Richard McGibbon Photography

May

2015

Sydney Series Cyclocross round 1

Today i spent the afternoon checking out the first round of the Sydney Series of the Cyclocross. It’s a kind of unique type of racing. The bikes are modified racing bikes and the course is a mix between short course road racing and a short xc track. Obstacles around the course are designed to make you get off and carry the bike over them. Races only run for 45 mins but they are short and intense. Looks like a bunch of fun and I hope to get back and shoot a few more soon.

: Round 1 of the Sydney series of Cyclocross at Terry Hills.

: Round 1 of the Sydney series of Cyclocross at Terry Hills.

: Round 1 of the Sydney series of Cyclocross at Terry Hills.

: Round 1 of the Sydney series of Cyclocross at Terry Hills.

: Round 1 of the Sydney series of Cyclocross at Terry Hills.

: Round 1 of the Sydney series of Cyclocross at Terry Hills.

: Round 1 of the Sydney series of Cyclocross at Terry Hills.

: Round 1 of the Sydney series of Cyclocross at Terry Hills.

: Round 1 of the Sydney series of Cyclocross at Terry Hills.

: Round 1 of the Sydney series of Cyclocross at Terry Hills.

: Round 1 of the Sydney series of Cyclocross at Terry Hills.

: Round 1 of the Sydney series of Cyclocross at Terry Hills.

: Round 1 of the Sydney series of Cyclocross at Terry Hills.

: Round 1 of the Sydney series of Cyclocross at Terry Hills.

: Round 1 of the Sydney series of Cyclocross at Terry Hills.

: Round 1 of the Sydney series of Cyclocross at Terry Hills.

May

2015

Shimano GP at Awaba

A couple of weeks ago, back when it wasn’t raining, I was up at Awaba with Outer Image shooting round 2 of the Shimano GP. Awaba for me is a funny track. I have shot there quite a few times but never seem to remember the locations or the layout of the track. I think that is mainly because I have only shot close to base camp before. This time for a change I decided to head out a bit further and just follow the track back in. I found a lot of cool locations, all rainforest type stuff. I did struggle a bit balancing the light out as it was just so dark in some of the locations and the sky when it came through the trees was so very bright. I found my self looking for shots where the sky wouldn’t show.

Love the track though and love the event. It’s another track on my list of places to visit outside of a race meet. I have also been told that I need to go up and shoot the downhill track as I have not yet had the chance to do so. The list is growing.

: Rocky Trail Entertainment’s Shimano MTB GP, Awaba, 2015

: Rocky Trail Entertainment’s Shimanno GP 2015

: Rocky Trail Entertainment’s Shimano MTB GP, Awaba, 2015

: Rocky Trail Entertainment’s Shimano MTB GP, Awaba, 2015

: Rocky Trail Entertainment’s Shimano MTB GP, Awaba, 2015

: Rocky Trail Entertainment’s Shimano MTB GP, Awaba, 2015

: Rocky Trail Entertainment’s Shimano MTB GP, Awaba, 2015

: Rocky Trail Entertainment’s Shimano MTB GP, Awaba, 2015

: Rocky Trail Entertainment’s Shimano MTB GP, Awaba, 2015

: Rocky Trail Entertainment’s Shimano MTB GP, Awaba, 2015

: Rocky Trail Entertainment’s Shimano GP 2015

: Rocky Trail Entertainment’s Shimano MTB GP, Awaba, 2015

: Rocky Trail Entertainment’s Shimano MTB GP, Awaba, 2015

: Rocky Trail Entertainment’s Shimanno GP 2015

: Rocky Trail Entertainment’s Shimano MTB GP, Awaba, 2015

Apr

2015

Snowy Mountain Landscapes

I needed to test a little piece of software so I thought I should put up a few landscape images from a recent trip to the Snowy Mountains for your enjoyment.

: Dead Horse Gap, Snowy Mountains, Australia

: Mount kosciuszko, Snowy Mountains, Australia

: Thredbo River, Snowy Mountains, Australia

: Thredbo River, Snowy Mountains, Australia

: Cooma, Snowy Mountains, Australia

: Cooma Sunrise, Snowy Mountains, Australia

: Mount Jagungal, Snowy Mountains, Australia

: Last light at Dead Horse Gap, Snowy Mountains, Australia

Apr

2015

A big weekend in the mountains

I had a weekend down in Thredbo a couple of weeks ago. The 3rd round of the gravity enduro races was followed by a big start to the season of downhill racing here in NSW.

Cold nights and warm days made for some great MTB weather in the Snowies over the weekend. Kicking off the weekend was the Rollercoaster on the Flow trail. Not a lot of overly technical sections on this trail but a lot of fast-flowing berms. Gil took the lift up and covered the top half of the mountain while I walked up and shot the bottom section. The smooth fast berms saw a lot of folks coming in low as they flew past, laying into the berms as far as they could go.

Sunday saw the start of the DH season for us. Many familiar faces were out on track along with a lot of new ones. This time Gil and I swapped, me heading up top and Gil walking from the bottom. A cool breeze right up top meant I didn’t linger too long but quickly headed down to warmer climes. I tried revisiting a couple of old favourites on the way down but wanted to shoot a new location. I settled in on a corner and the trees just above Snakes and Ladders and spent most of the race there just trying different angles.

Thredbo always puts on great races and it’s always a chance to get away for a few days beforehand to explore the region. I’m already looking forward to our next visit down there.

All the images were supplied to the competitors for the Rollercoaster courtesy of Fox Racing Australia and BH Bikes. The downhill images were supplied by Redass. Be sure and swing by their Facebook pages and say thanks. And of course to Rocky Trail Entertainment who brought it all together and put on yet another awesome weekend.

: Thredbo MTB Enduro, Snowy Mountains, Australia

: Thredbo MTB Enduro, Snowy Mountains, Australia

: Thredbo MTB Enduro, Snowy Mountains, Australia

: Thredbo MTB Enduro, Snowy Mountains, Australia

: Thredbo MTB Enduro, Snowy Mountains, Australia

: Thredbo MTB Enduro, Snowy Mountains, Australia

Mar

2015

Gravity Enduro Round 2: Del Rio

Hot, dusty and mosquitoes is how I will remember last weekend’s Rollercoaster at Del Rio but also lots of fun. I said it before and I’ll say it again, dusty conditions may not make for the best of riding but they do make for good photographs.

Del Rio is out north west of Sydney near the town of Wiseman’s Ferry. Every time I go out there temperatures seem to be pushing up towards the 40C mark and this weekend was no exception. The hot conditions meant I was perspiring then sitting next to the track meant I got covered in dust.

It was quite a technical course in sections and I certainly saw a lot of people go down for a bit of a taste of the dirt. Thankfully all those that I saw jumped straight back up and rode off again.

The Rollercoaster series is probably my favourite to shoot at the moment as it is fast paced and challenging plus it offers riders a great range of courses. And with such a range means that we get to photograph a great range of obstacles.

Feb

2015

Jetstar Australia

This image of Dominic Di Tommaso is being used as a double page spread in the latest (Feb 2015) edition of the Jetstar in-flight magazine. Its good to get a contact with the in-flight magazines especially considering the year and plans I have coming up.