A lot of you have heard the news of Grant’s HUGE crash a couple of weekends ago. I was there shooting it, and obviously witnessed it first hand. I’d have to say it was one of the most horrible experiences I’ve ever had being involved in MTB’s, and I wouldn’t wish any of it (spectating or riding) on anyone. Grant is one of the toughest guys I know, and when you see someone that hurt it really hits home hard.

We were out shooting an enormous 60ft gap Grant had built and as he took off from the lip, his bike soared… the guys there watching all looked in astonishment at how high he went. It was like he’d hit a bmx lip. Unbelievable. He overshot the landing by about 20ft and the forces of the bike going up through Grant’s body bucked him and sent him hurling down the downramp. He slid to a stop unconscious but breathing. At that moment it seemed like someone had switched the automated button and all the lads spectating went int action – two guys were on 000, two guys helped me get down from my 20ft winch up a tree, a couple of guys ran to Grant’s side and started tending to his injuiries. The biggest thing we had to do was stop him from moving… just in case (which I think was the single-most important thing we did all day in the end).

The next half hour was a total blur… ambo’s, helicopter, SES, the works. He was airlifted to RAH in Adelaide and within an hour and a half of his crash, he was being seen by the best surgeons we have in Adelaide.

I caught up with Grant last week to see how he is, and I guess re-live a little of what happened. I printed off the one shot we got of the jump (nailed it btw), and gave it to him as memoirs. He had a pretty solid smile on his face when he saw it.

The one thing that I have seen the whole way through this ordeal is Grant’s amazing upbeat nature about everything. His zest for living, and his uncanny ability to keep positive throughout the worst times is just phenomenal. I was texting and calling him and his wife (Mel) since hour 1 and the whole time I have been getting amazing messages back. One message I received read “I can feel my balls!!!”. What sort of guy can find the positives in having hardly any feeling in his legs shacked up in a hospital? Gnarly dude.

Here’s to a speedy recovery Grantly. Hope everything at Hamstead rolls well with your body and can’t wait to see you on your feet in a couple of weeks!

Friends of mine Mr Nice and Dj Ego are rocking a HUGE 4 deck AV Visual feast at the moment. They’re touring with it and slaying the crowd with a mind boggling show. Seriously cool.

Shot some footage for them during their Perth gig on NYD, and they’ve just released their promo vid. Pretty cool 60 seconds.

Nice and Ego 4 Deck AV Show Teaser from Ego on Vimeo.

Check them out at Nice and Ego’s blog for more info!

Pretty stoked to be shooting with the crew from AMTB on a regular basis now. They’re awesome to work with, and know their stuff backwards.

We shot this with Chris J on the weekend of the Australian MTB Nationals here in Adelaide. He completely blew the field away in both the long and short course XC events and proved his National Champ status. AMTB sub-editor Mick Ross and I pulled Chris aside and shot this cover with him just before he rolled away to his celebratory BBQ.

I’m also pretty happy with another shoot for AMTB last week which will feature another of our Adelaide MTB’s on the cover. Two in a row for me, which I’m completely amped to see. Hold out for that one… I’ll post it up when it hits the shelves.

Selling some gear kiddies. Fair bit of stuff up for grabs because I’m refreshing some lighting and computer systems… I’ll keep ya’s posted.