Got to go watch Moto-X Enduro for the X Games at the Staples Center. It was a fun race. Followed it up with some relaxing in the Red Bull booth. Hookups are the best
Author Archives: Keith M Holland
Anaheim Drift Competition
Went to the Anaheim drift competition this weekend at the Angel’s Stadium. I was there shooting video for Kevin Madson of Madson motorsports an teal AllStars. Wayne Brady was there and he was supposed to have a spin in Kevin’s modified Mustang but it ended up not working out. I’ll get video up as soon as it’s ready but here are some pics.
Joshua Tree
I am not usually a fan of the desert but Joshua Tree durring the early part of the year was pretty cool. It wasn’t hot (that is usually my complaint with the desert), it was actually downright cold, but it still had the serenity that you would expect from a desolate location. I got to do some hiking and bouldering while I was there which is always fun. I don’t have all the pics finished but here is some of them
Mammoth Snowboarding
I have never had the opportunity until this past weekend to go snowboarding outside of Southern California. To me that meant no challenge of a truly enormous ski area. As you can see below I had been to mammoth before but the chance to explore the mountain was so much more than I could have hoped for. There is so much to see and do on a hill this size that I didn’t even know where to start when I got there. Luckily I had some guides to help me along the way. I traversed most of the mountain throughout my day but I had to skip most of the runs in-between in order to get to see most of what this mountain will have to offer me in the future. Anyone in southern california who hasn’t had the chance to go up to a big mountain to ski yet really needs to make a point out of it. The experience is something I know I will remember for years to come.
The Fall of Mammoth
The Sierra Nevadas is one of California’s most beautiful area’s in my opinion. Being from Southern California I don’t often get to see green landscape, tall trees and snow. I got to go up there this past weekend and experience one of my favorite seasons in a beautiful place; Mammoth Lakes. I have been to the lakes that make up this beautiful environment, the hot springs that come from the volcanic nature of this region, and some national monuments such as devils post pile a geological phenomenon that only exists in Mammoth and New Zealand. I think that Mammoth and I are going to get to know each other better over the next few years as there is still much to explore but for now you can take a look at some of the photos I took while up there and take it in for yourself
BC pt 2
I have decided that if and when the US economy completely fails, I will be moving to Vancouver. That place is freaking awesome. I spent a few days there after camp and it is probably one of my favorite big city’s ever. The mountains, the buildings, the people, they are all cool. The crime rate (the scary crimes at least like murder) are super low (although car theft is super high, good trade off I guess) and that means you never feel unsafe walking around. Plus the lack of gangs and violent crimes in general in Canada really put your mind at ease (if you are a criminal please don’t move to Canada). Anyway, time for some photos.
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- This is where I spent most of my time in BC. I think I could have done worse eh
British Colombia
So I haven’t posted in a while but I thought it was about time. I have been up in BC for a little while now working at a camp near princeton called Rockridge Canyon. It is a YoungLife Camp near princeton and I have been mixing the music at night. It has been super fun. The best part I think is how there is always a random thunderstorm. Being from southern California I don’t really get to see it rain ever but it has rained almost everyday since getting into Vancouver a few weeks ago. I have been getting photos and as soon as I get home I will be able to post them.
Last night we drove over to a town called Pentikton. It is in the Okanaga valley and it has the worst theater I have ever been in. It was super entertaining actually. They theater had a floor that went down and then back up toward the screen, the screen itself wasn’t centered in the room, and it didn’t even have surround sound. That’s right, I watched The Dark Night Rises in stereo and I am pretty sure the speakers were blown but it’s hard to tell with how crappy the theater was. It could just be a bad job of going back to stereo. On the way back we got caught in a thunderstorm driving on this school bus hoping to not get struck because I was most definitely touching the metal on the bus directly. One thing I do appreciate is that when it rains up here nobody freaks out. It’s kinda nice.
It’s been a while
I haven’t posted anything in a while and that’s the problem. Work right now is basically dead. I assume that it is because it’s the beginning of the year and people are getting budgets into order and seeing what they can do this upcoming year. I have been managing to stay afloat by taking sideline small gigs. It isn’t a fun way to work but it is necessary sometimes.
Some good news is that a video I have been working on was approved so as soon as it goes up on their site you will get to see it. I have also been approved to finish the Explore Project video. The goal is to have it finished in two weeks. I have also started doing some live sound mixing again which is always fun for me. And finally some potential good news (although it isn’t yet). If the details work out my company (ThunderFish), and Five Sharp will be working together. This is potential for us to get video work and them to get the web work that fuze group did but stopped doing when we decided to focus on video and photo. I know that this news may be preemptive but it is still the possibility that brings me hope (and me being able to back link to another site ;-D).
Angel Aviation – The 501-(c)3
So I have been doing work for free for this awesome charity called Angel Aviation. They are a part of an umbrella charity called Angel Flight and basically their mission is to fly people for free who are very sick, mostly with cancer, from rural area’s to urban areas for treatment. This is because commercial flight is dangerous to a person with a compromised immune system. Driving is also a major difficulty for a person who has just gone through chemo so this is a very important service that they provide.
Anyways, I thought I would mention it here because I really do feel the work they are doing is very important.
Klamath Explore Project
The Klamath Explore Project is the second in a series of adventure videos where the guys from Tahoe SUP take to the water to explore places not normally seen by people. Thunderfish, my company, filmed this project and the second episode was a little bit delayed in the start of post production because of a lack of post-filming interview footage that we just couldn’t get because of the schedules of the athletes in the film. Luckily, near the end of January, Ben North and Enoch Kim were able to get up to Tahoe and finish this thing out so I could get started on the main edit and finish the trailer. The trailer is to be released soon and as soon as it does it will end up here.
This project was definitely more interesting than the previous episode filmed around Catalina. First off, we had a better grasp on exactly what we wanted to achieve with this documentary and because of that we where able to focus on getting what was needed. We teamed up with the Klamath River Keepers in order to properly see the entirety of the river from as far up as Orleans, CA down to the mouth of the river that dumps into the Pacific. The secondary purpose of this documentary was to show how damns are so detrimental to a river, not only because it degrades water quality but also because it keeps the salmon that have swam up stream for centuries to spawn from being able to do their thing.
The rough cut is finished and I look forward to presenting the trailer and the full length in the near futre.
Keith M Holland 
