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Red Bull Trick Or Treat 2011

2011-10-30T10:19:00.000-07:00

Once again Red Bull kicks off the Halloween weekend with the Red Bull Trick or Treat BMX street competition held at Newtown Barge Park in Brooklyn, NY. Despite having to move the event forward one day due to snow, the event staff was able to build the entire course in less than 24 hours so that the riders and fans would still have their Halloween themed course.

1st Place-Scotty Cranmer
2nd Place-Pablo Nunez
3rd Place-Sean Ricany

US OPEN 2010

2010-06-01T18:36:00.000-07:00

Few more shots of the Red Bull Team

US OPEN 2010

2010-06-01T18:29:00.000-07:00

Here are a few shots of the Red Bull Team shredding the US Open Downhill course and the Giant Slalom course. Jill Kintner took 2nd place in Downhill and swept the Giant Slalom race taking home first.

JACKSON...end of story!

2010-05-07T09:48:00.000-07:00

Anyone who knows Aaron Chase knows that his dog Jackson is with him where ever he goes. They also know the worst thing you can do is throw an object for Jackson to fetch because he will retrieve the object then bark at you until you throw it again, which will continue all day until he passes out or you ignore him. I say object because since i have know Aaron, i have seen Jackson pull 4 ft logs out of the woods, small tires, sticks, balls, pretty much anything he can get his mouth around for someone to throw. Yesterday i was shooting with Aaron at one of our local spots and of course Jackson was in normal form running after a tennis ball all day. Aaron threw the ball down a slalom course he built and i watched Jackson rail the berm faster than i have seen anyone on a mountain bike hit it. I looked at Aaron with my jaw dropped and asked him if he saw how fast Jackson hit the berm and Aaron was already laughing. As i was standing there laughing i thought i had to get a shot of this, so Aaron walked down to the berm to rally Jackson and our friend Ray tossed the ball down the course. Within seconds Jackson was already in route ripping down the course. This is definitely one of my top ten favorite personal shots i have ever taken...

25 DAYS IN HAWAII: 2/3 OVER

2010-02-25T01:28:00.000-08:00

Few more...

25 DAYS IN HAWAII: 2/3 OVER

2010-02-25T01:14:00.000-08:00

After leaving our Kona house, we headed to Makaha where Original snagged a house with the ocean literally in our backyard. After a week of killer skating and a crazy house party we headed to our next house on the North Shore. More info on the travels will come tomorrow...i need sleep...but for now, enjoy the lifestyle shots from the Makaha House.

25 DAYS IN HAWAII: DAY 7/8

2010-02-16T15:28:00.000-08:00

Ian Joe Dutch relaxing with a cup of coffee after an early wake up call to go shred...

Original Team Rider: Derek Scherer ripping at Pinetrees

25 DAYS IN HAWAII: DAY 7/8

2010-02-16T15:18:00.000-08:00

Here are a few lifestyle shots of the Original crew relaxing with some close friends...

"A Good Conversation"

25 DAYS IN HAWAII: DAY 5/6

2010-02-13T11:30:00.000-08:00

5 days into the trip and i can honestly say that this has been a trip of a lifetime and i still have 20 days of shooting left. After waking up at 2 am after only sleeping for 3 hours to drive 2 hours to get to the top of a volcano to catch the sunrise, was well worth it to say the least. It was a sunrise i will never forget!

FOX AD

2010-02-11T19:22:00.000-08:00

November/December FOX Ad in Decline Magazine that i shot with Jeff Lenosky...

25 DAYS IN HAWAII: DAY 2/3

2010-02-10T23:45:00.000-08:00

Day 2 started out with an early flight that involved us waking up at 3 am to catch a flight from Waikiki to Kona. We landed at Waikiki at 5:45 and had to wait until 7 am for the car rental company to open, then we headed to the Kona house to pick up our boards and equipment. We then headed out to our first shoot location and killed it. (as soon as the trip is over and the new Hawaii series is posted the still images will be posted as well) Day 3 started with a late morning wake-up with a killer afternoon session that lasted until well after sundown which made for breath taking sight because the stars were super bright and filled the sky completely. For more on Original Skateboards check out their youtube page to watch prior trip series:

http://www.youtube.com/user/Originalskateboards

www.originalskateboards.com

(left to right: Christopher Vanderyajt, Brian Bishop, Nick Patrick, Ian Joe Dutch, Brad Imbrie, Derek Connor, Scott Imbrie)

A perfect end to a perfect day...

