This man—looking as badass as Ed Harris in The Right Stuff—is Felix Baumgartner. He actually has The Right Stuff: The cojones to reach the edge of space in a weather balloon. Up to 120,000 feet—and then jump.
Baumgartner will join United States Air Force Captain Joe Kittinger as the only man to jump from near space altitude. Kittinger jumped on August 16, 1960, from the Excelsior III balloon, which at the time was flying at 102,800 feet—that's 19.47 miles or 31 kilometer up in the sky. Compared to Baumgartner, however, Kittinger's suit looks miserable:
In fact, his right glove failed in the descent, and his hand dilated to twice its size. Absolutely crazy.
Hopefully, Baumgartner won't have any of Kittinger's problems. He will jump sometime in 2010, after a few test jumps at lower altitudes, as part of Red Bull's Stratus mission. Kittinger will be assisting Baumgartner from the ground control, while the mission team monitors his position and body state as he plummets down to Earth, surpassing the speed of sound.
I am currently preparing to shoot a cinematic documentary on Parkour.
This short intro shows mostly flips which are more a feature of freerunning rather than parkour but I'm simply getting the ball rolling.
I hope to gather some in depth interviews from traceurs and traceues on the philosophy of parkour and to capture, in stills and video, the grace and elegance of parkour in its truest form.
There is a lot of material online showcasing parkour and its practitioners and much of it is very good indeed. However, most of it is filmmed by participants themselves and though it gets to the essence, it often lacks the visual flare and style that a filmmaker can bring.
Parkour is an extraordinary art form. It is pure poetry in motion. It showcases both the nimbleness of the human body and the complexity of our modern urban environments. I will endeavour to speak to this in my film. I will be shooting throughout 2010. If you are an accompished traceur or traceuse in London and would like to help me make this film, please do drop me a line at photo@paultreacy.com
For now I will be making this film entirely independently though possibilities of sponsorship will be explored as I progress. I will not have a crew. I will shoot the stills and video myself. Those of you who have met me will know that I work quickly, quietly and unobtrusively. I keep my gear on my person at all times and do not interfere in the enjoyment and practive of the art form.
I will endeavour to create an interesting acoustic soundscape for this project made up of captured ambient sound, voices of traceurs speaking of their motivations and tailor made music.
Xcorps Action Sports TV #48.) ROAD TOUR seg.5 HD - Rolling into a new TV season team X launches a fresh wave of assaults upon the lame and mundane by shooting a massive coast to coast Road-Tour stretching from Boston to San Diego!
The show opens up with host Jason Lazo standing in the New Jersey surf after flying in from San Diego California to visit RIVE- the source of many of the music videos that appear on the show. Jason hangs at a local skate park in Long Branch N.J. and talks with RIVE owner John Warden and producer Nick Paolise who talk about what exactly RIVE does for musicians and bands.
After that the pedal hits the metal with Jason jumping on U.S. interstate 80 west. Nice high speed road shots here rolling to a brand new video from an alt pop band from Denmark-The Asteroids Galaxy- Tour presented by Girly Action.
Pretty fun way to roll the highway with this band in the stereo!
Jason pushes the car all night stopping at 6:30 am on the banks of the mighty Mississippi River between Illinois and Iowa for a report to the camera. After another fill-up the miles keep rolling by cut to a video from keyboard talent Aaron Barnhart doing his song Day in Day Out. Lots of farm scenes here of mid America looking summer green and then onward to the Wyoming border!
Jason exits on the next segment for a little break on his trans-continental drive at the highest point on U.S.80- also known as the Lincoln Highway-Americas first cross country highway. The air is a bit thin here at 8,640 feet. A freaky animated video from the band A Lull doing their song Skinny Fingers rolls with big sky scenes here of the Wyoming landscape.
Jason talks about the journey as the miles roll on then decides to exit the big road to head south on U.S. highway 530 for a closer look at the super scenic Flaming Gorge National Park. Great shots here and what kind of animal was that? It seems like the Xcorps host-reporter was the only one on the road following the Green river and finding a camping spot near the town of Red Canyon. Check out what he does NOT have for dinner!
Segment 5 of this cross country journey opens up the next morning with more rainbow colored mountains and close ups of wildlife with Jason throwing out some geological thoughts. Etheral tunes by David Huber backs his informative rap.
