Break the Cycle film » Tom Power http://breakthecyclefilm.com A film about downhill mountainbike lifestyle in Ireland Sat, 18 Dec 2010 10:09:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Final Group Shoot http://breakthecyclefilm.com/final-group-shoot/ http://breakthecyclefilm.com/final-group-shoot/#comments Sat, 18 Apr 2009 22:24:34 +0000 admin http://breakthecyclefilm.com/?p=518 Click here to view the embedded video.

It 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://breakthecyclefilm.com/final-group-shoot/feed/ 0 Tom & Greg at Comshingaun http://breakthecyclefilm.com/tom-power-greg-okeefe-comshingaun-shoot/ http://breakthecyclefilm.com/tom-power-greg-okeefe-comshingaun-shoot/#comments Sun, 25 Jan 2009 10:50:05 +0000 admin http://breakthecyclefilm.com/?p=453 Click here to view the embedded video.

Andy and I headed to Waterford on Friday for our second shoot with Tom Power and Greg O’Keefe.  We arrived at Tom’s place in the evening and realised that it was Greg’s birthday.  There was no major celebrating done that night though, we chilled out for a bit and planned out the next days shoot then everyone headed to bed for an early night.

Saturday morning we were up at the crack of dawn, packed up the cars after a quick breakfast then drove for about half an hour to the Comshingaun in the Comeragh Mountains, the location of our shoot.  It is an absolutely stunning place, and we couldn’t have hoped for better weather, it was a cold crisp morning with sunny blue skies and there was snow on the top of the mountain.  

We trekked for a good hour or so before we reached the peak where we started shooting. The views were amazing, check out the photos below. We filmed for about 5 hours until we lost the sunlight behind the mountain then headed back to Tom’s camper van for a cup of tea to warm us up, and a look over the footage. Tom and Greg did pretty well pushing their bikes up the mountain time and time again, Greg was worried he wouldn’t be able to dance that night as his legs were getting sore!!

Next up: Filming is a bit behind schedule because of the bad weather.  We also planned to do a session with Belfast rider Ewan Doherty this weekend but he is out with a broken hand.  Hope he gets better soon.  Another day with Colin Ross this week should finish his section, then Irish Pro Ben Ried, and a few other final days out should have filming wrapped up towards the end of February. 

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Andy and I left Belfast Sunday morning and headed down to Waterford for the the Irish dh NPS round 6 race day.  This was being organised by Tom Power at his track called Whitehorse so we filmed him while he was sorting some stuff out and managed to get a load of interviews of other people who were there too.  

After the race we headed to Tom’s house where Greg O’Keefe is living at the minute too.  We got a few interviews that night, then Monday we headed to the track where we shot Tom and Greg riding some of the trails.  The weather wasn’t the best but the footage turned out pretty good.  Check out the clip!

The day was cut short by Greg riding into a tree and injuring himself bad enough to need a trip to A&E.  Luckily its not too serious but he’ll be a bit sore for a while. We also got Tom out in his jeep tearing down some wasteland, was pretty funny.  We are going to head back down nearer Christmas to shoot the two of them together again at one of the nearby mountains.

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