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Welcome To Gobadirt
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Welcome to the website of Grant “Goba” O’Brien. I am a photo journalist from Australia currently based in the UK where I’ve been traveling to all sorts of locations to cover and capture events, interview people, tell their story, take random photographs of random people from all walks of life, while at the same time staying open for any opportunity that enhances my chosen profession. I am available for photography/journalist work so if you need a moment captured in either medium then please contact me at gobadirt @ gmail.com (no spaces) or phone +447892924557 to talk further. I look forward to hearing from you … Enjoy the site!

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Oakley Alvaro Invitational
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Stroll into the tranquil town of Belluno any normal Thursday night and you’ll find the locals relaxing at sidewalk café’s enjoying a glass of wine or beer after a day at work while the town slows down in readiness for a quite evening once the people filter back reasonably early to their comfy homes. On Thursday 10th of July the atmosphere in the centre square of Belluno changed somewhat, and instead of the usual small crowds going about their business, thousands filled every available space to take in one of the most spectacular shows they’re ever likely to see, well especially in the town of Belluno. Why you ask? Local hero Alvaro Dal Farra invited his friends Andre Villa, Busty Wolter, the Page Bros Charles and Thomas, who joined the Daboot crew in putting on a Freestyle motocross show that blew the minds of those fortunate enough to witness it.

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Capt: Alvaro was out injured, but his show was a huge success nonetheless and the thousands that attended went home with big grins on their faces.

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Alvaro Invitation Park Sessions
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I spent the two days leading up to Alvaro’s special invitation night, in his home town of Belluno, at his park on the outskirts of town shooting some of the Daboot crew, and Andre Villa, which was a real bonus for me as he is riding off the hook right now and is easily one of the world’s top riders circulating the globe. Villa has just been invited to X Games to compete in Freestyle, as well as competing at several X-Fighters events. I look forward to seeing how he rumbles against the high quality field at X, and I just hope the judges call it fairly and not just go with the riders’ they know well, which has happened many times before. Villa has worked incredibly hard to get back on top after the knee injury he sustained back in 2006. He has learned big lessons on how important it is to stay fit and healthy, and now the guy is like a machine, and his tricks flow effortlessly, which makes my job as a photographer much easier. Keep an eye on Villa’s progress here www.andrevilla.com

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Capt: Villa showing his style pointing over at me while he lays it flat.

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Franklin Rides Turkey
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It was so good to escape the temperamental gloomy UK summer weather and spend a week with Nick Franklin and FMX4Ever crew at the Club Magic Life resort on the coast of Antalya, Turkey, where the sun beamed down all day every day and the temperature never dropped below 30 degrees. Freerider MX asked me to hook up with Franky for a feature story which will run in an upcoming issue, and thanks to Redbull, who covered my flight there, the week turned out to be a lot of fun and I had a great time hangin out with the lads surrounded by 2500 Austrian students. I managed to shoot three of their shows with the highlight being the last with the guys jumping over the resort pool full of rowdy girls and guys. Here’s a few photos for you to check out, remembering I’ve saved the best for the pages of FRMX, which you have to wait to see in a month or two.

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Capt: Nick Franklin Nac Flips his way over thousands of screaming Austrian students at Magic Club Life resort, Antalya, Turkey.

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Fresh Tracks
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I’ve not long returned from a week in Italy where I spent time catching up with freestyle rider Alvaro Dal Farra and his mechanic Lorenzo, who kindly put my fiancée Andrea and myself up in his apartment in the Dolomite Mountains for the week, which is on the doorstep of 1200kms of incredible ski runs. I hadn’t had the fortune in the 18 months of traveling through Europe to hit the snow until this trip and when the snow started dumping on our third day my snowboard was working overtime making up for lost time carving fresh tracks until my legs couldn’t cope any longer.

While staying at Alvaro’s I also caught up with old friend Busty Wolter and French sensation Thomas Page. Alvaro was just coming back off injury and we managed to get a few hours shooting in at his park, which was more a fun warm-up session for the boys before heading off to the second round of the Master Of The Dirt series in Austria that weekend, which Alvaro ended up winning. His riding has lifted to a higher level since my last visit to his park back in November last year, which is good to see.

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Busty and Thomas rocking Alvaro’s double line. Busty was also stepping up his tricks learning Superman Flips, go boy!!

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Taste Of Morocco
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The colours, the characters, the atmosphere, the tastes, the smells, the landscape, the diversity, the poverty, the richness, the raw beauty, ruggedness, deep sense of well-being, community, crowds, donkeys, mules, mint tea, time to breathe, space, flow of life, at peace…Insh'Allah! Welcome to my favourite photos taken from a recent trip to Morocco, enjoy!

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In the small remote town of Talate-n-Issi, two elderly gentlemen watch the day go by with the their glasses of mint tea to keep them refreshed.

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