You might be wondering what skiing photos have to do with cycling? Well, my target of photography today was my buddy Kurt Schmid, a Category 2 roadie, and probably the only Masters rider in the country who can throw down big heli-X’s in the terrain park on skis, getting even props from the 15 year olds who are wearing ski costumes they’ll never outgrow.
And Kurt had to hike the jump a few times (6) so that I could work on the angle, which was tough with all the background distractions:
And one final one with my wide angle, taken on the side of the jump:
Of course, there was one bad-ass youngen tossing back flips like granpa and his pancakes:
For a semi-complete photo session of images, check-out the full gallery over here.