My friends mentioned in a previous post, High Street Collective, recently finished a new video last night! This video is even better than their other one! It’s the second film they have published since Dale purchased his new camera, and the increased quality is definitely apparent. The video captures the essence of the Pacific Northwest, with the clips of beautiful scenery and bald eagles, while still showcasing Justin’s talent and the excitement of downhill mountain biking. This edit features some great shots of the Bellingham trials highlighting new fallen snow and the bald eagles. Justin and Dale were the only two on the trial for most of the time laying down fresh tracks.
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| Justin and Dale at the top of mountain |
The featured rider in this video is Justin Feldhaus. Dale Shahan filmed Justin riding over a period of two days, for about four hours each day. The filming consists of locating the section of the trail desired to film, then setting up the camera and the necessary equipment. After the camera is meticulously set up, it’s time to ride. But it’s not quite that simple. To get that perfect shot the rider has to climb back up the trial, and ride back down until they are satisfied with the shot. I’ve seen the raw uncut footage, one of the benefits of being friends with the filmers and editors, and it can take a handful of tries to get that perfect shot. Sometimes, though after five tries, they decide it’s just not meant to be and move one.
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| Dale climbing a tree trying to get the right camera angle |
Once they are satisfied they got all the shots they need, then it is time to edit. Editing consisted of approximately five grueling hours of sorting all the shots in a fluid order and placing in transitions. Perhaps the hardest part though was choosing the song. I heard them arguing between a couple different songs, and watched the edit to each song. This is such a hard choice because the songs needs to matches the feel of the edit, and the scenery, and needs to somewhat match the pace of bike. It is nearly impossible to have a song that matches a ride completely. After arguing between two songs for almost a day, they finally settled on was “Mine is Yours”, the Passion Pit remix of the song by Cold War Kids.
Dale filmed and edited (with some help and input from Justin), this video. Dale has only recently started filming and editing, only since January to be exact. He is very talented for almost no training and previous experience. Dale has also been riding mountain bikes for about nine months. Currently he is not featured in any films because he films all of his videos, but he is hoping to teach some of his skills to his fellow riders so he can be filmed too. Dale has a page on PinkBike and Vimeo. He also is the main contact and creator of High Street Collective. Dale designs t-shirts also, they are quirky and funny, be sure to check them out on their facebook.
The featured rider, Justin, is the one who got his whole house into mountain biking. Having been riding bikes since he was only four years old, his passion and devotion was transcended onto his curious roommates. He has recently gotten two of his other roommates into riding. After their first ride at Galbraith both these roommates purchased mountain bikes. Justin has been road biking, and BMX biking since he was young, but only been devoted to mountain biking for five years. His first encounter with mountain biking was with his dad when he was 12. Justin frequents trials in Bellingham, such as Galbraith, and enjoys taking trips to Seattle to ride Duthie Hill. He loves flying down the trials, it is just him and nature and his bike. Justin favors the fact that mountain is an individual sports, and it is up to you to push yourself as much as choose.
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