Hey Tom,

I heard you were the photo caption winner from Herbert...free bag of coffee coming your way. ping me so I can get your details.

Mahalo,
Albert

http://ironman.com/...events#axzz0yykzyROA

That is excellent news!

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Tom Demerly
The Tri Shop.com

Thank you for that resource. My primary question is the transition area- being able to look at (and photograph) the bikes.

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Tom Demerly
The Tri Shop.com

It will be interesting to see how this pans out and is received by the general press.

It seems a bit draconian at first glance, but I have personally witnessed blatant abuses of the almost full-access to the course that the press had in the past. Last year I witnessed, a member of the German press riding along on a moto directly in front of and beside one of the top German athletes for an extended period of time actually conducting an interview during the race.

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Steve Fleck @stevefleck | Blog

Other sports have moved in a similar direction: The live feed from the Tour de France is provided by the race's official television media outlet. In the U.S. we see that feed.

Formula 1 has even greater controls on coverage of their events. The Red Bull Air Races simply decided to control and produce their own production of their events rather than relying on media coverage.

It's an understandable trend as you point out, but it makes it tough on the little guys like me trying to provide a fresh insight to an enthusiast audience. for the forum and internet/enthusiast crowd we want to see photos of the bike set-ups, what people are riding and wearing. The new rules might make this angle impossible.

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Tom Demerly
The Tri Shop.com

I just want to make sure that the underpants run gets covered well by any media photo guy. and please don't post any pictures of fatties, for that I can just see myself in the mirror

I just want to make sure that the underpants run gets covered

Indeed. This is the real event of significance in Kona during Ironman Race Week. Forget about all this other nonsense.

Some people take this very seriously, and so they should!

http://www.active.com/...hlon/bvd-sweepstakes

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Steve Fleck @stevefleck | Blog

Tom,

Just fyi, we will have our own photographer and until further notice he will most probably be "accredited" by WTC. He will post a daily 20 shots, on our website but also on another one to be named yet, and this from Oct 2nd or 3rd til race day.
I could definitely put you in contact with him. I know you are mostly interested by the T1 pensioners and he could put some focus on that.
Just let me know.

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