the last weekend i’ve been to the Kronplatz ski resort in italy – as usual – not for holidays.. the local skiing schools had prepared for an extraordinary event – trying to challenge some world records, namely “the most vertical feet skied downhill in 24 hours” – for single athletes and a team of four.

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while packing for the legendary (and once again last) annual “duke” mtb race – this year being dubbed “duke of trash” since the location has been a former waste dump – i pondered bout taking the LX3 with me.. mh.
seconds later i had unpacked the nikon gear and filled my bag with a sony R1, some light and well, the LX3 – so no mirror-flapping for me that day..

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fast backward 2001. the time when video was still watched on those bulky square tubes in the livingroom, mainly transported on brown ribbons wound up on coils in black plastic boxes.
i was asked to shoot photos at a regatta down in croatia, and as i’m there, maybe i could shoot some video-footage of one of the teams – they’ll bring a camera..

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this in german for a change, as it mainly might concern local folks anyways. it’s about my cooperation (and why i ended it) with the event-photoservice sportograf in 2007/08 – which prove way less enjoyable than many, esp. their clients might have expected.

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some shots from a 5 hours mtb-race – not too far from home – actually planned on takin part myself, but weekends at this time of the year are rather packed.. :(