9191 World tour

Check the dates and go watch volcom's new gigi movie 

Working

So i have been busy the last weeks painting and plastering lots
5 days a week 11 hours a day and i have started training hard for the season and general fitness
Running ,biking and climbing like a mad man but its been great apart from the lack of sleep
Weekends have been full of random things as well as exercise so when ever i get a chance to sleep i do ha ha ha ....... check the picks from work and yes me sleeping at the lake after a quick dip.
Also busted up to munich to check my video part out and film an intro.
Cant wait to see the whole film those dudes are sending it full time editing to make an epic movie , so remember sept 17th munich for the isenseven premiere don't miss it .........! This sucks though because i will !!!
I have to go to Chile for a trip with relentless which dont get me wrong is epic and i am looking forward to it but fully gutted that i miss the premiere in munich.
Any ways here are a few pics from work and i will get the dates for the premiere tour up here when i know them.
have a good weekend PEACE
oh and photo's by Tom Klocker 

on this day 99 years ago

Been busy working 13-14 hour days and climbing or running after work so not had time to do much so thought i would drop this into the blog.

random but i like these kinda things 

First around-the-world telegram sent, 66 years before Voyager II launch

On this day in 1911, a dispatcher in the New York Times office sends the first telegram around the world via commercial service. Exactly 66 years later, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) sends a different kind of message--a phonograph record containing information about Earth for extraterrestrial beings--shooting into space aboard the unmanned spacecraft Voyager II.

The Times decided to send its 1911 telegram in order to determine how fast a commercial message could be sent around the world by telegraph cable. The message, reading simply "This message sent around the world," left the dispatch room on the 17th floor of the Times building in New York at 7 p.m. on August 20. After it traveled more than 28,000 miles, being relayed by 16 different operators, through San Francisco, the Philippines, Hong Kong, Saigon, Singapore, Bombay, Malta, Lisbon and the Azores--among other locations--the reply was received by the same operator 16.5 minutes later. It was the fastest time achieved by a commercial cablegram since the opening of the Pacific cable in 1900 by the Commercial Cable Company.

On August 20, 1977, a NASA rocket launched Voyager II, an unmanned 1,820-pound spacecraft, from Cape Canaveral, Florida. It was the first of two such crafts to be launched that year on a "Grand Tour" of the outer planets, organized to coincide with a rare alignment of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Aboard Voyager II was a 12-inch copper phonograph record called "Sounds of Earth." Intended as a kind of introductory time capsule, the record included greetings in 60 languages and scientific information about Earth and the human race, along with classical, jazz and rock 'n' roll music, nature sounds like thunder and surf, and recorded messages from President Jimmy Carter and other world leaders.

The brainchild of astronomer Carl Sagan, the record was sent with Voyager II and its twin craft, Voyager I--launched just two weeks later--in the faint hope that it might one day be discovered by extraterrestrial creatures. The record was sealed in an aluminum jacket that would keep it intact for 1 billion years, along with instructions on how to play the record, with a cartridge and needle provided.

More importantly, the two Voyager crafts were designed to explore the outer solar system and send information and photographs of the distant planets to Earth. Over the next 12 years, the mission proved a smashing success. After both crafts flew by Jupiter and Saturn, Voyager I went flying off towards the solar system's edge while Voyager II visited Uranus, Neptune and finally Pluto in 1990 before sailing off to join its twin in the outer solar system.

Thanks to the Voyager program, NASA scientists gained a wealth of information about the outer planets, including close-up photographs of Saturn's seven rings; evidence of active geysers and volcanoes exploding on some of the four planets' 22 moons; winds of more than 1,500 mph on Neptune; and measurements of the magnetic fields on Uranus and Neptune. The two crafts are expected to continue sending data until 2020, or until their plutonium-based power sources run out. After that, they will continue to sail on through the galaxy for millions of years to come, barring some unexpected collision.

follow me down

 Check this out relentless have a new movie you got to check out.I got mad resect for what these guys do its really taking it to the point where if things go wrong then things go wrong and your on your own..... there will a premiere on the 7th sept visit back here for details soon .................

There are pics at the bottom and i know its a long blog but it explains everything about the project so come on read it what else you got to do ??? check facebook boooooooooooooo. ha ha ha 

sorry i didn't blog so much last week i have been working my ass off to save and get fit for next season , got a feeling its going to be a belter.

peace Greener

Lives of the Artists: Follow Me Down is the latest cinematic adventure and highly anticipated edition of the groundbreaking film series by Relentless Energy Drink.

This feature-length documentary captures the no half measures approach of a legendary group of artists and their focused, determined and no compromise attitude which the Relentless Energy brand embodies.

Lives of the Artists: Follow Me Down delves deep into the psyche of James Lavelle of UNKLE fame, plus legendary backcountry snowboarders Jeremy Jones and Xavier De La Rue (star of the first Lives of the Artists film), as they explore virgin territory and pioneer new routes within their respective inspired disciplines.

From the evolution of UNKLE as a sonic collective - both in the studio and on tour in stadiums across the globe - to the world’s most progressive freeriders completing first descents in the last uninhabited continent of Antarctica: both journeys, while at first seeming sharply contrasting, mirror each other in demanding the complete focus, courage, determination and drive that has defined the trio as unrivalled authorities within their spheres of snow and sound.

