The Overdue Update

Firstly, I got a little blading done with Arsenio the other day:

After quick Edit 20, I took a little break from filming for a while, but I'm getting bored and about ready to pick them up again. 

I did however, get a few things in the old folder over the past little while, and got a large bump in the quantity/quality when homie Mike Torres deposited a lot of stuff he shot in Gooder than Hell Folder:

So, rest assured, as I'm sure most of you are losing sleep over it, things have been going slow but pretty damn well and here shortly, I hope to get back to cranking out quick edits a little more regularly again.

Stay Tuned.

The Blade Book Vol. 2 FREE

For those who wanted to see the blade book vol. 2 and didn't want to shell out the cash, you're now in luck, The Blade book Volume 2 can now be downloaded (ebook) for free HERE or just view right below.

The Blade Book Vol. 2 by David Dodge | Make Your Own Book

And for anyone that has a desire to own a printed copy for archival, and overall being awesome, purposes, you can still purchase one HERE.

Also, why I'm at it, I've decided to make online viewing of Blade Book Vol. 1 available as well below but you'll have to go HERE to see it. The printed version available for purchase as well HERE.

So there you have it, if your curiosity has ever been peaked you can now satisfy it for the low low cost of no dollars.

Enjoy.

Quick Photo Update

I've had a pretty eventful couple of weekends this past month or so.

Last weekend, we went up to Raleigh for the mega session and I snapped a couple of photos:

This past weekend, for my 3rd year in a row, good buddy Ian Copp came through and we did some shredding:

Up next is the Pow Wow, hope to see you dudes there!

Quick Edit 20 - 'The Best Of' Vol.1

So if you keep up with the blog you know that I brought back the Quick Edits about 9 months ago in attempts to keep the blog updated while I/we film for our new video 'Gooder than Hell', and also to learn a little more about shooting with DSLRs.

Well after almost one year and 19 quick edits, I decided that it would be a good idea to compile everything we've got into one massive 12 minute, not-so-Quick Edit. Also, I figured it would be really cool to see some of the footage in different context than before and lets be honest, who doesn't like seeing a section of themselves?

Bigger projects/edits like this always seem to put me in a good mood. I'm able to reflect on the friendships and people that I've met/hung out with over the year, and how awesome it was to blade and, most times, just kick it with, you guys are awesome, thank you and I'm really looking forward to many more of these things.

There are a few thanks in the video to the people who helped film, but I'd like to deliver a special thanks to the northern transplant and newest addition to the crew, Mike Torres. Mike, moved down here a little more than a year ago from Rochester and has been helping me learn to be a better blade filmer ever since, thanks big dog, the knowledge and friendship is invaluable.

So without any further introduction, here is the best of the Quick Edits Vol 1., Quick Edit 20:

Quick Edit 20 - The Best Of Vol. 1 from Ideas For Lions on Vimeo.

Stay tuned the raleigh mega session edit is up next.

Quick Edit 19

After an awesome night seeing one of my long time favorite bands Iron Horse, and a day of being surrounded by my favorite humans on this earth, I'm feeling very rich and very humbled...and maybe a little hungover haha. But seriously, this weekend was awesome, I helped Garrett move back downtown, bladed so much and got to hang out with my favorite people, thank you all for the awesome time and for being such radical humans.

Here's a little edit of some of the festivities:

Quick Edit 19 from Ideas For Lions on Vimeo.

But again, thanks to all you guys and especially to my beautiful girlfriend who organized what was probably the best birthday party I've ever had.

Stay tuned because for quick edit 20, I'm making a 'best of edit', some of which may include clips I haven't used yet, so keep an eye out for that.

Also be sure to make it out to the Raleigh Mega Session next week, I'm sure I'll be rolling around with a camera somewhere out there.

Quick Edit 18

So Mike had a couple new toys he wanted to test out on the blades, so along with myself and Jeremy we headed out for the impromptu session at firelake that just wound up being free skate, which was nice. Mike did pretty much all the shooting on this one, except for the clips of himself of course and he got to test out a fisheye lens for the new HVX we have at work, swag.

So thanks young Miguel for filming, I dedicate this prime example of all my video editing talent to you big dog:

*Sorry about the aspect weirdness, I didn't realize the dvcpro hd codec was natively sized at 960x720 when I was editing.

Quick Edit 18 Web from Ideas For Lions on Vimeo.

Pseudo News

We've been doing some work here lately so I'm gonna take it back old school and post a couple of screen shots from some video we've shot:

Everybody has really been throwing down and stacking footage for the retry of Gooder than Hell a.k.a. No Lobos a.k.a. SOMO 15. Not to call anyone out, but I'm pretty sure Garrett and Thomas are tied for the lead with Nate and Nick tied for second and Adam is dribbling in at last with only two clips and 15 tags at Dudley's, come on Mcmanus, get it together.

Come to think of it, I don't really know what I've announced that I'm trying to shoot for this new video publicly...so I won't, because when you announce videos, blade time...also because its kind of a surprise.

Now, if I were shooting for a new video, it'd probably be called Gooder Than Hell and its probably going to feature really dope dudes like Thomas Martin, Nate Macgregor, Nick Bates, Phil Gripper, Mike Torres, Adam Mcmanus and a bunch of other radical humans...hypothetically of course. Luckily, since about only 4 people ever read this blog,  the secret is pretty safe buried in this wall of text...hypothetically.

In other news, I hear there is a mega session a brewing in Raleigh on the 19th-20th of April in the year 2013 so be sure to show up for that, a lot of people are slated to show up. If you have any more questions, head over to the Oak City Inline skateshop facebook for more info...and buy some wheels or something while your at it and support a dope local skate shop.

Also, be sure to keep an eye on OSO boots, Phil Gripper and Brett Coppedge of Charlotte, NC have started a new rollerblading boot company and I am definitely very excited to see the final product these guys come up with, from everything I've heard from those two, things are shaping up to be pretty damn awesome, so be sure to keep a lookout for that.

Boom, content, stay tuned.