The show closes out with scenes from part-2 of the Xcorps ROAD TOUR show where the action really starts rolling in Idaho with mountain biking and hot air ballooning at the Grand Targhee resort, BASE jumping off the Perrine bridge and jet-boating the Snake river through Hells Canyon. As they say in these parts-this aint no show for lilies!
Hit The Road Jack! 1-2010 J.S.Edmondson TrT-29:30
Xcorps Action Sports TV #48.) ROAD TOUR seg.4 HD - Rolling into a new TV season team X launches a fresh wave of assaults upon the lame and mundane by shooting a massive coast to coast Road-Tour stretching from Boston to San Diego!
The show opens up with host Jason Lazo standing in the New Jersey surf after flying in from San Diego California to visit RIVE- the source of many of the music videos that appear on the show. Jason hangs at a local skate park in Long Branch N.J. and talks with RIVE owner John Warden and producer Nick Paolise who talk about what exactly RIVE does for musicians and bands.
After that the pedal hits the metal with Jason jumping on U.S. interstate 80 west. Nice high speed road shots here rolling to a brand new video from an alt pop band from Denmark-The Asteroids Galaxy- Tour presented by Girly Action.
Pretty fun way to roll the highway with this band in the stereo!
Jason pushes the car all night stopping at 6:30 am on the banks of the mighty Mississippi River between Illinois and Iowa for a report to the camera. After another fill-up the miles keep rolling by cut to a video from keyboard talent Aaron Barnhart doing his song Day in Day Out. Lots of farm scenes here of mid America looking summer green and then onward to the Wyoming border!
Jason exits on the next segment for a little break on his trans-continental drive at the highest point on U.S.80- also known as the Lincoln Highway-Americas first cross country highway. The air is a bit thin here at 8,640 feet. A freaky animated video from the band A Lull doing their song Skinny Fingers rolls with big sky scenes here of the Wyoming landscape.
Jason talks about the journey as the miles roll on then decides to exit the big road to head south on U.S. highway 530 for a closer look at the super scenic Flaming Gorge National Park. Great shots here and what kind of animal was that? It seems like the Xcorps host-reporter was the only one on the road following the Green river and finding a camping spot near the town of Red Canyon. Check out what he does NOT have for dinner!
Xcorps Action Sports TV #48.) ROAD TOUR seg.3 HD - Rolling into a new TV season team X launches a fresh wave of assaults upon the lame and mundane by shooting a massive coast to coast Road-Tour stretching from Boston to San Diego!
The show opens up with host Jason Lazo standing in the New Jersey surf after flying in from San Diego California to visit RIVE- the source of many of the music videos that appear on the show. Jason hangs at a local skate park in Long Branch N.J. and talks with RIVE owner John Warden and producer Nick Paolise who talk about what exactly RIVE does for musicians and bands.
After that the pedal hits the metal with Jason jumping on U.S. interstate 80 west. Nice high speed road shots here rolling to a brand new video from an alt pop band from Denmark-The Asteroids Galaxy- Tour presented by Girly Action.
Pretty fun way to roll the highway with this band in the stereo!
Jason pushes the car all night stopping at 6:30 am on the banks of the mighty Mississippi River between Illinois and Iowa for a report to the camera. After another fill-up the miles keep rolling by cut to a video from keyboard talent Aaron Barnhart doing his song Day in Day Out. Lots of farm scenes here of mid America looking summer green and then onward to the Wyoming border!
Jason exits on the next segment for a little break on his trans-continental drive at the highest point on U.S.80- also known as the Lincoln Highway-Americas first cross country highway. The air is a bit thin here at 8,640 feet. A freaky animated video from the band A Lull doing their song Skinny Fingers rolls with big sky scenes here of the Wyoming landscape.
Jason talks about the journey as the miles roll on then decides to exit the big road to head south on U.S. highway 530 for a closer look at the super scenic Flaming Gorge National Park. Great shots here and what kind of animal was that? It seems like the Xcorps host-reporter was the only one on the road following the Green river and finding a camping spot near the town of Red Canyon. Check out what he does NOT have for dinner!
Xcorps Action Sports TV #48.) ROAD TOUR seg.2 HD - Rolling into a new TV season team X launches a fresh wave of assaults upon the lame and mundane by shooting a massive coast to coast Road-Tour stretching from Boston to San Diego!
