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Shinya Kimura

Saturday, August 14th, 2010

One day I hope to furthering my love of the open road form my ratty push bike into something with the love and craft of one Shinya Kimura’s steeds. One thing I always fine myself missing most form home and uni is a real workshop. I spent a lot of time as a kid on the farm buried in the workshop tinkering, and many in bike shops workshops over the years as well. Shinya sst up the legendary Zero Engineering in Japan then moved to the states to start Chabott Engineering creating some amazing masterpieces, one of my favourites being Hoon.

Above is a perfectly shot min doc. Filmed and director Henrik Hansen, it dose an amazing job of capturing the atmosphere of his workshop and the phenomenal focus of a man’s life passion.

Relentless: Lives of the Artists

Thursday, December 31st, 2009

MPORA have put the full film Lives of the Artists by Relentless up and It’s one of the most captivating documentary/films I’v seen in a long time. Over an hour the film follows snowboarding double Freeride World Champion Xavier De Le Rue, UK surf trio Tom Lowe, Fergal Smith and Mickey Smith and London hardcore outfit Gallows. The documentary is as much about the environments as it is the subjects and it shot in the most exquisite manner while set to a very nice score. All of the storeys move together but convey tales of extraordinary passion, dedicated friendship and self destruction in the pursuit of an artists life.
More at Relentless: Xavier De Le Rue,Tom Lowe, Fergal Smith, Mickey Smith and Gallows