Category Archives: Video

We all like videos… don’t we.

Rally Drift – Monster vs Redbull vs Rockstar

Posted on by
Reply

In November we saw Tanner and his new 600HP Scion V8 at SEMA in Vegas. It is good to finally see it in action.

Basically…

Red Bull has Travis Pastrana
Monster has Ken Block
Rockstar has Tanner Foust

… and they have all made somewhat unique YouTubes.

So who wins?

Monster Ken Block June 1st, 2009 Gymkhana Two
Red Bull Travis Pastrana Dec 23rd, 2009 Making of teaser
Dec 31st, 2009 New Years No Limits (Live)
Rockstar Tanner Foust Feb 22nd, 2010 Mulholland Teaser
March 15th, 2010 Mulholland Drift
April 5th, 2010 Behind the Scenes

.
.
.
. In depth review to appear here:
.
.
.

Sudden Acceleration

Posted on by
3

Toyota – your not the first. Sudden acceleration syndrome has made some news lately. But lets not forget this isn’t anything new. Automobile Magazine takes a look back at the early years of this phenomena.

Audi sales plummeted from a peak of 74,061 units in 1985 to only 12,283 sales by 1991.

I doubt Toyota’s sales will plummet like Audi’s did in the late 80s… as this is merely a small blip on the radar for the worlds largest automobile maker.

Back on the quattro side of things – If only we could do something to slow the growth of Audi today. I’m tired of seeing my brand placed into the hands of so many incapable drivers. What happened to BMW being the ultimate driving machine?

[Read Full]
[A1]

OK Go – This Too Shall Pass

Posted on by
Reply

OK Go did it again with this amazing Rube Goldberg esque music video. But they need to be careful with their making of videos. They are presenting too much non-relevent content which pulls from the video and negatively influences my purchasing decision on whether or not I buy this song. Additionally – they sold out to statefarm… WTS’s.

GIZMODO gets the credit

Long Drive Training Begins

Posted on by
Reply


March 1st, 2010 – Training for season 2 of long drive begins.

Long Drivers of America (LDA) local qualifiers are popping up all over with the first major event coming up March 25-27th in Mesquite, Nevada. The 2010 Diamond in the Desert Classic requires zero pre-registration and will consist of 2 days of open qualifying to create a competitive field for Saturdays Desert Classic final.

New to the RE/MAX World Long Drive Championship sponsorship team this year is Dick’s Sporting Goods and the Slazenger RAW Extreme Distance golf ball. I don’t know what happened to Pinnacle as the official golf ball of the LDA – maybe it just wasn’t extreme enough. Personally – I’m a fan of aggressive.

So if your bored of the snow… lets go hang with the Mesquitos and start swinging.

Long Drive – Part 2

Ryan St.Onge = Olympic Almost Gold

Posted on by
Reply

Be sure to watch Ryan St.Onge win gold in freestyle aerials tonight.

We have a futurist in Vancouver who has already snapped his gold medal winning jump celebration. I shot my prediction 2 years ago. Unfortunately some jumpers behind him pushed him down to 4th – but your still first in my book.

Congratulations Ryan. Now go miss your flight home for a burrito.

Kevin Pearce at Craig Hospital

Posted on by
1

I’m not a fan of Microsoft or Silverlight – but this olympic video is worth the install. Mac’ers – don’t be scared. Windows’lugers – you probably already are.

Kevin Pearce who was an olympic hopeful and one of the only athletes that could give Shaun White a run for his money suffered a severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) on December 31st, 2009 at Park City. In early February Kevin was moved from the University of Utah Hospital to Craig Hospital in Denver, CO where he began a comprehensive TBI rehabilitation program led by Alan Weintraub, MD.

His Facebook Fan Page is now 44,000 strong and includes daily updates and an amazing amount of activity.

It is good to see such a nice production coming from NBC during the Olympics about Kevin Pearce, his family and his injury. People don’t typically understand what an amazing piece of machinery the human brain is and how complex a full recovery can be. Thanks to Tom Brokaw for getting the facts straight on this one.

This time last year I was tracking progress coming from Riley Poor during his spinal cord injury rehabilitation at Craig. I have currently been working very closely with with Craig Hopspital on a project that will go live on March 4th at their 9th annual Push Dinner.

Being associated with such an amazing place like Craig is something I can take for granted because my parents actually met working here in the 1970s. I grew up around this place and now – after taking Craig on as a client – I have found a new respect for the roots from which I have grown. It is hard to explain what Craig Hospital does. To give you an example … you will have to wait until March 5th.

2009 Media Elements

Posted on by
Reply

In 2009 I averaged just over 69 captured media elements a day which is directly on par with the last three years.

I shot 9,582 videos and 14,304 photos on the canon. 1,421 came from the iPhone which is no longer a daily pocket device for me.

Happy To Be Alive Today

Posted on by
3

Something I tell myself every day since the breaks went out in my car on after a lovely day of skiing in Aspen on January 29th, 2010…

“I’m happy to be alive today.”

This advertisement doesn’t need supporting web material. Take something as basic as wearing your seatbelt and present it in new visually inspiring way… Daniel Cox – simply Genius.

Thanks for sharing this emotional moment through visuals MattMatt.

Link 1.
Link 2.