The show opens up with host Jason Lazo standing in the New Jersey surf after flying in from San Diego California to visit RIVE- the source of many of the music videos that appear on the show. Jason hangs at a local skate park in Long Branch N.J. and talks with RIVE owner John Warden and producer Nick Paolise who talk about what exactly RIVE does for musicians and bands.
After that the pedal hits the metal with Jason jumping on U.S. interstate 80 west. Nice high speed road shots here rolling to a brand new video from an alt pop band from Denmark-The Asteroids Galaxy- Tour presented by Girly Action.
Pretty fun way to roll the highway with this band in the stereo!
Jason pushes the car all night stopping at 6:30 am on the banks of the mighty Mississippi River between Illinois and Iowa for a report to the camera. After another fill-up the miles keep rolling by cut to a video from keyboard talent Aaron Barnhart doing his song Day in Day Out. Lots of farm scenes here of mid America looking summer green and then onward to the Wyoming border!
Jason exits on the next segment for a little break on his trans-continental drive at the highest point on U.S.80- also known as the Lincoln Highway-Americas first cross country highway. The air is a bit thin here at 8,640 feet. A freaky animated video from the band A Lull doing their song Skinny Fingers rolls with big sky scenes here of the Wyoming landscape.
Jason talks about the journey as the miles roll on then decides to exit the big road to head south on U.S. highway 530 for a closer look at the super scenic Flaming Gorge National Park. Great shots here and what kind of animal was that? It seems like the Xcorps host-reporter was the only one on the road following the Green river and finding a camping spot near the town of Red Canyon. Check out what he does NOT have for dinner!
Xcorps Action Sports TV #48.) ROAD TOUR seg.1 HD - Rolling into a new TV season team X launches a fresh wave of assaults upon the lame and mundane by shooting a massive coast to coast Road-Tour stretching from Boston to San Diego!
The show opens up with host Jason Lazo standing in the New Jersey surf after flying in from San Diego California to visit RIVE- the source of many of the music videos that appear on the show. Jason hangs at a local skate park in Long Branch N.J. and talks with RIVE owner John Warden and producer Nick Paolise who talk about what exactly RIVE does for musicians and bands.
After that the pedal hits the metal with Jason jumping on U.S. interstate 80 west. Nice high speed road shots here rolling to a brand new video from an alt pop band from Denmark-The Asteroids Galaxy- Tour presented by Girly Action.
Pretty fun way to roll the highway with this band in the stereo!
Jason pushes the car all night stopping at 6:30 am on the banks of the mighty Mississippi River between Illinois and Iowa for a report to the camera. After another fill-up the miles keep rolling by cut to a video from keyboard talent Aaron Barnhart doing his song Day in Day Out. Lots of farm scenes here of mid America looking summer green and then onward to the Wyoming border!
Jason exits on the next segment for a little break on his trans-continental drive at the highest point on U.S.80- also known as the Lincoln Highway-Americas first cross country highway. The air is a bit thin here at 8,640 feet. A freaky animated video from the band A Lull doing their song Skinny Fingers rolls with big sky scenes here of the Wyoming landscape.
Jason talks about the journey as the miles roll on then decides to exit the big road to head south on U.S. highway 530 for a closer look at the super scenic Flaming Gorge National Park. Great shots here and what kind of animal was that? It seems like the Xcorps host-reporter was the only one on the road following the Green river and finding a camping spot near the town of Red Canyon. Check out what he does NOT have for dinner!
Xcorps Action Sports TV #47 "BIG-AIR" seg.2- HD- The Xcorps rolls another wild show shooting freestyle FMX action with the Red Bull X Riders at the Del Mar Fair in San Diego along with tow-in off-road skateboard jumping in this super X branded show.
Jason Lazo hosts and reports opening the show up at the Del Mar Fair in San Diego California at an event called the Red Bull Action Sports Expo featuring the Red Bull X Riders
hucking some twisted freestyle Moto X big air moves!
Seems like just a few years ago when we shot Mike Metzger pulling the first back flips on a MX bike! Now the XC cameras are rolling on riders like Lance Coury,Jesse
Jolson,Destin Cantrell and Tommy Clowers †the New Generation X of MX.
Danish rockabilly band Volbeat backs the action with their new video WE delivered by our friends at RIVE.
Jason overviews the action and talks to show organizer and promoter Rob Phillips from Podium Productions who gives some details on the event.
