We’ve been admiring Norwegian photographer Eirik Aadde’s work for a while now – his arresting style of nighttime light painting work is nothing short of spectacular. So when we found out that he’d been sneaking around the pits at this year’s Gatebil Rudskogen event very late at night while everyone else was either sleeping or partying, and had just finished the long process of editing the shots, we had to ask if Speedhunters could publish them in all of their eye-popping glory. Eirik agreed, so without further ado, start scrolling to check out this amazing event from a totally fresh perspective…
Eirik Aadde: For me, Gatebil is the epicenter of cars. In walking distance I can find everything from 1000 horsepower Volvos to Drift Allstars machines and ex-Japanese GT racers. That’s why I set out to shoot some of my favorite rides in the twilight hours. At the Gatebil main event in July, the light leaves a beautiful array of orange and blue on the horizon.
Thursday is always an exciting day at Gatebil – you can feel the tension of the biggest event being only hours away. As the teams were arriving and setting up camp I took notice of an Italian horse getting pushed in the pits.
It turned out to be a Ferrari 458 Challenge driven by Andreas Lie.
Friday came along and after the tyre smoke settled I went for a walk around the pits looking for cars. The clock had passed midnight and the light was just right. My only problem was getting hold of the owners/drivers, so I ended up shooting the cars resting comfortably in their camps. First up was this Nissan PS13 Silvia owned by Slava from Russia.
Further down the pit road I came across Ismail’s V8-powered E46 BMW M3.
In the Spy+ camp, Øksnevad’s Soarer was on display after engine problems kept him from going full throttle on the track.
In between all the race and drift cars a couple of show cars made their way to the pit area as well. This BMW Touring was slammed to the ground thanks to the guys at Automote.
The Planet HIFI Drift team showed up with their new teammate Kristian and his V8 turbo powered E30.
On Saturday night I met up with the Fail Crew from Russia and we played around in the pitlane with Max Tvardovsky’s Nissan S14.5.
It’s a very good looking car!
Another Monster Energy car was quick to show up when its team saw what was going on. Dmitriy Illyuk’s S13 to be exact.
One of the newcomer’s to this year’s Gatebil Extreme class is Radni Molhampour’s 350Z Super GT car fresh out of Japan. It’s being driven by Oskar Sandberg.
If you’re interested in knowing more, check out Paddy’s recent spotlight on this amazing ex-Nismo machine.
Before the night-shift ended I made one last stop by the Gårdsdrift camp. These guys recently made waves after Asle pulled off a nifty 360-degree entry at the Arctic Circle Raceway only weeks before Gatebil.
For the first time I brought along my own car to Rudskogen and Gatebil, so naturally I could not leave the pits without a picture of the blue Touring Bimmer nicknamed the #CamerWagon (because dragging around camera equipment takes up space.).
Thank you for your attention Speedhunters readers! If you want to see more pictures from my adventures around the north, give me a follow on Facebook or Instagram.
Eirik Aadde
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Oh , that is GT300 Z33 , does it still have the original engine ?
Oh , that is GT300 Z33 , does it still have the original engine ?
Oh , that is GT300 Z33 , does it still have the original engine ?
RDS http://www.speedhunters.com/2015/08/second-life-a-nismo-super-gt-in-norway/
Very impressive. Also Eirik's instagram is outstanding.
Very impressive. Also Eirik's instagram is outstanding.
I also liked the Gatebil Rescue yellow Rangie !
nice!
Speedlites or batterypowered studiostrobes?
nice!
Speedlites or batterypowered studiostrobes?
nice!
Speedlites or batterypowered studiostrobes?
These shots are not about the cars itself, but the passion behind it, how much of a difference the lighting can do...
These shots are not about the cars itself, but the passion behind it, how much of a difference the lighting can do...
These shots are not about the cars itself, but the passion behind it, how much of a difference the lighting can do...
I like your bmw a lot. Like a whole lot.
I like your bmw a lot. Like a whole lot.
All i see is new desktop wallpaper
Someone hire this guy.
The Soarer is still a beautiful machine after all these years.
give this man a lifetime supply of canon cameras and lenses!
Amazing shots!
I really love the current generation of drift liveries and would love something like it on my car, though I don't think my the mother in law would like it on her country drive when I come for tea, the neighbours either.
Man im got really fed up with monster energy logos everywhere. I would
not let any energy drink sponsor my car. Young people die on daily dew
to this poisons. It defenetely does not help me that there are romors
that company logo is a sign of satan (letter M is three sixes is
Hebrew) witch is not surprising.
IIIMboosted Man, I'm really fed with Monster Energy logos everywhere! I would not an energy drink, sponsor my car. Young people die on a daily, due to these poisons. It definitely does not help when there are rumors, that the company logo, is a sign of Satan (The letter "M" is three sixes in Hebrew). Which is not surprising.
I'm sorry but....c'mon dude... If THIS, is a product of our education system, I'm afraid to see what posts will look like in 5-10 years from now :
IIIMboosted Man, I'm really fed with Monster Energy logos everywhere! I would not an energy drink, sponsor my car. Young people die on a daily, due to these poisons. It definitely does not help when there are rumors, that the company logo, is a sign of Satan (The letter "M" is three sixes in Hebrew). Which is not surprising.
