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.

Winter finally here.

 Finally I can start focusing on what I love the best, snowmobiling. With the first two arena-cross events behind me and the dropping temps outside I can start the switch up from motox to sledding. My 300+ hp sled is ready to go as the boys down at Alpine Motorsports fixed it up for me after I cracked the block last year.

 Weather forecast is calling for snow so lets hope it dumps this year compared to last years suck ass winter. Keep the track side down boys and girls and be safe. Time to make sure all your avy gear is good to go.

Chugging along

Ok a lot of things have been going on. Taking longer than I thought it would to get all the images from the 3rd and 4th rds up. It is going slowly but they are starting to be uploaded. Keep checking back.

Mom`s got to race.

Well if you have been to the first 4 rounds of the Nex Trax Arenacross held  in November  in Chilliwack,  you would know that again this year Kawasaki Canada has stepped up as a major sponsor for the series.

 During the half time break this year Kawasaki had six "pit bikes"(KLX 110). On the two Friday nights six representatives  from the local dealers got to race around for two laps. On the Saturday nights they changed it up , the first Saturday 6 dad`s and their son`s got to race. The child would get a lap then hand off to the dad till each did two laps.

As fun as it was to watch dealers and dad`s it was especially fun to watch the mom's. That`s right on the second Saturday it was moms turn to step it up and race just as the dad's did a week earlier.Two laps around the track trading off with their son`s after completing one lap.

NeX Trax Arenacross Rds 3/4

 Well another great weekend of  racing. Two long days but well worth it. Took a lot of photos and going through them now. Will have some up today in the galleries but keep checking back this week  because more will be added as I go through them a few times.

 For all the news on what all happened this weekend be sure to check out  DMX.

2010 Nex Trax ArenaCross

                                                                                
Well it is that time of year again. The Nex Trax 2010 Arena Cross series has started. I will be out and about photographing both the action and behind the scenes. I`m not alone out there as James Lissimore and Clayton Racicot are shooting it as well. Between the three of us there should be no shortage of images.

Making things more interesting for me is my 5 yr old . He races in the 4-6 50cc class. You can`t miss him as he is #4 on the only PW50 out there.

 So if you see me out there say hi and don`t be alarmed when I take your picture.

 Be sure to check out  Galleries section.