After the break the offroad X sport of mountain or dirt-boarding is featured with video from the longest downhill dirt skate race in the world- Mt.Palomars Nate Harrison 7 mile
downgrade! Check the dust fly behind these dirt skaters pumped by tunes from Subnoize band Mower.
Then its back to Brad Beren and the Hooterville Hooligans showing off their dirtboarding skills at the Del Mar Fair event. See them tow in behind a Rhino Quad hitting the mini
ramps for some fun air right under the Red Bull FMX action! Check out 9 year old Daymein Hertenstein also catching sweet air off the tow in jumps! Nice mix only on Xcorps-
The only show rolling HD at this event!
Then Xcorps introduces to the show a new segment called Sweet Rides which focuses on hot cars and their drivers. Not trailer queen hobby toys but cool cars made to drive the
streets! This week Xcorps host Scott Sommers reports from Encinitas Ca and talks to the owner of a sweet ’69 Camaro with a 454! Look for more Sweet Rides segments in future
Xcorps episodes including a feature on Rat Rods!
Xcorps Action Sports TV #47 "BIG-AIR" seg.1- HD- The Xcorps rolls another wild show shooting freestyle FMX action with the Red Bull X Riders at the Del Mar Fair in San Diego along with tow-in off-road skateboard jumping in this super X branded show.
Jason Lazo hosts and reports opening the show up at the Del Mar Fair in San Diego California at an event called the Red Bull Action Sports Expo featuring the Red Bull X Riders
hucking some twisted freestyle Moto X big air moves!
Seems like just a few years ago when we shot Mike Metzger pulling the first back flips on a MX bike! Now the XC cameras are rolling on riders like Lance Coury,Jesse
Jolson,Destin Cantrell and Tommy Clowers †the New Generation X of MX.
Danish rockabilly band Volbeat backs the action with their new video WE delivered by our friends at RIVE.
Jason overviews the action and talks to show organizer and promoter Rob Phillips from Podium Productions who gives some details on the event.
After the break the offroad X sport of mountain or dirt-boarding is featured with video from the longest downhill dirt skate race in the world- Mt.Palomars Nate Harrison 7 mile
downgrade! Check the dust fly behind these dirt skaters pumped by tunes from Subnoize band Mower.
Then its back to Brad Beren and the Hooterville Hooligans showing off their dirtboarding skills at the Del Mar Fair event. See them tow in behind a Rhino Quad hitting the mini
ramps for some fun air right under the Red Bull FMX action! Check out 9 year old Daymein Hertenstein also catching sweet air off the tow in jumps! Nice mix only on Xcorps-
The only show rolling HD at this event!
Then Xcorps introduces to the show a new segment called Sweet Rides which focuses on hot cars and their drivers. Not trailer queen hobby toys but cool cars made to drive the
streets! This week Xcorps host Scott Sommers reports from Encinitas Ca and talks to the owner of a sweet ’69 Camaro with a 454! Look for more Sweet Rides segments in future
Xcorps episodes including a feature on Rat Rods!
Xcorps #46.) SNOWBIKE-2 seg5-HD- This winter X show features team XC returning to the So Cal mountains riding mini foot snowboards at Mountain High and snowbikes ripping down the slopes at Big Bear in a suicide race called the Kamikaze Downhill!
A follow up to Snowbike-1 this Xcorps episode includes more exclusive footage of 15 athlete riders on high performance BMX and mountain bike frames converted for high speed snow racing!
Xcorps on camera reporter Jason Lazo opens from the beach at San Clemente Ca less than 2 hours drive from the Big Bear ski resort. Jason thros to the X Guru Eric Ducharme who is hanging with snowbike conversion kit inventor Matt Hanson who demonstrates how to convert any bike into a snowbike! If you can ride a bicycle you can handle the black diamonds as demonstrated by BMX rider Brian Bubba Smith who starts things off with a Rodeo Can and a smooth long Tail whip! Sweet!
Next the X cams jump a few mountains north to Mountain High Resort where team rider Steve Caprio first time demos another product introduced on Xcorps Snowmadz mini snowboards for the feet! Check out Steves hilarious 1st run down the mountain pumped by SubNoiZe band (hed)p.e. doing Born To Ride!
Then its back to Bear Mountain with Bubba and the Gang of 15 on the edge of control! Great snowbike action shots here with sun and snow and new music-our specialty on XC! Stay tuned as Bubba drops some sound bytes on what he thinks of his ride with skis and the next bike he plans to convert!
