This was a fun student profile shoot with Rhiannan MacIntosh – part of a series for the University of the Highlands and Islands focusing on their outdoors degree students.
We took to a glen near Fort William to get some action shots of Rhiannan biking. As well as being a student Rhiannan is a member of the Fort William Foxes an an all inclusive female focused Mountain Bike social club and plays rugby for Lochaber RFC too!
Mountain biking is easily on of my favourite outdoors sports, it combines a good amount of exercise with plenty of thrills, the odd spill and a lot of time spent in a forest setting, which I find really rewarding and energising!
The highlands of scotland have an incredible network of trails built and maintained by local enthusiasts. It’s quite a unique type of riding and it I can confirm getting used to the tight, steep, technical riding on wet roots and mud took some getting used to, especially when.I was used to much more bike-park style tracks from spending my days riding in the south before I moved to Fort William.
