My filmmaker friend Alex Lavigne filmed and edited together a short from one of my Trials of Life school presentations. He had some out takes from Crux that didn’t make the final film, they’re spliced in throughout the short. Have a look if you like:

Just a quick and simple video promoting my bike of choice for 2009, the Fluid LT. Fun

Another animated environmental edit. A bit harsh at times, thought it deserved a post though for shock value. Whew! After watching it (it’s only a minute long), check out some of the other related videos on the player screen.

Yesterday I bumped in to my old friend Hugh Patterson, who has been sailing around the world for the last two years with two of his friends. They all wanted it to be more than just a circumnavigation of the world, and sure enough, their purpose materialized after some months of the voyage.

Turns out that every beach they visited, anywhere in the world, no matter how deserted, was littered with garbage at the high tide line. When they inspect the sand, it is scattered with small pieces of plastic that have been crushed and torn among the reefs and rocks from the waves.

It’s worth just thinking about this for a while. Everytime you mindlessly use a plastic water bottle, know that it could end up somewhere you don’t intend, even if you recycle it. It takes 700 years just for a plastic waterbottle to start decomposing.

At the very very least, start using a re-usable water bottle, take it with you wherever you go. Same goes for re-usable coffee mugs. If you’re doing that, re-consider some other plastic usage habits you may be able to eliminate.

Anyway, check out these videos from my sailing friend, who is part of the OceanGybe crew. Godspeed on the second half of the journey.

I caught up with the film crew from 4-Seasons.tv while at the EuroBike show. They interviewed me about “Crux” and the latest news about my career. It’s about a 10 minutes long interview, and we were generous with the footage from Crux, just in case you’d like a little more of a tease. Of course you can buy the DVD right here if you’re intrigued

Click here to watch…

Ride ON!