2018 King of the Hammers

Hi all,
Just got back from this year's King of the Hammers and started going through my photos and man, it's a great event. What made it even better this year is one of my friend's is on the Jason Sherer team, which took 1st place this year.

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Stunning shots and congratulations to your friend.

Nice shots. I've wanted to go to this and never made it out. How is access to the stages? Can you get up above the rock climbing areas and other good places without credentials? Thanks and maybe next year.

Hiya, the access to the stages is actually pretty good and you can even walk around the pit area without any kind of credentials or anything; as long as you don't bug the teams, they're all cool with it. there are some areas that you can get some photos, like at Backdoor and Chocolate Thunder, but you have to get there early and would miss out on the start of the race, which in itself is really cool. You can literally be 2 ft away from the rigs as the announcer says "Start your engines!"
Also, last year we skipped the race start and headed over to Chocolate Thunder and had a great spot, to then only be blocked by the camera crew from NBC. He was cool but it kind of sucked to have our view blocked.

Nice shots!
Great race. Savvy team was awesome. Viewer and participation is getting bigger every year.

SurfnSnow wrote in post #18562373
Hiya, the access to the stages is actually pretty good and you can even walk around the pit area without any kind of credentials or anything; as long as you don't bug the teams, they're all cool with it. there are some areas that you can get some photos, like at Backdoor and Chocolate Thunder, but you have to get there early and would miss out on the start of the race, which in itself is really cool. You can literally be 2 ft away from the rigs as the announcer says "Start your engines!"
Also, last year we skipped the race start and headed over to Chocolate Thunder and had a great spot, to then only be blocked by the camera crew from NBC. He was cool but it kind of sucked to have our view blocked.

Thanks for the info, this is definitely going on my to do list for next year.

There will many rigs from KOH on display at TDS. Register and go. Your not required to register but those funds generated will help keep open trails we use.

I'd like to go to that but from the Bay Area, it's quite a long haul. I'm probably going to go to Sierra Trek this year.

SurfnSnow wrote in post #18564129
I'd like to go to that but from the Bay Area, it's quite a long haul. I'm probably going to go to Sierra Trek this year.

Pretty much a mad house, some fun wheeling. I live about 45 minutes away. Know many of the TDS members. BLM blocked off Devils Canyon and open only by permit. TDS twice a year gets permits to run.

SurfnSnow wrote in post #18562373
Hiya, the access to the stages is actually pretty good and you can even walk around the pit area without any kind of credentials or anything; as long as you don't bug the teams, they're all cool with it. there are some areas that you can get some photos, like at Backdoor and Chocolate Thunder, but you have to get there early and would miss out on the start of the race, which in itself is really cool. You can literally be 2 ft away from the rigs as the announcer says "Start your engines!"
Also, last year we skipped the race start and headed over to Chocolate Thunder and had a great spot, to then only be blocked by the camera crew from NBC. He was cool but it kind of sucked to have our view blocked.

Drone time?

OldNick wrote in post #18565774
Drone time?

Ultra4 is kind of tight about the drones, especially at KOH and after a stunt last summer at one of the races, I can only imagine how tight they are these days.

Great set. I watched it again from home this year, and it was worse that my team didn't even make the trip this year because of the flu. This should be the last year that I miss KOH though.

Nice shots! I saw someone coverage on this event! Its gotten way bigger since i last seen videos/pics on it.

I wish, but like Black Mesa said, the organizers were very strict about drones since there were low flying helicopters flying around

Can't wait for 2019 shots!