Archive for April, 2008
Monday, April 28th, 2008
We have a hero card image
What can I say? Jeff Luhn rocked it. If you saw the video, you can appreciate the time he put in to get this shot. We’ll be printing 5,000 copies on hero cards that will have the warning signs of diabetes on the back.
And check out these bad asses.
Thank you very much Jeff.
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Sunday, April 27th, 2008
Photo shoot
We did the photo shoot today. Like any photo shoot, you need a lot of stuff.
First, you need a car.
Second, you need talent. That would be Charlie.
You need “below the line people” like Skid and Shawn, who showed up fashionably late on Saturday after I already had 2.5 wheels bolted on the car. They did […]
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Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008
We’ve got a new logo!
Max Davis, who’s designed for Nike, Intel, Eli Thomas and the SF 49ers, among others, contacted us to offer his services. His father has Type 2 diabetes and when he heard about us, he dropped me a note. (I’m partial to the World Diabetes Day blue circle logos integrated into the wheels). We’re already […]
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Sunday, April 20th, 2008
A visit to Bonny Doon Village airport
I drove up the the Bonny Doon Airport this afternoon to get a look in advance of next Sunday’s photo shoot. In a word, it’s ideal. Ok, that’s two words.
Here’s a 30-second video shot with our new Flip, which we’ll be testing as an in-car camera.
And here’s a Geico commercial from today’s NASCAR race in […]
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Sunday, April 20th, 2008
Prepping for the photo shoot
Not a lot of excitement today. I met with Shawn at Cary’s. Shawn did all the heavy lifting and changed out wheels on 1101. I dropped them off at Skip’s Tire and Auto Center where they’ll move the good tires onto new rims (including two that Shawn painted red). And we’ll have one new tire […]
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Sunday, April 13th, 2008
How to simulate being chased by a helicopter
We’ve scheduled a photo shoot for the car for April 27 at the Bonny Doon Airport. The managers are great folks and, like us, very community oriented. Brooks Institute-trained Santa Cruz photographer Jeff Luhn will do the photography. Larry, of Larry’s Electric, is bringing his boom truck. Why a boom truck, you might ask? Well, […]
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Wednesday, April 9th, 2008
Why we love Class 11
One of the great things about Class 11 is that folks are more than willing to help, like when Richard and Mike got their first flat at the San Felipe 250.
When we got stuck in silt outside the Ensenada dump during the Baja 1000, four spectators helped me push the car out of it.
Thanks to […]
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Sunday, April 6th, 2008
Baja 1000 for the xBox
A videogame company is releasing a Baja race game in August. The trailer uses footage from Dust to Glory. It appears to be mostly trophy trucks, truggys and Baja Bugs. Let’s hope they have a Class 11 as an Easter egg or bonus vehicle.
We must have done seven canyon jumps in the first 86 miles […]
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Thursday, April 3rd, 2008
Se poncho el bocho 1101
Thanks to Henryque for translating it to “The bug 1101 got a flat.” The first of three
Thanks very much to Jose Castellanos for shooting and posting the video!
