Pisgah Mountain Bike Stage Race 2011

Well, another great Pisgah Stage Race is on the books. 5 days, 28,000 feet of climbing, and over 195 miles on some of the most technical single track in the country is no small feat! Local favorite Sam Koerber, and Rabobank-Giant Off-Road Team's Adam Craig gave it all they had, but couldn't quite unseat The Lion King, Jeremiah Bishop, from a three-peat victory. Hats off to everyone who participated, awesome job!


1st place, Pro Men - Jeremiah Bishop (Cannondale)


1st place, Pro Women - Melanie McQuaid (Specialized/Avia)



1st place, Elite 40+ - Andy Johnston (mtbandy.com)



1st place, Open Men - Bradley Schmalzer (bikeman.com/notubes)



1st place, Open Women - Mireille Montminy



1st place, Men 40+ - Bruce Stauffer



1st place, Single Speed - Montana Miller (Wilderness Voyage)



1st place, Team - Shaun McCann & Fred Smith (Harpers's Bike Shop)


To view all albums from the race, please visit our Flickr page. The easiest way to view them there is to look at the "Collections" or "Sets" - photos are divided into 6 sets (albums) - Trace Ridge, Bear Branch, Thrift Cove, Black Mountain, Turkey Pen, and Pre-Race. Please keep in mind that the uploaded photos on Flickr are low resolution, the versions you will get will be higher quality. Here's how ordering will work for now: If you see images that you would like to purchase, email us directly at lightboxwnc@gmail.com with the file #s for the photographs you would like and we will send you a PayPal request for money. Images will be $7 each, which will include 4 files - 1 color high resolution, 1 b&w high resolution, 1 color low resolution, and 1 b&w low resolution. I hope you enjoy the photos! Please email us with any questions.

AVLCX @ Blue Ridge Crossfit - 9/24/11

Asheville Cyclocross had another great showing for race #3 at Blue Ridge Crossfit! A mix of asphalt and soft mud/grass with tricky barriers, 90 degree stone wall turn, and a fast downhill sweeper kept the racers on edge and the spectators entertained. Sunshine was plentiful, beer and food was delicious, and the racing was fast - a good time had by all again!

1st place Women's race - Jane Burlew (Weaverville, NC)

1st place Men's A race - Eric Muehl (Asheville, NC)

1st place Men's B race - James Pittman (Horse Shoe, NC)

1st place Men's C race - Charlie Hough (Travelers Rest, SC)

To view all albums from the race, please visit our Flickr page. The easiest way to view them there is to look at the "Collections" or "Sets" - photos are divided into 4 sets (albums) - Men's A race, Men's B race, Men's C race and Women's race. Please keep in mind that the uploaded photos on Flickr are low resolution, the versions you will get will be higher quality. Here's how ordering will work for now: If you see images that you would like to purchase, email us directly at lightboxwnc@gmail.com with the file #s for the photographs you would like and we will send you a PayPal request for money. Images will be $5 each, which will include 4 files - 1 color high resolution, 1 b&w high resolution, 1 color low resolution, and 1 b&w low resolution. I hope you enjoy the photos! Please email us with any questions.

AVLCX @ Bent Creek 9/10/11

Asheville Cyclocross's race #2 at Bent Creek Community Park went off without a hitch! Perfect weather, killer course, and a 3 minute scooter ride from my house - couldn't have been better. Everyone got their cross season jitters out of the way at Wednesday night's training race at Fletcher Park (namely my husband, wrecking 3 times!) and were ready to roll come Saturday morning. The morning dew hung around for warm up laps and the first race, making for some very interesting wrecks on a big downhill sweeper turn - sorry ladies, some of yours were caught on camera! It was great to see everyone out there, see you again in a couple weeks :)

1st place Women's race - Jane Burlew (Weaverville, NC)

1st place Men's A race - Will Black (Asheville, NC)

1st place Men's B race - Andrew McKinney (Black Mountain, NC)

1st place Men's C race - Charlie Hough (Travelers Rest, SC)

To view all albums from the race, please visit our Flickr page. The easiest way to view them there is to look at the "Collections" or "Sets" - photos are divided into 4 sets (albums) - Men's A race, Men's B race, Men's C race and Women's race. Please keep in mind that the uploaded photos on Flickr are low resolution, the versions you will get will be higher quality. Here's how ordering will work for now: If you see images that you would like to purchase, email us directly at lightboxwnc@gmail.com with the file #s for the photographs you would like and we will send you a PayPal request for money. Images will be $5 each, which will include 4 files - 1 color high resolution, 1 b&w high resolution, 1 color low resolution, and 1 b&w low resolution. I hope you enjoy the photos! Please email us with any questions.

