NZSBK 2020 - 5 days til race day! // NZSBK official photographer // motorsport photographers // motorsport videographers

NZSBK 2020

Mad Love Media will again be at the track for the 2020 season starting at round 1 this weekend in Ruapuna, Christchurch. Check out some of the action below from last year’s NZSBK. We will once again be offering photo packages for all teams and riders, so if you want any pit, bike, race, team photos send us a message to book us in ASAP.

And this year we are very excited to be offering slow-motion videos of riders out on the track. Lucas will be at each round, so grab yourself some photos and/or some awesome video footage to share with all your followers, friends and sponsors. Limited spaces for videos so get in quick…

Whanganui Cemetery Circuit 2019 // Suzuki Series // Mad Love Media // Carl Cox Motorsport // Toby Summers

Each year on Boxing Day the town of Whanganui in New Zealand shuts down its streets and prepares to race. Motorcycle riders from all over the world come to compete against NZ’s finest in this prestigious event. Here is just a snippet of the day from Mad Love Media sponsored rider Toby Summers edited and filmed by Lucas Sudbury of Mad Love Media.

Vanya Simeonova // Dancer // Fitness model // Amazing person // Friend // Birthday girl

Official Photographer NZSBK 2019 // Sports photographer

Very excited to be announced as one of the offical photographers of New Zealand Superbike Series 2019 for the 3rd year.

Fitcomm Body Building team 2018 // Body building photoshoot //Fitmumz

I love going to the gym, I love training (most of the time) and I love being fit but do I have what it takes to train hard for 6 months, sacrificing many things to compete in a body building competition up on stage in front of lots of people in not many clothes?  The answer is NO!  But these guys did!  They are are from Fitcomm and they all did amazing!  Congratulations guys you are an inspiration to everyone that knows you.

2018 NZSBK Rounds 1 & 2

At the start of the year as with every year, New Zealand hosts it's national superbike series, otherwise known as the NZSBK's.  This year Round 1 was held at the Mike Pero Motorsport Park in Christchurch and round 2 at Levels Raceway in Timaru.  Two great tracks with loads of great racing.  As one of 2 official photographers for the season my job is to capture all the behind scenes, the action that happens in the pits, the teams, the families, the riders and their bikes, everything that goes on before and after the bikes go out on the track and let me tell you there is always plenty going on! 

Here are some of my fave shots from the 2 rounds combined. If there are no pictures of you from these 2 rounds it's because I can't get round to everyone.  For rounds 3 & 4 I am offering 3 different photo packages.  In my usual style packages will include photos of you winning & grinning, team shots, bike shots, pit shots etc,  available to you Sunday night or Monday first thing, these can then be used for for social media and press releases or for sponsors etc.  Just fill out THIS FORM ASAP and I'll add you to my list.  All package prices are on the form.

 Ruapuna FULL GALLERY 

Levels FULL GALLERY 

Rd1 Mike Pero Motosport Park 

Rd2 Levels Raceway

Suzuki series 2017

I love being at the race track, the people, the bikes, the smells, the sounds, the emotions, the passion, you can feel it everywhere.  I sometimes take pictures of the bikes on the track but I without a doubt prefer taking pictures of the people in the pits, the teams, the families, the riders.  Motorbike racing is an individual sport but a lot of the time without a team behind you you it's not possible to do it.  A picture can tell a thousand words and it's the moments before a race, or straight after that tell the biggest story!  Here are my top picks from the 3 round Suzuki Series 2017, including the final round at the famous Cemetery Circuit on Boxing day in New Zealand's very own Whanganui.   This year I was primarily shooting for the Carl Cox Motorsport team but there were plenty of other moments I couldn't resist snapping too.  To purchase photos or to enquire about any of these images please contact me here.

Hardknocks5 2017

This weekend I got to attend another awesome fight night event organised by the Hardknocks crew.  This time I photographed the whole event.  Once again the fighters and the event organisers did not disappoint! 

Below are some of my fave pics from the night.  The full gallery of pics can be seen HERE.  Please be sure to credit Hardknocks Boxing and Mad Love Media if you repost any of the pics on social media. 

Motul Playday 6 hour Endurance Race - Hampton Downs - 2017

Sunday 12th November 29 teams of 3 riders battled it out for the top spot in the annual Motul Playday 6 hour endurance race at Hampton Downs.  Each team had 3 bikes.  These photos are of the team M1 Motorsport who ended up in 2nd place.  The team was made up of Carl Cox Motorsport sponsored rider Toby Summers on his Kawazaki ZX10 , M1 Motorsport's Alastair Hoogenboezem on his S1000RR and MTF Finance sponsored rider Avalon Biddle on her Kawasaki ZX6R.  A total of 314 laps of Hampton Downs was completed in the 6 hours with a fastest lap time of 1.05.018 and a best lap speed of 147.8 Kph over the 2.7k circuit.

MotoGP Phillip Island 2017

Recently I got to experience one of the most amazing weekends of my life, I think I may also have found my dream job!  Sports photographer.  A few weeks back my husband and I and a bunch of good mates travelled over to Phillip Island in Melbourne for the Australian round of the MotoGP.  I had media accreditation which meant I'd be taking photos all weekend whilst the others unfortunately, (for them) only had GA passes :( The gate in the first pic is where their access stopped!  So I made my way to the media centre where all the photographers, journalists, commentators and anyone to do with media from all the world got to hang out for a few days.  I was in photography heaven.  Over the course of the weekend I got to meet and work alongside some of the world's greatest sports/MotoGP photographers, including one of my faves: Gigi Soldano, who is the nicest guy and takes the most amazing photos.  He introduced me to Valentino Rossi!  And took the photo below!   As if my mind wasn't already blown!    

I had pit lane access on the Friday and Saturday so I got to take photos of all the MotoGP riders and their teams during all the practice sessions.  Then for the rest of the weekend I borrowed a big fat lens and an upgraded version of my camera from the Nikon team, (who represent at every round of the MotoGP), and went out around the track to get some action shots.   During the weekend it rained, shined, rained some more and blew a gale.  I walked miles, I carried heaps of stuff, I learnt loads and connected with heaps of people, I absolutely LOVED it all!!! 

Be sure to check out the latest online edition of Kiwi Rider where some of my pics have been published.  There's a great write up on the weekend in there too. 

HardKnocks4 2017

Some of the best boxing I've seen in a long while.  The team from Hardknocks Boxing sure put on a hell of an event.  Congratulations and huge respect to all the fighters, takes balls to get into a ring and fight!  This fight:

Steve Archer (Pars Acadamy) vs Afakasi Sione (HardKnocks Boxing)