Masters Worlds Video
8 days since my last blog post! Whoa!
Jet Lag has completely flattened me since I got back from Germany, I am fine during the day, but by late afternoon, I turn into a burbling, useless waste of human protoplasm (well, more than usual).
Not drooling on myself in public has become my primary goal, so blogging has been a bit beyond my capacity.
But, last night I finally finished editing video from Master’s Worlds. This video has athletes ranging in age from 30 to over 75, and every one of them is an inspiration-
Enjoy- Click here for the quicktime, or press play below for the YouTube.
Here is a shotlist of the scenes:
1. My plane, descending into Europe, I think that’s a suburb of Frankfurt appearing through the clouds.
2. Very crowded warmup ice time, following Italian Sylvia Tassara. The final training session before worlds starts is amazing, scary, crowded.
3. The opening ceremony, flags of all participating nations. The kids are from the local Erfurt club
4. Italian Roberto Sighel getting ready for a race.
5. Roberto starting his 500m, in the other lane is Austrian Hurbert Kreutz. Wow.
6. Canadian Genevieve Provencher, starting a 1000m
7. Yours truly, starting a 1500m
8. A Norwegian with a cool sweatshirt, I wonder if he was an Olympian in ‘94.
9. Ingunn Sandø, starting her 3k.
10. Dutchman Jan Duif leads Marty Haire in the 3k
11. Marty leads Jan in the 5k.
12. Art shot, the skates are Danny Witkamps.
13. Ironman Jim Cornell, ripping a 3k.
14. Warmup Bikes of all nations..
15. Ragnvald Naess finishing his 5k, deep in the pain cave. He thought he might win his age group right here, he came up a few seconds short.
16. Two Norwegians, after a race. I think one is Arne Stenhaug
17. More Norwegians, singing in the Erfurt rink bar. American culture lacks many things, one of them is good, short, hearty drinking songs.
18. A Dutch Coach.
19. Dutch skater Victor van den Hoff. Finishing his 5k and clinching the overall in the 50-55
20. I think this is Wim Brand, winning the 3k, and the overall in the men’s 65-70 for the Netherlands.
21. Art shot of a Norwegian & Swiss skater in a 1500.
22. Canadian Pierre Gange. In the 75+ category, zipping out fast 3k laps.
23. Rather Inebriated Norwegians, pounding the pads & hollering, as countryman Arne Kjell Foldvik hears the bell lap in the 3k. Arne was 2nd overall in the 70+ category. He is one of the “youngest-at-heart” men I have ever met.
24. USA skater Tom Cole, 3,000m, riding that straightaway glide!!!
25. Austrian Hurbert Kreutz again, incredibly happy with his 2nd place finish in the 40-45 category. He skated huge PB’s this meet.
26. The winner of the 40-45’s, and one of the top skaters of his generation, Roberto Sighel.
27. The scoreboard.
28. Marty Haire, after the best day on skates in his life, winning the 45-50 category & quoting from the wizard of Oz.
All of us on the US team truly enjoyed our time in Europe, and all the wonderful people we met. However, there is no place like home…
Filed under: Audio/Video, on the road
Way cool video. It was so nice to see such a variety of skaters. Yes, I do agree with you… America does lack the drinking songs! =)
Great video Andrew. I look forward to your blogging.Thanks.
magic in the air. never saw a plane skate — you did it andrew!!
Love the Norwegian drinking song! (Wait a minute…”the Erfurt rink bar…”? Hmm, maybe that’s another thing America is missing!) Guess I better learn a couple of those Norsk drinking songs for next year, huh? (suppose they’ll let me hoist a Diet Coke?). I know a fairly lengthy Norwegian toast that’s said in the mornings, probably with a nice shot of akavit (sp?) and orange juice…Anyway, looks like a great event! That warmup shot brings back memories of Calgary…
(wholeheartedly approves of industrial-flavored music to accompany a German-hosted event)
Thanks Van, I thought that was funny too…..
The song, for those who are curious, is “Little Fluffy Clouds” by Orbital.
it was either that, or the Marky Mark version of “good vibrations” (a nice cut, actually).
: )
Jessica has impeccable music taste, and I often consult her when I pick songs for these videos. I also ask others who are around me if they have good ideas.
Occasionally I think of a song when I am shooting, and hum it to myself during the event, but mostly I look at the video I have, and see what mood suggests itself.
I take it back. Now that I’m somewhat rested, I’d like to back to Erfurt and skate/race some more. So who’s with me? Thanks Andrew.
I really worried when Andrew was excited about Marky Mark.
I was a little worried about him being interested in the Orbital, but if anybody can make a film starring 70 year-old folks using Orbital music and have it work, it’s Andrew.
I do think you should write about the upcoming Master’s games in 2010.
I’ve already saved up $500 for Norway. Whom else?
Hey I listen to Marky Mark before every race. He’s from my hometown (Dorchester, MA). Played little league with New Kids on the Block. Looked like a great meet there in Erfurt. Chumps Challenge starts Friday in SLC!!!! Jessica I owe you lunch for the Pats losing the superbowl…..how about Friday afternoon.?
Marty I’ll meet you in Erfurt next weekend for a 5k showdown….ok. Congrats on your great skating.
Brian,
Next Year You two can have a SHOWDOWN in Norway!
You guys are both so FAST
Training strats April 1st….Right?
Dude.
For the musos, Fluffy Clouds borrows heavily from (my favourite modern) composer Steve Reich’s “Electric Counterpoint”. The guitar playing in that recording is by none other than jazz great Pat Metheny.
Super great video.
Georg (normally from Toronto but writing from beautiful Lake Placid)
Whoa…beer and beer drinking rink-side. I have an idea how the Pettit can now make ends meet.
Mike p.
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Funny to see Victor van den Hoff. That’s the one ‘flying by’ together with the young sprinters on the rink where I’m practicing at Grefrath. I always wonder how they get that fast.
Regards from Germany
Georg, one last piece of info about fluffy clouds - the speaker is Rickie Lee Jones.
On VE Day I watched the fireworks in the Po Valley from a hilltop villa near Bolonga Italy. Instead of using my points to rush stateside ,with the chance of going to the Pacific. I volunteered to stay six months on Gen. Mark Clark’s staff, US Forces Austria. with the promise of a promotion
Songs played a large role in military campaigns, but who can forget “LILLE MARLENE” used at Christmas by both sides?
Being the Roller Derby Coach in Salt Lake City I have seen with my own two eyes how much money these girls bring in when they put at the Utah Olympic Oval a Beer TENT!
YES! they sell beer at the Utah Olympic Oval, it is just not during speedskating events, but ROLLER DERBY. Sure they had to pay a couple of fines for selling to minors (they had fake ID’s), but they hire a beer company to handle all that stuff so they are the ones paying the fines.
Anyway, it can be done.
Great video, Andrew!
to no.8: Yes, the Norwegian skater is Atle Varvik (a with a small circle above it)
to no 25: My 3k race. Thanks for including me, Andrew. When I skate I feel that I am nearly as low as the Korean skaters, but the reality is quite different. This is a timely reminder for me to work on getting down, down, down towards the ice.
Love, Arne