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October 2018

October 3, 2018October 3, 2018by samminnellLeave a Comment

October 2018

As usual it has been a while since I have posted but the last few months have been hectic including the day job and trying to fit in as many adventures as I can around it while even trying to retain some family life as well.. Too many hobbies and not enough time.

Ski Season is almost over and slowly transitioning back into bikes but before that happened we tried to tick off a few skiing missions we had had planned for a while. One was to head up Mt Sibbald in behind Tekapo in NZ.

We four wheel drove up the Macauley valley and walked to our campsite then toured up and got some nice shaded wind-blown powder!

Amazing mission in some amazing country – and there are a couple more images below from some other miscellaneous missions around the Canterbury Club fields and Queenstown for your viewing pleasure

And finally just a little video testing out the GoPro Hero 7 – the hyper smooth function is amazing No more gimbal needed which cuts down on the gear I need to carry. Check out the video below , riding the new tracks at the Christchurch Adventure park.

Bikes, Snow, travel, video

August Update

August 7, 2018August 7, 2018by samminnellLeave a Comment

Its been a bit slow on the updates as I have been doing some different commercial work which I can’t post yet! In the meantime here are some shots from a few sunrise missions we have been on to snag some NZ powder goods. Mt Olympus aka the playground of the gods put it on for an epic powder day.

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Bit of a test of the Peak Designs Capture Plate while enjoying the snow at Mt Olympus.

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Was testing out my new @peakdesign capture clip a few weeks ago, so thought I’d stitch up a little bit of POV from a sweet NZ powder day @mount_olympus_skifield feat @fastnloose88 . . . @dpsskis @blackdiamond_snow #skiing #snow #powder #neverstopexploring #bluebird #goodtimes #winter #skis #markerkingpin #newzealand #nz #nutcracker #ropetow #freshies #bluebird #dpsskis #northface #getoutside #pow #epic #goprohero6 #gopro #peak #peakdesigns

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Checking out the recently revamped step up at the local bikes trails when they were finally dry enough to ride, I got the flashes out and took a couple of MTB shots. Was good to get some external lighting out as I haven’t shot that style of photo for a while.

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Bikes, Landscape, Snow, video

May Update

May 27, 2018May 27, 2018by samminnellLeave a Comment

Its been a month or so since we last posted but we have had a busy month and the weather is starting to change to winter here in NZ so the bike content will slow down for a bit.

Major project for the month was filming a new video for the Christchurch Adventure Park to showcase how much of an epic spot they have there!

Check it out below:

We also went and shot a pile of photos up there as my bike has been broken!

Check them out below:

Last but not least as I mentioned earlier in this post the weather is changing and winter is kicking in, so we ventured out for a look and got some powdery goodness. There is only one photo from the day as it was to good to stop but check it below:

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Bikes, Landscape

Offcut Photos

April 13, 2018by samminnellLeave a Comment

A few photos that didn’t end up being used for anything, so we thought they should see the light of day. Check them out below:

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Josh Clarke – Photo Epic

March 10, 2018March 10, 2018by samminnellLeave a Comment

Last Sunday Josh Clarke and I headed up to see if we could catch some of the last of the sunlight in Vic Park – most of which unfortunately faces the wrong way but check out some of the images we got below:

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Bikes, video

Joe Nation #sundaysizzle

March 4, 2018March 4, 2018by samminnellLeave a Comment

We teamed up with Joseph Nation on his new Specialized Bicycles Enduro for a #sundaysizzle down a slightly greasy Shredzilla track at Christchurch Adventure Park. In true sunday fashion, crack a beer click HD and enjoy!