With the hip related bed rest, I have had some time to catch up on some film-making and finally finished this little slideshow film documenting the entire process of a 9-day father/son traditional kayak build that I blogged about this past summer. The next build will be either a small motorboat or a wood-strip cedar canoe.
Let me know if you have any questions about the video.
For Christmas break this year my son, The Ruminator, wanted to do a little Snowboarding. I figured it would be a nice positive cap to a so-so year personally, physically, politically, etc…
Note: This is the fist film edited and made since my switch from GoPro Studio to iMovie and since my conversion from a Windows 10 computer to my Mini Mac for video and Audio editing. It was so much better to use and just worked! See this post for more detail.
Link to the red storage bins he uses are here and Kaizen foam as well
In the back of our brains we all thing that we are great drivers. I have been driving at various semi-legal speeds on various forms of transport for 30+ years. I have hugged corners on winding California coastal roads, slid into mud holes at 4500+ RPM with all four tires throwing rooster tails, took my GPZ900r & CBR600 on track & road courses, and had track days in an AWD blue Subaru demon, and have done a 1/4 mile in less than 12 seconds. I even have a helmet at work just in case someone wants to go to the local indoor or outdoor cart tracks. All facts and experience point to the supposition that I am probably an excellent driver. Nope, I am a realist and just an OK driver.
I have known and currently know much better drivers than myself. I have been going to a local indoor cart track to get schooled by some coworkers. We have a couple of guys on staff that are great drivers and I would like to be better than I currently am. If you want to be rich, hang out with rich people and copy what they do. If you want to be a good driver…
Desk to Glory from KOYO on Vimeo.
Perfect early summer afternoon in Seattle and I spent an hour on my single-speed after work, trying to shed some winter pounds and prep for a memorial day 40 mile road race. I linked up parts of the Interurban and Green River Trails.
The guy who almost tagged me around 4:22 in an engineer that works for another group. I sent him a copy of the clip and gave him a ration of good-natured sh!t for it.
“A Society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.”
I am not sure where or when I first saw this film, but it impacted me hugely. It is the story of a simple shepherd and the small thing that he did every day that had profound consequences. A beautiful film.
The Man Who Planted Trees from Max Urai on Vimeo.
Rikki-Tikki-Tavi was one of my favorite short films while growing up. Almost shockingly it is an animated short made by the legendary Chuck Jones and is of course based on a short story from Kipling’s The Jungle Book.
Enjoy!
Rikki-Tikki-Tavi video clip from Julie Ross on Vimeo.
dry throwing
Portland Growler Company from Cineastas on Vimeo.
Hand crafted shoe tree from JOHN Popick on Vimeo.
a french press method from hufort on Vimeo.
The second edition of my shoe/boot edition of Film Friday.
English Shoe-Maker:
Fabulously British Collaborations – NPS Shoes Ltd from Jack Wills on Vimeo.
Climbing shoe resole in Bishop, California:
Inside The Rubber Room: A Climbing Shoe Resoler from Just Go Climb on Vimeo.
Work Boots:
Dayton Boots from Mike Nairne on Vimeo.
The Artistry of Repair:
Cool Hunting Video: Cantabile Piano Arts from Cool Hunting on Vimeo.
The Artistry of Tuning:
Tuner – The third artist from Mattias Burling on Vimeo.
The Ugly Trees from moments.org on Vimeo.
Daniel Roberts Stringworks from Matt Treager on Vimeo.