I'm sorry but....c'mon dude... If THIS, is a product of our education system, I'm afraid to see what posts will look like in 5-10 years from now :
IIIMboosted In the same way every long term motorsport team has had a Cigarette sponsor and/ or alcohol sponsor at some point?? What do you think kills more? Difference is, these energy drink companies genuinely support the sports. Making up their own events, their own series and marketing them on their products, so they're seen by the public eye and effectively boosts interest. I've ridden motocross and bmx my entire life. Two sports that have got bigger and bigger, compliments of support and events from energy drink companies. Skating, rally, drifting, all follow this, in the sense that they've got bigger, compliments of the companies you disapprove off. Quit commenting with uneducated garbage. 'satan' created monster because of the 'M' logo? For real? You drive an 'M' sport. Does that mean satan created BMW? Give it a rest.
IIIMboosted In the same way every long term motorsport team has had a Cigarette sponsor and/ or alcohol sponsor at some point?? What do you think kills more? Difference is, these energy drink companies genuinely support the sports. Making up their own events, their own series and marketing them on their products, so they're seen by the public eye and effectively boosts interest. I've ridden motocross and bmx my entire life. Two sports that have got bigger and bigger, compliments of support and events from energy drink companies. Skating, rally, drifting, all follow this, in the sense that they've got bigger, compliments of the companies you disapprove off. Quit commenting with uneducated garbage. 'satan' created monster because of the 'M' logo? For real? You drive an 'M' sport. Does that mean satan created BMW? Give it a rest.
Would not *LET* .........
With weed getting legalised everywhere I wouldn't be at all surprised to see big weed symbols on cars everywhere in coming years. Just like back in the day where motorsports were sponsored by cigarette brands.
IIIMboosted Monster Energy could be described as Marlboro for the 21st century.
The title photo is amazing, very good work!
Damn you, now I have to buy about a dozen more computers so I can have them all as wallpapers at the same time.
JordanBest IIIMboosted Actually rally has became much much smaller than what it used to be
Damn, Erik. These are awesome!
IIIMboosted JordanBest What's wrong with Satan? He gave us the forbidden fruit that granted us freedom and free-thought. He dismissed God because his rules are stupid. Seems like he was trying to help us from the tyranny of religion. I think the bible gives him a pretty bad rep, to be fair!
You know... if you believe nonsense lost in translation over centuries!
IIIMboosted JordanBest What's wrong with Satan? He gave us the forbidden fruit that granted us freedom and free-thought. He dismissed God because his rules are stupid. Seems like he was trying to help us from the tyranny of religion. I think the bible gives him a pretty bad rep, to be fair!
You know... if you believe nonsense lost in translation over centuries!
IIIMboosted JordanBest The entire hebrew thing is ridiculous. Any 'M' symbol, or just the letter 'm' for that matter is the hebrew symbol for '6' three times over. Same as your 'M sport' logo which is probably loitered all over your car.
It should bother you, that people are fools like yourself, who believe that everything is a conspiracy, rather than just being coincidental.
Monster is actually manufactured by Hansens, a company who sponsored extreme sports athletes in the late 90's - Jeremy Mcgrath, Brian Deegan and TJ Lavin to name a few. By rebranding their product to monster energy, you think there's some twisted, satanic ulterior motive? Grow up.
I also know for a fact that there are are drifting enthusiasts, or 'anthusiasts' as you call them (uneducated) at Monster. As Monster employed a number of people who have a genuine love for all action sports - Eric Johnson to name one.
Regardless of that, they pay for drifters/ all athletes to do what they love to do. Without their input, do you think drifting would have got to the scale it has today? No. It'd probably be small scale, still residing in Japan and Japan alone.
But at the end of the day. It's marketing and that's how it works. You should probably look it up.
Are you also saying Red bull and Rockstar irritate you? Or is there some way you can twist their logos to be satanic?
Vittorio Jano JordanBest IIIMboosted Old school genuine rally, yes. Rallycross? How big has that got? It's better for spectators, easier to arrange for organisers and probably safer for drivers. I'm with you on the fact I love rally - (hence the subaru) but I do think Rallycross was and is the future of the sport.
IIIMboosted erm, you are fully aware the logo was designed that way... its called clever marketing. its not a coincidence.
IIIMboosted it gives you energy, "turns" you into a monster, a beast at what you do... the logo is clearly a monster claw ripping through metal or something showing strength, which not only looks like "M" for monster but the calligraphy is designed in such a way that it looks like hebrew. as satan is a monster I think its actually one of the best and most thought through logos out there.
IIIMboosted it gives you energy, "turns" you into a monster, a beast at what you do... the logo is clearly a monster claw ripping through metal or something showing strength, which not only looks like "M" for monster but the calligraphy is designed in such a way that it looks like hebrew. as satan is a monster I think its actually one of the best and most thought through logos out there.
Fantastic photos sir! May I ask what your lighting setup was for these?
Fantastic photos sir! May I ask what your lighting setup was for these?
Out of the norm photos here on SH.
Good job.
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Ekoumvak Thank you! the light in use is a wescott ice light
Paddy McGrath Thank you so much Paddy! Truly appreciate it
CJC_Matty Haha! what a great response, Thank you!
johnbezt Thanks!!!
jdmRob A passion for cars goes along way when you want them to look as good as possible
thanks
@slacker one battery powered Ledbar.
Myles Weaver thank you very much
its been a while since ive saved each picture from a post!! these are soo good!
you got some mad skills! would love to know how you took these pictures! good work man!
its been a while since ive saved each picture from a post!! these are soo good!
you got some mad skills! would love to know how you took these pictures! good work man!
Nikhil_P Haha, Thank you!
The way I take these images is basic lightpainting and a shitload of time in post production tweaking details 
Beautiful pics! Any how-to's on getting this look?
Awesome pics! Drifting is that big in Russia? I'm honestly impressed with their cars!
the car was very good
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