unicycling in Monsters, inc.

General
21

— Olivier Paugam <opaugam@aptilon.com> wrote:
> Kris, I forward you my ‘drop height’ poll from the www.muniac.com I’d be
> curious to get your numbers:
>
> "Just taking a quick poll :
> - what is your highest drop ? 15 feet vertical, cleaned and ridden out
> on a gravelly sand
embankment. It was measured using a tape measure at 19 feet from launch to
landing but vertically it was about 15 feet. Onto dirt my highest is about
9 or 10 feet, I think, but it’s hard to judge with transition landings. I
actually don’t like big drops that much!
> - did you drop it often ? Only once at 15 feet.
> - did you ride off it ? " Yes. To launch the 15 footer I had to climb up
> onto about a 35
degree gravel slope part way up a gravel cliff, hack a small mounting
platform, and then get on the uni and ride off immediately because it was
really slippery and collapsing beneath me. Basically I just rode about 2m
and then launched into space. This was caught on 16mm film and also on
camera but I haven’t yet got the pictures. Hopefully they will be posted
on my Webshots site at some point.

Cheers,

Kris.

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22

— Olivier Paugam <opaugam@aptilon.com> wrote:
> Kris, I forward you my ‘drop height’ poll from the www.muniac.com I’d be
> curious to get your numbers:
>
> "Just taking a quick poll :
> - what is your highest drop ? 15 feet vertical, cleaned and ridden out
> on a gravelly sand
embankment. It was measured using a tape measure at 19 feet from launch to
landing but vertically it was about 15 feet. Onto dirt my highest is about
9 or 10 feet, I think, but it’s hard to judge with transition landings. I
actually don’t like big drops that much!
> - did you drop it often ? Only once at 15 feet.
> - did you ride off it ? " Yes. To launch the 15 footer I had to climb up
> onto about a 35
degree gravel slope part way up a gravel cliff, hack a small mounting
platform, and then get on the uni and ride off immediately because it was
really slippery and collapsing beneath me. Basically I just rode about 2m
and then launched into space. This was caught on 16mm film and also on
camera but I haven’t yet got the pictures. Hopefully they will be posted
on my Webshots site at some point.

Cheers,

Kris.

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23

— Olivier Paugam <opaugam@aptilon.com> wrote:
> Kris, I forward you my ‘drop height’ poll from the www.muniac.com I’d be
> curious to get your numbers:
>
> "Just taking a quick poll :
> - what is your highest drop ? 15 feet vertical, cleaned and ridden out
> on a gravelly sand
embankment. It was measured using a tape measure at 19 feet from launch to
landing but vertically it was about 15 feet. Onto dirt my highest is about
9 or 10 feet, I think, but it’s hard to judge with transition landings. I
actually don’t like big drops that much!
> - did you drop it often ? Only once at 15 feet.
> - did you ride off it ? " Yes. To launch the 15 footer I had to climb up
> onto about a 35
degree gravel slope part way up a gravel cliff, hack a small mounting
platform, and then get on the uni and ride off immediately because it was
really slippery and collapsing beneath me. Basically I just rode about 2m
and then launched into space. This was caught on 16mm film and also on
camera but I haven’t yet got the pictures. Hopefully they will be posted
on my Webshots site at some point.

Cheers,

Kris.

Do You Yahoo!? Find a job, post your resume. http://careers.yahoo.com

24

— Olivier Paugam <opaugam@aptilon.com> wrote:
> Kris, I forward you my ‘drop height’ poll from the www.muniac.com I’d be
> curious to get your numbers:
>
> "Just taking a quick poll :
> - what is your highest drop ? 15 feet vertical, cleaned and ridden out
> on a gravelly sand
embankment. It was measured using a tape measure at 19 feet from launch to
landing but vertically it was about 15 feet. Onto dirt my highest is about
9 or 10 feet, I think, but it’s hard to judge with transition landings. I
actually don’t like big drops that much!
> - did you drop it often ? Only once at 15 feet.
> - did you ride off it ? " Yes. To launch the 15 footer I had to climb up
> onto about a 35
degree gravel slope part way up a gravel cliff, hack a small mounting
platform, and then get on the uni and ride off immediately because it was
really slippery and collapsing beneath me. Basically I just rode about 2m
and then launched into space. This was caught on 16mm film and also on
camera but I haven’t yet got the pictures. Hopefully they will be posted
on my Webshots site at some point.

Cheers,

Kris.

Do You Yahoo!? Find a job, post your resume. http://careers.yahoo.com

25

— Olivier Paugam <opaugam@aptilon.com> wrote:
> Kris, I forward you my ‘drop height’ poll from the www.muniac.com I’d be
> curious to get your numbers:
>
> "Just taking a quick poll :
> - what is your highest drop ? 15 feet vertical, cleaned and ridden out
> on a gravelly sand
embankment. It was measured using a tape measure at 19 feet from launch to
landing but vertically it was about 15 feet. Onto dirt my highest is about
9 or 10 feet, I think, but it’s hard to judge with transition landings. I
actually don’t like big drops that much!
> - did you drop it often ? Only once at 15 feet.
> - did you ride off it ? " Yes. To launch the 15 footer I had to climb up
> onto about a 35
degree gravel slope part way up a gravel cliff, hack a small mounting
platform, and then get on the uni and ride off immediately because it was
really slippery and collapsing beneath me. Basically I just rode about 2m
and then launched into space. This was caught on 16mm film and also on
camera but I haven’t yet got the pictures. Hopefully they will be posted
on my Webshots site at some point.

Cheers,

Kris.

