Broken Hand + Surgery

So on April 28 I was playing soccer on the beach at about noon with my roommate and a dog named Bo Jangles that was really interested in our ball. I fell over backwards at one point, and my left hand drove straight into the ground. I heard a loud "pop". I tried to make a fist, but my middle finger was bending completely crooked! It was like out of a movie. For about 30 minutes, I thought I just had dislocated a finger, but then it started hurting... bad. It turns out I broke my 3rd metacarpal, and it was rotated at the break, with an additional hairline fracture. To ensure my finger would bend straight again, I had to have surgery which included a titanium plate and 8 screws. You can see the post-surgery photos of my hand to the left. What a weird accident.

Spanish TV segment

Cuatro, a tv station in Spain, did a short 3 minute segment on Muni and Street unicycling. They filmmed a bunch of us in Southern California, and I participated in the Muni section. The piece was broadcasted in Spain June 2nd. It's all dubbed in Spanish, so it's really fun to watch!

You can check it out here: Monociclo

Invisible Harleys

UPDATE: We won! Check it out (scroll down)!

The last 7 weeks of my life have been devoted largely to this five minute movie. Michael Figge and I created a Mario Kart parody film, using no greenscreens, shooting 13 nights, and spending over a 100 hours slaving over After Effects.

The project was part of a Harley-Davidson viral video competition, an experimental class held for the first time here at UCSB. Our Film Studies Dept. is hosting a page that includes all 10 projects that were made in the class. The top three voted films move on to Harley-Davidson where they will select a winner. They win $5,000.

Please check out our film, as well as some of the other projects. The voting closes Friday, June 8, at 4 pm. Here's the link: http://www.invisibleharleys.com.