My KOH 2011 Pics

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awesome pics! what model camera did u use?

Wiser said:

awesome pics! what model camera did u use?

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Nikon D200 for most of the pics. All the Chocolate Thunder pics D200

The last 25% of the pics (Backdoor) were taken with my Panasonic Lumix ZS5. 12x zoom helped since I was so far away

Looks like some of the color was enhanced a tad bit too much

boostamante said:

Looks like some of the color was enhanced a tad bit too much

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I agree, I had to over adjust a few to cut through all of the dust.


Also I need to color calibrate my laptop ($$$).

i am so mad that i couldn't make it this year!!! awesome pics though!!!

Is it just me, or does it seem like almost nobody was aired down in those pics. Weird tire choices too.

Skwerly said:

Is it just me, or does it seem like almost nobody was aired down in those pics. Weird tire choices too.

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You're right, most were not aired down. I guess it makes them too unstable in the go fast sections which made up 90% of the course.

OH yea, I had forgotten they do the go-fast stuff too. Yea, that makes sense. Definitely hurts the crawling though, I can guarantee you that.

the tire story was prolly the biggest "really' factor of any rig item, this year. with Shannon and a few others converting over to Goodyear for the First time ever. BFG people for some reason seem to think the brawler (baja carcass/Krawler tread) is the answer, where as GY and maxxis stick to the more traditional crawling type tire. They say they are out driving thier tires (the krawlers) and want a faster breed. Yet you can watch those with the go fast tires just spin thier crap excessively in the rocks. And in the rocks is where they will sit for extended times trying to go up something that they have to break out a winch to go up/over. Where as the slower tires even out in the desert, may not do 130 out in the desert but they (GY Kevlars) Are doing 120 in the desert, as proved by team genrite.

So I still have to think the GY kevlars are a better choice for ultimate time savings.

Would it not benefit them to put an auto air-down system (kind of like the Hummers have) so that as they approach the rocks the air could be escaping from the tires down to a certain PSI, and then as they leave the rock course just turn on the compressor? I wonder, really, how much airing down really hurts their time if they sit their and spin and spin, sometimes even going over. Just a thought.

I did see one guy air down at after the big waterfall/ledge on backdoor where the course turns left.

I might have a pic of the team. I will have to check when I get home.