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AVF 2026 Part 1: Photos from GTGs and Around Helen
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AVF 2026 Part 1: Photos from GTGs and Around Helen
It's hard to believe that the vibe of a little town in northern Georgia can shift so dramatically from one week to the next, but that's just what Helen does when the VW community comes to play. AVF Show, or Alpine Volks Fair, has called Helen home for several years now, but it doesn't make each May any less special. This year, I dragged my best bud, Tobias (@tobiastrousers), along with me because, despite being one of the first people I found on VW Vortex back in the mid-2000s, he had never trekked south for any of the events that have taken place in Helen over the years. With the help of our friends at Eurowise, we paraded not one, but two different lifted Porsche Cayennes around Helen, Georgia for the week, capturing photo and video content of anything and everything that crossed the lenses. This is the first of many parts, so buckle up. In case you missed it with Fixxfest, there are two different ways to see my photos nowadays. The first is where you can see and download low-resolution photos for online, personal use. Please feel free to find anything you like and make sure to tag @morethanmoreusa when you share it! AVF 2026 Photo Gallery (for social posting) The second gallery is all the same photos, but high resolution and available for purchase as various printed sizes and materials, as well as a digital download. AVF 2026 Photo Gallery (for print purchases) These are all the same photos, but two different ways to use them. Clunky? Yeah, and I hate it. But until I figure out a better process, it's what I've got for ya! But wait, there's MORE!!! I've decided to make a photo book of all the things we did, saw and shot throughout our week in Helen. Not a small feature in a magazine, but 120+ pages of wide format, high res photos of all sorts of cars, people and dogs around town. More details below: AVF 2026 Photo Book Preorder
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The AVF Invitational 2026 Photo Book!
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The AVF Invitational 2026 Photo Book!
It's finally here and I am so excited to share it with you. It's big, it's wide and it's packed with hundreds of photos of the cars, people and doggos that make our annual pilgrimage to Helen, Georgia for AVF Invitational so special.  Check out the video for a little walk-through of everything you'll find in the book. I've put a lot of thought into how it's laid out, and have special emphasis on my new favorite part of AVF, the Eurowise x Bypass Boys Trail Ride. It has it's own section and article, along with a photo of every VAG car on the ride crossing the creek! Order the AVF 2026 Photo Book Huge thanks to our friends at H&R North America (@hrsprings_na), Eurowise Off-road (@eurowiseoffroad) for supporting our trip to Helen in 2026 and making a pipe dream of a project like this come to life!  Words, Photos & Design: Sam Dobbins (@iamsamdobbins)Add'l Words & Photos: Nick Rice (@32_coupe)Add'l Trail Ride Photos: Morgan Burns (@rowdy_bvrns)Copy Editing: Danielle Aldrich 
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How it's Made: 2026 VW Calendar
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How it's Made: 2026 VW Calendar
When my annual VW calendar was first conceived, back in 2009, my only experience with large scale printing was a short tenure at a prepress company, editing black and white photos and preflighting text book files. Luckily, via VWVortex, the universe assigned me a printing shepherd who was also a Mk3 fanatic, and I quickly got up to speed. After over a dozen calendars, 4 mini coffee table books and overseeing and laying out countless print projects for former employers in the automotive space, I finally feel pretty confident in how it all works and FINALLY found a shop in California that I could visit firsthand to capture the process in-person!  Click Here for the YT Short Video
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