Occasionally I'll shoot a bike race

Patrick Valentine riding the first technical section

I love Ute Valley park, the technical, the speed, and its location being a three minute ride from my house.

This past Saturday was a great day to shoot, and to experiment at the Hotter than Habanero mountain bike race. Shooting was standard fare with my usual kit, until afternoon while working on a setup one speedlight plummeted from a fully extended monopod. Thanks to a very brief intermission at the top of my head it was not a full 10 foot fall, but instead two separate cascades. Here I happily praise the build quality of the Nikon SB900 speedlight, gotta love pro gear. (Though not feeling the love for whatever let go... still trying to figure out that one)

As for experimenting, this excursion included another foray into video. Particularly conspicuous after my setting up a ~300ft highline, however due to an inadequate improvised trolley no usable aerial footage was shot,,, this time. Now I am inspired and have more than a couple ideas for a remedy.

This will be fun...

(Will caption photos after I receive rider list, or feel free to leave tags in comments and I will update asap)