The other day, our friend Ronny Skevis, hit us with a selection of photos from a trip to an island we had never heard of called Tinos Island that he took with Panagiotis Manaras last month. Now, we know about Panos and Ronny and how good they are on a bike and behind a camera, but we had no idea what this island was hiding for riding spots! After checking out the amazing photos, we quickly realized that this island is definitely an untapped gem. We asked Ronny if we could run the photos in a photogallery so you guys could get a look for yourselves and here it is! Definitely check this one out!
A few months ago I received a phone call from Panagiotis Manaras asking if I was available for a photoshoot for one of his current sponsors, Vodafone CU! Of course I gave him a positive response and after a few weeks we loaded up Panos’ 4×4 with his bike, his monkey scooter and some surfboards and we headed to the port for this island called Tinos in the Aegean sea!
My first thought was why would they send us to an island? And why that one specifically? Tinos is an island known for its religious tourism, there was some kind of a big tradition being held there August 15th where a lot of people go there to pray and practice one of the weirdest rituals… They kind of crawl on their knees on a carpet for 1 kilometer up to this temple dedicated to the Holy Mary and ask for forgiveness or just pray for blessing. Fortunately or unfortunately we were there during the first week of August so we didn’t really see it happen, although we spotted a few people practicing the knee bending rituals during our stay…
Anyways, I guess the reason they sent us there was that Tinos is a big island and it had a lot of possibilities to score some decent riding spots. With a bit of creativity and Panos’ riding skills, we managed to take more photos than expected. So here you can see some of the action that went down during our trip! I’ll try to explain everything through the images! – Ronny Skevis
