If you have 4 minutes, there is a better flash folio at www.AccessingArizona.com. As always, if you are one of the athletes or sponsors, I am happy to provide you with photos for free.

2010 Desert Challenge – Images by Loren Worthington

A few weeks back I stopped by to thank him for welding up my chair to support a pair of leg casts. Before long he’s showing me his new lift that takes him up to his fold-out camper loft. Watching Corbin go from the driver’s seat to his crib is 10 minutes of mechanical amazement.

So it’s May in Phoenix and before the heat sets in I knew I needed to get some photos of his mobile loft. We met up at Papago Park and managed to get an hours worth of shooting before the park police showed up.

2010 04 Wheelchair Truck – Images by Loren Worthington

2010 Over the Line Tournament for Wheelchairs – Images by Loren Worthington

If you ever want to experience what it means to be passionate about something, come meet Pia Douglass at a fencing event. She heads up the Grand Canyon State Fencing Foundation (www.gcsff.org) and with the assistance of her two sons and others, knows how to put on a nice program.

The venue was a conference room with low ceilings, fluorescent lights and nothing too exciting for backgrounds. Not really the makings for a great photo expose. Fortunately I had a softbox with me and decided to shoot some portraits as well.

To see all the photos, click the link below each frame.

2010-03_Fencing – Images by Loren Worthington

Here’s some of the action photos

2010-03_Fencing-Action – Images by Loren Worthington

All of the photos along with other similar ones are for sale at Photoshelter.

Woman in Wheelchair watching NASCAR race at PIR in Arizona

Man in Wheelchair Fishing at an Urban Park

Young Girl in Wheelchair Swinging in an Adapted Swing Set

Man in Wheelchair Next to a Lightrail Train

Girl in Wheelchair at a Lake with Bridges Overhead

It was finally nice to shoot a tournament where all of the teams showed up. The event featured the TIRR Hotwheels (Houston, TX), the Hammer (San Diego, CA), the  Suns (Phoenix, AZ), and BORP Bay Area  Cruisers (San Francisco, CA)

The Hotwheels won all 3 games on Saturday, and beat the Hammer again on Sunday to win the tournament. On Sunday, the Phoenix Suns beat the Bay Cruisers for 3rd place.

I only shot the two game on Sunday.  Here is a link to the photos;

Hot Wheels vs Hammer

Suns vs Cruisers

If any coaches want all or most of the photos, contact me.

#24 - Dusty Ferreira or the Phoenix Suns, and #12 - Gerard Ah-Fook, of the UoA Wildcats cover one another during the tournement held in Mesa, Arizona.

This was billed as a tournament including 6 teams. On Friday there were only 3 teams. So I focused on getting some solo shots of the players.  Once the sun goes down and there’s no ambient light, the Broadway Rec Center goes fom crappy to virtually unusable.  Even with a few strobes, it’s pretty dismal.

I didnt return for the games on Saturday due to prior commitment.  Addition Photos are here.

The Phoenix Outcasts hosted a 2 day tourneyment in Mesa over the weekend. Because one team was a no-show, a 4th team consisting of a few players from Phoenix was added, and they then borrowed a player here and there to add some competition to the event.

When this happens it becomes difficult to photograph and keep track of who’s who.  As well, the teams dont always follow the schedule and that further reduces my ability to photograph the entire event. That said, the team from U of A went undefeated and looked impressive.

Click here for more photos.

So this weekend we photographed Greg Hockensmith in his road racing hand bike.  He is one of the coaches at the monthly hand-bike clinic held at ElDorado Park in Scottsdale, that is sponsored by the Arizona Disabled Sports Association.  Jerry O’Conner was the principal shooter and will no doubt have some great photos, but here’s a few I squeezed in.

Many thanks to Greg for enduring the heat.  Stay tuned for more shots.