Yesterday I completed editing the 5th installment of Sports Awesome. For this episode we brought in a new co-host, Dane MacLellan. Overall the episode went well, however audio was somewhat of a pain. The audio and video were recorded separately during the shoot and this was my first experience matching them together. During the day of the shoot, we also filmed a tidbit on the Manitoba Bisons hockey team. This footage didn’t make it to the episode, however it will be edited and released sometime in the coming week.
Next time we film will hopefully be done in a studio with a blue screen, which should make for an interesting episode as well as a new editing challenge for me. I have always been interested in doing some green/blue screen work and this will give me my chance. Potential holiday episode?
On one of the last few weekends of the 2009 summer, we came up with the fantastic idea to attempt to bake cookies in my car using the heat from the sun and the vehicle’s heater. This idea became even better when it became a challenge between ourselves to see who could stay in the vehicle the longest.
Though it was quite warm out on the day we chose, if we had a warmer day I’m sure we could have reached temperatures in the 70C range. The maximum temperature we were able to achieve was 62C, which being from Canada, is pretty damn hot (eh).
Being a fairly spontaneous event, we didn’t do much planning ahead. None of us thought to wear shorts, and our drink of choice wasn’t doing much hydrating.
The cookies weren’t a total success, but they weren’t a failure either. If the temperature had been higher, or we waited a little longer, I am very confident that the cookies would have hardened and tasted just like the ones that would come from a real oven.
Using axe’s and sledge hammers, we pummeled the surface of the car to a hardly recognizable state. We we’re almost successful in chopping the passenger door completely off.
To smash the glass we allowed Travis to show off his man strength and punch through two side windows. The rear hatch window needed something more spectacular however. We removed the drivers airbag and affixed it to the window. This proved very effective.
Since we really couldn’t burn the whole vehicle, we kept the fire contained to the roof. However, something happened that we didn’t see coming. The head liner of the car began to melt and did almost set fire to the interior of the vehicle.
I think we can all finally agree that this car is completely dead and now it will live the rest of its days in the dump.
Thanks to:
Travis Froese
Steve Keeves
A.J. Potrebka
Cory Gill
Last weekend I made it out to Buffalo Point, MB to try their beautiful lakeside course. The course is an 18-hole, par 72, with over 6800 yards play. Again, I will not post my score.
This round I golfed with two other people. Riley, a friend of a friend who I met in the lounge the night before, and a man named Jim, who we were asked to pair with. I later found out that Jim was Jim Thunder, the former chief of the Buffalo Point First Nation, who led the initiative to build the resort and risked his own property to build the road to the location of the resort today.
I have been told that the course is ranked 6th in North America for its beauty. It’s very hard to disbelieve with multiple lakeside holes, dense trees and well kept fairways. The course is also full of wildlife with animals frequently crossing the fairways.
Yesterday I completed editing the Stanley Cup edition of Sports Awesome. Sadly, I had no internet access all weekend and was not able to upload it. Now that I’m home, here it is! This time we had a lot better lighting at our disposal which made the videos quality a lot higher.
In this episode, Jarred talks about the final series in this NHL playoff where the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Detroit Red Wings play for their chance at the cup.
On Sunday, June 7th, I competed in the demolition derby at the 128th Manitoba Summer Fair in Brandon, MB. I used a 1986 Ford Crown Victoria which I had “purchased” 2 years earlier for 24 beer.
We started working on the half finished car two weeks before the derby. Poor planning I know. After sitting for those 2 years, water had gotten into the engine and it had seized. We managed to break it loose and replaced the seized carb with on off of one of our trucks.
The car was in some serious need of a face lift. My brother, Cory, gave the car a fresh coat of paint as well as some website plugs. Props to him for doing an awesome job.
Photo Credit: Travis Froese
Video Credit: Travis Froese
We ran in Heat #1 and did surprisingly well for first timers. We placed 2nd in the heat which put us into the Feature at the end of the day where the winner would take home $1500.
Photo Credit: Steven Keeves
In the feature we didn’t do quite as well. Placed 9th out of the 14 cars in the final event. This round the car took a lot more serious of a beating. The rad was crushed, two tires blew, and I’m very sure that I saw some crucial wires melting.
Photo Credit: Steven Keeves
We were unable to get the car running again for one of our mechanics, Matt Miller, to run in the mechanics heat sadly, but it was still an awesome experience for us all. We did have a few cameras running throughout and I will hopefully throw a video together within the week.
Driver: Wes Gill
Pit Crew: Matt Miller, Travis Froese, Steven Keeves, and William McFadden
Special thanks to Grant and Cory Gill who both put a huge effort into the car.
