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February 2013 I was lucky enough to travel to Johnson Valley, California as part of Team Gigglepin offroad racing from the UK. February every year plays host to the toughest single day offroad race on the planet, a race called "KIng of the Hammers". The race incorporates around 180 miles of the harshest terrain imaginable, from undulating deserts with sand type moguls, to extreme rock climbs up near vertical cliff faces and over enormous boulders. I had watched the video and was keen to see what it was all about first hand. Johnson Valley in the USA is the largest single offroad area in North America with about 250,000 acres to play in.
The Americans have taken the game to the next level and have built machines that on average push out about 5-600hp and run a minimum of a 37" diameter with 40" being the norm...thats about 8" shy of a 4 foot diameter tyre!! These machines will do about 100-130mph across the desert whilst also being able to drive up mahoosive rocks.
This trip saw me get my first digital slr, a Canon 500D and here are some of my better results, now in my intro a while ago I said i wasn't too hot on the apres photo tweaking, so if anyone can show me how to make my photos a bit better, I'd be grateful, after all every day is a schoolday
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The Americans have taken the game to the next level and have built machines that on average push out about 5-600hp and run a minimum of a 37" diameter with 40" being the norm...thats about 8" shy of a 4 foot diameter tyre!! These machines will do about 100-130mph across the desert whilst also being able to drive up mahoosive rocks.
This trip saw me get my first digital slr, a Canon 500D and here are some of my better results, now in my intro a while ago I said i wasn't too hot on the apres photo tweaking, so if anyone can show me how to make my photos a bit better, I'd be grateful, after all every day is a schoolday
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