# @kaicaddy on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CZacJMLrDBR
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/66027-kaicaddy-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/ea397a3f5d.jpg
- **Posted:** 2022-01-31T23:36:30.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Kai Caddy (@kaicaddy) — https://gondola.cc/kaicaddy

## Caption

Story time! When @cxfayettevillear was announced I was doing video production for a college athletic department. Knowing the chances of a weekend off in January would be slim, I started looking for other jobs. I couldn’t imagine missing a world championship in my home state. 

Still at the old job, I started taking the camera with me to local bike races. My friends are better at racing than me, so I needed something to do after my race and during theirs. 

I eventually found that new job. (Worlds was far from the only reason I left the old one, but it got the ball rolling.) The flexibility of the new job allowed me the opportunity to start shooting more races. I kept showing up and people started noticing. I was suddenly a member of the cycling media. 

This weekend I had the opportunity to work alongside the people who introduced me to cyclocross and others who fueled my interest in the sport. I had a front row seat as the greatest cyclist of all time won a record-setting eighth world championship. And I was being paid to be there. A true career highlight. 

I’m proud of my state, proud of all the work of my colleagues and I’m very humbled to have been a part of it. 
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## Credits

| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Kai Caddy | @kaicaddy | https://gondola.cc/kaicaddy | Photographer |

## Tags

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