Xcorps #46.) SNOWBIKE-2 seg3-HD- This winter X show features team XC returning to the So Cal mountains riding mini foot snowboards at Mountain High and snowbikes ripping down the slopes at Big Bear in a suicide race called the Kamikaze Downhill!
A follow up to Snowbike-1 this Xcorps episode includes more exclusive footage of 15 athlete riders on high performance BMX and mountain bike frames converted for high speed snow racing!
Xcorps on camera reporter Jason Lazo opens from the beach at San Clemente Ca less than 2 hours drive from the Big Bear ski resort. Jason thros to the X Guru Eric Ducharme who is hanging with snowbike conversion kit inventor Matt Hanson who demonstrates how to convert any bike into a snowbike! If you can ride a bicycle you can handle the black diamonds as demonstrated by BMX rider Brian Bubba Smith who starts things off with a Rodeo Can and a smooth long Tail whip! Sweet!
Next the X cams jump a few mountains north to Mountain High Resort where team rider Steve Caprio first time demos another product introduced on Xcorps Snowmadz mini snowboards for the feet! Check out Steves hilarious 1st run down the mountain pumped by SubNoiZe band (hed)p.e. doing Born To Ride!
Then its back to Bear Mountain with Bubba and the Gang of 15 on the edge of control! Great snowbike action shots here with sun and snow and new music-our specialty on XC! Stay tuned as Bubba drops some sound bytes on what he thinks of his ride with skis and the next bike he plans to convert!
Xcorps #46.) SNOWBIKE-2 seg1-HD- This winter X show features team XC returning to the So Cal mountains riding mini foot snowboards at Mountain High and snowbikes ripping down the slopes at Big Bear in a suicide race called the Kamikaze Downhill!
A follow up to Snowbike-1 this Xcorps episode includes more exclusive footage of 15 athlete riders on high performance BMX and mountain bike frames converted for high speed snow racing!
Xcorps on camera reporter Jason Lazo opens from the beach at San Clemente Ca less than 2 hours drive from the Big Bear ski resort. Jason thros to the X Guru Eric Ducharme who is hanging with snowbike conversion kit inventor Matt Hanson who demonstrates how to convert any bike into a snowbike! If you can ride a bicycle you can handle the black diamonds as demonstrated by BMX rider Brian Bubba Smith who starts things off with a Rodeo Can and a smooth long Tail whip! Sweet!
Next the X cams jump a few mountains north to Mountain High Resort where team rider Steve Caprio first time demos another product introduced on Xcorps Snowmadz mini snowboards for the feet! Check out Steves hilarious 1st run down the mountain pumped by SubNoiZe band (hed)p.e. doing Born To Ride!
Then its back to Bear Mountain with Bubba and the Gang of 15 on the edge of control! Great snowbike action shots here with sun and snow and new music-our specialty on XC! Stay tuned as Bubba drops some sound bytes on what he thinks of his ride with skis and the next bike he plans to convert!
Xcorps Action Sports Show #45.)"SKATEPIPE"-seg5-HD- The Xcorps guerilla TV crew rolled into the southern California town of Upland to shoot pool skate legend Steve Alba AKA Salba carving the Badlands Pipeline skate park- home and roots to some of the best Vert skaters on the planet!
The show opens with on camera host Jason Lazo dwarfed by the 20-foot tall Pipe-part of 10,000 sq. foot Skate Park in Upland opened to the public in 2002 designed by Steve Alba and California Skate parks Purkiss Rose. Nice action shots here of Steve Alba flying on his board along with other locals catching massive air off the 360-degree concrete tube backed here by tunes and video from the band CLUTCH presented by RIVE.
After the break its back to the action at one of the wildest skate zones we have shot! The Upland park is a holy zone modeled after the original Upland skate park of the 1970s originating with the Baldy Flood Control Pipe. X cams roll the action of bank/vert skating starting with a mini-ramp take off ledge rolling into a phat metal coped half-pipe leading into a 20 foot full-pipe and ending in a deep swimming pool size vert bowl. See SALBA Rip and Tear here pumped by music and scenes from LA punk band The BRIGGS.
Segment three returns to the speed zone where skate wheels sing and bone-crunching freefalls are part of the ride! Great action here cut to SALBA jamming with his band POWERFLEX 5 at a local club. Xcorps host Jason Lazo talks with Steve Alba who lives in Upland about the killer park. Check out his 8-ply gnarler board and hear what he says about the PIPELINE! http://www.salbaland.com/
Xcams roll on local hotness Michelle Riddle hurling the pipe course! She was the only chick riding the monster! Jason talks to her about how long it took her get to her skate level. SEN DOG does the tunes.
