So to bring you up to speed I’ve been working with a group of streetbike stunting riders named Authority Stunts. I made a post on a local riding forum looking for talent and they certainly delivered! The latest post is from a charity drive they did at the St. Paul Indian Cycles shop.

If you know of a free area or know someone that has a spot that’s flat and paved feel free to give me a holler either here or on facebook and we can get something going.

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I have no idea on the title but it’s featuring Authority Stunts based out of the Minnesota area. Plus outside riders that love to stunt as well. Here’s just something I whipped together of the first shoot. Location: I’m not allowed to disclose. It’s sad there’s no place for these guys to practice other than abandoned lots =/

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The Stillwater Bridge

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Without further delay, here’s my first post. A little about me…

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This is of the Somerset Spartan Football Team; my alma mater of High School and Jr. High. Once we switched gears and began our BFS program coupled with an integration of teaching about goals, values, conduct, and how to achieve a higher level of living, this school has been turning heads from various parts of the country every year: College recruiters of all kinds, the Army, the community of Somerset, news papers, television stations, the list goes on.

Every student is required to fulfill over 15 hours of community service in order for them to graduate. That I know of, no one else around this entire area is doing that.

Hopefully this post comes in on time but I’ve been swamped with helping build the updated version of the Kuryakyn website, plus, trying to get everything all organized so I can start working on the Football DVD. But even with all of that going on I’ve still been able to put together a video. It’s pretty simple, but as a short overview: this is a short vid of the shoot in New Mexico with some of the shots that I liked the most. This was all shot and edited by me, which I’m very proud of being able to do. It gives me all the control I want so that I can get exactly what I imagined. Some of these shots won’t be used in any Kuryakyn videos since they’re either a bit too “artsy” or don’t relate to anything being featured. That’s just how things work in video, though.

As a heads up: I have a “vlog” style video after this one to show. It’s one of my first ones so be gentle on me.

Additionally: I recently bought a 2004 Suzuki SV650 (no “S”), so I’ll be sure to put in some videos while riding on my new bike. But of course it’s snowing like mad, still, so I might just be posting up some sort of lame-ass video that includes snow… and maybe an older gentleman that fakes a fall into snow.

Anyways, stay tuned for more videos and “vlog” posts!

-Alex-

Within that time our photographer was able to get 9,000 incredible photos (HDR technique included… but “ya know”). From metric bikes to Gold Wings to Harley Davidsons, we have some of the most incredible shots you’ll ever see.

Where’s my part in all of this? I was tasked to do the filming for behind the scenes and show what everything looks like behind the lens and still keep Kuryakyn product as the main focus. Personally I think I did a successful job of it. We had both Anna and Michelle as our models to help give our product a bit more style and class plus add a little more excitement to the photos. One thing is for sure: I have much more respect for what they do. None of the poses they got into looked natural, but they look incredible on film! So they obviously know what they’re doing.

This video in particular…

… was for a good sized meeting to help really show what Kuryakyn is and give a nice little teaser into what we can expect in later videos. This year is going to have some of the most incredible videos in the motorcycle industry!

The Shoot:

Wow was it ever cold! I mean yes it was November but no one expected it to be that cold even for a state so far down south (west)! Turns out neither did any of the… New Mexicans… Mexicanite-ers?… ? For just that length of time it was one of the colder weeks they’ve had in a long time. It was about 40 degrees each day, but that was mid-day. In order to get awesome light great shots, most of ones shooting is done in the morning and afternoon while the sun is setting and rising.

All I have to say about that… it was SO worth it! Jim Gallop is a genius and we are in his debt for sure.

Credit where credit is due:

Jim Gallop, Nick and Nick, Don K, Damaris K, Michelle Smith, Anna R, Undria, Marc, Desimone on the Rocket, WILL J (big up to him for sure!), Ron, Rob & Amelia,  Owen, Todd, all the dealers who helped us out with bikes and thank you to everyone else (it’s a long list for sure!)! These new videos are going to rock!