lego bricks rule.
ethan vincent rules.
ethan has a gig with lego and brought me along. We got to film adults and kids who get crazy creative with legos. Thanks to ethan and the lego folks!

My Family and I just back from Lake Powell.
It was a great time.
We are rediscovering the joy of water in the desert.
We are doing it our own way,
no house boat, no jet skis, no ski boat
just a 30 year old cruiser boat, some kayaks, some sleeping bags, a camp stove and the kid’s urge to explore.

I had a gig with PIC last week in Hawaii. The gig was to do some instructing at an HD seminar at the University of Hawaii.
I had a Lay over for 3 hours in LAX. I have a tradition that Steve introduced me to whenever I have a layover in LA for 2 hours or more. I walk out of the airport and down to the in and out burger. It's about an hour and a half round trip if you are taking your time. You can do it in an hour if you hustle. I always find it refreshing to get the legs moving in between flights instead of just sitting around. Any of you who have been there know that it's right next to the landing strip of the airport and it feels like the planes are going to land right on top of you.

Our friend Drew is getting married to Lynette.

We just got back from a World Cup Mountain bike race in Andorra.

We have been doing the behind the scenes on the new Jared H. film. This film is outrageous and Funnnnnny!!! I can not believe the mind of Jared. More detailed post about Jared, and the film soon.

Here is a quick web spot we did for GT bikes.
Love the vintage BMX footage.

When little Timmy Hall went to kindergarten the kids teased him and called him Fuzzy because of his big white fro. Now Fuzzy is in his late 30’s and is a legend in BMX. I met Fuzzy over 10 years ago and he really did change my life. We just finished a Fuel TV Firsthand on Fuzzy that premieres this Sunday. Check it out. We love you Fuzzy, you are the man.

We had a great time at Mammoth at the Roxy Chicken Jam.
It is a great event for women and always fun to shoot.
Sunday the event got canceled because of bad weather so all the camera crew, and producers went snowboarding, nice powder- great day.
Thanks for the good time Fuel people and freelance camera folks.

Ethan Vincent and I had a lovely time in West Palm Beach, Florida at the BMX UCI race. Everybody is gearing up for the Olympics. Here is quick Olympic update with Team GT.

A new Skate spot we did for Fuel TV. Watch for dead flies from my winter windows. Thanks Stan. Love the music "Songs for Ghosts to Haunt to" by Maps and Atlases. Thanks Fuel people for letting us play. Peace

I got to Moscow last night with the oakley crew. Today we went to Red Square to do some shooting. I gave my still camera to Anne-Flore cuz I was busy shooting video and her still camera ran out of batteries. Here's a photo she took of Gretchen Bleiler in front of St. Basil's Cathedral.

Day 4 of riding in Russia and we finally got a break, it's been super warm and sketchy avalanche conditions, things got better and we were allowed to hike to this spot with a guide. It was a bit nervous for me, my first time hiking that far out. But we got some good shots and had a great ride down.

I am very excited that our little museum down the street will have a WAYNE THIEBAUD retrospective called Wayne Thiebaud: 70 Years of Painting. It is at Springville Museum of Art in Springville, Utah from 28 March through 27 July 2008 with book signing and lecture on the 29th. I have enjoyed this guy's art for years and am excited to check it out.

I'm in russia shooting some snowboarding and skiing for Oakley. We are in a tiny town called Sochi. Sochi will host the winter olympics in 2014. Look beyond the russian sign and you'll see Grete Eliassen atop the cliff waiting to drop.

Have a listen to Bing Ji Ling.

Quinn Luke aka Bing Ji Ling has some new material out.
It is smooth and lovely.
I am a big fan of Quinn’s music and have done a fair amount of filming with him over the years. My plan was to make a documentary about him that I never had do to finish, or just went on for 30+ years. check out his my space page and buy his new music on iTunes.
(above: his album art, below: old photo I snapped of him in SF)

I have always been a big fan of the Olympics. This week I had a chance to shoot at the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, California. Super fit people everywhere. Insane cafeteria food. BMX racing with be in the Olympic for the first time this year. This photo Jill Kintner working with her trainer with a heavy ball.

In So. Cal. Had lunch at my favorite Laguna Beach burrito place with Hans Rey. He just got back from Africa and Europe, we talked about possibly working together on a film project with his charity, Wheels 4 Life.

Been in Baltimore with Nasty to visit his buddy Stephen Murray. In this photo Nasty is technically not grabbing himself, he is just lifting up his underwear so you can get a good look at his blown out knee after surgery.

click here to see a little bit of what i've been shooting the last two days.

I'm in Norway shooting The Arctic Challenge note the absence of my beard which lasted about 4 months.

My neighbor and BMXer for life Micah Bauer started an on-line BMX/ART magazine. He included an interview with me for his first issue. It is called f15teen.

we just got back from the Chicago area
wind chill 30 below zero-yikes
last New Pollution of segment of season #2
Jessi the midwest snowboarder, also plays bass
thanks higgy family, it was fun

Been filming Nasty for a few weeks now for the pilot of the Nasty documentary series for Fuel TV. He is a funny bold kid that is very fun to film. He understands what this series could be. More later.

spent the day yesterday shooting sculptor Jeff Decker. He had a giant pour going on so I rolled down to shoot it for him. We've been filming jeff for years. Super funny historian, artist, culture archivist.

I haven't really played music with anyone since high school. But Julian and I took a stab last night at recording something for the fuel spot that steve has been scratching film for. We'll see if it turns out or if we end up using some other music. Either way, I had a blast playing with julian.

We spent last week in Tahoe shooting Kyle Smaine for New Pollution. He's the first skier that they have featured. Kyle's an all around class act.

For the FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS fans

Lack of updates is due to me being locked down in edit mode on Fuzzy's first hand episode and steve having his own lockdown in film scratching and splicing mode for an upcomming fuel TV 30 sec spot.

TTTTOO
One last road trip before Christmas.
Bend, Oregon for the snowboarding Ferguson Brothers, New Pollution, Fuel TV.
Photo: Taco Tim at a Taco Truck in Ontario, Oregon---good Tacos.

Matt and Nicholi after the New Pollution Interview for Fuel TV.