Hey,
To quote Seanie Byrne over on irishwhitewater.com
2010 has been a disappointment for most Irish paddlers so far
I couldn’t agree more with him, in the last 10 or more years I can’t recall a winter dry spell quiet like this, I can only imagine there there will be a few rude awakenings once the water eventually arrives. Until that happens we have to get our fix of the outdoor live either out on the MTB trails ,surfing, any way we can or even through online videos and articles.
In the last couple of months I have been an abide watcher if “The Season” a weekly online video documentary.
The blurb form Bryan Smith and Fitz Cahall the guys behind it..
The Season. Five lives. A world of possibility.
From the creators of The Dirtbag Diaries and 49 Megawatts comes a new web television project following five athletes through the course of a single season in the Pacific Northwest. A veteran climber invents a new piece of gear. A pro snowboarder searches for a way to return to the roots of his sport. A boulder returns from a series of injuries with new perspective. A family man goes to Whistler to test himself against mountain biking’s elite. A young sea kayaker with a troubled past sets out to reinvent his sport.
Shot entirely in HD, this 22-episode series is available to you for free at a number of locations. Every episode premieres on the Arc’teryx web site. You can have the HD version delivered right to your computer and find all the old episodes by subscribing on iTunes. Expect new episodes once or twice a week.
P.S. This is our baby. For months we schlepped ropes, camera gear and tripods through underbrush and up the side of cliffs to present our vision of these sports. Some of these athletes are professionals, some aren’t. They are all unique people who have something to say. We’ve enjoyed helping them tell their story. We hope you enjoy their stories.
I personally have just subscribed to it on i-tunes and it downloads the show in awesome HD as soon as it becomes available. I really can’t recommend highly enough that you check this out and get watching.
I’ve embedded the show trailer here that will give you a flavour of the whole thing.
The first twelve episodes are up online, subscribe / enjoy and lets keep praying that some water eventually arrives.
Adrian
