Can anyone ID this photographer?

[BMW Dr.]

I was sifting through my pictures from the ATV Nationals at Birch Creek (Danville, VA) earlier......when I stumbled upon this shot of Natalie. I immediately also saw the photog in the background, working his way down the hill behind the tower.

I've got a good hunch on who it is........just basically wanting to clarify. :D

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3009/2802008006_88b887dc04_o.jpg

[Quad18star]

Who knows ..... just some funny looking fella with big cameras . :devil: :blah:

[wvspeedfreak]

I know that dude,just drawing a blank on his name right now.He usually shoots for Playboy but takes in a race every now and then.

I don't know but he must be expecting rain cause he has one of those funny life preservers on.

[REDRIDDER]

where's Waldo? lol

[Pappy]

I was feeling pretty bad for John as he pulled off in pain due to his eye:(

[REDRIDDER]

what happened?

[mx428]

Whoever it is picked the wrong brand of camera

















:devil:

[Pappy]

Originally posted by mx428
Whoever it is picked the wrong brand of camera



i dunno, my Nikons pay the mortgage:o


John had a spill in KY that got some nasty trackside water/grit in his eye. It developed into an infection. At Birch creek he was doing all he could to ride, even putting a patch over it.

I asked him how he thought he would do with the patch, because it would kill his depth perception.

he replied" I have to work, it is my job, you wouldnt quit right?"

i replied that i wasnt getting ready to hit big jumps at speed with one eye:p the man is a machine

You guys should really follow our race coverage..its all in there...lol

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[BMW Dr.]

Yeah I really hated to see him with the eye injury as well. I have a couple more shots of him and the infected eye that I will try to post tomorrow night. Despite the vision problem, he still did decent.

[mx428]

Originally posted by Pappy
[B]i dunno, my Nikons pay the mortgage:o


What are you shooting with now? D3's?

[Pappy]

Originally posted by mx428
What are you shooting with now? D3's?

nope, d300's

i finally had one go down last week, af servo is out. this is also the one i fell on at the penton gncc so i dunno if that hurt it or not:p

the d3 and higher end canons arent sealed as well as the prosumer bodies.

[dehner47]

natalie is a machine.gotta love the dude for that.i have known him for years now so this isn't a dig on him personally.but does anyone else(mainly the other pro riders) feel that it is a saftey issue for the other riders.example.on the holeshot,if you lined up to the left of him,he would never see you when hes cutting down on the pack in the 1st turn.did anyone try protesting him or anything??

[krt400ex]

Originally posted by BMW Dr.
I was sifting through my pictures from the ATV Nationals at Birch Creek (Danville, VA) earlier......when I stumbled upon this shot of Natalie. I immediately also saw the photog in the background, working his way down the hill behind the tower.

I've got a good hunch on who it is........just basically wanting to clarify. :D

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3009/2802008006_88b887dc04_o.jpg is it just me or does it looke like he is running extended hubs or something? the axle doesnt even look like it is aftermarket...wuts the deal with that?

[mooseracerX]

I haven't kept up with all the results but it seems like John hasn't had all that great of a season. Hopefully he'll do better next year.

[mx428]

Originally posted by Pappy
nope, d300's

i finally had one go down last week, af servo is out. this is also the one i fell on at the penton gncc so i dunno if that hurt it or not:p

the d3 and higher end canons arent sealed as well as the prosumer bodies. I thought the D3 had full weather sealing? Or at least the best out of the Nikon bodies, that's what i've read..

[ohsobad_chevy]

Originally posted by krt400ex
is it just me or does it looke like he is running extended hubs or something? the axle doesnt even look like it is aftermarket...wuts the deal with that?

Thats what the stock axle looks like. I seen pics of it in Quad magazine. The hubs are stretched out like that.

[krt400ex]

Originally posted by ohsobad_chevy
Thats what the stock axle looks like. I seen pics of it in Quad magazine. The hubs are stretched out like that.


so then that would mean he is running a stock axle? wow...

[ohsobad_chevy]

Yup, the stocker is adjustable from 46 to 50 inches, and would you believe they are hollow..??...

[Pappy]

mx428, thats a hitch with the nikons, the step below the full "pro" slrs arent as sealed for some reason. it could be due to the body design, im not sure.

i will pick up a d3 shortly but for day in and day out work, the d300's are ok. deffinatley some things i am not happy about!

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[BMW Dr.]

That kid with the polka-dot jersey was ripping it around there, he was a blast to watch/shoot. :cool:

Here are two more of Natalie......one was before the eye patch (early Saturday)......

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3252/2810538299_16dc47d4ec_o.jpg

And this one you can clearly see his good eye is centered (via his head position). He definately isn't looking ahead.....that small stretch he is on is right before the uphill left turn and the table top by the tower...

I've got a couple like this.....

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3133/2811382948_e3d5a8d0d3_o.jpg

[mooseracerX]

It has to be those dang PINK goggles letting dirt in. ;) JK but that would really suck, I couldn't imagine riding with one eye.

[BMW Dr.]

Originally posted by mooseracerX
It has to be those dang PINK goggles letting dirt in. ;) JK but that would really suck, I couldn't imagine riding with one eye.
You know......myself and a friend joked the pink goggles, but after thinking about it......I guess you really can't joke a pro for it. Even the announcer called out someone for wearing pink gear in an amatuer race........as well as the kid with the polka-dot gear. He said something long the lines of "you better be fast if.....". Needless to say, the pink geared rider and the polka-dot kid were very fast. :D

[08mxkfx]

The polka-dotted kid is Cody Gibson. He is crazy fast!! I believe he is moving up to pro next year.

[mooseracerX]

I think Cody Janssen will be fast too. I herd he's moving to pro in the next few years.

[yam450_53]

hey Pappy or BMW dr, any chance you can post up a couple more pics of cody gibson? just love looking at pics of the kid riding, he is crazy fast !!

[Pappy]

Just check out the galleries, there are tons of him in there:p He is a wildman...very fun to shoot
]Galleries (http://kenhill.smugmug.com/?preview=1)




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[BMW Dr.]

All I have are from the ATV Nationals in Birch Creek this year. Fwiw he was one of only a couple hitting the triple after the finish line out there...........big time air.

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[08mxkfx]

He also runs a carb on his ltr. Heard from someone he might be going Kawasaki next year.