Leaving Edmond on the 5:45 ferry

Coming into Kingston

The early-bird beats..... the traffic

NW Cup #4 marked the finals of the inaugural running of the NW Cup, 4 race,  Series (formerly combined with the Fluidride Cup).  Some new sections of the race course made for some new scenery and an oldie but goodie with a twist came into play with a set of jumps in the Pro/CatI course.

The layout of the courses made it a bit hard to get from on course to the other to cover the various class, but I think I did a good job. I hope that CatII and CatIII riders appreciate that I found a NEW spot to shoot their race runs. Someone was nice enough to point out that I seem to shoot those classes from the same spot race to race… to race (thanks for that).

Very good time.

Check out all my photos from the weekend here:

NWCUP#4 Photo Gallery (Saturday – Practice)

NWCUP#4 Photo Gallery (Sunday – Practice – Race)

#683 Travis Erickson from gohuckyourself.com haulin' ass down the beginning stretch of the "White Knuckle"

#520 Adam Ransavage on a new section of the Pro/CatI course.

Epic dust.. and a lot of sun... but I'm not going to complain much about TOO MUCH SUN. Rider: #652 Shane Wise.

BBBRRRAAAAAAPPPPP!!!!!!!

#424 Matt Patterson of Dirt Corps being too fast to stay in frame...

Men's Pro - Series Champion - #139 Kyle Thomas

Woman's Pro - Series Champion - #3 Jill Kitner

Mens CatI 0-18 (JrEX) Series Champion - #200 Brian Mullen

One more for the road.... a Pacific Northwest rarity.... epic light. Rider: #655 Nikolas Clarke.

My return trip was not quite as solitary.

45 minutes wait for the bridge, and a 2 hour wait for the ferry.... nice

priceless.... or whatever the ferry cost to come back across to Edmonds

I hit every race to shoot photos. Wide range of weather and the ever-evolving course layout made it very fun, but challenging to find the latest photo-worthy feature of each course.  I will have a review some of my favorite shots of the series and the story behind them in a later post. Stay tuned.

Check out all my photos from the weekend here:

NWCUP#4 Photo Gallery (Saturday – Practice)

NWCUP#4 Photo Gallery (Sunday – Practice – Race)

Race Results HERE

—G

By this time of the year I am expecting the typical rain and doom of October to come rolling in any day. The lawn is mowed, boat stowed so nothing to do but hibernate until spring. (actually the Doom has arrived as of Tuesday). So it was sweet to get an excuse to get away for the day and head down south of the border (Snohomish / King county border) to hang with the Transition Bikes crew for a “Demo Day” at Colonnade Park, Seattle.

This bike park is built under I-5 between Eastlake and Capital Hill, so even for a somewhat sunny day, lighting is not the best. It has only been around for a couple years and is just coming into its own for becoming for people looking for a place to ride during the gloom of Fall.

I got there late, but was able to get some shots and bum a dog off the Transition grill. Most of the action late in the day was the line that led to “Rainbow Bridge”.

More of my photos from the Transition Demo Day at Colonade Park >>>>   HERE

There were some other guys shooting photos, I’m curious what shots they were getting. Andy Tran from Syndrome Racing was there shooting video, which he already has edited and posted.

pretty sweet……