'PENDINE' AT PENDINE

The Vintagent's very irregular correspondent Mike Jackson sends these notes regarding the inaugural Pendine Sands racing weekend last June:The beautiful new Brough Superior SS101 Pendine"The newly-formed Pendine Landspeed Racing Club (LRC) draws on the significant history of a very historic stretch of beach in Wales, the site of many World Speed Record attempts in the 1920s. The LRC held its inaugural Speed Trial on the weekend of June 21/23rd, and the revived Brough Superior was present to test its pair of Bonneville-bound racers; Brough Superior last used the sands for this purpose in 1928! Since Anthony Hopkins’ film The World's Fastest Indian, interest in Land Speed Record (LSR) racing has grown exponentially, and further increased...

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BILL PHELPS PHOTO ESSAY W+W

Photographer extraordinaire, the enigmatic and moody work of Brooklyn's Bill Phelps has been featured previously on The Vintagent.  He brought those images, and quite a few newer ones of women in the sea, to Galerie Treize Avril in Biarritz, as a featured artist for this year's Wheels+Waves.  Bill was a quiet presence during the event, stalking photos and taking portraits, keeping all of us mesmerized as he shared his latest images...even in the tiny in-camera view screen, we could tell he was producing a stunning body of work, and all of us with cameras (that seemed to include most participants at times) were inspired to do better work ourselves!  Without further ado, The Vintagent is very proud to present Bill's photo essay,...

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