If you've followed my work for a few years, then you know just how much I love cyclocross, and having shot thousands of frames of this exciting, spastic sport over the past decade, it's definitely made me a better action photographer.
Shooting anything on a regular basis lets you practice your skills and techniques and experiment with a variety of gear and creative approaches. This is what shooting cross has been for me, and these ten years are also a documentary of my transition from Nikon to Fujifilm, and how the X Series gear became more capable along the way, from my first X10, all the way up to the X-T4.
As with any craft or skill, if you spend enough hours doing it, you'll eventually become really good at it, and hopefully you'll have a lot of fun in the the process. I hope you have something like that in your life.