Do You Yahoo!? Find a job, post your resume. http://careers.yahoo.com

26

— Olivier Paugam <opaugam@aptilon.com> wrote:
> Kris, I forward you my ‘drop height’ poll from the www.muniac.com I’d be
> curious to get your numbers:
>
> "Just taking a quick poll :
> - what is your highest drop ? 15 feet vertical, cleaned and ridden out
> on a gravelly sand
embankment. It was measured using a tape measure at 19 feet from launch to
landing but vertically it was about 15 feet. Onto dirt my highest is about
9 or 10 feet, I think, but it’s hard to judge with transition landings. I
actually don’t like big drops that much!
> - did you drop it often ? Only once at 15 feet.
> - did you ride off it ? " Yes. To launch the 15 footer I had to climb up
> onto about a 35
degree gravel slope part way up a gravel cliff, hack a small mounting
platform, and then get on the uni and ride off immediately because it was
really slippery and collapsing beneath me. Basically I just rode about 2m
and then launched into space. This was caught on 16mm film and also on
camera but I haven’t yet got the pictures. Hopefully they will be posted
on my Webshots site at some point.

Cheers,

Kris.

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27

> — Jeff Lutkus <lutkus@unicyclist.com> wrote:
> > now I must ask, what was the Nissan commercial about?
> — Kris Holm <danger_uni@yahoo.com> wrote:
…It was shot on the same trail as the
> one I filmed for Monster.com, but on other structures (The one I filmed
> on wasn’t completed until really recently- this is a picture of it
> <http://community.webshots.com/photo/18864949/18865251SLzaatYEnf>.

— Olivier Paugam <opaugam@aptilon.com> wrote:
> My god, did you make the final drop Kris ?

No, I made it clear at the outset that I wasn’t going to do that!

It was an interesting day, though. This was the first time I’ve ever done
a truly big-budget shoot. We drove up the approach road (you typically
ride up a gated gravel road to get to this trail) in a long convoy of
trucks, a food stand, large generator truck, and a crew of about 35
assistants, camera operators, producers and directors. They carried large
searchlights down into the forest and set them up in various directions.
They also had large (4m diameter) helium balloons that they let up into
the forest canopy and shone lights at to brighten the forest (it was dark
and pouring rain most of the day), and a few smoke generators to make the
forest “misty”. For the cameras, they set up several short tracks (like
railroad tracks) so that the cameraman could slide along this and get a
moving camera angle.

Basically, I rode the ridiculator over and over all day long in the
pouring rain, dismounting just before the big drop at the end and walking
back up the structure. The pressure to perform was very high considering
all the money they spent to get this shot, but in some ways it reduced the
intimidation normally associated with riding a scary ladderbridge like the
ridiculator.

At the end of the day they brought in a stretch limosine and took some fun
shots where I climbed into the back of the limo while soaking wet and
covered in mud (the limo had white leather seats). They just had me goof
off a bit and play some air guitar with my unicycle.

-Kris.

>
> Oli-
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Kris Holm ["]mailto:danger_uni@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 12:11 PM To: lutkus@unicyclist.com;
> rsu@unicycling.org Subject: Re: unicycling in Monsters, inc.
>
>
> — Jeff Lutkus <lutkus@unicyclist.com> wrote:
> > now I must ask, what was the Nissan commercial about?
>
> The Xterra commercial was shot with a rider named “Dangerous” Dan Cowan,
> whom you have seen if you’ve watched any North Shore Extreme or Kranked
> videos. It was shot on the same trail as the one I filmed for
> Monster.com, but on other structures (The one I filmed on wasn’t
> completed until really recently- this is a picture of it
> <http://community.webshots.com/photo/18864949/18865251SLzaatYEnf>.
>
> -Kris.
>
> >
> > Jeff, who does not watch enough tv
> >
> > > Wow! a paying gig
> > >
> > > I loved the Nissan Xterra commercial with Dangerous Dan. I can’t
> wait
> > > to see the Monster.com commercial.
> > >
> > > john_childs
> > >
> > >
> > >>From: Kris Holm <danger_uni@yahoo.com>
> > >>
> > >>— jeff d tuttle <moosebreath1@juno.com> wrote:
> > >> > Kris, Do you know which networks will air this?
> > >> >
> > >> > Jeff
> > >> >
> > >>
> > >>I’m not sure but it was a big production (35mm filming and over 1/2
> > >>million dollars spent on the commercial), and they said it would
> air
> > >>in prime time on a number of different networks.
> > >>
> > >>-Kris.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> > On Wed, 7 Nov 2001 14:09:20 -0800 (PST) Kris Holm
> > >> > <danger_uni@yahoo.com> writes:
> > >> > > Speaking of monsters, there will be a Monster.com TV commercial
> > >> > > coming out soon that will feature some North Shore mountain
> > >> > > unicycling action. I believe this
> will
> > >> > > initially air only in the U.S. and Canada but might be played
> > >> > > elsewhere eventually.
> > >> > >
> > >> > > -Kris.
> > >
> > >
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> — Jeff Lutkus <lutkus@unicyclist.com> wrote:
> > now I must ask, what was the Nissan commercial about?
> — Kris Holm <danger_uni@yahoo.com> wrote:
…It was shot on the same trail as the
> one I filmed for Monster.com, but on other structures (The one I filmed
> on wasn’t completed until really recently- this is a picture of it
> <http://community.webshots.com/photo/18864949/18865251SLzaatYEnf>.

— Olivier Paugam <opaugam@aptilon.com> wrote:
> My god, did you make the final drop Kris ?

No, I made it clear at the outset that I wasn’t going to do that!

