Guides, tips and stories for athletes and the photographers who shoot them
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Where to watch and photograph the 2026 NYC Marathon on November 1: Bay Ridge, Bedford Ave, the Queensboro exit, First Ave, the Bronx and Central Park.
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Harlem Hill, the Three Sisters, and Cat Hill turn a flat-looking Central Park loop into three separate photo opportunities in one race. Here is where to stand for the NYRR Grete's Great Gallop 10K.
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The Ironman World Championship put Kona on the map for endurance sports, and the Waikiki Roughwater Swim has been running for 55 years. Here is where to shoot both, and why open water swimmers are some of the easiest athletes to sell photos to.
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Two races define SUP racing in Hawaii: a 40-mile channel crossing that started it all as a competition, and a 9-mile downwind run that started the sport itself. Here is where to point a camera for both.
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Queen's Beach in Waikiki hosts NCAA Division I beach volleyball; Kalama Park in Kihei mixes tourists and locals on the sand. Where Hawaii's beach volleyball scene actually plays, and why the sport is an easy addition to any Hawaii shoot list.
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Long before surfing, outrigger canoe paddling held the islands together. From daily practice at Waikiki's Outrigger Canoe Club to the Queen Liliuokalani Canoe Race in Kona, here is where crews train and race, and how to shoot a canoe differently than a surfer.
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From the Big Apple Triathlon's Hudson River swim to CIBBOWS at Brighton Beach and the 28.5-mile 20 Bridges Swim around Manhattan, here is where New York's triathlon and open water swimming scene actually happens, and how to shoot each leg differently.
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Van Cortlandt, the oldest public golf course in America, the 36-hole Pelham Bay and Split Rock complex, and the Hudson-side Chelsea Piers driving range: where to shoot golf in a city most photographers never think of as a golf town.
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From iconic piers to pro-packed lineups, these spots deliver waves, wallets, and wicked shots.