RUDE
AWAKENING
WORDS AND PHOTOSMATT WRAGG AND DAVE TRUMPORE
For day one of racing here in Scotland riders tackled 58km and around 1,500m of climbing. While the numbers may be fearsome at first glance, this is another slightly more relaxed race with plenty of time given for the climbs. The four stages today are the more downhill-oriented of the eight, with a more physical day on the cards for tomorrow (unless the weather gets as bad as predicted, then everything might change).
The top riders were accompanied by children from the local cycling clubs as they left the stage.
About the Photographers Matt Wragg • Age: 32 • Years Shooting: 3 Maybe best-known as a long-standing member of Pinkbike's European editorial team, Matt is also a successful commercial photographer. As the first English-speaking photographer to follow and document the nascent European enduro scene, he was shooting enduro well before it became a marketing buzzword or a shade of blue. Today he is still one of the few photographers to make his living following the discipline and has built up an enviable client list that includes many of the top teams and brands in the world.
Dave Trumpore • Age: 35 • Years Shooting: 4 Dave spent the bulk of the past 17 years racing professionally before realizing that despite qualifying for the random World Cup final here and there, the next generation was just way too fast and way more talented. Upon hanging up his racing boots in 2010, it would be a few years until Dave picked up a camera and started shooting the odd race here and there as a way to stay in touch with all the friends he had made over the years, and the rest as they say is history. In just a few years time his photos have graced the pages of just about every MTB magazine and major media outlet, while his commercial client list includes a who's who of the cycling industry, and he is lucky enough to shoot regularly with some of the best riders on the planet. Currently at Pinkbike, Dave shoots the Downhill WC and the Enduro World Series as well as contributing to the occasional editorial story.
I'm sure the Irish will be pleased with that mistake
It's punctuation, my good man. Not puntuation.
so Rude is just amazing!! or the trees moved slightly in fear of obliteration!!