ORAMM 2011, 7/24/11

As usual ORAMM delivered a stellar day of racing, with race times between 4:50:43-12:46:34! Blue Ridge Adventures put on a great event, complete with 90+ temps, rain, mud, wrecks, beer and spaghetti. Congrats to everyone who came out and gave it your all, kudos to those that crossed the finish line!!

And the winners are...

1st place, Open Men - Sam Koerber (NC)

1st place, Open Women - Brenda Frantz Simril (TN)

1st place, Veteran Men - Adam Engall (NC)

1st place, Veteran Women - Mary E Fowler (GA)

1st place, Master Men - Patrick Mosler (KY)

1st place, Master Women - Christine Putnam (NC)

1st place, Senior Men - Paul Brown (MI)

1st place, Senior Women - Linda Sledge (AL)

1st place, Single Speed - Robert Jameson (NC)

1st place, Rhino - Scott Schlapman (AL)

To view all albums from the race, please visit my Flickr page. The easiest way to view photos of you is to enter your bib/racer # in the "Search" box (make sure to search my Photostream only). That search will pull up all photos that you have been identified in. There are several unidentifiable bib/racer #s, those can be found by entering "unknown" into the "Search" box. You can also view all photos by viewing my "Collections" or "Sets" - photos are divided into 3 sets (albums) - Kitsuma, Curtis Creek, and Heartbreak. Here's how ordering will work for now: If you see images that you would like to purchase, email us directly lightboxwnc@gmail.com with the file #s for the photographs you would like and I will send you a PayPal request for money. Images will be $5 each, which will include 4 files - 1 color high resolution, 1 b&w high resolution, 1 color low resolution, and 1 b&w low resolution. I hope you enjoy the photos! Please email me with any questions.

sneak peek ORAMM 2011

Working on the race photos for ORAMM 2011 as we speak, please check back tomorrow for a race report and link to the full album.

For now, a sneak peek....

AVL Cyclocross @ Mountain Sports Festival 5/27/11

Asheville Cyclocross put on a heck of a production for their first ever cyclocross race!! As part of Asheville's Mountain Sports Festival, AVLCX put on 3 night races starting and finishing on Carrier Park's velodrome - Women's, Men's A and Men's B. The weather held out for the most part and a great time was had!

1st place Women's race - Cara Applegate, Asheville Bicycle Racing Club

1st place Men's "B" race - Jay Middleton

1st place Men's "A" race - Noah Niwinski, Boone Velo



To view all albums from the race, please visit my Flickr page. The easiest way to view them there is to look at my "Collections" or "Sets" - photos are divided into 4 sets (albums) - Warming Up, Women's race, Men's "A" race, and Men's "B" race. Here's how ordering will work for now: If you see images that you would like to purchase, email me directly missbaiz@gmail.com with the file #s for the photographs you would like and I will send you a PayPal request for money. Images will be $5 each, which will include 4 files - 1 color high resolution, 1 b&w high resolution, 1 color low resolution, and 1 b&w low resolution. I hope you enjoy the photos! Please email me with any questions.

Welcome!

You've landed on Lightbox Productions' new blog - welcome! This blog has been created to share photographs from various adventures and shoots, including cycling, running, and other recreational events. The format for now will be a post for each event with a link to view and purchase all photographs from the event. Next week I'll post photos from Asheville Cyclocross' first race ever, to be held this Friday night 5/27 at Mountain Sports Festival.

Please enjoy and contact me with any questions/comments! For now, some photos...