Iron Horse 2008

Iron has launched their 2008 site (kind of), which includes a video from Mount Ste Anne filmed and edited by yours truly!

Check it out HERE for an idea of what type of footage to expect from the full segment later in the fall!

Kiss the cook.

Who's got two thumbs and a brand new Weber from his girlfriend?

THIS GUY!

(Technically, Joey Appleton's gfriend ALSO bought him the same grill. Our ladies rule btw)

Seek Your Bliss

Its pretty crazy that its been 3 years now since one of the coolest riders in New England had left us. Jeremy Demers had touched many people through his life, and even though I had only spent a few dozen times hanging out and riding with him, I still felt his genuine compassion and down to earth aura that he possed. No ego, no attitude....thats how he rolled 24/7. You could be meeting him for the first time at the skatepark, but he'd treat you like you were one of his boys. But we should not be sad today, I know Jeremy would not want us to reflect on what is missing with him gone. I'm sure he would just tell us to keep doing what makes us happy, celebrate cute women everywhere, ride our bikes, and seek our bliss.

RIP JD

8.24.04

Bulldozers and backhoes

As stated in my last post, I am off in Peoria, IL at one of the main Catepillar offices all week. I arrived in Chicago on Sunday only to find out my connection flight was cancelled, and that the next flight was delayed 4 hrs. So instead of sitting around HOPING I'd make the next flight on standby, I rented a car on the company dime and drove through 2.5 hours of corn:



To give you an idea of how old school industrial the town is, this is one of the main roads I first drove on once I got into town, complete with some gigantor factory pumping out ozone-loving pollutants:





Seeing as the two best parts of my trip so far were this huge statue, and the Catepillar Merchandise Store, you can assume that I am NOT having a blast:

OOTO

I am once again gone for another week, but I wish I could say its vacation or bike related! I am off to the Catepillar offices in IL til next Friday to teach some of the employees how to use my company's software....so if I'm lucky i'll get a picture of a dump truck.

Van Dizzle

I had the pleasure of filming Chris Van Dine at Sea Otter this year and put together a video for FSA. I must say that Van Dine is probably one of, if not THE, coolest and most down to earth DH pros I've gotten the priveledge of getting to know/film. In the first 5 minutes of meeting him I felt like we've been friends for years, which makes a huge difference when working with a rider.

Anyways, FSA/Gravity finally updated their site and put up the vid! (along with a few others)

Chris Van Dine: Back in the Saddle

Artsy Fartsy.

I got the new camera crane out last week for the first time, and I must say that it is kinda tricky at first. In the first five minutes of using the crane, I did the following:
1.) Swung the camera into branches.
2.) Swung the camera into people.
3.) Swung the back end of the camera into my head when I was too busy watching the monitor.

After a few minor adjustments I got the hang of watching the rider, watching the monitor, and watching the position of the crane all at the same time.

Check out some of the footage!

Tobler(one)

Big congrats to Michael Tobler of e.13 Components on getting married this past Sat!! I heard he's on his way to Hawaii for his honeymoon to work on his tan, lets see how that pans out.

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Tobler!





This is what mtn bikers look like dressed up:




There were really Toblerones in here.




Seth and Weagle thought the flowers were edible.



Mandatory 'Rock Out' photo:

I always Wonder(ed)

I just found out that Daniel Stern was the guy that did the voiceovers as 'Adult Kevin' on the Wonder Years. If you don't know the name, he played Marv in Home Alone 1& 2, and also the pitching coach in Rookie of the Year. Pretty much his two best roles ever.