2010 Pirelli Big Buck GNCC Recap

The past week and a half has been pretty crazy. Not only because I’ve been pretty busy but I waded myself up on the dirt bike when I went out riding with the guys over at FTI Racing. I tried to jump a creek, failing miserably, and ended up breaking my collarbone.That little mishap happened on April 3rd.

Later on the following week I went to visit a orthopedic doctor and found out I would need surgery for the bone to heal correctly. They wanted to do the surgery as soon as possible as it would get more difficult as the bone healed. We opted to have the surgery this past Monday as I had obligations on Saturday and Sunday. Sunday’s obligation was to head down to Union, SC and film some of the GNCC race going on. I’ve been doing this at every stop so far and posting the videos on offroadjunkies.com. Filming the race was a pain in the ass as I had to carry around the tripod and camera as I tried to get various spots shot of the race. Not the easiest thing I’ve had to do but I’m glad I pushed through the discomfort. The video I edited is good but definitely not one of my favorites but what can you do. Not every one of them can be a home run.

Here is the recap video of the 2010 Pirelli Big Buck GNCC. Enjoy.

Dirt Scootin’ Boogie DVD Preview

Last August Charkie Huegel, Jared Bolton, and myself thought it would be a cool idea to film some off-road motocross riders and put together a DVD. Even though I should have known better, we thought we would organize a ride day in Oil City, PA with a few guys and we would have enough footage. I can’t exactly tell you what I was puffing on but that wasn’t the case. We made it around the wooded area of Venus, PA for about 8 hours and ended up with about 40 minutes of footage, edited down about 5 minutes. We still needed about 40-45 minutes worth of footage for a good off-road DVD.

I’ve been spending my time since then getting together with riders and attending races gathering footage for the project. I’m not quite done with filming but I have things in the pipeline and will be finished with filming soon.

The title of the upcoming DVD, being released through my production company Scratch N Sniff Productions, is Dirt Scootin’ Boogie. It will feature off-road riders Charkie Huegel, Mark Fortner, Chris Buzzelli, and others to be named at a later date. The release is scheduled for April 2010, hopefully for mid-April.

I put together a 3 minute preview of the DVD. Check it out and let me know what you think.

Dirt Scootin’ Boogie DVD Preview from Scratch N Sniff Productions on Vimeo.

Battle of Atlanta 8 Hour Team Race

This past weekend I headed down to Social Circle, GA to shoot video of the 8 hour team race that was being held down there. I rode down with Charkie Huegel and Mark Fortner who were going to be racing in the pro class, as Team Goon Hammer.

The race itself had some awesome obstacles you don’t see very often. Besides the cold weather, I had a great time.

Jason Hooper over at digitaloffroad.com posted the video I edited of the weekend. Check out the link or the video embedded here:

http://www.digitaloffroad.com/2010/01/05/battle-of-atlanta-race-video/

Battle of Atlanta 8 Hour Team Race from Scratch N Sniff Productions on Vimeo.

Thundercats The Movie Trailer

I’m a huge fan of the 80′s cartoon, The Thundercats. To say the least, I’m a little excited about the live action movie that is in the works. But there is no telling when that might actually see the light of day. Thankfully, there are a bunch of fanboys with some serious skills. The latest in fanboy created material is a really impressive trailer starring Brad Pitt, Vin Diesel, Garfield, and more.

Check it out.

The Mad Hatter

Pictures of Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter are making its way around the web. Depp is starring as the Mad Hatter in Tim Burton’s adaption of Alice in Wonderland. If it was 2002 I would be excited about this. But after seeing Tim Burton destroy Willy Wonka I can’t help but think Alice in Wonderland is doomed. Also, I use to enjoy the look of Tim Burton’s films but now there just old and tired. Anyway, I bet Depp is going to be great in the part.