25 Days in Hawaii: DAY 1

2010-02-08T00:34:00.000-08:00

After a long wait in Newark airport and an 11 hour flight I finally arrived in Hawaii to shoot for Original Skateboards for 25 days on various islands. We arrived in Honolulu and met up with a local friend of ours to crash at his pad in Waikiki, until we head to the Big Island on Feb 8th. Sunday morning i woke up and accompanied Derek (our local friend) to the North Shore for an early morning surf session at Pipeline. It was super rad being able to stand on the shore and shoot after seeing it in so many surf videos, and to top it off, i was able to catch a few shots of Kelly Slater as well.

ATHLETES, FRIENDS, HEROES...

2009-12-15T17:45:00.000-08:00

Being a huge fan of Action Sports, photographing it was always a dream since i was a kid....there is nothing i would rather do for the rest of my life other then photograph my friends and strangers doing what they love as well...here is a slide show from trips i have been on, events, and friends....

PERSONAL NOTE: To everyone i have or will photograph, thank you...you are my heroes!

OLD FRIENDS...GOOD TIMES!

2009-12-07T10:21:00.000-08:00

I get a random phone call from my old friend Clayton asking if i could come up one day to photograph his son Zack and catch up since it has been a super long time since i have seen his family. So of course my response was yes...more so because clayton is never short handed with beer. So i spent the day at their house shooting Zach and his mother Jamie (when she was not looking). Here are two images i shot as i was leaving...as i walked out the door i turned around and Jaime was holding Zach in the window and i shouted at her not to move and grabbed my camera...These are my favorite shots from the day...It is always amazing getting to catch up with old friends...thanks for the phone call!

Smutock's Ender Ender...FIRST RUN NO WARM UP BITCH!

2009-10-13T18:49:00.000-07:00

Here is the last shot i took of Dave Smutock to end the East Coast season. Dave called me Thursday night to see if i was available to shoot last minute while he was filming his part in Taylor Sage's upcoming film Antonym, so(without hesitation) the next morning i bolted up to NH to meet Dave and Taylor, then we headed to Burlington,VT. The trip was definitely worth it as the foliage in the North East Kingdom was epic to say the least. Yellow and orange canopies covering the landscape made for some incredible shots...more shots coming soon!

DIGITAL NOISE

2009-09-30T15:26:00.000-07:00

While i was shooting the poster DIGITAL NOISE, i snapped a few portraits of PJ Post...one of the featured East Coast riders in the FM Productions snowboard film coming out soon.

SUPER FRONT FLIP!

2009-09-24T08:09:00.000-07:00

CAM MCCUAL becomes the first mountain bike rider to stick a front flip superman while filming for NWD 10. It was an early morning session at Highland Mountain Bike Park and cam had been eyeing up a jump at the end of a three pack to attempt the super front flip. He sessioned the jump until he had his speed dialed and so the light was just perfect for the film crew...after a few huge front flips....Cam yells dropping and throws the super front flip and lands it super smooth...

THE PURPLE PROJECT

2009-09-21T11:49:00.000-07:00

A good friend of mine, Haize Rava, had asked me to shoot her new line to launch her new website and wanted it shot on a farm...So we went to a horse farm that one of my friends owns and started blasting away with all the farm animals. It ended up being a super fun day even though i was running on 3 hours of sleep and because one of the horses was being super stubborn while we were trying to shoot...also one of the little bastards tried eating the pocket wizard right off my camera while i was lying on the ground shooting. For more about Haize Rava check her new website out at www.supadesigner.com

A PERFECT FAREWELL

2009-09-19T14:15:00.000-07:00

Lately i have been thinking about snowboarding non stop, so here a brief story about a rail session from last season. A friend came to me with an idea to load a truck up with as much snow as we could fit into a truck, head to the Jersey shore and try to get shots of someone hitting rails onto the beach before we got kicked of the boardwalk, arrested, or even worse, the snow melted. I was super stoked with the idea as it was the end of a shitty bitter cold east coast winter and there was nothing more than i wanted to do at the time besides sit on a beach in 60 degree weather. After getting kicked out of a few spots we finally found one more rail we could hit that was in a "not so shady spot." We quickly built a launch for PJ and he killed it for an hour before the snow melted...Pj then retired his board to the ocean and then walked to his car where there was a wetsuit and a surf board waiting. PERFECT way to say farewell to winter!

