Frontside 180 Tail Grab to Tree ride Tahoe, NV
There was a church being built right at the bottom of Diamond Peak last year. Forest had has his eye on it and suggested shooting a photo on the property. He rigged up this drop/tree ride. Cool stuff until the pastor kicked us out.
Will Bateman is one of the few riders I know who would rather shoot a photo then shoot a video. This photo was taken on Superbowl Sunday at the bottom of a neighborhood. Will and myself were the only people present which made for an enjoyable time. The run in was a slight issue as we had to lay down a snow path across a parking lot. After some mishaps and a few random people asking what we were up to, we had the shot and headed home.
This shot of Riley Nickerson ran a few years back in Playboard Magazine.
Top image is mine.
Shot on a Canon EOS 20D with Tokina 10-17mm 3.5-4.5 DX Fisheye. Elinchrom Ranger RX light pack with A head along with a few Sunpak 555 all triggered via PocketWizard Plus II. See the original on flickr.
ESPN published another installment of their Zoom Gallery and my image of Travis Kennedy made the list. See the gallery here. Image was shot on a Canon EOS 1D Mark III with a Canon EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM. Elinchrom Ranger RX with A-Head provided my lighting fired via a pair of PocketWizard Plus IIs.
See the image on flickr by clicking on the photo above.
-Jerod rips around a corner
Stoner is hands down the best dirt bike rider I know. He has won countless races throughout the US and has even been to Travis Pastrana’s house to ride before. Last year he won a large race in PA and this year the event organizers wanted to sell t-shirts with images of the winners riders on them. Jerod phoned me up about shooting him for the shirt and we set up a date.
At his house he has a few tracks and after looking around them we selected this turn for our shoot. I used my Elinchrom Ranger RX with A-Head along with two Sunpak 555s fired via PocketWizard Plus IIs to light the image. It was shot on the Canon EOS-1D Mark III with a Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L USM lens. My exposer was 1/250th at f/5.0. It was critical for Jerod to hammer his turn at the same spot each run because of my low DOF. Below is a another image of Jerod along with one photo of his buddy on a different turn.
-Jerod Stoner
-Sean Doran
Last weekend I hung out with my buddies we had a great time. During the course of our party we took some photos. Well more like four gigs worth and spent about two hours shooting them all. Needless to say it was the highlight of the night. If you would like the “Party Wall” at your next party hit me up. It’s guaranteed to make the night.
Last thursday I went to Reid Menzer with Bonnie to shoot a large drop in the park. The drop top was at my shoulders and large for anyone to hit let alone a girl.
I spent Thanksgiving in North Carolina and had the chance to shoot with Jason Wagner who is a personal friend, the designer of my website, and writes a good blog. Since moving to NC Jason has started to mountain bike. We went to Carolina North Forest in Chapel Hill, NC and here are the images we produced.
Thanks Jason for the fun time. See them on my flickr.