After that a special RETRO X piece with skate shots never before televised- 16mm B&W film shot at a Pocatello Idaho Skatepark in 1979. Rare! Check the gear! Theatrically twisted MUSHROOM HEAD video adds special spice to the action.
Xcorps Action Sports Show #45.)"SKATEPIPE"-seg3-HD- The Xcorps guerilla TV crew rolled into the southern California town of Upland to shoot pool skate legend Steve Alba AKA Salba carving the Badlands Pipeline skate park- home and roots to some of the best Vert skaters on the planet!
The show opens with on camera host Jason Lazo dwarfed by the 20-foot tall Pipe-part of 10,000 sq. foot Skate Park in Upland opened to the public in 2002 designed by Steve Alba and California Skate parks Purkiss Rose. Nice action shots here of Steve Alba flying on his board along with other locals catching massive air off the 360-degree concrete tube backed here by tunes and video from the band CLUTCH presented by RIVE.
After the break its back to the action at one of the wildest skate zones we have shot! The Upland park is a holy zone modeled after the original Upland skate park of the 1970s originating with the Baldy Flood Control Pipe. X cams roll the action of bank/vert skating starting with a mini-ramp take off ledge rolling into a phat metal coped half-pipe leading into a 20 foot full-pipe and ending in a deep swimming pool size vert bowl. See SALBA Rip and Tear here pumped by music and scenes from LA punk band The BRIGGS.
Segment three returns to the speed zone where skate wheels sing and bone-crunching freefalls are part of the ride! Great action here cut to SALBA jamming with his band POWERFLEX 5 at a local club. Xcorps host Jason Lazo talks with Steve Alba who lives in Upland about the killer park. Check out his 8-ply gnarler board and hear what he says about the PIPELINE! http://www.salbaland.com/
Xcams roll on local hotness Michelle Riddle hurling the pipe course! She was the only chick riding the monster! Jason talks to her about how long it took her get to her skate level. SEN DOG does the tunes.
After that a special RETRO X piece with skate shots never before televised- 16mm B&W film shot at a Pocatello Idaho Skatepark in 1979. Rare! Check the gear! Theatrically twisted MUSHROOM HEAD video adds special spice to the action.
Xcorps Action Sports Show #45.)"SKATEPIPE"-seg2-HD- The Xcorps guerilla TV crew rolled into the southern California town of Upland to shoot pool skate legend Steve Alba AKA Salba carving the Badlands Pipeline skate park- home and roots to some of the best Vert skaters on the planet!
The show opens with on camera host Jason Lazo dwarfed by the 20-foot tall Pipe-part of 10,000 sq. foot Skate Park in Upland opened to the public in 2002 designed by Steve Alba and California Skate parks Purkiss Rose. Nice action shots here of Steve Alba flying on his board along with other locals catching massive air off the 360-degree concrete tube backed here by tunes and video from the band CLUTCH presented by RIVE.
After the break its back to the action at one of the wildest skate zones we have shot! The Upland park is a holy zone modeled after the original Upland skate park of the 1970s originating with the Baldy Flood Control Pipe. X cams roll the action of bank/vert skating starting with a mini-ramp take off ledge rolling into a phat metal coped half-pipe leading into a 20 foot full-pipe and ending in a deep swimming pool size vert bowl. See SALBA Rip and Tear here pumped by music and scenes from LA punk band The BRIGGS.
Segment three returns to the speed zone where skate wheels sing and bone-crunching freefalls are part of the ride! Great action here cut to SALBA jamming with his band POWERFLEX 5 at a local club. Xcorps host Jason Lazo talks with Steve Alba who lives in Upland about the killer park. Check out his 8-ply gnarler board and hear what he says about the PIPELINE! http://www.salbaland.com/
Xcams roll on local hotness Michelle Riddle hurling the pipe course! She was the only chick riding the monster! Jason talks to her about how long it took her get to her skate level. SEN DOG does the tunes.
After that a special RETRO X piece with skate shots never before televised- 16mm B&W film shot at a Pocatello Idaho Skatepark in 1979. Rare! Check the gear! Theatrically twisted MUSHROOM HEAD video adds special spice to the action.
