So instead of all these photos from the World Championships’ in Hafjell gathering dust on hard drives somewhere we thought we would do a bulk upload for this Pick of the Pics, many are caption your own but regardless enjoy!
Sam Hill.Sending it.
Finding lines and gaps!
Danny Hart dropping a foot.
Sometimes the media get bored and/or hungry.
Always emotions at World Championships, the tears roll down Rachel’s cheers.Delivering the good news.So much emotion.Happy days.
Straight out of the gate in Meribel and into rocks,crazy French!
Before we head over to Norway for the World Championships we thought we would show you a few more pictures from the Meribel World Cup. Conditions rained from dark and foggy to blue skies and sunshine! For riders and photographers alike this led to some varying challenges… Enjoy.
Casey Brown negotiating the top part of the track.The track was very photogenic…
The golden light was pouring through the forest.Deanos MachinosSurprise packet of the race, Francisco Pardal.Brook MacDonald smashing as alwaysGee Atherton has had a quiet by his high standards.‘The Mosser’ a drop half way down the track.Marc Beaumont searching for lines.World Champ stripes on Rachel Atherton.Sam Hill escaping the darknessLine choice for days…The wild man Marcelo Gutierrez!
Aaron Gwin ended up taking out second overall.Dust for days.
Boosting into the finish.
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Not only is Steve Peat racing to top 10s in World Cups but he is continuing his mentoring with the Steve Peat Syndicate. One of the SPS juniors hitting the rock garden.
Cairns world cup, the hardest race in the series for quite some years. It was a combination of the track and the tropical weather that really made things difficult, not only for the riders but the media, the A�event crew and the spectators! Come with us as we relive the action, the emotion and the mud!
Ben Power shreds the last of the prime switchbacks that open the course, ready to head into more technical features.Sam ‘Blinky’ Blenkensop keeping control on perhaps the slickest part of the course.In fact he kept it under control most of the weekend being the fastest qualifier meant he was last rider down on Saturday.Blinky’s teammate, Emmeline Ragot, fully focused during qualifying.Not everyone got it right though…Loris Vergier drops in to the final off-camber chute, on his way to the finish of a flying race run.Tegan Molloy on one of her first runs of the weekend, scoping and easing her way into the course.Renowned for his wet weather ability Danny Hart works the rock garden.Red goes faster?!You can’t get an idea of how much water fell over the week unless you were there!Aaron Gwins kit didn’t stay white despite his white hot speed!Styles for miles!Not sure about the style here…Greg Minnaar gets sideways, holding a technical line through the roots and mud. We’d like to tell you he rode out of this one, but instead he layed down and held the bike off the mud!Troy Brosnan sporting the national champs sleeve.
Dean Lucas smashing the corner.Run forest run!
No doubt downhill is one of the toughest sports going around, to finish off this Pick of the Pics we finish with some lifestyle shots, showing the emotion and energy at a race!
Tory Brosnan at the finish line.Josh Button after an off.David McMillan sucking in the big breaths.Mitch Ropelato after breaking the finish line beams.
Tracey Hannah gives the crowd the thumbs up.Chris Kovarik at what was essentially a hometown race.Deep in thought…Rachel Atherton just after finishing the line.A little bit later after getting her breath and some sponsors merchandise!How you doing?
We wrap up our coverage of Cairns 2014 with Conor Fearon’s Inside Info – coming soon!
Images: Jason Stevens Photography, JB Photomedia & in house images.
Bright National Champs threw up one great weekend of racing, let’s finish our coverage of the weekend with a Pick Of The Pics. Our dedicated and hardworking photo g’s were scrambling up and down the mountain all weekend fighting dust, starvation and the background scenery to bring you the goods, enjoy!