It was an interesting day, though. This was the first time I’ve ever done
a truly big-budget shoot. We drove up the approach road (you typically
ride up a gated gravel road to get to this trail) in a long convoy of
trucks, a food stand, large generator truck, and a crew of about 35
assistants, camera operators, producers and directors. They carried large
searchlights down into the forest and set them up in various directions.
They also had large (4m diameter) helium balloons that they let up into
the forest canopy and shone lights at to brighten the forest (it was dark
and pouring rain most of the day), and a few smoke generators to make the
forest “misty”. For the cameras, they set up several short tracks (like
railroad tracks) so that the cameraman could slide along this and get a
moving camera angle.

Basically, I rode the ridiculator over and over all day long in the
pouring rain, dismounting just before the big drop at the end and walking
back up the structure. The pressure to perform was very high considering
all the money they spent to get this shot, but in some ways it reduced the
intimidation normally associated with riding a scary ladderbridge like the
ridiculator.

At the end of the day they brought in a stretch limosine and took some fun
shots where I climbed into the back of the limo while soaking wet and
covered in mud (the limo had white leather seats). They just had me goof
off a bit and play some air guitar with my unicycle.

-Kris.

>
> Oli-
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Kris Holm ["]mailto:danger_uni@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 12:11 PM To: lutkus@unicyclist.com;
> rsu@unicycling.org Subject: Re: unicycling in Monsters, inc.
>
>
> — Jeff Lutkus <lutkus@unicyclist.com> wrote:
> > now I must ask, what was the Nissan commercial about?
>
> The Xterra commercial was shot with a rider named “Dangerous” Dan Cowan,
> whom you have seen if you’ve watched any North Shore Extreme or Kranked
> videos. It was shot on the same trail as the one I filmed for
> Monster.com, but on other structures (The one I filmed on wasn’t
> completed until really recently- this is a picture of it
> <http://community.webshots.com/photo/18864949/18865251SLzaatYEnf>.
>
> -Kris.
>
> >
> > Jeff, who does not watch enough tv
> >
> > > Wow! a paying gig
> > >
> > > I loved the Nissan Xterra commercial with Dangerous Dan. I can’t
> wait
> > > to see the Monster.com commercial.
> > >
> > > john_childs
> > >
> > >
> > >>From: Kris Holm <danger_uni@yahoo.com>
> > >>
> > >>— jeff d tuttle <moosebreath1@juno.com> wrote:
> > >> > Kris, Do you know which networks will air this?
> > >> >
> > >> > Jeff
> > >> >
> > >>
> > >>I’m not sure but it was a big production (35mm filming and over 1/2
> > >>million dollars spent on the commercial), and they said it would
> air
> > >>in prime time on a number of different networks.
> > >>
> > >>-Kris.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> > On Wed, 7 Nov 2001 14:09:20 -0800 (PST) Kris Holm
> > >> > <danger_uni@yahoo.com> writes:
> > >> > > Speaking of monsters, there will be a Monster.com TV commercial
> > >> > > coming out soon that will feature some North Shore mountain
> > >> > > unicycling action. I believe this
> will
> > >> > > initially air only in the U.S. and Canada but might be played
> > >> > > elsewhere eventually.
> > >> > >
> > >> > > -Kris.
> > >
> > >
> > > _________________________________________________________________
> > > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at
> > > http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp
> > >
> > >
> >
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> — Jeff Lutkus <lutkus@unicyclist.com> wrote:
> > now I must ask, what was the Nissan commercial about?
> — Kris Holm <danger_uni@yahoo.com> wrote:
…It was shot on the same trail as the
> one I filmed for Monster.com, but on other structures (The one I filmed
> on wasn’t completed until really recently- this is a picture of it
> <http://community.webshots.com/photo/18864949/18865251SLzaatYEnf>.

— Olivier Paugam <opaugam@aptilon.com> wrote:
> My god, did you make the final drop Kris ?

No, I made it clear at the outset that I wasn’t going to do that!

It was an interesting day, though. This was the first time I’ve ever done
a truly big-budget shoot. We drove up the approach road (you typically
ride up a gated gravel road to get to this trail) in a long convoy of
trucks, a food stand, large generator truck, and a crew of about 35
assistants, camera operators, producers and directors. They carried large
searchlights down into the forest and set them up in various directions.
They also had large (4m diameter) helium balloons that they let up into
the forest canopy and shone lights at to brighten the forest (it was dark
and pouring rain most of the day), and a few smoke generators to make the
forest “misty”. For the cameras, they set up several short tracks (like
railroad tracks) so that the cameraman could slide along this and get a
moving camera angle.

Basically, I rode the ridiculator over and over all day long in the
pouring rain, dismounting just before the big drop at the end and walking
back up the structure. The pressure to perform was very high considering
all the money they spent to get this shot, but in some ways it reduced the
intimidation normally associated with riding a scary ladderbridge like the
ridiculator.

At the end of the day they brought in a stretch limosine and took some fun
shots where I climbed into the back of the limo while soaking wet and
covered in mud (the limo had white leather seats). They just had me goof
off a bit and play some air guitar with my unicycle.

-Kris.

