(pic thanks to SOL)
Kiwi photographer Tony "Harro" Harrington with his rider Tim Vlandis after winning the best cliff drop photo.
We hope to have the winning shot online here soon
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Winter Crystal Awards March 20- 27, 1999 Austria's Arlberg region
Kiwi photograher wins in Kiwi organised event:
The first annual Winter Crystal Awards held in Austria was
conceived by N.Z snowboard icon Dani "Kiwi"
Meier, the Crystal Awards is
a contest designed to highlight
the teamwork involved with
capturing snowboarding action
on film. The contest pitted 10 world class
photographer/rider teams
against each other to see who
could come back with the most
impressive images. The teams
were given one week to shoot.
At the end of the week each
teams best pics would be
shown on a giant screen in
front of 40 judges (including the
photographers and riders) to
see who captured the best
shots from this epic week.
Wanaka based photographer Tony Harrington, better known as organiser of the Wanaka Heli Challenge teamed up with rider Tim Vlandis. The result was a prize winning shot in the cliff jump category with with a spectacular 50-foot drop, a
silhouette, against a jagged Austrian Peak as a
backdrop.
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