From Pacific Northwest correspondent, Todd Marella Sigh…we are… individually, collectively, globally, going crazy. Mad. Bonkers. Nuts. Alas, we’ve all read the accounts of how important the joy in the little things, and the seeking them out truly is. A photograph, a scent, a song…little things often taken for granted, but really powerful, if we let them be. 'Let’s go crazy' is as much a celebration of the human spirit and a record to dance to, as it is a protest anthem, its i

An update from Pacific Northwest correspondent, Todd Marella Sunday the 22nd of March wasn’t regular… or common… or without tension. It was the end of the first week of the US largely admitting to itself that the smart money says avoiding contact with other humans unless it is absolutely critical, is the only known way to slow the spread of the Corona virus, known as COVID-19. By the end of the week, the world’s number of confirmed infected cases doubled. I needed something t

Remember those heady pre-Coronovirus days of, well, early 2020? You know, when you'd turn up at a race and French kiss all the track officials, before starting on with a systematic round of licking the faces of the photographers and finally sucking the fingers of your favourite competitors? God, I miss those days now that I'm self-isolating and all I have to look forward to is the four-hourly, horse-strength antibiotics washed down with mouthfuls of hot hand cleanser. So, the

I was hunting through 100s of photos from the One Pro races at the One Show in Portland that took place last month, when this one appeared. It wasn't the class I was looking for, this is a heat race for the Vintage 250 class (early in the day, hence not many in the stands). It's the class our man Todd Marella races in, and reports on, and I was looking for the Electric National, for the upcoming Sideburn 40. I was drawn to the image, loving the angle showing the huge cube scr