Dan Barham :: Mountain Bike Photography

While emptying out my wallet of the mountains of receipts I seem to generate on a weekly basis, I came across a card inviting me to check out the pics from the recent Kranked 7 premiere at Sea Otter.

Given it’s almost certainly the closest I’ll ever come to actually being on the cover of Bike Magazine, I thought I’d post this aesthetic master-class of modeling:

That’s right, I went for the good ol’ reliable horns.

Fortunately I wasn’t the only one making a fool of myself, here’s Chipps, editor of Singletrack magazine:

Chipps’ “Blue Steel” needs work.

More from the evening (including some real celebrities) are on the Bike Mag site.

Even though it’s officially The Best Job In The World Ever, there’s still the occasional time you can find me grumbling about the weight of my camera bag, the bad light, the location etc. Hey, I’m British, grumbling is what we do.

This weekend was not one of those times. I headed up to Lillooet, BC to guinea-pig a never-before-attempted heli-drop on one of the local peaks, and was treated to a stunning 2100m descent from the very summit to the river valley below. Days don’t get much better than this.

Taxi for six, dead on time

Waiting for me to pick up my jaw

“Can you see your house from here?”
“Nope”
“Me neither”

The best sound in the world (video © Brian Earle)

The places I get myself into (photo © Brian Earle)

Huge thanks to Chris and Kevin for showing us around, Scott from CC Helicopters for the ride up and as always Brian for excellent photo-slutting.