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Photography: Small Flowers, Big Macro

Small Flowers, Big Macro 4/8/2012 – Corte Madera – take with Canon 5D Mark III
Photography

Photography: Asparagus

Asparagus 4/8/2012 – Corte Madera – taken with Canon 5D Mark III
Photography

EAA Article on the Plug Bug

I worked with some of the fine folks over at the Electric Auto Association (EAA) to do an article on my bug for their newsletter. It came out awesome! I gave the editor a lot... [read more]
Electric Bug

Photography: Le Gentlemens Choice

Le Gentlemens Choice March 2012. Montreal, Canada.Even the strip clubs have cool wall murals.
Photography

Photography: Tilly Rex

Tilly Rex 3/18/12 – Oakland CA at the Vespertine Circus. My girlfriend.
Photography

Photography: Vespertine Circus – One Minute

Vespertine Circus – One Minute Sam. 3/17/2012 – Oakland, California
Photography

Photography: The Bean

The Bean March 2012 – HDR from three exposures
Photography
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Roue Cyr Making a Cyr: Bending

Here’s a video of me making my second cyr wheel (aka: roue cyr or simple wheel). I’m using a Hossfeld bender, and it is a very manual and slow process!
Circus/Cyr Wheel

Chicago!

I went to Chicago last weekend for the “Big Wheel Weekend” where I took some Cyr wheel workshops. There were two great instructors there: Paul Perreault and Eric Deschenes (from the Montreal circus school). .... [read more]
Photography
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Roue Cyr – March 7th – Wheel Spins

I’m working on 360 wheel spins, where the wheel is spun around your body. Getting a few!
Circus/Cyr Wheel
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Roue Cyr Practice – February 2012

More progress. This is putting a few of the skills I know together all at once. Currently (Feb 28), I’m just starting to get 180 wheel spins down. I’ve also done a good 360 wheel... [read more]
Circus/Cyr Wheel

Roue Cyr: Making a Cyr Wheel, Part 1

Step 1: figure out what size it needs to be. Here’s my Cyr Wheel sketch for my size. I’m 5’6″, and if I add about a fist height (1.5″ to 2″), that gives me 68″... [read more]
Circus/Cyr Wheel
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Roue Cyr Practice – January 2012

This is from January 2012.
Circus/Cyr Wheel
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Roue Cyr: Making a wheel – skinning

I’m doing a series of videos on how I made my second Roue Cyr (Cyr Wheel — aka: Simple Wheel). Here’s the last in the series…which is skinning. Updated notes: Use pipe clamps to secure... [read more]
Circus/Cyr Wheel, Machining
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MUNI v2 (Mountain Unicycling Version 2.0)

Some old footage from a few years ago.
Unicycling

Unicycle Trials…Jetty @ Santa Cruz

Screen shot from Final Cut Pro of a video I’m working on. Some really old footage! But cool….
Unicycling
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Poetry – Rushing Kiss

Rushing Kiss – October, 2011. by neeb (aka corbin). whispers breathe from bounding lips, sound flows across and slowly drips, ears hear as it pours on in, gasping, for the air feels thin, heart blooms... [read more]
General
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Cartwheels in the Cyr Wheel

Just working on learning. Progressing slowly, but getting a bit better because I have a few days off!
Circus/Cyr Wheel

Driveway Sign: Monkey Playground

I playfully call my house the “Monkey Playground”. Why? Why not! Well, okay, I’m sort of monkey like since I like climbing around on lots of things. A little known fact about me: my 2004... [read more]
Nature, Other Stuff

New pull up bar

Using the plasma cutter to make stuff… I wanted a new pull-up bar for my house. The old one looked tacky…but how can anything be tacky around your own house if you put it there?... [read more]
Machining

Plug In America

A few iPhone pictures of my car at Plug In America’s party from a few months ago. Hanging out in SF: Parked inside the winery on Treasure Island:
Electric Bug

Hugalopes!

Hugalopes! These things are awesome! They are basically plush lego toys that you can wear on your head as a hat. And, when you get tired of how it looks, change it up with some... [read more]
Other Stuff
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Still trying to learn the cyr

I still have trouble with basic spinning/waltzing. I’m not really sure what I’m doing wrong. I’ll need to post up some videos of me failing and ask for advice on the internets. Here’s me doing... [read more]
Circus/Cyr Wheel

Photography: Pat and Paige

Pat and Paige Dec 2nd, 2011. The 418 Project. Santa Cruz, California.
Circus/Cyr Wheel, Photography

Photography: Girls and Cube

Girls and Cube Dec 2nd, 2011. Circus Artists: Paige and Kelly. The 418 Project. Santa Cruz, California.
Circus/Cyr Wheel, Photography

Photography: Niss Again

Niss Again Dec 2nd, 2011. Niss.
Circus/Cyr Wheel, Photography

Photography: Paige Handstand

Paige Handstand at the Love Potion Circus Show Dec 2nd, 2011. Paige.
Circus/Cyr Wheel, Photography

Photography: Niss

Niss Juggling at the Love Potion Circus Show Dec 2nd, 2011. Niss.
Circus/Cyr Wheel, Photography

Photography: Love Potion 2

Love Potion Circus Show – Cube Act Dec 2nd, 2011. Paige and Kelly.
Circus/Cyr Wheel, Photography

Photography: Love Potion

Love Potion Circus Show Dec 2nd, 2011. Paige and Kelly.
Circus/Cyr Wheel, Photography

Cube Hanger

I needed somewhere better t hang my cube when I wasn’t using it. So, I made a cube hanger! I used the plasma cutter to cut some pieces of 3/16’ish steel plate (from the scrap... [read more]
Circus/Cyr Wheel, Machining

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