The East Coast Equivilent of PDXCross
My hombre Peter of NY Velocity has posted some of his insane pics from the Mercer Cup this weekend. While Peter shoots color *and* B & W, the images are reminiscent of those the PDXCross crew in Portland shoot on their race weekends. I just love the 'non obvious' shots...e.g. anything that shows a focus on the things going on around the race....not just the prototypical shot of the racer. Details of the course (note the out of focus racers but in-focus mud shots), the fans and the way they go OFF yelling at the racers to dig deeper, the insanity of the pits as bikes get cleaned, and pit crew hustle to get the bikes ready for the hand off. THOSE are the things I want to remember when I am old and fat.
Check out Peter's collection from the Mercer Cup here and subscribe to NYVelocity feeds!
Thursday, November 20, 2008 at 9:31AM
Reader Comments (3)
Stunning shots indeed, thanks for that!
In a semi-unrelated note; NYC is going to have their first CX race in years (as apposed to all around it:
http://statencx.wordpress.com/
Its going to be a well run event, the folks behind it have a ton of passion for the sport.
http://alliwannadoisbicycle.blogspot.com/ is a way cool cat and the brains behind it all.
Some very nice snaps in there. Great "post-production" too. Thanks for the link. -mike