Archive for the ‘Cycling’ Category
For most people, a big, fat, pile of dirt probably doesn’t have much appeal. Instead, it’s likely that a mound of brown pow is thought of as more of a pending chore—an ugly sight that needs to removed.
But remember when you were a kid, without a care in the world? Just you and your best buds taking over the neighbourhood on your bikes? If you came across a big, fat, pile of dirt, what would you have done then? Would you have just stared at it and passed it by? Hell no! You would have looked over to your buddy and asked, “I wonder if we can ride that?” All of the sudden … Pictures and more
Life Cycles is a true adventure film. Over 5 years in the making, and using the bicycle as the vehicle, Life Cycles takes you on a journey through natures most beautiful, dramatic, and sometimes unforgiving landscapes. Shot in Ultra HD, and with an uncompromising attention to detail, Life Cycles pulls the viewer into natures most powerful elements. From Canada’s golden prairies to a bicycle factory in Japan, Life Cycles explores the concepts of creation and destruction; in nature, machine, and man.
Today’s hipsters and their fixie bikes are not the first to embody the too-cool-for-school persona of the cyclist. In the 1970’s, counter-culture types in the mountains north of San Francisco took to careening down Mount Tamalpais. They were riding for adventure, for exploration, and as a way to interact with the landscape; they were not riding for exercise. Sarah McCullough, whose PhD dissertation at UC Davis explores the history of mountain biking, explains how this group of renegade cylists invented the sport.
FEATURING: Sarah McCullough, Cultural Studies, UC Davis