Thursday, June 6, 2013

James Visser rides Rainbird trail

James Visser is a seriously skilled rider, everything he throws down looks flawless and makes it so much fun to film! For our newest edit Nicholas Moffett(aerial photographer) and I met up with James Visser at a local dirt jump area in Ramona, CA. This amazing playground for bikes is in jeopardy of getting shutdown and bulldozed, the fate of many awesome biking spots...James and I wanted to capture the essence of the trails the locals refer to as "Rainbird" before it gets lost forever. I filmed with James about 5 months ago at this same location and I must say the progression of the jumps is quite impressive, and the thanks in most part goes to Shane Sin Clair. Looking forward to filming with James more this summer so be on the look out for big things to come!

Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Shawn Shimkets backyard video

This year I've been fortunate enough to meet some amazing people with incredible athletic ability, including BMX rider Shawn Shimkets. Shawn lives in Escondido, CA and has created an amazing array of dirt jumps or "trails" as the riders prefer to call them in his own backyard! This masterpiece has been in the process for over a year and has a tremendous amount of man hours poured into it. Shawn and his friends have a few different backyard trails they work on and I have been lucky to film a few in 2013. Working with Nicholas Moffett in this edit we were able to capture some amazing aerial scenes with his drone helicopter and a camera mounted underneath. I hope to continue to work with Shawn and like minded people to capture some awesome action footage; it will only get better and better!