Red Bull Manny Mania

Early in June I drove down to photograph the Vancouver stop of Red Bull's worldwide Manny Mania skateboarding competition. It was being held at the Vancouver Skate Plaza which is in a really sweet inner city location, underneath a highway and next to the Skytrain which made for some dynamic location shots. The aim of Manny Mania is essentially to be on 2 wheels over the fun box, and link as much skill, style, tricks and grinds into it as possible. The Vancouver skate scene is quite impressive, home to over 50 skateparks and an abundance of really sweet street spots. It was insane to watch the talent that came out to participate. Eric Zimmerman fought hard to finally win his first Manny Mania title, with Micky Papa and Adam McConnell coming in 2nd and 3rd respectively. Big ups! Enjoy the shots

Red Bull Full Nelson Trail Opening

A few weeks ago back in May I was down in Squamish shooting the opening day of a new downhill mountain bike trail for Red Bull. Ted Tempany and a number of volunteers had been working hard throughout the winter and spring to create the 1km Full Nelson extension which runs down into the existing Half Nelson trail. Red Bull riders Stevie Smith and Whistler's own Brandon Semenuk were on hand for the opening day to talk about the track and ride with the locals. If your in the area I would definitely recommend hitting the trail, it looks epic. If I had any sort of skills on a bike I would back there in the summer for sure!