Shevlin Park, Central Oregon mountain biking
Rarely am I in front of the camera. But today, Angelique Valdez got some shots of me on one of my favorite trail rides in Bend — Shevlin Park loop. A fast sprint with a few rewarding climbs.
Tribal Timmy’s 6.25.10
Latest “whale tail hook” necklace and “lotus” guitar picks, all made from fossilized walrus tusk. View more Tribal Timmy pieces here.
Kirt Voreis, Enduro Down Hill
This is the third in the series of where does Kirt Voreis ride with his Specialized Enduro. Down Hill mountain biking requires skill, daring, confidence, and a bike that withstands abuse. Typically you wouldn’t downhill on the same mountain bike you trail ride with. The Enduro challenges this. Though a “big” single track bike and “small” DH bike, the Enduro rocks both worlds. From fast descents to technical corners, to big air, in the hands of Kirt, the Enduro very well defines the all mountain ride. Featured in this gallery is Kirt at the Cline Butte DH course with AllRide team rider Austin Aldrich.
Kirt Voreis, Enduro Down Hill
This is the third in the series of where does Kirt Voreis ride with his Specialized Enduro. Down Hill mountain biking requires skill, daring, confidence, and a bike that withstands abuse. Typically you wouldn’t downhill on the same mountain bike you trail ride with. The Enduro challenges this. Though a “big” single track bike and “small” DH bike, the Enduro rocks both worlds. From fast descents to technical corners, to big air, in the hands of Kirt, the Enduro very well defines the all mountain ride. Featured in this gallery is Kirt at the Cline Butte DH course with AllRide team rider Austin Aldrich.
Kirt Voreis, Enduro DH Jump Line
Second in the essay of where Kirt Voreis rides the Specialized Enduro. From single track to down hill jump lines, Kirt rides in Bend, Oregon.
Tribal Timmy’s 6.9.10
Latest whale tale hook from Tribal Timmy’s, crafted out of fossilized walrus tusk. Artist Tim Ferguson creates jewelry pieces inspired from Hawaiian legend and Central Oregon lifestyles. His hand crafted necklaces are shaped from stone, wood, bone, and tusk. Accenting the main piece are beads from glass, lava rock, and metal, tied together with leather cordage. See more from Triabal Timmy’s collection here.
Kirt Voreis and James Reigner, AllRide, and the Phil’s Trail Head Pump Park
An artist creates from what is given. Kirt Voreis and James Regner create the path for mountain bikers to jump, pump, bank, and otherwise express themselves. What do you do with a reclaimed dirt road leading from a parking lot trail-head to a network of single track mountain biking trails? Make features, of course. More images here.
Kirt Voreis 5.24.10
Kirt Voreis called me up to do some shooting at his old rail road dirt jump course. Santa Cruz rider and Bend local Jamie Goldman was to be there as well as some of Kirt’s AllRide team. Hell ya! Unfortunately, shit happens. After a few warm up laps, some 360s, and Toboggan saddle grabs, Kirt concussed himself on a hard landing. A trip to the ER became the photo session. Kirt was joking with the hospital staff and laughing at himself. After a long career as a professional mountain bike racer Kirt understands the risks and continues to push the limits for the love of the ride. I look forward to the next session! See more photos here.
Joel Sanchez/Fusion Fitness
Working out at Fusion Fitness in Bend with Joel Sanchez. More images here.
Dirt Jumping at Slalom
Some of the boys from Kirt Voreis’s All Ride team and photographer Sven Martin at the Slalom dirt jump course in Bend, www.kirtvoreis.com
Biggest storm cycle of the winter, and it’s spring
April and May has seen the longest and deepest winter storm cycle of the year. Spring passes are on sale at Bachelor, and we are skiing waist deep powder! More snow expected throughout the first week of April, including two feet today. What a great opportunity to photograph Dillon Moore and Ari DeLashmutt shredding South Side stashes! More images.
Top Shelf: Face of Bend’s HipHop Scene
Hip, hop, you don’t stop. Music is an external beat. Beat, beat, the heart is an internal beat. How do you tell people what you feel inside, what is in your heart. Sing it, of course. Or, as Gabe Van Eikeren and Lyndon Hansen do, rap it out loud. Gabe (aka, Amsterdam) and Lyndon (aka, Middle) make up the lyric component of the Bend hip-hop group Top Shelf.
Gabe Rousseau/Oregon Adaptive Sports
For many people, snow riding is a form or self expression. It’s the style of equipment, cloths, ability of the rider, beauty of the mountains…. For Gabe Rousseau, it’s much more. Gabe has Muscular Dystrophy. MD is a group of disorders that involve muscle
weakness and loss of muscle tissue that get worse over time. It is debilitating. As such, skiing is an expression of defiance for anybody with MD.
It is Gabe’s way to convince himself and the world of his unique celebration of momentum. His sit-ski is state of the art. His wheel chair is bright pink decorated with uplifting stickers. His head phones are loud with rock-n-roll. Disability aside, he hits the slopes with loving support from family and friends, and assistance from the Oregon Adaptive Sports program http://www.oregonadaptivesports.org/. Hit the slopes is an understatement. He tears the place apart, at full speed, with snow blowing up all around him, covering himself, and leaving a huge rooster-tail in his wake. “Look out world,” Gabe seems to shout, “I am ALIVE!”
Ari Delashmutt, Mt.Bachelor Team Rider
Since Bend Oregon’s annual extravaganza WinterFest last year, I have had the pleasure to ski with and photography Ari Delashmutt, the 21 year old skier sponsored by Mt. Bachelor. I have documented his passion for skiing, which consists mostly in high speed laps and doing as many flips and twists as a person can possibly manage. His passion is genuine. His velocity is not slow. And his airs are ridiculous, which includes a switch double back (taking off backwards, back flipping twice, then landing backwards).
