Cannonball

Thredbo Cannonball, done and dusted for 2026!!!

Starting our run on the home straight and continuing with day 3 of 4 at the Cannonball festival.

Below and the following few posts are a few of the images I took on day 3. All the images can be found over on the Outer Image website here

Rockshox Aus Downhill Open: Seeding runs

The Cannonball track is another tough one for me to find new shots. It changes even less than the Flow trail. I have been shooting even longer too, since the days of the Redass downhill series, but it is so much more dynamic than the Flow trail. Downhill is still one of my favourite disciplines in mountain biking. Rumours are floating around about a new downhill track in the making, so fingers crossed we see it next year.

Oakley Pumptrack

A fast and furious event, as always. Once practice has finished, the pace really picks up. There isn’t usually any space to stop and reorganise lighting. Each rider smacks out their lap in about 20 secs or so, then as soon as one finishes, the next kicks off their run. Certainly gets through the event quickly.

Day 1: Specialized All-mountain

Day 2: Fox Flow Motion and Maxxis Dual Slalom

Day 4: Rockshox Aus DH Open and Deity Whip Wars

Thredbo Cannonball, done and dusted for 2026!!! It’s always a busy, busy week for me. Up early, big day shooting trackside on the mountain, then editing late into the night, then up and do it all again. We try to get the day’s images out each day so they don’t pile up for us too much. What an office I get to work in though!

Below and the following few posts are a few of the images I took over the week. All the images can be found over on the Outer Image website here

Day 1: Specialized All-Mountain

Day 1 was the @specialized_au All-Mountain. A new section of track was added to the top of stage 1. It was great for the views, but the wind got up and became a bit problematic. It was so gusty that, unfortunately, the gondola had to be shut down. Then, as it picked up further, the top access lift had to be shut, meaning the elites could no longer access the top of stage 1 and had to start halfway down. Still, a great day racing and one of my favourite tracks to shoot in Thredbo, as they always seem to add new sections.
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Day 2: Fox Flow Motion and Maxxis Dual Slalom

Day 3: Rockshox DH Seeding and Oakley Pumptrack

Day 4: Rockshox Aus DH Open and Deity Whip Wars

Another year almost over and once again rounding out the events for us over at Outer Image was the huge Cannonball MTB Festival held at Thredbo each year. I think this is the 3rd year that we have now shot Cannonball for Thredbo MTB and Red Bull Australia. Each year we see the event just keep growing. This year there were around 1000 riders competing in the 5 events over the 4 days, All Mountain, the Flow, Pumptrack Challenge, Whip Wars and the Australian Open Downhill

BTS

For us, this is a big event. It’s not just the 5 days shooting trackside where everyone sees us but it is also the hours of work that goes on behind the scenes in order to get the images out each day to the competitors. We routinely went to bed no earlier than 1am each day (if we were lucky) and arose at 6.30am ready for a quick breakfast and to head back out on the track to do it all again. It’s a long weekend but it’s so much fun.

Below are a few of my favourite images from my weekend rolling in the dust. You can find the full gallery over on the Outer Image website

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