>
> Oli-
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Kris Holm ["]mailto:danger_uni@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 12:11 PM To: lutkus@unicyclist.com;
> rsu@unicycling.org Subject: Re: unicycling in Monsters, inc.
>
>
> — Jeff Lutkus <lutkus@unicyclist.com> wrote:
> > now I must ask, what was the Nissan commercial about?
>
> The Xterra commercial was shot with a rider named “Dangerous” Dan Cowan,
> whom you have seen if you’ve watched any North Shore Extreme or Kranked
> videos. It was shot on the same trail as the one I filmed for
> Monster.com, but on other structures (The one I filmed on wasn’t
> completed until really recently- this is a picture of it
> <http://community.webshots.com/photo/18864949/18865251SLzaatYEnf>.
>
> -Kris.
>
> >
> > Jeff, who does not watch enough tv
> >
> > > Wow! a paying gig
> > >
> > > I loved the Nissan Xterra commercial with Dangerous Dan. I can’t
> wait
> > > to see the Monster.com commercial.
> > >
> > > john_childs
> > >
> > >
> > >>From: Kris Holm <danger_uni@yahoo.com>
> > >>
> > >>— jeff d tuttle <moosebreath1@juno.com> wrote:
> > >> > Kris, Do you know which networks will air this?
> > >> >
> > >> > Jeff
> > >> >
> > >>
> > >>I’m not sure but it was a big production (35mm filming and over 1/2
> > >>million dollars spent on the commercial), and they said it would
> air
> > >>in prime time on a number of different networks.
> > >>
> > >>-Kris.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> > On Wed, 7 Nov 2001 14:09:20 -0800 (PST) Kris Holm
> > >> > <danger_uni@yahoo.com> writes:
> > >> > > Speaking of monsters, there will be a Monster.com TV commercial
> > >> > > coming out soon that will feature some North Shore mountain
> > >> > > unicycling action. I believe this
> will
> > >> > > initially air only in the U.S. and Canada but might be played
> > >> > > elsewhere eventually.
> > >> > >
> > >> > > -Kris.
> > >
> > >
> > > _________________________________________________________________
> > > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at
> > > http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp
> > >
> > >
> >
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> — Jeff Lutkus <lutkus@unicyclist.com> wrote:
> > now I must ask, what was the Nissan commercial about?
> — Kris Holm <danger_uni@yahoo.com> wrote:
…It was shot on the same trail as the
> one I filmed for Monster.com, but on other structures (The one I filmed
> on wasn’t completed until really recently- this is a picture of it
> <http://community.webshots.com/photo/18864949/18865251SLzaatYEnf>.

— Olivier Paugam <opaugam@aptilon.com> wrote:
> My god, did you make the final drop Kris ?

No, I made it clear at the outset that I wasn’t going to do that!

It was an interesting day, though. This was the first time I’ve ever done
a truly big-budget shoot. We drove up the approach road (you typically
ride up a gated gravel road to get to this trail) in a long convoy of
trucks, a food stand, large generator truck, and a crew of about 35
assistants, camera operators, producers and directors. They carried large
searchlights down into the forest and set them up in various directions.
They also had large (4m diameter) helium balloons that they let up into
the forest canopy and shone lights at to brighten the forest (it was dark
and pouring rain most of the day), and a few smoke generators to make the
forest “misty”. For the cameras, they set up several short tracks (like
railroad tracks) so that the cameraman could slide along this and get a
moving camera angle.

Basically, I rode the ridiculator over and over all day long in the
pouring rain, dismounting just before the big drop at the end and walking
back up the structure. The pressure to perform was very high considering
all the money they spent to get this shot, but in some ways it reduced the
intimidation normally associated with riding a scary ladderbridge like the
ridiculator.

At the end of the day they brought in a stretch limosine and took some fun
shots where I climbed into the back of the limo while soaking wet and
covered in mud (the limo had white leather seats). They just had me goof
off a bit and play some air guitar with my unicycle.

-Kris.

>
> Oli-
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Kris Holm ["]mailto:danger_uni@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 12:11 PM To: lutkus@unicyclist.com;
> rsu@unicycling.org Subject: Re: unicycling in Monsters, inc.
>
>
> — Jeff Lutkus <lutkus@unicyclist.com> wrote:
> > now I must ask, what was the Nissan commercial about?
>
> The Xterra commercial was shot with a rider named “Dangerous” Dan Cowan,
> whom you have seen if you’ve watched any North Shore Extreme or Kranked
> videos. It was shot on the same trail as the one I filmed for
> Monster.com, but on other structures (The one I filmed on wasn’t
> completed until really recently- this is a picture of it
> <http://community.webshots.com/photo/18864949/18865251SLzaatYEnf>.
>
> -Kris.
>
> >
> > Jeff, who does not watch enough tv
> >
> > > Wow! a paying gig
> > >
> > > I loved the Nissan Xterra commercial with Dangerous Dan. I can’t
> wait
> > > to see the Monster.com commercial.
> > >
> > > john_childs
> > >
> > >
> > >>From: Kris Holm <danger_uni@yahoo.com>
> > >>
> > >>— jeff d tuttle <moosebreath1@juno.com> wrote:
> > >> > Kris, Do you know which networks will air this?
> > >> >
> > >> > Jeff
> > >> >
> > >>
> > >>I’m not sure but it was a big production (35mm filming and over 1/2
> > >>million dollars spent on the commercial), and they said it would
> air
> > >>in prime time on a number of different networks.
> > >>
> > >>-Kris.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> > On Wed, 7 Nov 2001 14:09:20 -0800 (PST) Kris Holm
> > >> > <danger_uni@yahoo.com> writes:
> > >> > > Speaking of monsters, there will be a Monster.com TV commercial
> > >> > > coming out soon that will feature some North Shore mountain
> > >> > > unicycling action. I believe this
> will
> > >> > > initially air only in the U.S. and Canada but might be played
> > >> > > elsewhere eventually.
> > >> > >
> > >> > > -Kris.
> > >
> > >
> > > _________________________________________________________________
> > > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at
> > > http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp
> > >
> > >
> >
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> — Jeff Lutkus <lutkus@unicyclist.com> wrote:
> > now I must ask, what was the Nissan commercial about?
> — Kris Holm <danger_uni@yahoo.com> wrote:
…It was shot on the same trail as the
> one I filmed for Monster.com, but on other structures (The one I filmed
> on wasn’t completed until really recently- this is a picture of it
> <http://community.webshots.com/photo/18864949/18865251SLzaatYEnf>.

— Olivier Paugam <opaugam@aptilon.com> wrote:
> My god, did you make the final drop Kris ?

