Sledding fun with injuries.

. Paul Gibbs(ripntear) and myself were able to get out again. He is still turboless so he was on the 900 King Cat again. I think he is starting to like the sled. We just made a quick trip up the the Coq.We just decided to go up and play in the trees in the Mt. Henning area.

While playing in the trees Paul seen what looked like a good kicker and wanted to hit. So I pulled out my camera and this is what happened.

New helmet camera test.

Well finally got a few hrs of sledding in this past weekend. Just went locally up to the Coquihalla. Lots of fresh snow you just had to get out of the general travel areas to play in it. Sled was working awesome. Me on the other hand was a different story. My sled was broke all last year so this was my first real ride in over a year and a half, and it showed. I nicknamed myself "pinball" for the day LOL.

                          Handed Paul my camera to take a few pics of me , thanks dude.

                           Here is Paul on the 900 KingCat, breaking in a new engine.

It was also my chance to try my brand new helmet camera which is also new to the market and just released in Canada this past week. It is called the Gobandit HD. It records in 720p at 30fps. Not as robust as the Contour HD or GoPRo HD but it had one feature that interested me. It is a gps unit so it tracks your speed and elevation but the really cool part is that you can skin your video with this info. Pretty cool, especially handy to see your start and stop elevation when climbing in the back country up around Whistler, BC.

First impressions are disappointing to say the least. It seems to have a huge banding issue ,out in the snow anyway. Will do some more testing before I really rip it apart.

You can also check out hd 720p version on vimeo

Grand Prairie Arenacross

 Well this weekend is the next chapter in the Nex Trax AreaCross  Series. Unfortunately I will not able to make it this weekend. This is the inaugural event being held at the Crystal Centre in Grande Prairie, AB. If you can be sure to get out there and show your support.

 All the pros should be there and it should be a good show.

                                        Grande Prairie ArenaCross

Be sure to check out DMX  for all the latest news and photos coming out of Grande Prairie. Also be sure to checkout James Lissimore Photography for photos. Not sure if  Clayton Racicot will be there shooting as well but check him out just in case. Again I am upset I could not make it but looking forward to Abbotsford and Penticton.

***UPDATE*** DMX Friday night highlights
***UPDATE*** DMX Saturday night highlights

 Be safe and Merry Christmas.

My First Photobooth

Well the Christmas season is upon us, with that comes the parties. I was contacted by some friends to see if  I offered this photo-booth thing being a sports photographer. Now I know I must live under a rock because I had no idea what they were talking about. I did some searching and it seems to be very popular at weddings and seeing it  more and more at all kinds of  parties. You can rent actual photo-booths but this way seems to be quicker,easier and can be a little more creative and fun.

 So needless to say I took the gig, purchased some props and was good to go. I knew it was going to be a good evening when I got there and the hostess handed me what she had picked out for the BG. I tried the bare wall for a bit but put it back up as it looked better.

They also had a bunch of props themselves and a few guest brought some as well, but we won`t get into that LOL. I was setup in the cleaned out kids playroom which was  about 8x10 feet. Once I was setup people started lining up. It was a blast and people seemed to be having fun as you can see.

 My 5D Mark II with 24-70  was setup on a tripod. I clicked away as they were trying things on and when they were ready to pose. No formal posing except to roughly tell them where to stand, but as the evening went on standing became harder and harder for them lol.

But there were times when things were not that goofy and people kept the props to a minimum.

  It was a great evening, good people and lots of fun . Lots of goofy funny photos and every now and then a more serious photo was captured as well. Is it something I would do again? Yup it is?

Remembering the BigDawg Shootout.

Well still in the process of changing everything over. It is taking longer than I thought but  I finally got around to some of the BDSO stuff.  Man it started bringing back some memories.

 In case you missed it, the BigDawg Shootout was an extreme back country free ride  snowmobile hill climb competition held up in the Whistler/Rutherford area. Paul Gibbs and myself started it back in 2005. If you do a search on youtube you can find lots of videos and the infamous Tim Mcgregor crash.

Anyway here are some photos with more to come. As an organizer and co running the event, it became harder to photograph so in the later years my photo time was less and less. I will make sure to track down other sites with images and post the links to them as well.