5:10 PM MTB World's Day 4

Day 4 of world's would see the biggest swings in weather. As long as I waited 10 minutes I knew it would change. Early on it was cold and foggy. This made it hard to get out of the gondola and go find a spot to shoot the last DH practice.

After a few laps of the gondola I did get out and started to get excited about what the day may bring. Loose super muddy leg out turns.







Further down the course wasn't quite so sloppy, but is certainly was still slippery. Mitch Delfs was using every inch of this berm and nearly slid off.







Steve Peat looked super smooth and relaxed.







After practice I decided to to stay near the bottom and was surprised when the spot I chose was missing a large pack of photogs. Of course they showed up eventually but I had my plan and stuck to it. Harriet Rucknagel looked great through this rock garden.

4:14 PM MTB World's Day 2

Day 2 for me at World's saw a completely different morning. By this time I was caught up on sleep and ready for a big day. Rain was supposed to be on the way and my shoot schedule included DH practice and the men's U23 race. I already had some ideas for DH practice but had yet to even see the XC course. Good thing I was going to have 30 minutes in between to figure out what I was doing.

Shot within 20 feet of the lit up Brad Benedict shot from the day before was this shot of Fabien Pedemanaud. I really wanted to shoot here more, and maybe light it up- but I kept on moving because XC was starting soon.







After grabbing some lunch I hiked the back portion of the XC course and picked two spots. One I could work with multiple lenses, flashes, and angles, and another I had to run through the forest that I could grab two different looks at. Late in the race I settled in on one of my current favorite looks and was pleased with this shot of eventual winner Mathias Flückiger giving it hard.







Once I was happy with some of my face shots I got a little lower for some leg and chain wheel shots. I'm pretty into these right now especially if legs are dirty or bleeding.








After the race I hiked the remainder of the course to prep for Saturday's XC racing schedule. The course was pretty cool. Would have been nice to get a chance to ride it. Trees, roots, rocks.