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Greg Minnaar: Fearless, Almost

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A new animation project...  https://youtu.be/8WhWQu747WU I listened to the PinkBike Podcast with Greg Minnaar and I could see animations in my head. I reached out, wondering if he’d want to record a story for a project. And, a lot of drawing later here it is!   It was nice to get to know Greg a bit through our video meetings. He was so laid back that it was disarming. A couple of times I found myself nodding in agreement, “Oh yeah, the same thing happens to me on my bike.” But of course, it’s not the same. I was talking about the super smooth flow trail behind my house and he was talking about going full throttle down this year’s extra gnarly Val Di Sole track.   Thanks to Greg for working on this with me.   Thanks to Sarah and Gaspare for the bonus interviews. Thanks to David Jack who worked on the first round of recording that we eventually scrapped because of microphone issues.   Thanks to Jeff Frenette for doing sound on this version.   Thanks for the music Niall (Able Drugger) and
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Limited Edition Print for Copper Harbor Trails Club

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I painted this flying squirrel for Copper Harbor Trails annual ArtBike event. Lots of contributors create images to be turned into limited prints to help raise money for the awesome trails. The first chance to get one is at the Ride the Keweenaw Event May 27-29. More Copper Harbor Trails info here.   
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Paul B in the Bicycle Film Festival

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  My short animation film about Paul Buchanan and the Church Gap is in the Bicycle Film Festival starting today. Listen to Sandy Carson tell the amazing story of Paul and his leap of faith and watch my clunky (but sincere) animation. Check out the BFF and its sliding ticket prices here .  Paul's story is in Program 4 but there is loads of great work to see in the festival. 
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New Pinkbike Drawing

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 As a kid I always wished I could draw cars like they did in CARtoons magazine. Still not there, but getting a little close with this one. New podcast over on  Pinkbike. 
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Return to Earth Season 2

  I did some animation work for a new Anthill Films & Outside series. Above is the intro. Check out all the shows on Outside here. 
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Skatedeck

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  I have absolutely no idea if this is a good deck to actually skate on, but I thought it was pretty cool I could make a custom deck. They're available on Threadless.com here.  
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You Squeak, You Die!

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  For ages, humankind's best friend has waged an all-out war against squeaky toys.  Now it is getting serious!  New shirt on my store here.  
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