Troy Brosnan was rocking a different kit every day #factory.Art!Epic scenery in Bright, with a mix of native vegetation and pine forests, Mic Hannah rolling on by.B-Lake! Blake Nielsen negotiating one of the chutes on the track!One foot madness for David ‘Mayhem’ McMillan.Send, send, send!Riders charged straight down the fireroad into this tight right-hander with a lot of speed.Tegan Molloy got the job done and took home the national title.Not only was the view great but the conditions were too!Andrew Crimmins is looking good for the upcoming world cup season.On the hunt! There was talk of the new 650B coming to Bright but that wasn’t the case.A new bike for Jack Moir but it didn’t slow him down.A good time for Rhys, Jackson and David from one of the strongest teams on the grid.By the end of the weekend ruts were a foot deep down some parts of the track.A good result at Bright would have capped a very successful come back for Josh Button, the result wasn’t quite what he was hoping for . It doesn’t take anything away from what he has achieved, we can’t wait to see him at Cairns.Oops!Not all the action was focused on the track!Scoping lines.No shortage of dust!Another whoopsy!This may seem like an unusual image but let us explain! The rider in the dust had come through the chutes and binned it. On the way as they rolled down the hill they clipped Jason Steven’s gear bag sending it tumbling it down the hill. As the rider stop they managed to grab the bag and stop it from rolling any further, hence the joyous arm raise from Jason!That golden light strikes again!Rhys Atkinson has been all across over the past few months building trails for us all to enjoy, cheers Rhys!He’s another rider we are looking forward to seeing racing in Cairns.Different lines for riders as they negotiated there way down the hill.Sic Mic, having changed a few major components over the off season it doesn’t seem to have slowed him down though.Doing the dance!Jared Rando was on the bike and showing everyone why he is one of Australia’s downhill legends.
Coming into one of the high speed, wide open areas of the track!Throwing a bit of style into the mix.Connor Fearon is gathering momentum for his overseas campaign.The same can be said for Tracey Hannah.
That wraps up the coverage of Bright and the Australian national championships.
Images: Jason Stevens Photography, JB Photo Media & house images.
Motivation?! You find all sorts of craziness at downhill races.
Round 1 of the Victorian Downhill Series and we just have so much content to show you guys but as they say ‘a picture says a 1000 words’ so with that in mind lets check out some more of the action in picture formatA�from Jason Stevens Photography.
The weather was almost polar opposite Saturday versus Sunday, this was Sunday!Saturday on the other hand was sunny and dusty!Dean Lucas had a run on the small bike but then went back to the big rig but it makes you wonder doesn’t it…?!It wasn’t just Dean on the small bike though!
Media! Doing what they do in this case Jake ‘Banana Man’ Lucas getting the scoop from Ben Crundwell.
Believe it or not we still have some more coverage from the race for you guys, it’s something a bit different but we reckon you will like it!
Sam Hill and that pink kit/rig, it was for a fantastic cause and after 5th in qualifying he was looking to give it a gold tinge come race day! A crash didn’t make it happen but checking the time lost from a video of the crash shows Sam was right in the hunt.
You know what they say “time flies when you’re having fun”, Val Di Sole was onlyA�the otherA�week but already feels much longer than that! Let us have a look back at a few more banging images from the event, enjoy!
Dean Lucas took his maiden win and had Australia stoked – we didn’t learn until after how bent his derailleur was, almost a show stopper! Some times luck goes your way.By itself the track is crazy enough, add the changing dynamic as run after run creates new lines the whole way down and you just never know what lines are going to appear.Get your line wrong and you know what is going to happen…Team-mates Troy Brosnan and Aaron Gwin scouting lines.Finals saw Troy get on the podium in 5th and Aaron was just behind him in 6th.Rooosssttttt!The most photographed guy on the hill? Quite possibly (excuse the pun!) Image: Friedrich Simon KugiYou have to feel that Stevie Smith is going to grab another win sooner rather then later!Solid result for Luke Ellison, most of the juniors have headed home and are preparing for the World Champs. Image: Friedrich Simon KugiSome juniors will continue on the World Cup circuit until Worlds though.Not easy to camouflage in that get up… Image: Friedrich Simon KugiThe track was pretty deadly on bikes, evidence here!
We have a break for a little while before round 3 in Andorra.
