Tag: sports

Culture :: Skateboard

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Choose your favorite activity, and then think about how much time in an hour you actual work on that activity.  How much time do you sit there thinking about what you’re going to do?  How much time do you spend hyping yourself up?  How much time do you spend daydreaming about something else entirely?

Now if you were a skateboarder, how much time would actually spend on the board:

Sebastian Linda

Skateboarding is a culture that I know little about, but it seems from this short film that perhaps it’s just like any other activity or culture we are in.  It revolves around relationships and planning and not really doing anything for the majority of the time that we dedicate to it.

And on a more technical note, I think the editing in this is pretty awesome.  Just saying.

Runoff :: Swimming Laps

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by Corduroy Media

Swimming has never been anything but a recreational activity for me although I enjoy it very much.  I’m always in awe of what professional athletes endure to make themselves stronger and faster.

Nathan Adrian, who teamed with swimmers like Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte at the 2012 Olympics, seems like a superhuman (as Olympic athlete do).  But in this video, he’s just like anyone else in their twenties, give or take the time he spends training.  That’s what I like though.  He is only human, with the exception of his amazing speed in water.

Runoff :: Downstream

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by NeymarcVisuals

Out of the rapids and into the current.

I have spent many, many hours in boats.  Training.  Rowing.  I rowed in high school, in college and when I was injured, I coached.  I even raced  the women’s counterpart of the team shown in this video.   This video makes me want to be back on the water.

This video shows everything that I love about the sport: the challenge, the camaraderie, the adrenaline and most of all, gliding through the water.  I don’t think there’s anything more wonderful than cutting through the smooth surface as the sun glimmers around.  Yes, the sport can be exhausting and the hours are not ideal, yet there are those of us who still do it- and this video encapsulates it all.

Fresh Start :: Rushing water

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[vimeo https://vimeo.com/34169308 h=360&w=640]

by Andy Maser

This video is special to me for a several reasons:

  1. Dam removal is restoring the ecology and culture to Washington state- my home state.
  2. It reminds me of summer adventures in Rainier National Park and motivates me to head outside more.
  3. Last year I was part of a video project that delved into something related to this topic.  Someday I will share more about the project.
  4. I’m a huge fan of water sports- swimming, sailing, rowing, kyaking etc.  Ironically enough this video features river rapids, which I’m not a fan of, but I blame that on getting trapped under a raft during a rafting accident a couple of years ago.  River rapids aside, I love rivers for their beauty, for giving us life and their ability to take us back to nature.

This film is a new start for rivers in Washington state, for the salmon and demonstrates how we’re looking back on our actions and attempting to restore something that we originally ruined.