Dan Barham [Photographer]
Posted in Mountain, MX on October 25, 2011 by admin
© 2005-2011 Dan Barham All Rights Reserved
We have featured Dan’s work before however you can never get enough of a good thing. Dan Barham is originally from Manchester, UK, but now living on Vancouver’s North Shore, Dan primarily shoots mountain bike and outdoor photography for numerous editorial and commercial clients across the globe, and currently enjoys a position as one of Bike Magazine’s select few Senior Photographers. You can see the complete collection of Dan’s work on his website.
Beth Rodden [Athlete]
Posted in Mountain on October 17, 2011 by adminIf you’ve never seen videos of Beth climbing, this is well worth a look. She is an amazing athlete who continues to amaze us. You can read more about her here.
The North Face®: Alex Honnold in Yosemite
Posted in Mountain, Uncategorized on October 17, 2011 by admin
2000 ft. of climbing. 2 hours and 50 minutes. No rope. No harness. Or any sort of safety gear. Alone on the wall – Alex Honnold free-solos the Regular NW face of Half-Dome.
Skyart
Posted in Air on October 16, 2011 by admin
When it comes to sky diving photography, the artists are few and far between. We rarely come across skydiving shots that really “move” us, however this photograph is clearly an exception. This shot seems to capture the simple beauty of human flight. If anyone knows where we can get our hands on great skydiving or base-jumping shots please comment!
Mountain biker vs. antelope in South Africa
Posted in Uncategorized on October 10, 2011 by adminMountain biker Evan van der Spuy earned a new nickname this weekend and it already has a trending hashtag on Twitter (#BUCKNORRIS).
Van der Spuy, a Team Jeep South Africa rider, was competing in the Time Freight MTB Express at Albert Falls Dam. Out of nowhere a red hartebees decided to cross paths with Van der Spuy and Travis Walker, who captured the whole thing on a mounted GoPro.
So, next time you plan on riding your bike through a game reserve be sure to watch out for crossing antelope. Evan, we’re glad that you’re ok and… that the buck stopped there.
Rainer Eder [Photographer]
Posted in Mountain on October 10, 2011 by admin
Photographer: Rainer Eder
The icefall is not far from where my home in central Switzerland is, and I noticed it a while ago when passing nearby. It is such a bold line. pretty exposed with several sections of freestanding ice columns, but it takes the reference of a climber to show its whole majesty. The problem was that good, safe conditions, with a thin ice line from top to bottom are rare. After a period of cold weather I decided to check out the condition of the icefall. It looked good and I had a quick talk to Walter Hungerbühler who lives right next to the icefall’s exit.
As luck would have it, Walter told me he was going to climb the icefall the next day. I decided to take the chance and get some ‘wide’ shots from the opposite side of the valley. So, when I went back, fresh snow had covered the landscape – breathtaking! I did not have to do much more than wait for the climbers to get in the right position. later, they told me that during their ascent, the whole icefall ‘settled’ (released tension) with a ‘whoom’ sound. Scary if you are climbing, but I did not even notice. Walter and Stefan Suhner, who is belaying in the photo, topped out without any problem.
I have shots that required a lot more effort from my side, both physically and mentally, but in the end, that’s not what makes a great photo. Sometimes, all it takes is being at the right place and not missing the ‘magic’ moment!
PHOTO INFO
Photographer: Rainer Eder
Athletes: Walter Hungerbühler
Location: Wolfenschiessen, Switzerland
Dan Barham [Photographer]
Posted in MX on October 5, 2011 by admin
© 2005-2011 Dan Barham All Rights Reserved
Dan Barham is originally from Manchester, UK, but now living on Vancouver’s North Shore, Dan primarily shoots mountain bike and outdoor photography for numerous editorial and commercial clients across the globe, and currently enjoys a position as one of Bike Magazine’s select few Senior Photographers. You can see the complete collection of Dan’s work on his website.
Christoph Schöch [Photographer]
Posted in Snow on October 5, 2011 by admin
Daniel Schlessi in Austria
The season hadn’t started yet back in 2008, but I decided to get some early season impressions of Hintertux in Austria. The conditions were pretty good – fresh snow and bluebird skies were forecasted. We went up the glacier really early to check everything out.
Daniel Schiessl, who had just got back into skiing after his knee surgery, was part of the crew. He came up with the idea to do some fast plant shots at the knuckle of the jump. The jumps weren’t that big so I thought it was a good idea. I wanted to get the camera as close as possible and use a fisheye lens so someone looking at the picture could really get a feeling of how the trick is done.
It took a while to set up the shoot so Dani didn’t hit the equipment, or me! The sun came out behind the mountain at just the right time and I gave Dani the go-ahead. I think he flew by about 30cm from my camera. It was a close shave, but we got the perfect shot.
Photo Info
Photographer: Christoph Schöch
Athlete: Daniel Schiessl
Location: Hintertux, Austria
Tech Info
Camera: Canon EOS 40D
Lens: 10-17mm
ISO: 100
F-Stop: f4.5
Shutter speed: 1/6400
Photo courtesy of Red Bull illume
Sloans lands 900 tailgrab on MiniMega
Posted in Skate on October 3, 2011 by adminElliot Sloan First Ever 900 Tailgrab on Mini-Mega Ramp from Skatepark of Tampa on Vimeo.
At the Maloof Money Cup in Kimberly, South Africa, Elliot Sloan landed the first-ever 900 tailgrab on a MiniMega ramp, winning the MiniMega best trick contest on Sunday.
Sloan pulled the trick off on his last attempt right as the buzzer was going off.
“Tail 9 in the house!” wrote Bob Burnquist on Twitter, adding, “Radicalness at its finest. Congrats, Elliot!”
Burnquist landed a 900 on the MegaRamp last September to become the first skater to land a 900 on the MegaRamp and only the fifth skater to land the trick in history — Tony Hawk, Georgio Zatoni, Sandro Dias and Alex Perelson round out the elite 900 club. Fourteen-year-old Mitchie Brusco landed the world’s second MegaRamp 900 in July of this year during practice at the Nescau MegaRamp Invitational in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
