Tag: helmet
PHOTO.GP Helmet Comes Home
This is the concluding post in a series of five (In Progress, Progress pt2, Progress pt3, Finished!) that shows the steps involved in a professional custom helmet paint job by Marc Garcia of Magaro Paintings in Barcelona.
Read MorePHOTO.GP Helmet: Finished!
The masking tape is long gone, the sand paper in the trash, the respirator hanging on the wall and the helmet vents restored. Another project from Magaro Paintings has been completed and I can’t wait until Valencia to see it in person for the first time.
Read MorePHOTO.GP Helmet Progress #3
Here is the latest batch of photos from Magaro Paintings. Marc is sanding and adding coats of clear lacquer. He reports that the helmet is now extremely shiny.
Read MorePHOTO.GP Helmet In Progress
As I’ve written before in this space, one of the very best things about my photography adventures has been meeting certain individuals I’d never have come into contact with had I not been so lucky as to find a place in MotoGP. One person high on that list is Marc Garcia, an artist in […]
Read MoreHelmet Art
I spent more time on the grid in 2011 than ever before and one of the interesting benefits of this was the level of details I started notching in some of the helmets. On TV, or even at trackside, it’s difficult to see exactly what the helmet designers have done to make each rider’s crash […]
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