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  1. I made another short movie today. I spent about an hour riding at a
    spot some of you may remember from an old trials movie and also my big 8
    minute movie. I had previously tried up-hill trials lines here with
    very little success...but it's a blast for loose rock, technical
    downhill muni.

    The one thing I learned today is that for this sort of riding you really
    do have to be a lot less precious about the lines you've chosen and
    ready to think up new ones quickly...that and it's really fun. 🙂 My
    new 160mm cranks are perfect!

    It's such a beautiful spot. I filmed a clip at the start of me riding
    by the camera...I was going to re-do it after the ride with a really
    nice golden sunset reflecting off the lake, but I ran out of batteries.
    The area is not very developed and I'd love to buy land there some
    day.

    Here's the movie (6.2MB, 2min30sec, wmv):
    http://tinyurl.com/5e6v7

    The soundtrack is "Eh Amigos" by Every Man and His Llama, a fantastic
    local band.

    Andrew

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  2. Another great video Andrew.

    Great riding down the rocks, it looks imposable to me.

    I had to turn the sound off though, not my taste in music I'm afraid.
    (Not a criticism, just a comment)

    Innes

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  3. Thanks. 🙂 What sort of music do you like? I was going to put either
    nothing, or some jazz in there but I was in a rush and didn't want to go
    searching for appropriate jazz songs.

    I have a question about the editing...did people realise that the clips
    that followed each other without a fade between them were from the same
    extended line down the hill?

    Andrew

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  4. Here's another few clips I found lying around that I wanted to put
    together. A short morning's muni ride with Nathan (who will be building
    my custom frame).

    3MB, 55sec, wmv:
    http://tinyurl.com/4fk8g

    Andrew

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  5. andrew_carter said:

    *Thanks. 🙂 What sort of music do you like?
    *

    I find Jazz, or Jazzy styles of music hard to listen to.

    It is hard knowing what would be best, but you don't want the music to
    distract from the video. Something a bit more subtle.

    Innes

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  6. Mate, those natural sound effects are hilarious. Surprized no bones were
    showing.He's always hurting himself...it's funny. Just a couple of
    weeks ago he ripped off his big toe-nail kicking his muni in a temper
    tantrum. 🙂 Served him right!

    Innes,
    I think I've decided to always go no music in these short videos. I
    think music, particularly jazz-orientated stuff (but other styles as
    well), can be great in movies but only when the clips and audio track
    are edited together nicely.

    So no more music until I compile all this together into a muni movie.
    I've decided to do a muni-only movie because there aren't enough of
    them.

    Andrew

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  7. That was a very impressive video, like always..i really enjoyed the
    music, my step-dad also watched becuase he was walking by, and he
    thought it was insane, so i then showed him your big movie, which he was
    even more impressed. good riding..

    Chase

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  8. Thanks Chase. I'm going to make another big movie...but this time all
    muni. That is, when I've got a fair bit more, and better material to
    work with.

    Andrew

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  9. good job with the vid andrew

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  10. I always love watching your movies. These 2 were very good. I especially
    liked the log riding done by you in the second one. That looks hard!

    -Lee

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  11. andrew_carter said:

    *Innes,
    I think I've decided to always go no music in these short videos. I
    think music, particularly jazz-orientated stuff (but other styles as
    well), can be great in movies but only when the clips and audio track
    are edited together nicely.

    Andrew *

    Good move Andrew, I look forward to your big Muni movie, these online
    videos are great, keep them coming, they are really inspiring.

    Innes

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  12. Andrew..if you ever want to come to california, you are totally welcome
    to stay at my house. i'm sure you'd love some of the terrian around
    here. how about cal-muni weekend this year?

    -corbin

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  13. As we have grown used to, fabulous riding by Andrew. You navigate
    those loose rocks quite surely! In the smaller film, what's with the
    close-up of the crown, some frame-builder's issue? And immediately
    after that, when you gap from a log to roots, and then to a smaller
    log, it looks as if it was filmed with several cameras but I presume
    that you just did it several times.

    Oh and I, for one, liked the music.

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  14. Corbin,
    Thanks a lot for the kind offer. I do plan on attempting to save up the
    money for the California Muni Weekend, but it really looks doubtful. I
    love the treehouse, looks like a fantastic place to live. (I'm studying
    architecture)

    Klaas,
    Thanks. The close-up of the crown shows that all of Nathan's weight on
    the seat pushed the seatpost down all the way so that it ended up
    compressing the tyre! A rather painful landing. You're right, that log
    line was with only one camera. The second change of angle in the clip
    was to cut out some boring hopping on the spot.

    Maybe with every new video I make I'll just suggest a few good songs for
    people to listen to but not put them in the movie. 😉

    Andrew

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  15. Hi Andrew, i Have been busy and not been able to jusify dl'ing videos
    for quite some time.

    Was I ever happy that the first video I dl'd was yours. You are not
    only able to do very cool lines, but you seem to be able to place the
    camera at a great angle to show the steepness of the terrain you are
    riding on. An angle that does not usually depict the actual steepness
    of the featured slope.

    So either you have a great knack for camera angles, or the trails you
    are riding on are much steeper that how they are portrayed in your
    clips.

    I have enjoyed watching your skills progress from 'my custom muni'...to
    stuff I couldn't picture attempting!

    You are very talented

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  16. Thanks a lot Brian. I plan to go back and re-film all these bits and
    pieces plus many more for a big chunk of muni in my segment of the
    movie...with a cameraman. 🙂 The fantastic thing about this loose rock
    spot is that it's literally about 200-300m wide so there are unlimited
    different lines to try.

    Hahaha, I remember 'my custom muni'. 🙂

    Andrew

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