Ian Wood

Thunderhill • 27 Dec 2008 • H.264 video / 768kbps

Highlights from the 2008 24 Hours of LeMons Arse-Freeze-A-Palooza at Thunderhill Raceway. Everything looks cool in slow motion especially when backed by a strong beat and grown men singing in falsetto. Duration: 03:30.

http://www.ianwood.com/videos/shwvid.asp?vid=28

Delusions of Grandeur

Houston, TX • 18 Oct 2008 • H.264 video / 768kbps

After a couple of hours practice behind the wheel and almost a real night's sleep, Team VIP hits the track racing with 76 other cars each with their own hack amateur drivers. We manage to keep the wheels more or less pointing in the right direction and climb our way to our best position of 5th place without attracting major penalties. But Sunday holds some surprises. Part 4 coming soon. Duration: 13:14.

http://www.ianwood.com/videos/shwvid.asp?vid=26

Virgin Lemonade

Houston, TX • 17 Oct 2008 • H.264 video / 768kbps

Team VIP has arrived at MSR Houston just in time to get on the track and get inspected. Weary from their 26 hour road trip, they slowly wake up to the smell of uncatalyzed exhaust and burnt tires. For all of Team VIP, it is their first time on a track let alone their first wheel to wheel race. Part 3, due next week, covers Team VIP in the racing action. Duration: 10:09.

http://www.ianwood.com/videos/shwvid.asp?vid=25

The Road to Lemons

Los Angeles • 16 Oct 2008 • H.264 video / 768kbps

Team VIP wait to the very last minute to get organized. They spend their last week before the Houston race hastily getting the Land Shark ready and making their way to Texas. The first of two parts covering Team VIP's race in Houston. Stay tuned for part two covering Team VIP at MSR Houston in the Yee Haw, It's LeMons Texas race. Duration: 10:50.

http://www.ianwood.com/videos/shwvid.asp?vid=24

GPS Experiments at Coachella

Palm Springs • 27 Apr 2008 • H.264 video / 768kbps

At the 2006 Coachella event, I repeatedly lost everyone in my group amongst the crowd of 50,000. Sensitive boy that I am, I took offence thinking my friends were intentionally drifting off. They later convinced me they too had been seperated from the herd. At this year's Coachella, I didn't want to suffer the same fate but wasn't sure how to prevent it. The train of thought got me thinking about GPS enabled mobile phones and the ill-suited "friend finder" applications that are out there. I didn't come up with anything that would solve the immediate problem. However, I did make my Blackberry trackable to friends on Facebook. Afterwards, I was able to see where I'd been in minute detail. Scary! From there, I just got carried away -- taking all the tracking data and putting it into Google Earth and Premiere, creating the animation you see here. Requires the latest Flash 9 player with H.264 support. Duration: 02:00.

http://www.ianwood.com/videos/shwvid.asp?vid=20

Rajasthan Preview

Rajasthan • 21 Jun 2007 • Flash video / 700kbps

The adventure begins in the winter of 2008/9. Duration: 00:36.

http://www.ianwood.com/videos/shwvid.asp?vid=17

Morocco Mole and Secret Squirrel

Marrakech • 13 Oct 2006 • Flash video / 700kbps

Moritz and Steve don local garb in the souks of Marrakech doing their best not to fit in. Duration: 03:23.

http://www.ianwood.com/videos/shwvid.asp?vid=16

World Cup Berlin

Berlin • 09 Jul 2006 • Flash video / 700kbps

The World Cup descends on Berlin as the German team fights for 3rd place. The "fan mile" erupts into an all night and all day party for the final weekend. Duration: 02:45.

http://www.ianwood.com/videos/shwvid.asp?vid=15

Loy Krathong

Bangkok • 15 Nov 2005 • Quicktime video / 428kbps