Life Cycles, Action Sports Filming at a NEW LEVEL

Ok so I know I have been action sports video crazy recently, but seriously the industry is making a huge push in cinematic and technologic advances.  Amateurs and professionals alike continue to pump out action sports films in more artistic and visually stimulating ways.  

At the end of last year Stance Films released Life Cycles, a film that does just that.  The film took 7 years to produce and it paid off.  Following examples from nature and landscape filming, they took it to the next level with cameras, zip lines, jib rigs and many other sweet techniques.  I haven't seen the whole film thru, but I def plan on it soon.  Check out the trailer below and let me know if anyone has seen it.

To read more about the technical side of this film check out this article from Wired
Wired - Life Cycles Tech
or to find out more about the film check the link below
http://www.lifecyclesfilm.com/

Pinball Skatepark in New Zealand, Thanks Mountain Dew!

Check out this sweet sweet skatepark built in New Zealand to promote Mountain Dew's new flavors...Best part is the whole thing works like a real pinball machine with lights, score, multiball and ALL!

and the making of

via Inspix

1st Reasonably Priced 3D Printed Piece of Clothing

A ladies Bikini...ahhh yea, check out the pics and the link below to read about this innovative new way to create clothing.  

 

 

3D printing has been blowing up over the last few years in a number of big fields, but it has been slow with fashion as fabric is not something easily replaceable.  Its created using a special type of Nylon and a complex pattern of overlapping circles.  The site even claims its "the first bikini that actually becomes more comfortable when it gets wet."

Pretty NIFTY!

Check out more details below;

More Info at Shapeways

via Design You Trust

Sweet Slow Mo BMX Vid, "Pi"

Check out this great artistic BMX video with some awesome slow mo work, good music, and just great overall feeling.  Check out the vimeo link below to see details of camera and shutter speed used.  WORD

by Thomas Blanchard

Music by Niklas Aman

Found via Vimeo

Great Animation short about the Art and Food

Enjoy "Dripped" this tongue and cheek animation created by Chez Eddy, directed by Leo Verrier.  Great music, by Pablo Pico.  Watch as a robber of famous paintings eats the paintings to stay alive.

via Fubiz

Man was Cured of the HIV?? Studies continue

Interesting article in NY Times Magazine about Timothy Brown who was diagnosed with HIV back in the early 2000's only to be cured, yes cured of it by 2010.  Studies continue, and it seems the science community has been slow to accept it, but its hopeful and has forced many to reevaluate the virus.  Read the article below to find out more on how it was possible.

--> New York Magazine, "The Man who Had HIV, and Now Does Not" <--

Being Truly Bilingual can lead to better functioning as an Elder Person!

Check out the article below about the amazing benefits of being bilingual.  As the article mentions, this doesn't include the few years we all took Spanish in high school, but people who use at least 2 languages on a regular basis seem to tap into parts of the brains others are not able to.  Even those with a pre-disposition for Alzheimers seem to be able to push back the effects of the disease longer than those monolingual patients, and that is super exciting.  Pretty encouraging stuff, time to get that Rosetta Stone YO!

-->New York Times, Bilingual Advantages<--

Cosby Sweater...This HAD TO BE POSTED

Saw this today and had to post it..I know its been weeks, but figures, it would take some classy sweaters to bring me outta hibernation.  The site doesn't have much as far as extra info about the author/blogger/genius but it doesn't matter, its simplicity speaks volumes:)  He/She draws/recreates the patterns from some amazing clothing.

Enjoy this tumblr page...and what makes the shear magnitude of whats out there on the internet....AHHHWESOME

---------->The Cosby Sweater Project<----------

New Cool Music Video, Simple Math by Manchester Orchestra

Ok been too long, somewhere around 3 weeks since I posted.  Will work on that...more posts to come this week:)


Amazing video...Really nice visual story...Now that Coachella is over, just bought some tix (with a lil help from a friend) to Outside Lands Festival up in SF, so music it IS!

via Official Manchester Orchestra Site and booooooom.com

A New Piece

A new digital piece I did a few weeks back.  Just now getting to posting it. 

                      the boxer, 2011