Xcorps Action Sports Show #45.)"SKATEPIPE"-seg1-HD- The Xcorps HD shoot crew led by on host Jason Lazo rolled into the small southern California town of Upland to meet pool skate legend Steve Alba AKA Salba at the Pipeline skate park- home and roots to some of the best Vert skaters on the planet- for the next episode of Xcorps to be called SKATEPIPE.
This next XC show will feature Steve Alba ripping the Upland Pipe on his board along with many other talented locals catching massive air off the 20-foot tall 360-degree concrete tube. The Pipe is part of 10,000 sq. foot Skate Park, which opened to the public in 2002 and was designed by Steve Alba and California Skate parks Purkiss Rose.
One of the coolest skate zones we have shot, the Upland park is a holy zone modeled after the original Upland skate park of the 1970s-which was modeled after the original Baldy Flood Control Pipe- and contains all aspects of bank/vert skating starting with a mini-ramp take off ledge rolling into a phat metal coped half-pipe leading into a 20 foot full-pipe and ending in a deep swimming pool size vert bowl. YiKes!
Its a smooth fast speed zone and its not for beginners! Skate wheels sing there like banshee devil dogs and bone crunching freefalls happen easy! Xcorps cams captured some great action including shots from a POV cam attached to Salbas helmet. The Xcorps shoot crew-included network Emmy winner Dave Alvarez and producer Sundarajan also snagging HD shot action.
Xcorps host Jason Lazo talked with Steve Alba who lives in Upland about the killer park he helped design and his past and present career in the world of skateboarding. Jason also spoke to other skaters including a hot chick looping the tube and some ripper groms going full overhead! What will they morph into!??
Also in this episode is cool video footage of Steve Alba jamming with his band in a local So Cal club. Nice custom soundtrack to the action from Steve. Great new music videos from RIVE promotions and Suburban Noize Records rolls the action in this special Xcorps show.
Rounding out the shots in this episode will be some never before televised 16mm B&W film footage shot at a Pocatello Idaho Skatepark in 1980 by XC producer Stu Edmondson. Who knew they were skating in Idaho back then never mind a skate park!
Check out the following links for more on Steve Alba and the Upland Pipeline Skate Park. This show to be released in appr.4 weeks. Classic Xcorps!
Xcorps also launched this week on the major EURO/Swiss video website CLIPSER gaining over 370,000 views in the first 2 days! http://www.clipser.com/search.php?sea...
#44.)"PADDLEBOARD"-seg.3 HD- This special BIG X WAVE episode tidal waves the screen with host Jason Lazo in Hawaii hanging with tow in surf hombres Garrett McNamara and Kealii Mamala ripping big waves off Hawaii and Tahiti along with a look at the sport of open ocean paddle boarding in California featuring the 32 mile Catalina Classic.
Jason opens the show from scenic Cardiff Reef California where a group of local watermen are on the beach talking about their recent ocean race paddling from the island of Catalina to the So California coastal town of Manhattan Beach a distance of 32 miles! Jason talks to top seated arm paddlers Tim Fischer, Brian Szymanski and George Plsek about the endurance ocean journey which began back in 1928 with Tom Blake taking just under 6 hours to make the arm paddle trip.
Check out the cool scenes with heli shots over the exotic Mediterranean looking village of Avalon on Catalina Island where the paddle race began. Great POV Xcam shots here putting the viewer on board with the athletes. Eddy Grants song The Struggle fits the action in this tough arm-burning historic race. Check the pod of Pilot Whales rolling the coarse!
After the break Jason and the X crew head to the North Shore of Hawaii to meet with big wave tow-in surfers Garrett McNamara and Kealii Mamala for a look at a niche end of surfing bringing on the biggest adrenalized rush! The boys from team Hawthorne are rolling their jetski and go big phat and fast for the Xcorps cameras! See them tow in to ride monster walls off the North shore at a break called Log Cabins, off Maui with the freight trains at Jaws and in Tahiti jamming the infamous teal tubes of Teahoopu.
