Downhill – Aaron Crowe Photography

I arrived back at Llangollen after a night of rain at home, wondering how many people would just sack the racing off altogether. Turns out a few did, but the numbers on the hill were still pretty high.

I walked up to the woods for seeding and watched some of the people come through. Some were struggling more than others and I heard shouts of Rider x down and not continuing over the marshals radios. The numbers were slowly dwindling.

The sun did come out though and racing was soon underway. Here are a few shots, mainly from the last jump/drop into the finish straight.

Wideopen Mag’s Charlie Hatton

Wideopen Mag’s Joe Parfitt

Wideopen Mag’s Rich Thomas

Wideopen Mag’s Kye Forte on his way to his Masters win

Kade Edwards

Josh Bryceland

Gee Atherton

Joe Smith – Winner of round 3 BDS

Well it’s been a few years since I’ve managed to get to a downhill race. Luckily my rota fell kind with round 3 of the Rose bikes sponsored British Downhill Series at a fairly local venue, Llangollen.

Downhill was where I first started taking photo’s and it was good to be back on a (bloody steep) hill with my camera again. Here’s a few shots of Saturdays practice.

DMR Bikes Expert rider Richard Acott