This is the 4th year I have photographed this great event, for the past 3 I have been on this obstacle (The Human BBQ). As you may have seen on my website, one of my images was on the front cover of Obstacle Race magazine with a shot from this event in 2017 on this very obstacle. Issue #22 for those of you keen to check it out!
With this obstacle you see it all and this year was no exception, with the marshals doing a great job of keeping the BBQ flames nice and high throughout the day. This meant the competitors had to give it their all to make the jump into the very muddy water beyond. For some reason each year you seem to get lots of people doing the same thing over this, and this year I don’t know why but it was different with people also diving and doing belly flops as they leapt the flames which made for some very interesting photos where I was able to freeze them in mid-air.
As usual I was going to end up very wet and muddy from the splashes of people as they landed in the water, and boy did I. Almost everyone managed to get me in some way shape or form, some even came over and gave me a hug as they didn’t think I was muddy enough. Thanks guys – I’ll get my own back next year!
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