No, I made it clear at the outset that I wasn’t going to do that!

It was an interesting day, though. This was the first time I’ve ever done
a truly big-budget shoot. We drove up the approach road (you typically
ride up a gated gravel road to get to this trail) in a long convoy of
trucks, a food stand, large generator truck, and a crew of about 35
assistants, camera operators, producers and directors. They carried large
searchlights down into the forest and set them up in various directions.
They also had large (4m diameter) helium balloons that they let up into
the forest canopy and shone lights at to brighten the forest (it was dark
and pouring rain most of the day), and a few smoke generators to make the
forest “misty”. For the cameras, they set up several short tracks (like
railroad tracks) so that the cameraman could slide along this and get a
moving camera angle.

Basically, I rode the ridiculator over and over all day long in the
pouring rain, dismounting just before the big drop at the end and walking
back up the structure. The pressure to perform was very high considering
all the money they spent to get this shot, but in some ways it reduced the
intimidation normally associated with riding a scary ladderbridge like the
ridiculator.

At the end of the day they brought in a stretch limosine and took some fun
shots where I climbed into the back of the limo while soaking wet and
covered in mud (the limo had white leather seats). They just had me goof
off a bit and play some air guitar with my unicycle.

-Kris.

>
> Oli-
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Kris Holm ["]mailto:danger_uni@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 12:11 PM To: lutkus@unicyclist.com;
> rsu@unicycling.org Subject: Re: unicycling in Monsters, inc.
>
>
> — Jeff Lutkus <lutkus@unicyclist.com> wrote:
> > now I must ask, what was the Nissan commercial about?
>
> The Xterra commercial was shot with a rider named “Dangerous” Dan Cowan,
> whom you have seen if you’ve watched any North Shore Extreme or Kranked
> videos. It was shot on the same trail as the one I filmed for
> Monster.com, but on other structures (The one I filmed on wasn’t
> completed until really recently- this is a picture of it
> <http://community.webshots.com/photo/18864949/18865251SLzaatYEnf>.
>
> -Kris.
>
> >
> > Jeff, who does not watch enough tv
> >
> > > Wow! a paying gig
> > >
> > > I loved the Nissan Xterra commercial with Dangerous Dan. I can’t
> wait
> > > to see the Monster.com commercial.
> > >
> > > john_childs
> > >
> > >
> > >>From: Kris Holm <danger_uni@yahoo.com>
> > >>
> > >>— jeff d tuttle <moosebreath1@juno.com> wrote:
> > >> > Kris, Do you know which networks will air this?
> > >> >
> > >> > Jeff
> > >> >
> > >>
> > >>I’m not sure but it was a big production (35mm filming and over 1/2
> > >>million dollars spent on the commercial), and they said it would
> air
> > >>in prime time on a number of different networks.
> > >>
> > >>-Kris.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> > On Wed, 7 Nov 2001 14:09:20 -0800 (PST) Kris Holm
> > >> > <danger_uni@yahoo.com> writes:
> > >> > > Speaking of monsters, there will be a Monster.com TV commercial
> > >> > > coming out soon that will feature some North Shore mountain
> > >> > > unicycling action. I believe this
> will
> > >> > > initially air only in the U.S. and Canada but might be played
> > >> > > elsewhere eventually.
> > >> > >
> > >> > > -Kris.
> > >
> > >
> > > _________________________________________________________________
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> — Jeff Lutkus <lutkus@unicyclist.com> wrote:
> > now I must ask, what was the Nissan commercial about?
> — Kris Holm <danger_uni@yahoo.com> wrote:
…It was shot on the same trail as the
> one I filmed for Monster.com, but on other structures (The one I filmed
> on wasn’t completed until really recently- this is a picture of it
> <http://community.webshots.com/photo/18864949/18865251SLzaatYEnf>.

— Olivier Paugam <opaugam@aptilon.com> wrote:
> My god, did you make the final drop Kris ?

No, I made it clear at the outset that I wasn’t going to do that!

It was an interesting day, though. This was the first time I’ve ever done
a truly big-budget shoot. We drove up the approach road (you typically
ride up a gated gravel road to get to this trail) in a long convoy of
trucks, a food stand, large generator truck, and a crew of about 35
assistants, camera operators, producers and directors. They carried large
searchlights down into the forest and set them up in various directions.
They also had large (4m diameter) helium balloons that they let up into
the forest canopy and shone lights at to brighten the forest (it was dark
and pouring rain most of the day), and a few smoke generators to make the
forest “misty”. For the cameras, they set up several short tracks (like
railroad tracks) so that the cameraman could slide along this and get a
moving camera angle.

Basically, I rode the ridiculator over and over all day long in the
pouring rain, dismounting just before the big drop at the end and walking
back up the structure. The pressure to perform was very high considering
all the money they spent to get this shot, but in some ways it reduced the
intimidation normally associated with riding a scary ladderbridge like the
ridiculator.

At the end of the day they brought in a stretch limosine and took some fun
shots where I climbed into the back of the limo while soaking wet and
covered in mud (the limo had white leather seats). They just had me goof
off a bit and play some air guitar with my unicycle.

-Kris.