The film explores a theme that all those driven by immeasurable passion will recognise: there are no easy rides in life. Via breathtaking action from the frozen desert of Antarctica, to stunning live footage of Lavelle, who soundtracks the film, and in-depth, insightful interviews, the film documents the creative minds behind these high profile personalities. United by their vision, ambition, struggle, sacrifice, obsession and triumph - irrespective of domain, whether mountain or amphitheatre - these artists share an uncompromising attitude: to push their art to its highest potential.

We embark on a three week expedition to Antarctica with our two riders, as they spurn the clichéd ‘heli-drop and ride’ big mountain approach for raw adventures. Instead, they search for more visceral rewards, as Jeremy and Xavier scale and ride near-vertical faces, with the permanent risk of avalanches, entire faces slipping away underneath them or drowning in the iceberg and seal littered seas below at the forefront of their minds – and while almost three days away from the nearest hospital. Captured via jaw dropping helmet camera footage, Lives of the Artists: Follow Me Down allows you to experience this tension and life-threatening thrills first hand, as if you were climbing and navigating these cliff-faces yourself.

After months of planning and anticipation, Jones and de La Rue begin their adventure in November 2009, setting off from Ushuaia, Argentina’s most southerly point, to undertake a six day crossing via Drakes Passage - renowned as the roughest seas on the planet. Yet, this alien, hostile environment, full of unknown dangers and far from civilisation, belies a personal mission for the pair: a blank canvas for them to write history with the most pioneering expedition ever seen in snowboarding.

“When you’re dropped by a helicopter on a peak, you’re exposed to danger for a couple of minutes; when you’re hiking you’re exposed for hours,” explains Jones. “After hiking you’re already on a 4 hour buzz, then you add on top of that the endorphins from dropping in and adrenaline from riding – it’s a cocktail of chemicals: the best drug in the world.”

It may be a natural high, but it comes with immeasurable risk: the unpredictability of these most harsh mountains meant that several incidents during filming almost had fatal consequences:

“There were a few moments where I questioned whether we should turn back - sometimes you should listen to fate,” remembers de La Rue. “We’re in a very hostile environment and I want to feel welcome. I don’t want to feel like I’m coming here with my big feet and disrespecting the place. We’ve seen both sides of Antarctica – the beautiful and the nasty.”

The Relentless Energy film crew didn’t compromise either: shooting in film rather than digital, they carried thirty kilos of equipment on their backs enduring mechanical difficulties including frozen lenses and cameras, to achieve an end result which is cinematically breathtaking.

Interwoven with this, join James Lavelle and UNKLE as they tour Tokyo, Moscow, St. Petersburg and London, immersing the viewer in the sounds and beliefs of a pioneering musical outfit that has strived to pushed artistic expression exponentially, while retaining total integrity for close to 20 years. Lives of the Artists: Follow Me Down is the most in-depth film produced on James to date and provides an exclusive insight into previously uncharted areas to set the record straight once and for all.

Through a number of close up, highly personal interviews, set against the backdrop of UNKLE’s live tour, Lives of the Artists: Follow Me Down provides a window into James’ career as musical and cultural pioneer who’s had success on a rollercoaster, hitting immense lows, then reinventing and picking himself up again. Despite being surrounded by chaos, disloyalty and controversy, he has discovered his own unique voice and taking charge of a company, label and band. This is his personal voyage via collaborations and creative visions made reality, through personal obsession, sacrifice and ultimately a tumultuous, long term relationship with his first love: music.

“This is a tough environment,” explains Lavelle. “You’re constantly pushing yourself and your own boundaries. Testing your own motivation and drive; going on a journey through your own mind; and what comes out is a piece of art.”

UNKLE will be creating a soundtrack for Lives of the Artists: Follow Me Down, influenced by the cinematic backdrop of the film. An exclusive teaser track will be available for members of The Order - Relentless’ online community, to download for free at www.relentlessenergy.com  from 16 August 2010. The remainder tracks will be available at launch of the full film.

The full film will be out early September 2010 in the meantime you can now view the film trailer and find out more at: http://www.relentlessenergy.com/

Now thats a great dinner !!!!!!

Been busy the last week with some trips to munich and 2 birthday party's also managed to run a bunch and climb in between rain storms here....... seemed to rain a lot this summer but as soon as the sun is out for 1 day you forget it even rained.
I am thinking about doing this run we just kinda talked about it and i am really considering it.
Basically i would run from mayrhofen to innsbruck in one day it would be about 80km depending on the route i take and its same as 2 marathons .
My ankle is better now since i bust it up in april /may but i don't know if its too soon to do this mega marathon or not ?? the training would take about 2 months and i would be ready in about mid october.
The weather is perfect then not to hot or cold and yeah i will be raising money for charity if i go ahead with this.
I don't want to bite off more than i can chew but i think i can do it .........
You see i don't want to damage my self before the season and i was reading up on the impact this has on your body and although i will get very fit from it i can also give my knees a good pounding so i will really have to think this through but i let you know if it goes ahead.
Any ways here's what i cooked up the other day after a long day of climbing and let me tell you if i do this run i will be eating a few plates of these ha ha ha

Jump shots

Found these two pic's from a few years back when i went with some great friends on a trip to paris for a few days.
We all had beret's on and looked quite the part for to sight's we visited but charlie just kill it in his jump shot.
I have not been to paris since this visit and i would like to visit again so if your reading this and want to go to paris i am keen or if your reading this and live in paris i would love to come visit ha ha ha
But seriously it's beautiful and i would love to go back again.