I CAN'T FOR FOR WINTER

2009-09-18T00:21:00.000-07:00

I was sitting around going through my archives and came across one of my favorite images of one of my best friends....Eva Bonner...

DAVE SMUTOCK AT HIGHLAND MTB PARK

2009-09-16T19:07:00.000-07:00

Here are a few images of Dave Smutock throwing down at Highland Mountain Bike Park. Highland has the most polished set of dirt jumps at any resort on the East Coast. Along with the jump sesh, Dave is also shredding a mossy rock wall on one of Highlands new trials

GNR...

2009-09-10T12:53:00.000-07:00

Few images of George Ryan at Diablo Freeride Park

NWD: DAY 4

2009-08-27T20:11:00.000-07:00

Day 4 was HUGE...nothing else to say about it...here are a few shots of Adam Hauck ripping up the dirt pipe at Highland mountain.

NWD: DAY 3

2009-08-26T19:00:00.000-07:00

Weather finally held out today and Cam McCaul threw down a huge tail whip...Greg Watts nailed the superman seat grab(double was 33ft)

NWD: DAY 2

2009-08-25T06:05:00.000-07:00

Day 2 was a little slow to start and because of rain the jump sesh had to be pushed back till the afternoon....so instead Cam McCaul and Greg Watts ripped up the slalom course...here is a couple head shots of Cam McCaul( one with a new friend)

NWD: DAY 1

2009-08-24T06:16:00.000-07:00

Day 1 of shooting for NWD is in the bag! The day consisted of heavy reshaping of a monster jump and hucking back and front flips off a rope swing. Here is a shot of the crew standing on shore after swimming about 300ft back from the island where the roap swing was.

(left to right) Aaron Chase and his dog Jackson, Slim, Cam McCaul, Greg Watts, Danimal, Adam Hauck, Nick Brandreth, Dusty.

HIGHLAND MTB PARK

2009-07-23T13:02:00.000-07:00

Here is a shot at Highland MTB Park for PRO-TEC with George Ryan

DAVE SMUTOCK AT HIGHLAND MTB PARK

2009-07-12T20:29:00.000-07:00

RED BULL RAMPAGE 2008

2009-06-07T12:42:00.000-07:00

Since i just created my blog i am doing a little archiving and decided to post a blog about the Red Bull Rampage because it was my favorite event i have shot to this day. I was always a huge fan of this event after seeing video footage of it, but after being there in person i can say that although the footage was sick, it almost did not do the riders any justice. The cliffs were huge, the drops long and fast, and the jumps were epic! There was definitely no room for error.

I don't usually post images of crashes out of respect for the athlete but i felt this image showed the extent of slight miscalculations during the Rampage.

US OPEN 2009

2009-06-06T16:30:00.000-07:00

Few shots from the US OPEN of Downhill Mountain Biking at Diablo Freeride Park

Gee Atherton

Jill Kintner

Kathy Pruitt

George Ryan

Bryn Atkinson

Kathy Pruitt

George Ryan

Original in Puerto Rico

2009-06-06T15:24:00.001-07:00

This past January i spent 10 days in Puerto Rico shooting for Original Skateboards and their riders. We drove across the island hitting up various spots and came across an abandoned hotel on top of a mountain that overlooked a city. We decided to hop a barbwire fence to check out the hotel and we found an empty pool filled with garbage and glass, as well as a roller coaster shaped roof top that had an area to skate on that was about 3ft wide. The roof was a bit sketchy to skate because there was a 100ft drop if you fell of the roof. After skating the pool and roof for a few hours we decided to bolt before we got caught trespassing. A Puerto Rican cell was not where i wanted to end up on my trip.

The Crew(except for the little girl...she was just hanging out)

Abandoned Hotel(this is not a sequence shot...there are 4 people skating the roof)