Posts from — August 2009

Well, it is with much emotion that I must announce that as of August 25th, I will no longer be part of the Silverado team.  It was not a decision that came easily as I view everyone at Silverado as family and will miss working with them.  I would be remiss to not take a few sentences to thank them all for the educational, enlightening and oft times entertaining past two years we have shared together.  I also want to thank Torrey Loomis, owner of Silverado for everything he did for me and my family during my time here.  We may not have seen eye to eye on every decision but at the end of the day, I’ll always view him as a good guy and an even better friend.

That being said, I no longer felt our visions were aligned and decided it was time to make a move.  I would really prefer to remain in the industry but am pretty open at this point.  Also open to relocate if needs be – my wife and I have always wanted to live in Utah or Colorado and this might be an opportunity to do so.  In any case, if you hear of anything you think might suit me, I’d really appreciate it.  If you’d like to view my resume, shoot me an email (I was going to post the address but in this day and age, thought it a bad idea to have all of my personal info out there!).

TB

So I guess I’ve been working way too much as I finally got around to watching DC Mountain Lab for the first time.  Yes, I know DC Mountain Lab 1.5 is already out and the one I just watched was shot in ‘05 but does it really matter?  A great video is a great video, right?  I still love popping in Simple Pleasures or Stomping Ground from time to time (by the way, I had the opportunity to meet Mike McEntire – founder of Mack Dawg Productions – at a RED event at NAB last year . . . one of the coolest guys I’ve ever met).

Anyhow, DC Mountain Lab was a great flick and made me realize two things . . .

1. I need to ride more

2. I’m seriously jealous of Ken Block

Dude has a full on park and mountain at his beck and call.  How sick would that be?  I guess when you create a company as cool as DC, life presents a few perks.  The film features some of the best riders you’ll see – Todd Richards, Bjorn Leines, Devun Walsh, Travis Parker and of course, Travis Rice.  Also worth noting is that it was Produced, Edited and partially shot by Pierre Wikberg from the Robot Food series.  I’ve exchanged emails with Pierre a few times and am still waiting for him to take out one of our RED Cameras . . . C’mon Pierre – imagine what you could do with 4k . . .

Go get DC Mountain Lab HERE.

TB