>
> Oli-
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Kris Holm ["]mailto:danger_uni@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 12:11 PM To: lutkus@unicyclist.com;
> rsu@unicycling.org Subject: Re: unicycling in Monsters, inc.
>
>
> — Jeff Lutkus <lutkus@unicyclist.com> wrote:
> > now I must ask, what was the Nissan commercial about?
>
> The Xterra commercial was shot with a rider named “Dangerous” Dan Cowan,
> whom you have seen if you’ve watched any North Shore Extreme or Kranked
> videos. It was shot on the same trail as the one I filmed for
> Monster.com, but on other structures (The one I filmed on wasn’t
> completed until really recently- this is a picture of it
> <http://community.webshots.com/photo/18864949/18865251SLzaatYEnf>.
>
> -Kris.
>
> >
> > Jeff, who does not watch enough tv
> >
> > > Wow! a paying gig
> > >
> > > I loved the Nissan Xterra commercial with Dangerous Dan. I can’t
> wait
> > > to see the Monster.com commercial.
> > >
> > > john_childs
> > >
> > >
> > >>From: Kris Holm <danger_uni@yahoo.com>
> > >>
> > >>— jeff d tuttle <moosebreath1@juno.com> wrote:
> > >> > Kris, Do you know which networks will air this?
> > >> >
> > >> > Jeff
> > >> >
> > >>
> > >>I’m not sure but it was a big production (35mm filming and over 1/2
> > >>million dollars spent on the commercial), and they said it would
> air
> > >>in prime time on a number of different networks.
> > >>
> > >>-Kris.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> > On Wed, 7 Nov 2001 14:09:20 -0800 (PST) Kris Holm
> > >> > <danger_uni@yahoo.com> writes:
> > >> > > Speaking of monsters, there will be a Monster.com TV commercial
> > >> > > coming out soon that will feature some North Shore mountain
> > >> > > unicycling action. I believe this
> will
> > >> > > initially air only in the U.S. and Canada but might be played
> > >> > > elsewhere eventually.
> > >> > >
> > >> > > -Kris.
> > >
> > >
> > > _________________________________________________________________
> > > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at
> > > http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp
> > >
> > >
> >
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> — Jeff Lutkus <lutkus@unicyclist.com> wrote:
> > now I must ask, what was the Nissan commercial about?
> — Kris Holm <danger_uni@yahoo.com> wrote:
…It was shot on the same trail as the
> one I filmed for Monster.com, but on other structures (The one I filmed
> on wasn’t completed until really recently- this is a picture of it
> <http://community.webshots.com/photo/18864949/18865251SLzaatYEnf>.

— Olivier Paugam <opaugam@aptilon.com> wrote:
> My god, did you make the final drop Kris ?

No, I made it clear at the outset that I wasn’t going to do that!

It was an interesting day, though. This was the first time I’ve ever done
a truly big-budget shoot. We drove up the approach road (you typically
ride up a gated gravel road to get to this trail) in a long convoy of
trucks, a food stand, large generator truck, and a crew of about 35
assistants, camera operators, producers and directors. They carried large
searchlights down into the forest and set them up in various directions.
They also had large (4m diameter) helium balloons that they let up into
the forest canopy and shone lights at to brighten the forest (it was dark
and pouring rain most of the day), and a few smoke generators to make the
forest “misty”. For the cameras, they set up several short tracks (like
railroad tracks) so that the cameraman could slide along this and get a
moving camera angle.

Basically, I rode the ridiculator over and over all day long in the
pouring rain, dismounting just before the big drop at the end and walking
back up the structure. The pressure to perform was very high considering
all the money they spent to get this shot, but in some ways it reduced the
intimidation normally associated with riding a scary ladderbridge like the
ridiculator.

At the end of the day they brought in a stretch limosine and took some fun
shots where I climbed into the back of the limo while soaking wet and
covered in mud (the limo had white leather seats). They just had me goof
off a bit and play some air guitar with my unicycle.

-Kris.

>
> Oli-
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Kris Holm ["]mailto:danger_uni@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 12:11 PM To: lutkus@unicyclist.com;
> rsu@unicycling.org Subject: Re: unicycling in Monsters, inc.
>
>
> — Jeff Lutkus <lutkus@unicyclist.com> wrote:
> > now I must ask, what was the Nissan commercial about?
>
> The Xterra commercial was shot with a rider named “Dangerous” Dan Cowan,
> whom you have seen if you’ve watched any North Shore Extreme or Kranked
> videos. It was shot on the same trail as the one I filmed for
> Monster.com, but on other structures (The one I filmed on wasn’t
> completed until really recently- this is a picture of it
> <http://community.webshots.com/photo/18864949/18865251SLzaatYEnf>.
>
> -Kris.
>
> >
> > Jeff, who does not watch enough tv
> >
> > > Wow! a paying gig
> > >
> > > I loved the Nissan Xterra commercial with Dangerous Dan. I can’t
> wait
> > > to see the Monster.com commercial.
> > >
> > > john_childs
> > >
> > >
> > >>From: Kris Holm <danger_uni@yahoo.com>
> > >>
> > >>— jeff d tuttle <moosebreath1@juno.com> wrote:
> > >> > Kris, Do you know which networks will air this?
> > >> >
> > >> > Jeff
> > >> >
> > >>
> > >>I’m not sure but it was a big production (35mm filming and over 1/2
> > >>million dollars spent on the commercial), and they said it would
> air
> > >>in prime time on a number of different networks.
> > >>
> > >>-Kris.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> > On Wed, 7 Nov 2001 14:09:20 -0800 (PST) Kris Holm
> > >> > <danger_uni@yahoo.com> writes:
> > >> > > Speaking of monsters, there will be a Monster.com TV commercial
> > >> > > coming out soon that will feature some North Shore mountain
> > >> > > unicycling action. I believe this
> will
> > >> > > initially air only in the U.S. and Canada but might be played
> > >> > > elsewhere eventually.
> > >> > >
> > >> > > -Kris.
> > >
> > >
> > > _________________________________________________________________
> > > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at
> > > http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp
> > >
> > >
> >
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> — Jeff Lutkus <lutkus@unicyclist.com> wrote:
> > now I must ask, what was the Nissan commercial about?
> — Kris Holm <danger_uni@yahoo.com> wrote:
…It was shot on the same trail as the
> one I filmed for Monster.com, but on other structures (The one I filmed
> on wasn’t completed until really recently- this is a picture of it
> <http://community.webshots.com/photo/18864949/18865251SLzaatYEnf>.

