I made the long trip from the North East to Pembrokeshire in the South-west of Wales to photograph Ironman Wales. The Ironman is a triathlon race organized by the World Triathlon Corporation (WTC) consisting of a 2.4-mile (3.86 km) swim, a 112-mile (180.25 km) bike ride and a marathon 26.2-mile (42.2 km) run, raced without a…
UTMB – PTL Leaves Chamonix
I’m in Chamonix to take part in the 70 mile Ultra-Trail Du Mont-Blanc TDS Race which gets underway on Wednesday morning. We set of in Courmayeur in Italy and run the 120km’s back to Chamonix, tackling some 7250 meters of climbing along the way. In the mean time, I’m trying to relax in Chamonix, not…
GoPro Launches HD HERO2
You know that little turn to camera that you can stick anywhere, shoots amazing HD video and not bad stills, is water, shock and idiot proof… well it’s just got a whole lot better! GoPro have just announced an update to the HD HERO line in the form of the HD HERO 2. And it’s…
Canon EOS 1D X: The sport photographers dream camera?
So Canon have announced their new flagship camera, the EOS 1D X. It’s designed to replace both the EOS 1D IIIs and the EOS 1D IV. Taking the best of both camera’s, giving them an injection of steroids and moulding them in to a new super camera. You will no longer have to choice between…
Canon announce EOS 1D X
Canon have today, officially announced a new one series body, named the Canon EOS 1D X. Official Press Release: Performance redefined – Canon unlocks new possibilities for professional photographers with the EOS-1D X London, UK, 18th October 2011 – Canon today announces the arrival of the EOS-1D X – its next generation professional Digital SLR…
Cricket in Scarborough…?
Wednesday saw me driving down the coast to the beach town of Scarborough. A place known for its ice creams, trashy amusement arcades, beaches and surf… not so well know for County Cricket, but Cricket it indeed has! Every year Scarborough Cricket Club plays host to the Scarborough Cricket Festival, and Yorkshire move from Headingley…
A quick hop to Antwerp
I’ve been on the road now more or less continuously since early June… It slowly takes it’s toll… I get a couple of days at home, which are taken up with admin, sleeping and if I’m lucky a quick spin on my bike… and then I’m back in the van and off to the next…
Bradley Wiggins secures the National Road Race Championship…
If you were lost in Northumberland on Sunday and passed within 20 miles of the village of Stamfordham you might have wondered what the hell was going on. The roads were lined with hundreds of abandoned cars and crowds in the thousands stood screaming on the verges, as the best road racers in Britain tore…
Fort William World Cup 3 year deal!
I’m not long back in the office after a 705 mile round trip, to one of the biggest event’s of the year, the Fort William UCI Mountain Bike World Cup. Every year as I turn back south, there is a moment of anticipation, will it be back next year? It’s voted the best event on…
UCI Mountain Bike World Cup: Downhill, Fort William…
After much packing, making last minute adjustments to the van, cleaning bikes, and frantically ordering a new camera, yesterday afternoon I eventually turned the van North up the A1 and with a couple of stops to pick up my assistants (bag carriers) for the weekend, headed over the boarder and in to Scotland! A target…
