So good, I didn’t want to leave (on time)

Last weekend was that of the bike season opening Sea Otter Classic, down in Monterey, California. I went down to enjoy myself, under the guise of working hard and covering the event for Bikemagic.com and NSMB.com, along with a whole bevvy of other publications I’ll be forcing my shots on in coming weeks.

The event itself was great as always – it’s always fun to meet up with old and new friends alike, check out new gear and of course the varied racing on offer. I shot all four days and posted daily reports, tying all my work together with a desaturated, earthy look that I intended to provide some continuity between each day, if not to just set my shots apart from other photos bouncing around the web. Hopefully it worked.

Here’s a few shots that were close to hand while writing this:

Ryan Trebon and Sam Schultz battle it out for the Men’s Short Track title

Brian Lopes looking smooth as ever

Fast & low around the slalom course

You can see more photos, plus a mini report on each day on the following sites:

• Bikemagic.com
• NSMB.com

Everything was going swimmingly, right up to the last couple of hours, when I managed to miss my flight, the last plane to Vancouver out of SFO, and was forced to stay the night in an airport hotel room. Whoops, there goes the profit.

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