— Olivier Paugam <opaugam@aptilon.com> wrote:
> My god, did you make the final drop Kris ?

No, I made it clear at the outset that I wasn’t going to do that!

It was an interesting day, though. This was the first time I’ve ever done
a truly big-budget shoot. We drove up the approach road (you typically
ride up a gated gravel road to get to this trail) in a long convoy of
trucks, a food stand, large generator truck, and a crew of about 35
assistants, camera operators, producers and directors. They carried large
searchlights down into the forest and set them up in various directions.
They also had large (4m diameter) helium balloons that they let up into
the forest canopy and shone lights at to brighten the forest (it was dark
and pouring rain most of the day), and a few smoke generators to make the
forest “misty”. For the cameras, they set up several short tracks (like
railroad tracks) so that the cameraman could slide along this and get a
moving camera angle.

Basically, I rode the ridiculator over and over all day long in the
pouring rain, dismounting just before the big drop at the end and walking
back up the structure. The pressure to perform was very high considering
all the money they spent to get this shot, but in some ways it reduced the
intimidation normally associated with riding a scary ladderbridge like the
ridiculator.

At the end of the day they brought in a stretch limosine and took some fun
shots where I climbed into the back of the limo while soaking wet and
covered in mud (the limo had white leather seats). They just had me goof
off a bit and play some air guitar with my unicycle.

-Kris.

>
> Oli-
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Kris Holm ["]mailto:danger_uni@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 12:11 PM To: lutkus@unicyclist.com;
> rsu@unicycling.org Subject: Re: unicycling in Monsters, inc.
>
>
> — Jeff Lutkus <lutkus@unicyclist.com> wrote:
> > now I must ask, what was the Nissan commercial about?
>
> The Xterra commercial was shot with a rider named “Dangerous” Dan Cowan,
> whom you have seen if you’ve watched any North Shore Extreme or Kranked
> videos. It was shot on the same trail as the one I filmed for
> Monster.com, but on other structures (The one I filmed on wasn’t
> completed until really recently- this is a picture of it
> <http://community.webshots.com/photo/18864949/18865251SLzaatYEnf>.
>
> -Kris.
>
> >
> > Jeff, who does not watch enough tv
> >
> > > Wow! a paying gig
> > >
> > > I loved the Nissan Xterra commercial with Dangerous Dan. I can’t
> wait
> > > to see the Monster.com commercial.
> > >
> > > john_childs
> > >
> > >
> > >>From: Kris Holm <danger_uni@yahoo.com>
> > >>
> > >>— jeff d tuttle <moosebreath1@juno.com> wrote:
> > >> > Kris, Do you know which networks will air this?
> > >> >
> > >> > Jeff
> > >> >
> > >>
> > >>I’m not sure but it was a big production (35mm filming and over 1/2
> > >>million dollars spent on the commercial), and they said it would
> air
> > >>in prime time on a number of different networks.
> > >>
> > >>-Kris.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> > On Wed, 7 Nov 2001 14:09:20 -0800 (PST) Kris Holm
> > >> > <danger_uni@yahoo.com> writes:
> > >> > > Speaking of monsters, there will be a Monster.com TV commercial
> > >> > > coming out soon that will feature some North Shore mountain
> > >> > > unicycling action. I believe this
> will
> > >> > > initially air only in the U.S. and Canada but might be played
> > >> > > elsewhere eventually.
> > >> > >
> > >> > > -Kris.
> > >
> > >
> > > _________________________________________________________________
> > > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at
> > > http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp
> > >
> > >
> >
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> — Jeff Lutkus <lutkus@unicyclist.com> wrote:
> > now I must ask, what was the Nissan commercial about?
> — Kris Holm <danger_uni@yahoo.com> wrote:
…It was shot on the same trail as the
> one I filmed for Monster.com, but on other structures (The one I filmed
> on wasn’t completed until really recently- this is a picture of it
> <http://community.webshots.com/photo/18864949/18865251SLzaatYEnf>.

— Olivier Paugam <opaugam@aptilon.com> wrote:
> My god, did you make the final drop Kris ?

No, I made it clear at the outset that I wasn’t going to do that!

It was an interesting day, though. This was the first time I’ve ever done
a truly big-budget shoot. We drove up the approach road (you typically
ride up a gated gravel road to get to this trail) in a long convoy of
trucks, a food stand, large generator truck, and a crew of about 35
assistants, camera operators, producers and directors. They carried large
searchlights down into the forest and set them up in various directions.
They also had large (4m diameter) helium balloons that they let up into
the forest canopy and shone lights at to brighten the forest (it was dark
and pouring rain most of the day), and a few smoke generators to make the
forest “misty”. For the cameras, they set up several short tracks (like
railroad tracks) so that the cameraman could slide along this and get a
moving camera angle.

Basically, I rode the ridiculator over and over all day long in the
pouring rain, dismounting just before the big drop at the end and walking
back up the structure. The pressure to perform was very high considering
all the money they spent to get this shot, but in some ways it reduced the
intimidation normally associated with riding a scary ladderbridge like the
ridiculator.

At the end of the day they brought in a stretch limosine and took some fun
shots where I climbed into the back of the limo while soaking wet and
covered in mud (the limo had white leather seats). They just had me goof
off a bit and play some air guitar with my unicycle.

-Kris.

