Good morning Elize. I was also there taking photos of this action. You have captured this very well indeed. Glad you are feeling a bit better and well enough to post today. There is no mistaking from which particular pit wall you took this!! Kind regards, Neil.

PitwallAntix: Afternoon Neil, thanks for the comment! Yes as you well know, my spot is on the pit wall - no better place to be! Its funny how we seem to have been at the same events, just never managed to cross paths. Hope to change that in the near future. Once again, Thank you so much hun! Elize :o)

Oops! He looks like he's going over backwards. The control these guys exhibit over their machines never ceases to amaze me.

Back in your comfort zone and you have another superb and slightly different shot for your archives and our pleasure. Nothing for me to criticise here.

Nice one Elize.

PitwallAntix: Dear Colin,

Thank you so much! Even I have to admit the track shots are my better attempts. But I promise to try something outside that comfort zone this week

You are my dream critic, never a bad word said!!! Many Thanks, Elize :o)

Hi Elize

I was wondering if you had ever tried to rattle of a burst shots of these tricks...if you could get the camera on a tripod and shoot as many shots a second as possible you could do some merging of shots...so you could see the stunts they pull but in one pic (so one background with multiple images of the same rider)...not critisising!, but it sounded in your post like the single shot frustrated you a bit and didnt show what you wanted.

Im certainly no pro at it and can only do 3 - 5 shots a second with my FZ50...I tried it with some skateboarding and it worked really well...

PitwallAntix: Dear Liam,

Thank you for your comment, it is greatly appreciated and will add that my tripod is 'on its way' .... My frustration with these shots is the time delay of the 'cheaper cameras' between shot taken, writing to memory card and readiness for next shot.
Moral of story - buy a better camera!!!!
Thank you once again, Elize :o)