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Throughout this season i’ll occasionally be blogging over on Document Snowboard Magazine about things which happen or come into my mind as the weeks roll by. For this weeks blog i’ve written some experiences with competitions and in particular X Games which i was at last week. To check out the blog just click on this picture below
To keep up to date with the Document blogs you can become a fan on facebook or follow me on Twitter where i’ll let you know as new ones are written. So the wheels firmly got put into motion as of this week and here’s a little update of whats gone on. Firstly, my insurance company paid up this week for all of my gear that was stolen back in November. As you can imagine i’m super happy with this situation and i’ll write a little bit more about my experience at a later date along with reviews of the new equipment i’ll replace it with. As soon as the money landed it kickstarted my season and i was on the next available flight to Denver. Now usually i’d be a little sceptical about flying into a new city without any plans but with the SIA winter sports trade show on in Denver i knew i’d stumble across friendly faces…. ….Which leads me to this. I was lucky to bump into Tatsuya from Bravoski magazine and he invited me along on his little road trip convoy to the X-Games. We powered on through the night and have been treated to a beautiful blue sky on our arrival. Without my new camera set up i look a little out of place but hopefully this will be the start of a great season. Canon EOS 40d and 18-55 kit lens. Ouch. With the snow outside bringing most of England to its feet i’ve decided to take the advice of the British press and have not made any unnecessary trips out of my house for the last week. Such scaremongering in the news day in, day out absolutely baffles me. I mean, apart from the freezing temperatures, treacherous road conditions, short days, constant darkness, lack of motivation to do anything, lack of money to do anything, post-christmas blues it’s great fun! I’m being serious when i said i’ve made no unnecessary trips this week. I’ve made none. Now before the BBC or ITN claim victory for their inspiring news broadcasts, i’ve actually been glued to the computer 12 hours a day attempting to give the portfolio section of my site a boost. I love working with this blog but have been well aware over the last few months that my actual site laid dormant collecting dust. After a week of redesign, selecting images etc my brain is close to being fried. I feel now is the time to put it out there and let you decide what you make of it. I’m looking for any feedback that you have, either positive or negative, and your thoughts on it. Things that work, things that don’t etc. If you’ve got anything to say just leave a comment below. So, here it is. Just click on this image below and it will send you over to the site… Once again, happy new year to everyone. 2009 was a crazy roller coaster of a ride for me. Somethings worked well and others didn’t but there was never a dull moment to be had. Over the last couple of days i’ve sat down and sorted through thousands of images to try and put a little something together to portray a year in pictures. Some of the shots here are just for laughs, some describe how things don’t always go as planned and some i genuinely love. What you make of them is up to you. So make yourself a cup of tea, sit back and enjoy!
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This is a WPSimpleViewerGallery Happy new Year everyone. I’ll get a post out in the next few days talking through the last year but having just read the news i thought i’d mention this. Kevin Pearce is a snowboarder that absolutely rocks. Not only does he dominate any competition he’s entered into but now is producing the goods with Absinthe film crew stringing together great movie sections. Anyway, i’ve just heard that on new years eve he was training in the Park City halfpipe and took a big fall resulting in being knocked unconscious. I can’t find out exactly hows he’s doing now but reports are that he’s had surgery to relieve blood build up in his brain. Like everyone in the industry i’ll be sending my thoughts his way and hope that he has a speedy recovery. His family have set up a facebook group and you can follow his progress over there. Here’s a few shots of him from last years European Open at Laax.
With Danny Davis, his frends teammate
Winning Halfpipe moment In between winter seasons i try to keep myself as fit as possible and this year running seems to be the trend that i’m in with right now. Regular readers of the blog will know that i’ve run a number of half marathons and the Eurasia Marathon, over in Istanbul during October. Since then i’ve decided to bring the distance down somewhat and have been training for shorter distance races. Last weekend was a cross country 10km held in Tatton Park which is quite close to my home town. Sunday was a lovely crisp morning with the temperature hovering around freezing. 355 people had turned out for the event and i opted to use my race tactic of running as fast as i could for as long as i could (a tactic which proved rather unsuitable for a marathon distance!) The start was very fast and slippery under foot but after the first few kilometres i managed to get my breathing under control and felt comfortable with my pace. A few of the more experienced runners started to pick me off quite easily until an adrenaline surge around the 7km mark which allowed me to start overtaking a few. After 46 minutes of running through bogs, ducking under trees, jumping over logs and climbing cobbled hills i crossed the finish line absolutely delighted with 32nd place. Boxing day will see my next outing as i am entered in my towns yearly “round the walls race” (chester is a roman town with walls circling it). As for my position for that one – that depends on how much debauchery there is on christmas day! All images courtesy of my mother…..
Mick Fanning won his second ASP tour over the weekend at Pipeline in Hawaii. By all accounts he’s had an awesome year. Back in August i had the chance to watch him in the water while he had a free surf at Cronulla beach in Sydney. Even in small waves he destroyed everything there was. Quite simply a joy to watch.
Hey Guys, Not great news to tell you. Unfortunately all of my equipment has been stolen whilst working over in Barcelona this weekend. I was here covering the Barcelona Snow Show and after a great first day my bag was stolen containing everything that is important to me. Hopefully i`ll be able to travel home tomorrow (my passport was also taken) and then get myself a new computer as soon as possible. I`ll have to build up everything from scratch again and a few of my newer toys weren`t on my insurance so i look set to take a big hit. Luckily all of my previous images are safely backed up so i should be able to resume business as quickly and painlessly as possible. All of my images from this weekend though are long gone making the remaining part of this trip a complete misery. More news to follow once i`m back home. As mentioned in my last post, i decided to rent a 45mm Canon Tilt Shift for the London Freeze event. The lens has the ability to tilt and shift the focal plane throwing both the background and foreground out of focus. By doing this it has the ability to destroy the sense of scale in the photo often making a miniature especially if taken looking down on something. I’ve wanted to try one for a year or so but haven’t been in the right circumstances for it. When i found out late last week that i’d be attending the Freeze event but with a really loose commission leaving me with plenty of free time, i knew that it was a great opportunity to experiment with the lens. Calumet photo based in London rents all sorts of professional equipment and they have a great system where you can rent from Friday until Monday for the price of a one days rental. For a lens that retails for around £1000 its great to try it out for less that £50. Here’s a few example shots of whats possible with the lens. I can imagine the novelty would wear off after a while but if used sparingly then you can achieve some great, and totally unique shots.
I woke up this morning with an email from FreeStyle Ski magazine showing me a draft of the latest issue. Seeing a whole section of your images is a great way to start the week and it has a special surreal twist as i actually spent the whole of today sightseeing around London with Japanese skier Shinji Osada, who features in this article. The feature is from back in July on the glacier at Les Deux Alpes at Kumi Yama. Hopefully we should be seeing some more shots from this session run over the next month so i’ll keep my eyes out for them.
Sticking with the skiing theme, this weekend past really well considering the weather here in London. I was at London Freeze watching Australian skier Russ Henshaw destroy the field scoring an almost perfect 99 points! Double grab, double cork 1260 – not quite your standard stuff! On Friday i rented a Tilt Shift lens from Calumet Photo bringing about some cool results. Here’s a shot of the setup through the eyes of the tilt shift. Loads more stuff has come out of Freeze, in amongst the mountain of work i’ll try and update you during the week.
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Magazine front cover (not my shot)
