August 11th, 2010 – Crankworx Whistler Day 4 Action-The King & Queen of Smooth Wins Air DH Race

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Brian Lopes, 1st Place Pro Mens Air Downhill Race during the 2010 Kokanee Crankworx in Whistler, BC. Photo by Steven Bisig

With day 4 bringing the Air DH Race action at the 2010 Kokanee Cranworx, the results were not surprising. The Air DH Race is all about who can navigate the popular A-Line trail that consists of 50# jumps and just as many high speed berms as smooth as possible. And no surprise that the two smoothest downhill racers, Brian Lopes and Anne Caroline Chausson would capture gold.

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Anne Caroline Chausson, 1st place pro womens Air Downhill race during the 2010 Kokanee Crankworx in Whistler, BC. Photo by Steven Bisig

A big congratulations to Ann Caroline Chausson! This was her 3rd event win this week at the 2010 Kokanee Crankworx!

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August 10th, 2010 – Whistler Mountain Bike Jump Session

Tonight I had some downtime and decided to got see whats going on at the Whistler Mountain Bike jumps near the skate park. Lots of talented riders were out there messing around and showing off for the camera. Here are a few of the shots. Enjoy!

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August 10th, 2010 – Crankworx Whistler Day 3 Action – French Riders Dominate Canadian Open Enduro!

After a rainy day off yesterday, the action continued today with the Canadian Open Enduro. A race that brings the gravity fed athletes together with the cross country riders. The enduro race is a combo of both downhill and cross country, so it’s anyone’s game.

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Anne Caro Chausson (FRA) captured her second 2010 Crankworx event victory today wining the Canadian Open Enduro

Well today, it was all France, with the top two riders in both the pro women and pro mens class being from France.

Anne Caro Chausson (FRA) captured her second 2010 Crankworx event victory today wining the Canadian Open Enduro. followed by Emmeline Ragot (FRA) in 2nd and Canadian rider Katherine Short in 3rd place.

In the pro mens class it was Remy Absalon (FRA) in 1st, legendary French rider Nicolas Vouilloz in 2nd and American Ross Schnell in 3rd.

Tomorrow is the much anticipated Air Downhill which should give some awesome opportunities for action photos!

August 8th, 2010 – Whistler Day 2 Action – Monster Energy Garbanzo DH Race

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2010 Monster Energy Garbanzo DH Race finish line in Whistler, BC. Photo by Steven Bisig.

Day 2 of the Kokanee Crankworx was an exciting day of racing for me personally. I witnessed two riders that I watched while growing up in the DH scene come out of semi retirement to race.

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Nicolas Vouilloz, 5th place pro men in the 2010 Monster Energy Garbanzo DH Race in Whistler, BC. Photo by Steven Bisig

Nicolas Vouilloz and Anne Caroline Chausson, both from France were teammates on the Sunn factory bicycle team back in the 90′s. Vouilloz was mister smooth, most of the time when you watched him race, it didn’t even look like he was moving that fast, but the time proved he was. He was just smooth and always in control. I used to study the video footage of him and try to adapt my racing style to his.

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Anne Caroline Chausson, 1st place pro womens 2010 Monster Energy Garbanzo DH race in Whistler, BC. Photo by Steven Bisig

Anne Caroline Chausson, a name known world wide in the downhill mountain bike culture. Chausson is a multi world champion in BMX, Mountain bike and recently captured the BMX Gold Medal in the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics.

It was a defiant thrill to see both these riders that I idolized show up and race the Garbanzo DH Race in Whistler, BC.

Pro Mens Results:

Chris Kovarik (AUS), first with a time of 13:22.99; second place was Justin Leov (NZL), with a time of 13:29.85 and third place Sam Blenkinsop (NZL), with a time of 13:39.35.

Pro Womens:

Anne-Caroline Chausson, with a time of 15:59.42; Miranda Miller (CAN) second place with a time of 16:17.94 and Fionn Griffiths (GBR), took third place with a time of 16:23.63.

August 7th, 2010 – Crankworx Whistler Day 1

Day 1 of the 2010 Kokanee Crankworx is in the books with Gee Atherton taking the win in the Pro Men’s dual slalom and Micayla Gatto taking the win in the Pro Women’s class.

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Brian Lopes during the 2010 Kokanee Crankworx Pro Mens Dual Slalom race. Lopes crashed and was not able to make it to the finals. Photos by Steven Bisig

Final results:

In the Pro Men category, Gee Atherton (GBR) took first place, Mitch Ropelato (USA) took second place, Mick Hannah (AUS) took third and Troy Brosnan (AUS) took fourth.

In the Pro Women category, Micayla Gatto (CAD) finished first, Emmeline Ragot (FRA) finished second, Jill Kintner (USA) finished third and Melissa Buhl (USA) finished fourth.

Day 2 (Aug 8th) is the Garbanzo DH race. Look for a post following the race.

June 30th, 2010 – 4th of July Photo Sale!

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June 27th, 2010 – Kitsap County Bears vs Eastside Extreme

Congratulations to the Kitsap County Bears semi pro football team as they defeated the Eastside Extreme 54-0.

The game photos have been uploaded and ready for your viewing. To view the gallery, Click Here

June 24th, 2010 – 4WD Toyota Owner Magazine Cover Shot

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June 24th, 2010 – W.E. Rock Donner Photos

After a couple of days of sorting, editing and submitting photos, the remainder of the W.E. Rock Donner Photos are now live in our galleries ready for your viewing. Click Here to view the photos. Enjoy!

May 6th, 2010 – New iPhone & iPad Web Page

With the growing popularity of mobile devices and the new Apple iPad, website developers are forced to rethink the code in which they use to build a successful website that will see many unique visitors. One code that has been a topic of debate is Flash.

New Steven Bisig Photography iPhone & iPad Website

New Steven Bisig Photography iPhone & iPad Website

Flash can make a website visually appealing, however, there are drawbacks to using Flash. Most search engines cannot collect data from Flash heavy websites resulting in poor search engine results, and ultimately, a lack of visitors. For a search engine to successfully collect data from a Flash heavy website, web developers are forced to build a second content page for search engines and for those who do not have the ability to view flash like the majority of mobile devices (i.e. iPhone, iPad).

Steven Bisig Photography actually has three different websites for different purposes. The main site is Flash based portfolio site that is designed to give the visitor a visually pleasing experience. The second is a HTML mirror site that is a search engine landing page. This is where the search engines will pull the data from the site resulting in better search engine results. And the third is a newly designed iPhone & iPad site designed for viewers on mobile devices. Along with a mobile optimized website, Steven Bisig Photography also has a mobile device optimized blog.

About Steven Bisig:

Steven M. Bisig is a Seattle based published professional freelance photographer that photographs throughout Washington State, Oregon, Idaho and British Columbia, Canada.

For more information about Steven Bisig Photography, please visit our website at http://www.stevenbisigphotographer.com