A new track is now officially on the circuit of mountain bike racing, Kempsey. The State round of the Gravity Enduro was held up there a couple of weekend’s ago.
For those that have not heard of it before Gravity Enduro is a mix of downhill and enduro racing. Competitors will ride a technical downhill section but then have to pedal through an enduro section style of track. The bikes that are being ridden are also a mix of enduro and downhill styles.
This was the first time that the race had been run at the purposely built track and by all reports the track went down well among the competitors. With Gil away visiting family I traveled up there by myself and set up camp at the nearby Hat Head National Park. This is a beautiful spot where i have camped before. There is a great spot to watch whales nearby and kangaroos in and around the campsite. I made the most of the trip and tried to capture a few landscapes while I was there as well.
There was only a small number of competitors who made the trek up and with 2 tracks running it was difficult to get a shot of everyone.One thing that made the track really special from the photographers point of view was in the afternoon there was some seriously beautiful backlighting streaming in through the trees.
Because of the small number of competitors in this race and the fact that we would like a few new followers on our FB page I decided to release all the images on FB for people to share around. You can find the complete set on our FB page here If you haven’t done so already swing by and give us a like.