The next segment tows in with more massive surf shots and roaring waves cut with Japanese indie band legends BORIS winding up their strings with their new video Statement riding alongside the action. Only on Xcorps! Jason talks with board masters Garrett and Kealii about the sport and recent overhead conquests. Garrett raps about how it feels to be just in front of rolling tons of water and what viewers could do to get that feeling! Kealii talks about his recent trip to California to test ride Mavericks. See the details on the guys who ride and the state of the boards now used to roll these mega waves. Insane shots as usual including the wild tow rope cam and sweet sea turtle footage under the waves! SubNoiZe band Dirtball feeds the need here with their song Im Not. Not a band to back down and we appreciate it here on Xcorps where we let the music roll with the action!
#44.)"PADDLEBOARD"-seg.1 HD- This special BIG X WAVE episode tidal waves the screen with host Jason Lazo in Hawaii hanging with tow in surf hombres Garrett McNamara and Kealii Mamala ripping big waves off Hawaii and Tahiti along with a look at the sport of open ocean paddle boarding in California featuring the 32 mile Catalina Classic.
Jason opens the show from scenic Cardiff Reef California where a group of local watermen are on the beach talking about their recent ocean race paddling from the island of Catalina to the So California coastal town of Manhattan Beach a distance of 32 miles! Jason talks to top seated arm paddlers Tim Fischer, Brian Szymanski and George Plsek about the endurance ocean journey which began back in 1928 with Tom Blake taking just under 6 hours to make the arm paddle trip.
Check out the cool scenes with heli shots over the exotic Mediterranean looking village of Avalon on Catalina Island where the paddle race began. Great POV Xcam shots here putting the viewer on board with the athletes. Eddy Grants song The Struggle fits the action in this tough arm-burning historic race. Check the pod of Pilot Whales rolling the coarse!
After the break Jason and the X crew head to the North Shore of Hawaii to meet with big wave tow-in surfers Garrett McNamara and Kealii Mamala for a look at a niche end of surfing bringing on the biggest adrenalized rush! The boys from team Hawthorne are rolling their jetski and go big phat and fast for the Xcorps cameras! See them tow in to ride monster walls off the North shore at a break called Log Cabins, off Maui with the freight trains at Jaws and in Tahiti jamming the infamous teal tubes of Teahoopu.
The next segment tows in with more massive surf shots and roaring waves cut with Japanese indie band legends BORIS winding up their strings with their new video Statement riding alongside the action. Only on Xcorps! Jason talks with board masters Garrett and Kealii about the sport and recent overhead conquests. Garrett raps about how it feels to be just in front of rolling tons of water and what viewers could do to get that feeling! Kealii talks about his recent trip to California to test ride Mavericks. See the details on the guys who ride and the state of the boards now used to roll these mega waves. Insane shots as usual including the wild tow rope cam and sweet sea turtle footage under the waves! SubNoiZe band Dirtball feeds the need here with their song Im Not. Not a band to back down and we appreciate it here on Xcorps where we let the music roll with the action!
Xcorps Action Sports Show #43.)"MUSCLE CAR"-seg.5 HD- Classic American muscle cars burn black rubber in this episode with X cams rolling on the action at a Carlsbad California drag strip, a full blown rally race in Coronado featuring street steel from Chevy, Pontiac, Ford, Chrysler, Dodge, AMC, Plymouth and others featured loud and proud!
This Xcorps episode showcases great American high performance cars-mega horse street machines with names like Barracuda, Challenger, AMX and Corvette rolling loud and fast and they are featured here racing-not just parked on display!
Jason Lazo hosts the show from the Escondido California Car Cruize-largest in the nation- along with guest host and Pontiac Bandit Car owner Scott Sommers who reports from Coronado.
X cams rolled at the now gone Carlsbad Drags, The Good Guys Car show in Del Mar and the Coronado Speedfest for a full blown ear blasting muscle car race around the airbase runway! See in your face POV action race shots from several cars shot in HD. Guest host Scott Sommers rolls the track and talks to the drivers including Tom Malloy driver of a cool classic import- a 1957 Lister Jaguar.
Great new music and videos from RIVE roll the action in this fast paced show including Danish rockabilly metal band VOLBEAT along with Canadian punk style entry SOUND and FURY stomping a nasty beat! Solid rockin vids here Xcorps style!
Southern California without a doubt is the capital of the world when it comes to free-riding street driven classic American muscle cars rolling in the sun! They roll up and down scenic coast Hwy.101! The Xcorps TV series has a mascot car- a 1971 GTO/LeMans nicknamed The Unit that has cruised most of the major roads of the western USA! It goes fast and loves high octane by the gallon! Its a fun car and it is also featured in this episode driven by show host Jason Lazo.
