Red Bull Bike Tour

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Dear friends, I know that I have sounded like this for awhile now. And for some of you that only know me through my blog, I haven’t sounded like anything at all, because I’ve been so busy with… well, Red Bull. It’s been a whirlwind month. It’s been a blast. Now that my spring vacation has arrived, I will try to catch you all up a little bit. But be prepared for a lot of Red Bull.

Maybe the most fun I had this month was with the Red Bull Bike Tour. Two riders, Kenny Belaey from Belgium, and Viki Gomez from Spain, came to Muscat representing their very different disciplines. Kenny is a trial rider and Viki rides flatland. Both are the current world champions.

My first shoot was with Viki. I had found an abandoned construction project with several amazing looks that I wanted to play with. The first shot we set up was the big dome room. Viki kept running back to the camera to look at the screen after each shot.

This view shows how enormous this place is.

Our time was running out, but Viki wanted to stick around and shoot through dinner. I was stoked.

The next day I went with Kenny Belaey and the Red Bull team to Wadi Shab. He had seen pictures of the location and really wanted to train there, so we changed our original plans and went with his whim. It worked out well because Kenny was really into the shoot.

Hiking through the wadi was a challenge with all the camera gear, but Kenny never got tired of carrying his bike.

 

Here’s an amazing video by Abdullah Ali Al-Maawali and an article with some of these pics. The still photos don’t tell the whole story. You’ve got to see them in action.

 

http://www.redbull.com/mea/en/bike/stories/1331641126613/red-bull-bike-tour-in-oman

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