Visit to Black Balsam Knob

Crankworks Colorado

I was just informed that I am getting a media pass for the Crankworx Colorado mountain bike event at Winter Park. That means I will behind the scenes shooting the event. Looking forward to a road trip. Look for photo from the trip in early August.

Trip to Max Patch

Took a trip up to a friend's cabin Sunrise Lookout this weekend. The cabin is located deep in the Appalachians near the beautiful Max Patch, a high grassy bald with spectacular views of the Smoky Mountain National Park. With the cabin located only 7 miles from this great location my wife and I made the drive up for the sunset.Not a great sunset but an amazing view never the less. On the 7 mile return trip down the winding gravel road just after the sunset we saw 5 deer and a big black bear. In my 6 years living in the North Carolina mountains I have not seen this many deer and have only seen 3 bear.

Asheville Skatepark

Took a walk up to the skate park last night. With being less that a 5 minute walk away I will be making regular trip there.

Triple Crown DH Race

Spent last weekend photographing a fun event at Beech Mountain. The Triple Crown downhill mountain bike race series kicked off with the first of 3 events. Gnarly fast coarse. Geritt Beytagh won with time of 2 minutes 16 seconds.

More images can be found at http://www.jeffzimmermanphotography.com/triplecrown