Posts Tagged ‘BMX’

A few from the weekend

Monday, February 27th, 2012

Red Bull flew me down to Cape Town to shoot photos of a ditch jam they helped make happen. The temperature was so hot it was causing BMXers tyres to pop. First time I’ve ever seen that happen. Anyway here are a few shots from the weekend, it was great to hang out with some friends I hadn’t seen in ages. For the full story check the Red Bull Website soon.

Brendan watching on

Buddy and Brendan Jacobs figuring out lines further down the ditch

Buddy Chellan getting cheeky

Colin launching off the wallride

Sweatbands in 37 degrees plus equals good idea

UCI BMX Supercross 2011

Monday, April 18th, 2011

I am still alive… barely! Been so manic but have some great updates to throw up here over the next couple of days. So here’s a late entry for April -

Last weekend was the first stop for this years UCI BMX Supercross series and it took place at Alexandra Park in Pietermaritzburg. All the world’s best riders were in town to get their olympic qualifying points up. The girls definitely have bigger balls than most guys I know, even bigger than the balls that AC/DC sing about. They had no issue hurling themselves down the 40ft roll-in and straight into a jump that looked to be around 45 feet long. Overall the racing was intense and had it’s share of thrills of spills. Three broken collarbones worth of spills to be precise. I was covering the two international Red Bull riders, Michal Prokop and Mariana Pajon. Here are some images.

2011 UCI BMX SUPERCROSS, PIETERMARITZBURG

2011 UCI BMX SUPERCROSS, PIETERMARITZBURG

2011 UCI BMX SUPERCROSS, PIETERMARITZBURG

2011 UCI BMX SUPERCROSS, PIETERMARITZBURG

2011 UCI BMX SUPERCROSS, PIETERMARITZBURG

2011 UCI BMX SUPERCROSS, PIETERMARITZBURG