So I headed down tot he North Fork yesterday, which is closed as of this morning. Managed to smash out runs with all the local homies for 2 last days of shredding a legendary trail system. Amazing times had by all.
http://www.pinkbike.com/news/north-fork-trails-whatcom-county-closures-2012.html
My laptop (2011 MBP) now boots to a fully loaded useable desktop in just about 12 seconds, from over a minute and a bit before on the 7200rpm HDD.
One hell of an upgrade. Not to mention, I now have a spare 500gb HDD to use for photo storage while travelling. WINNING. :weee:
2012 version of the VCA urban race is in the books. Here's a quick link to all of this year's coverage (so far). Helmet cam from Filip Polc as well as some more photos coming soon!
Course Walk Video: http://www.pinkbike.com/news/Valparaiso-cerro-Abajo-course-walk-video-2012.html
Images...
So I can finally let it out of the bag, the Valparaiso Cerro Abajo will be going live on freecaster.tv (now extreme.com) Sunday afternoon. Time and other details are on the freecaster live page at the link below!
http://extreme.com/mountainbike/1019851/vca-2012
So I'm unloading my third backup body, a Canon 1D Mk2. Has a newish shutter (50 000 or so shots), serviced by canon pro services etc. I just don't need 4 bodies and could use the cash. It's in the classifieds at $900cnd, but make me an offer I can't refuse.
Busy news day on the racing scene.
Evil is out, Monaraker is in for 2012. No word yet as to who the riders are, but rumours are Spagnolo and Macdonald. Polc and Strobel out. Just rumours at this point however...
http://www.transcendmagazine.com/archives/2011/12/ms-racing-mondr.html
Rumours are lighting up my email box this morning that DH1 is officially cancelled. No word as to why yet, trying to get in touch with Ray now, although I am sure he will post soon if it is true.
If so, team managers everywhere breathe a sigh of relief as their travel budgets just got a bit...
Shameless self promotion. I just through up a new website (finally) with a few galleries containing images that haven't ever been off my hard drive before. Some of you may be interested in killing a few minutes between downs today so take a look.
Fraser Britton - Vancouver based action sports...
Shameless self promotion. I just through up a new website (finally) with a few galleries containing images that haven't ever been off my hard drive before. Some of you may be interested in killing a few minutes between downs today so take a look.
Fraser Britton - Vancouver based action sports...
I love this time of year. The light, the foliage, the dirt. I managed to convince the big guy to bring his little bike and we went on a day trip up to Kamloops to ride some trails. It's Dh related, because he's old school badass on another level.
What does fall mean on the Shore? Gorgeous skies, perfect dirt and MTB photographers clogging up the trails the trails while actually riding their bikes and playing with iphone toy camera apps.
Look out for a sick piece soon involving Myself, Sterling Lorence, Margus Riga, Ian Hylands and a...
So I finally got the time to put together a 45 image gallery from Worlds. Some unseen images, some images that have been out there for a bit. More to come, but if you want another fix of DH racing now that the season is over, check em out!
http://www.transcendmagazine.com/2012test.html
So I haven't had a lot of chance to do anything with Transcend this year. Clients and travelling have me pretty pinned when I am on the road. I am contemplating turning it into a daily updated image gallery site, as I can update right from lightroom while I am editing with this new software I...
Big 2 week2 here in Leogang. World Cup #3 as well as 26 Trix comp. It's supposed to rain all week for the World Cup, and it started last night right after we rolled into town. No big surprise right?
Course walk thursday, practice friday.
So i have a problem with the 1.5" angleset on my demo.
I recently received a 0 cup to try out on the top. Installation seemed to go fine, but the bearing is moving in the gimble. I have a spare gimble, and same thing. No matter how tight it gets cranked down, preload ring and all, the bearing...
The 2011 VCA Urban DH is about to get underway here in Chile. I'll be putting up full coverage all weekend on Transcend, as well as some quick shots here.
http://www.transcendmagazine.com/gallery/valpo_2011
I love this country. Not only does it have delicious fruit, but the views do not suck...
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