it’s all over now. brilliant. the films were awe inspiring and even though the only filming I’v ever done was pavements of Morocco (i’d j…
it’s all over now. brilliant. the films were awe inspiring and even though the only filming I’v ever done was pavements of Morocco (i’d just bought a hand held video thingy-ma-jig and never read instructions so got lots of footage of feet, footpaths, insides of cars, bags & blackness but jeez it was funny!) i feel like going out and making an Australian bike film. I met some wonderful characters over the week of exhibitions, parties and showings. Hope to stay friends with them. In fact going for a “night klunk” with Adam, a champion “trials” cyclist who does amazing feats of balance and jumping on a bike with no seat, it’s all done on stairs, platforms, rocks…whatever they can hurl off and onto whilst balancing. incredible. / so, tomorrow night we’re going to go Mountain biking in the bush in the dark with lights on, of course. The opening party was at Deus ex machina and was uber cool. Met Dare Jennings there, i used to serve him coffee at the Lamrock cafe 18 years ago. He’s going to meet with us and talk over our cycling brand, maybe give us some advice.They screened some of the shorter films on a huge white warehouse wall on Parramatta Rd. we sat on big old metal shipping containers, cars and window sills of the shop and watched films on this road with traffic going past…..watching these awesome films about cycling.One about couriers in New York was vomit inducing, the camera was on the head of the director while he cycled behind these guys dodging buses, cars, trucks….sometimes being hit, falling, skidding…so many near misses. it’s like being in a 3d cinema and you know how you get nauseus with all the fast movement & swerving and your body sways as though you’re there??? And you gasp as it feels like YOU are on that bike? Got an adventure race coming up in a couple of weeks so have been running, paddling, swimming and M. biking.This morning we ran soft sand and had a swim down at Manly. Water felt great on aching body. Work: finished large canvas “Sunshine Beach” and went and spoke to a clent about a commission from her house yesterday, will sketch it up this morning and send thru scan. Will stretch up some canvases today and maybe start another work, a painting of the view from The Bible Garden at Palm Beach. It’s a stunning view. have been working in bits and pieces on new Doily Couture website. I’ve sketched up a little shop and we’ve been putting little handpainted manequins with photos of clothing onto them into my make-believe shop in photoshop. Cute and girly. i only have another couple of months to paint and it’s very relaxing compared to the fashion design, i knock off earlier each night. It’s funny, i never mind sewing way into the late hours but painting i need to concentrate much more and be in the mood for.
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/ Featured in Street Signs! Happy-dancing all around!!! ;) Tony.
back late last night from beautiful Adelaide. Stunning – we did the Mutual Challenge bike ride along with 7,130 other cyclists and it was…
back late last night from beautiful Adelaide. Stunning – we did the Mutual Challenge bike ride along with 7,130 other cyclists and it was like riding thru Tuscany – only much browner. The country side hasn’t had much rain obviously but it still took my breathe away…or maybe that was the hills? We cycled 170kms altogether and it was a really lovely day . It was amazing to see the vineyards with what looked like villas and chateaus on hillsides….with rows of pencil pines or palms lining roadways to grand estates. / We watched the Tour Down Under race and every time we saw Lance Armstrong i had goosebumps all over. It wasn’t just me – everyone around me got them too. At a dinner one night he spoke and there were videos played – of Lance in action and he is such a charismatic, incredible man. He too is breathetakingly gorgeous. The cheekbones are chiselled. When he cycles the power is so evident. It made all of us mere mortals feel positively puny and weak minded. / We met and gave a pile of our Apres Velo tees to some of our heroes of the sport and it was very rewarding to see them happy to accept them. We saw them being worn by the general public and it was a real buzz. We even got one to Lance’s mechanic and we’re hoping he gets & wears it. Fingers crossed. / Now, i’ve got a whole heap of design & Artwork to do for some Apres Velo cycling jerseys and then as soon as that is done it’s back to painting. / I’m training for a 24hour mountain bike race next – with a team of 6 men from Nobmob. Our unfortunate team name is the BIG TEST ICICLES. They entered that name before they signed me up. / THEN i’ve entered a 100km mountain bike race called Dirtworks up at Wiseman’s Ferry way (St. Albans). I hope to keep all my current skin intact. My goal for the next 4-5 months is to try and stay upright on my mountain bike – not upside down with feet still in pedals as i’m wont to do.
Last saturday the Kraftwerktrophy 2009 was staged in…
Last saturday the Kraftwerktrophy 2009 was staged in Vienna – a 12h bicycle race for solo riders and 3-man teams. My personal goal was to hit the 300km mark which i reached – I cycled 325km. actually i could have cycled more, but after 240km I became a bit lazy… The event itself was amazing – perfectly organized, perfect weather, not too hot, sun all day but a bit too much wind. With Jure Robic (4 times Race Across America winner), probably the best Ultra-Cyclist in the world at the moment, the event also had a very prominent starter and a well deserved winner. / Jure, who took the Kraftwerktrophy as a good training unit for the RAAM which is starting in 3 weeks, cycled some amazing 498km and was oly beat by a 3-man team, which cycled 504km, one round more than Jure. / all other teams, and of course solo starters, finished behind Jure Robic – simply amazing… For me personally, the race started pretty badly – I went to the start-line and saw that my rear tyre was punctured. not a good start with 5minutes to the actual start. / so i went to the official race mechanic, and Robert (thanks again, even though you won’t read it here), fixed my tyre in an astounding sub-4-minutes. / the start flag was just lifted when I jumped over the fences and hit the road with only 200m behind the big peleton. the rest of the race went pretty well – the first 240km were amazingly easy and i was very positive on going more than 300km. then, however, i started to get cramps in my left leg and i had to take it a bit easy. another problem was that i was there alone, so i dind’t have anybody to hand my fresh water bottles or anything to eat. / so i had to get off the bike myself, which also meant that i was losing the group i was cycling in… with 75 minutes still to go, i had cycled 293km and i knew that the 300km wouldn’t be a problem. at the finish line my odometer showed 327,8km, the official report states 324,8km. it was a fantastic weekend and a perfect event – looking forward to my next 12h race in 2 1/2 weeks, this time in Salzburg on the Salzburgring.
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