ways to pass the time. The 'Hibernation' series came to mind in the middle of a sleepless Ben & Jerry's fueled February night. It all started with a craigslist post looking for riders to photograph. From then on, Sean went from garage to garage meeting, photographing, and chatting with riders of all kinds. Finding solace through a shared misery of the bitter cold, and learning how each had a different way of coping with the long months holed up inside.

This is the fourth winter of the project, and he has photographed 53 riders so far. The end goal is to reach 100 portraits, and publish a book. Do you live in the Twin Cities area? Are you interested in participating? Do you know someone who would be? Please send us an email. We'd love to hear from you.

When your first word is 'airplane' it's not surprising that by age 16 you're flying gliders and by 18 you have your private pilots license. Since day one Nick Huber has been driven to fly. His dream became his passion, and he turned that passion into a profession. Living in Seattle Nick built up his hours flying the night shift on Cargo runs. Eventually graduating to Private Corporate Travel in small super fast jets. Nick loves speed, fast planes, fast motorcycles, and he was even a competitive cyclist. After an intense health scare Nick was unable to fly for a few years. So, he moved back to Minneapolis and got to work with his family at Huber's Imported Car Service.

I don't know what the motorcycle scene would be like here without him. He's the Mayor of Moto in Minneapolis. Knows everybody here in town, and keeps 'em tight by organizing regular events at Bryant Lake Bowl, his garage, a frozen lake, or dirt track. With his easy going smile and hearty laugh Nick pulls all walks of life together over a shared love for two wheels. Also a master mechanic - with a quiver full of the finest machines of desire. Moto Guzzi, BMW, Triumph, Suzuki, Kawi, Honda, Husky, and Bultaco, and Yamaha. The Suzuki isn't his though, that's his wife Suzanne's bike - she likes to rip around the dirt track! Currently on the lift is his latest project an R50/2 with an upgraded R75 motor complete with these super cool tear drop side cases. Can't wait to see him fire it up, grinning ear to ear, and roll on down the road with his signature vintage goggles white and gold checkered helmet, and that big ole happy smile.