http://www.vimeo.com/4217600It finally arrived – Break the Cycle’s final shoot, and we definitely finished off the shooting in style.  Andy and I met up with all the Break The Cycle riders (minus two) this morning bright and early at Moneyscalp forest, Co. Down.   It was an amazing day, one of the best we have had for a while with sunny blue skies.  We were really lucky to have zip line extraordinaire Shane McCauley to come and set up a zip line for us!  It took a little longer to set up than he had hoped, Moneyscalp forest is pretty dense and it was hard finding a spot where Andy would stay clear of nearby trees, but he managed and it turned out really good, the fastest and longest one Andy had experienced yet!

After the riders had a quick warm up , we started filming as Shane got to work with the zip line.  Was a strange but cool day having Irelands top riders all together but not competing against each other, I think everyone enjoyed the experience of riding together and checking out each others lines and riding styles!  Was very chilled out and funny when the riders started trying to overtake each other, there were a few funny falls!  After the zip we had a few interviews to finish off then called it a day.  A few of the riders took the opportunity to spend another few hours out on their bikes together while they were all in the same part of the country and had the chance.

So with shooting finished Andy is now getting stuck into the editing.  We have had requests from people in Canada, America and UK for screening evenings, and are currently checking out some film festivals also.  Subscribe to the site to be the first to hear of screening event details and World Wide dvd release dates.  I am currently trying to organise a launch party in Belfast which should be pretty big with some of the bands involved playing.  Details will be posted here when I have them, don’t miss out!

http://www.vimeo.com/2044547Andy and I spent the afternoon today with current Irish Downhill Champion Colin Ross at his parents house. We have already got most of the action shots for Colin so we were there mostly to capture some of his lifestyle.  We headed out to a (more…)

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This was the second day of shooting Rosco at Cave Hill, Belfast. It was very wet this time but the light was better in the forest than usual so I got some good shots. I can’t give too many away so these are some random shots from the day, and one of Rosco who will be in the film.

Robert Ferguson (Rab) was also up there today with his mad dog. He’s been riding bikes for years and after a long break, is starting to get into it again. Rosco was saying he must have the record for the most sign ons at races without racing!

I’m probably going to have one more day shooting with Rosco but i will have to wait until I get my microphone set-up for the interviews.  

Jamie McCullough is hopefully going to be the next rider to get footage off, and then Ewan Doherty.  Check back soon for more updates

Just back from Colin Ross’s (Rosco) Cave Hill shoot in Belfast.  It was a pretty good afternoon, some pretty sick riding from rosco.  We met at the Castle car park after Rosco finished work and decided to head straight up to the top to start shooting.  

Hopefully we have some good footage for the film.  I’ll probably need another day with him to finish off his section.  We were out for about five hours but it started to get dark in the forest towards the end of the day. Rosco was wrecked and had a few good crashes but walked away in one piece.

 Check out the pics fuzz took below.

I’m just back from shooting Colin down at the gym where he works.  He was taking a spin class and found out how hard he pushes the people he trains.  Fuzz got a few photos of the shoot.  We plan to try to get all of his section in this weekend to keep checking back for more updates.http://www.vimeo.com/1687092[nggallery id="1"]