It was an amazing finish to a tremendous 4.5 month stay in New Zealand: two weeks in Rotorua, enjoying all things, “BIKE”; Shooting photos for a week at Crankworx, working my way out of the Y.M.P. [Youngest Most Pathetic] position in the media room, and earning the respect of the cadre of photo-elites of the mountain bike industry, was to me, the perfect culmination of my time Wy Way Down Under.  After the event, I was able to enjoy three day of premier riding with old friends, with whom I was reunited on the other side of the world.  Hooting and hollering, sliding corners, and generally shit-talking was all I could have asked for – it was so much fun.  There are few things I enjoy as much as spending time with close friends, riding bikes in the woods.  To be able to do so in such a magnificent setting was both surreal and amazing.  The places my bike has taken me is something that I marvel at constantly, and a constant I hope to keep in my life. 

I arrived back home to dismal weather and “meh” temps, but this will give me the opportunity to settle in, compile some photographic work, and prep for the up-coming summer.  This is all one big adventure, and I’m happy to be once again doing something different, even if I am in a familiar place.  I’m be putting together a more comprehensive photo essay of my travels, and I’m actually looking forward to the retrospective because it will be like being back in NZ all over again!