{"id":10516,"date":"2026-02-18T13:56:32","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T02:56:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.richardmcgibbon.com\/news\/?p=10516"},"modified":"2026-02-18T17:31:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T06:31:16","slug":"cannonball-day-3-downhill-seeding-and-pumptrack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.richardmcgibbon.com\/news\/cannonball-day-3-downhill-seeding-and-pumptrack\/","title":{"rendered":"Cannonball day 3: Downhill Seeding and Pumptrack"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thredbo Cannonball, done and dusted for 2026!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Starting our run on the home straight and continuing with day 3 of 4 at the Cannonball festival. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/outerimage.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Outer Image website here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rockshox Aus Downhill Open: Seeding runs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Oakley Pumptrack<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A fast and furious event, as always. Once practice has finished, the pace really picks up. There isn&#8217;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. 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