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Another year almost over and once again rounding out the events for us over at Outer Image was the huge Cannonball MTB Festival<\/a> 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<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BTS<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n