>
> Oli-
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Kris Holm ["]mailto:danger_uni@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 12:11 PM To: lutkus@unicyclist.com;
> rsu@unicycling.org Subject: Re: unicycling in Monsters, inc.
>
>
> — Jeff Lutkus <lutkus@unicyclist.com> wrote:
> > now I must ask, what was the Nissan commercial about?
>
> The Xterra commercial was shot with a rider named “Dangerous” Dan Cowan,
> whom you have seen if you’ve watched any North Shore Extreme or Kranked
> videos. It was shot on the same trail as the one I filmed for
> Monster.com, but on other structures (The one I filmed on wasn’t
> completed until really recently- this is a picture of it
> <http://community.webshots.com/photo/18864949/18865251SLzaatYEnf>.
>
> -Kris.
>
> >
> > Jeff, who does not watch enough tv
> >
> > > Wow! a paying gig
> > >
> > > I loved the Nissan Xterra commercial with Dangerous Dan. I can’t
> wait
> > > to see the Monster.com commercial.
> > >
> > > john_childs
> > >
> > >
> > >>From: Kris Holm <danger_uni@yahoo.com>
> > >>
> > >>— jeff d tuttle <moosebreath1@juno.com> wrote:
> > >> > Kris, Do you know which networks will air this?
> > >> >
> > >> > Jeff
> > >> >
> > >>
> > >>I’m not sure but it was a big production (35mm filming and over 1/2
> > >>million dollars spent on the commercial), and they said it would
> air
> > >>in prime time on a number of different networks.
> > >>
> > >>-Kris.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> > On Wed, 7 Nov 2001 14:09:20 -0800 (PST) Kris Holm
> > >> > <danger_uni@yahoo.com> writes:
> > >> > > Speaking of monsters, there will be a Monster.com TV commercial
> > >> > > coming out soon that will feature some North Shore mountain
> > >> > > unicycling action. I believe this
> will
> > >> > > initially air only in the U.S. and Canada but might be played
> > >> > > elsewhere eventually.
> > >> > >
> > >> > > -Kris.
> > >
> > >
> > > _________________________________________________________________
> > > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at
> > > http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp
> > >
> > >
> >
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> — Jeff Lutkus <lutkus@unicyclist.com> wrote:
> > now I must ask, what was the Nissan commercial about?
> — Kris Holm <danger_uni@yahoo.com> wrote:
…It was shot on the same trail as the
> one I filmed for Monster.com, but on other structures (The one I filmed
> on wasn’t completed until really recently- this is a picture of it
> <http://community.webshots.com/photo/18864949/18865251SLzaatYEnf>.

— Olivier Paugam <opaugam@aptilon.com> wrote:
> My god, did you make the final drop Kris ?

No, I made it clear at the outset that I wasn’t going to do that!

It was an interesting day, though. This was the first time I’ve ever done
a truly big-budget shoot. We drove up the approach road (you typically
ride up a gated gravel road to get to this trail) in a long convoy of
trucks, a food stand, large generator truck, and a crew of about 35
assistants, camera operators, producers and directors. They carried large
searchlights down into the forest and set them up in various directions.
They also had large (4m diameter) helium balloons that they let up into
the forest canopy and shone lights at to brighten the forest (it was dark
and pouring rain most of the day), and a few smoke generators to make the
forest “misty”. For the cameras, they set up several short tracks (like
railroad tracks) so that the cameraman could slide along this and get a
moving camera angle.

Basically, I rode the ridiculator over and over all day long in the
pouring rain, dismounting just before the big drop at the end and walking
back up the structure. The pressure to perform was very high considering
all the money they spent to get this shot, but in some ways it reduced the
intimidation normally associated with riding a scary ladderbridge like the
ridiculator.

At the end of the day they brought in a stretch limosine and took some fun
shots where I climbed into the back of the limo while soaking wet and
covered in mud (the limo had white leather seats). They just had me goof
off a bit and play some air guitar with my unicycle.

-Kris.

>
> Oli-
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Kris Holm ["]mailto:danger_uni@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 12:11 PM To: lutkus@unicyclist.com;
> rsu@unicycling.org Subject: Re: unicycling in Monsters, inc.
>
>
> — Jeff Lutkus <lutkus@unicyclist.com> wrote:
> > now I must ask, what was the Nissan commercial about?
>
> The Xterra commercial was shot with a rider named “Dangerous” Dan Cowan,
> whom you have seen if you’ve watched any North Shore Extreme or Kranked
> videos. It was shot on the same trail as the one I filmed for
> Monster.com, but on other structures (The one I filmed on wasn’t
> completed until really recently- this is a picture of it
> <http://community.webshots.com/photo/18864949/18865251SLzaatYEnf>.
>
> -Kris.
>
> >
> > Jeff, who does not watch enough tv
> >
> > > Wow! a paying gig
> > >
> > > I loved the Nissan Xterra commercial with Dangerous Dan. I can’t
> wait
> > > to see the Monster.com commercial.
> > >
> > > john_childs
> > >
> > >
> > >>From: Kris Holm <danger_uni@yahoo.com>
> > >>
> > >>— jeff d tuttle <moosebreath1@juno.com> wrote:
> > >> > Kris, Do you know which networks will air this?
> > >> >
> > >> > Jeff
> > >> >
> > >>
> > >>I’m not sure but it was a big production (35mm filming and over 1/2
> > >>million dollars spent on the commercial), and they said it would
> air
> > >>in prime time on a number of different networks.
> > >>
> > >>-Kris.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> > On Wed, 7 Nov 2001 14:09:20 -0800 (PST) Kris Holm
> > >> > <danger_uni@yahoo.com> writes:
> > >> > > Speaking of monsters, there will be a Monster.com TV commercial
> > >> > > coming out soon that will feature some North Shore mountain
> > >> > > unicycling action. I believe this
> will
> > >> > > initially air only in the U.S. and Canada but might be played
> > >> > > elsewhere eventually.
> > >> > >
> > >> > > -Kris.
> > >
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