Everglades Challenge -- The Film -- is up on YouTube.

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Everglades Challenge -- The Film -- is up on YouTube.

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Started 7 years ago by Sharkchow
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Chief
Coastal Vagabond
I have added three different ways to access the video.
1. It is now in the video list for the EC2013.
2. A link to it shows up in the section showing the active events.
3. If you want to tell people about it, here is a quick link that is easy to give to someone. Just tell people to go to WaterTribe.com/TheChallenge That will open a page with a direct link to YouTube.
Of course you can link using your Facebook or Twitter accounts too.

My only concern is that we might have to find a larger location for the finish and a couple of checkpoints.
Posted 7 years ago #
ZeroTheHero
Member

Chief, you may be right about that. I know I was a bear at the finish. Tired, wet, cranky, and nowhere for the boat in the 20-25 on shore breeze. To anybody who had to deal with me, sorry! Capping certain class sizes wouldn't neccessarily be a bad thing. It is another filter, but one that can sharpen the herd. Entirely up to you of course.

Posted 7 years ago #
DeadCat
Blocked

Thank goodness for boring, rotten Monday night TV! Last night, FeralCat and I decided it would be a great time to watch all 100 minutes of SharkChow's video - what an excellent production! Warren, you did such a great job. The music was perfect, your poetic narration was "spot on" (no pun intended), and the sequencing of stills, motion, notes and interviews was absolutely engaging!! Makes me realize that I can't remember a single negative thing about my EC experience and am anxious to add to my collection of positive memories!!

Thanks so much!! DeadCat

Posted 7 years ago #
CaptnChaos
Member

What a great quality video ! You did an excellent professional job on this project. My wife and I were quite impressed. Loved how the poetry and music are interspersed throughout. On par with your superb book ... Thank you for putting it together.

Posted 7 years ago #
DogsLife
Member

Warren,

great job. How will you out do your self next time? Appreciate the humor.

Baked Potato...

Posted 7 years ago #
JollyRoger
Member

Great job Warren. I just started rereading your book "Without a Paddle" this past Sunday. For those who have not read it, a little favorite from the book-

(It isn't a journey or a competition. In its essence the Florida Challenge is a full -bore, head-on collision with one's self. I knew there would be no way to hide or to fake my way through. Whatever weakness existed would be rooted out and then twisted, over and over, to heigten the effect. No one survives unchanged.

It is hard to understand why anyone would agree to endure the kind of physical and mental punishment necessary to compete in such an endeavor. The fact is I was both intrigued and repelled. The idea of it. The in-your-face audacity of it. I wanted to know what it would be like out there. I wanted to know just how brutal the race would be. I wanted to know if I had the mettle to make it all the way around.)

Many more favorites as well. Thanks for a very good book that I have enjoyed and I have also gained from your knowledge sharing.

And thanks to Chief for giving us adventure seekers a good fix.

JollyRoger

Posted 7 years ago #
BustedRudder
Member

Excellent! And informative. In addition to the inlets, cold, fatigue I now know to watch out for the killer condos!

I've given up trying to explain Watertribe events to people who have never left the matrix. Now I can give them a link!

Thanks Warren!

bustedrudder

Posted 7 years ago #
DeadCat
Blocked

BustedRudder - I admire your determination, but I still don't think they will get it. They either get it or they don't; if you don't see the gleam in their eyes and envy in their heart within the first minute of explanation, they are a lost cause.

Good luck - DeadCat

Posted 7 years ago #
OneEyedJake
Member

+1 for DeadCat. Some just don't get it...

Posted 7 years ago #
AlexO
Member

It is very difficult to cover such an event and make it look interesting to non-participants. Editing the movie was very time consuming for sure. Thanks Warren!

Posted 7 years ago #
Coastie
Member

Outstanding movie! ClamCounter and I really enjoyed watching it with our family. We did feel guilty for not sending you our GoPro video from the Miss Marie offshore. Didn't have video on us flipping over, but did have some cool footage on "surfing" in Stumps Pass....and later on, the beauty of Florida Bay. I'm sure everyone else had the same feeling as us......isn't it time for EC 2014.....we're ready now!!!!

Posted 7 years ago #
SailBirdMike
Inactive

Sharkchow,

What a fantastic job! Others before me have covered the details, so I'm just going to congratulate you on a job VERY well done.

Posted 7 years ago #
SeaDogRocket
Member

Loved it!

Posted 7 years ago #
SaltyFrog
Member

Your video is a fine portrait of the Everglades Challenge. The lead-off poem injects some humor into the gravity of the Challenge. You've gathered a great collection of photos and videos to augment your shots. A few particularly great shots were Jesse Willert busting through the breakers, the hiking-out shot from the Core Sound 17, Neil Calore rowing his dory, and of course Paul Kral's excellent action shots and narratives. During the interviews the insertions of video clips and photos kept it moving. You connected well with interviewees. Caption frames added a lot. The Flamingo portage clips gave a great view of the challenge diversities, and the burger bit at Flamingo was hilarious. Music integrated well with the production and varied nicely. There were many more memorable gems throughout the production; watching it was a well-spent 100 minutes.
Well done. You show with feeling what the Challenge is all about. When the production gets widely viewed, we'll have thousands trying to enter the event!

Posted 7 years ago #
Jarhead
Member

I've been in the NC mts and unable to view the film until now--great job! I loved every bit of it, and the music was terrific. Thanks for all that work, Warren.

Posted 7 years ago #