Orange SUnshine™

Ascendance by Henry Jun Wah Lee.

2012-10-26T14:02:00.000-04:00

Baby Polar Bear Learns to Walk

2012-10-23T13:46:00.000-04:00

Watch as baby polar bear Knut tries to walk on all fours for the first time.
I developed a case of the "AWWWW's" not far in.

dd

video via oasishd.ca

Athletes Showcase their Skills with GoPro Hero3.

2012-10-19T12:27:00.003-04:00

FEATURED ATHLETES (in element, location & order of appearance)

SNOW: (Mt. Cook, New Zealand)

Tom Wallisch
Eric Willett
Julia Mancuso

SKI BASE JUMP: (Earnslaw Burn, New Zealand)

JT Holmes

SURF: (Tahiti, French Polynesia)

Kelly Slater
Anthony Walsh
Manoa Drollet

DIVE: (Vava'u, Tonga)

Mandy Rae Krack
Erin Magee
Ashleigh Baird

MTB: (Queenstown, New Zealand and Squamish, BC, Canada)

Aaron Chase
Mike Montgomery
Kelly McGarry
Brett Tippie

KAYAK: (Turangi, Taupo, Aratiatia, Whangarei, and Maruia in New Zealand)

Ben Brown
Rush Sturges

MOTO: (San Francisco, CA)

James Rispoli
Josh Herrin
Jake Ellington

AEROBATIC PILOT: (Queenstown, New Zealand)

Chuck Berry

MUSIC:

OVERWERK - "Daybreak"
(GoPro HERO3 Edit)

From the upcoming EP "After Hours"

Download the song FREE here:
http://on.fb.me/SZlDsY

SPECIAL THANKS!

DIVE:

Kirk Krack - Performance Freediving
http://www.performancefreediving.com

Dolphin Pacific
http://www.dolphinpacificdiving.com/

Riffe
http://www.speargun.com

Aqua Lung
http://www.aqualung.com

Suunto
http://www.suunto.com

Andy Casagrande
http://abc4explore.com/

SNOW:

MAP Productions Ltd
http://mapproductions.co.nz/welcome/

The Northface
http://www.thenorthface.com

Heliworks Helicopters
http://www.heliworks.co.nz/

KAYAK:

Ngati Tuwharetoa
Te Runanganui o Ngati Hikairo ki Tongariro

SURF:

The Drollet Family

http://matarai.com/

Todd Glaser
http://www.tglaser.com/

I Am A Princess

2012-10-18T13:29:00.001-04:00

I Am a Princess on Disney Video

This is the beauty of Disney. This is the type of princess that dad's should be teaching their little girls to be. Teach them of the power of family, pride, compassion, love and kindness. Don't teach them that they are better than everyone else or that they will get far because they are "beautiful." Don't teach them to be selfish but to be giving and to have strength. Strength that will benefit others as much, if not more, than it will help themselves. There is still some beauty being taught to today's children. Thank Goodness.

Fleet Foxes - Mykonos (OFFICIAL VIDEO)

2012-08-28T17:29:00.000-04:00

"...it’s a little hard to tell what type of animation you’re even looking for the first few seconds of the video. Clearly, so many frames have been dedicated to every little movement that it flows almost perfectly. Directed by Sean Pecknold, the brother of singer Robin Pecknold’s, the video follows the adventures of a pair of triangular feet traversing a two dimensional universe made entirely of paper. Just like South Park! But really, almost nothing like South Park."

Love The Creators Project description of the Mykonos video. Great tune and an equally appealing visual to accompany it. I almost get the feeling of The Wizard Of Oz sans witches and dancing munchkins. The beginning journey towards the clear superpowers,

followed by a realization and a fall back to reality.

However you look at it, the video is beautifully hand crafted and worth a watch.

Complete MSL Curiosity Descent - Full Quality Enhanced 1080p + Heat Shield impact

2012-08-24T11:27:00.001-04:00

Wow, first Full HD video of Curiosity descent onto Mars. Gets mind blowing around the 32 second mark. It's hard for me to wrap my head around but astonishing that this has really happened. Incredible how much the human race has developed. It had me sitting back in awe a lot of the time, once you can see past this created reality and see what's really going on here.

Touched by a Wild Mountain Gorilla

2012-08-23T16:19:00.001-04:00

I can't even imagine how he must have been feeling. Such a basic interaction of life between species, yet so extremely special considering how our world works. This made me smile so huge.

via aleutiandream/videos

Edith Piaf - Non, je ne regrette rien

2012-08-23T12:25:00.002-04:00

Piaf dedicated her recording of the song to the French Foreign Legion.At the time of the recording, France was engaged in a military conflict, the Algerian War (1954--1962), and the 1st REP (1st Foreign Parachute Regiment) — which backed a temporary putsch of 1961 by the French military against the civilian leadership of Algeria — adopted the song when their resistance was broken. The leadership of the Regiment was arrested and tried but the non-commissioned officers, corporals and Legionnaires were assigned to other Foreign Legion formations. They left the barracks singing the song, which has now become part of the French Foreign Legion heritage and is sung when they are on parade.

description via redbabylon

La Vie en rose - Madeleine Peyroux

2012-08-23T12:17:00.000-04:00

"La Vie en Rose", (Life in Pink) was the signature song of French singer Édith Piaf.
Édith Piaf first popularized La Vie en Rose in 1946. The lyrics were written by Piaf and the melody of the song by "Louiguy" (Louis Guglielmi). Initially, Piaf's peers and her songwriting team did not think the song would be successful, but it became a favorite with audiences. An English version of the lyrics was written later by Mack David. Owing to its popularity, the song appeared on most of Piaf's subsequent albums.

Madeleine Peyroux (born 1974, Athens, Georgia, USA) is an American jazz singer, songwriter, and guitarist. Peyroux is noted for her vocal style, which has been compared to that of Billie Holiday.

Original Lyrics in French

Des yeux qui font baisser les miens,
Un rire qui se perd sur sa bouche,
Voila le portrait sans retouche
De l'homme auquel j'appartiens

Quand il me prend dans ses bras
Il me parle tout bas,
Je vois la vie en rose.

Il me dit des mots d'amour,
Des mots de tous les jours,
Et ca me fait quelque chose.

Il est entre dans mon coeur
Une part de bonheur
Dont je connais la cause.

C'est lui pour moi. Moi pour lui
Dans la vie,
Il me l'a dit, l'a jure pour la vie.

Et des que je l'apercois
Alors je sens en moi
Mon coeur qui bat

Des nuits d'amour a ne plus en finir
Un grand bonheur qui prend sa place
Des enuis des chagrins, des phases
Heureux, heureux a en mourir.

Quand il me prend dans ses bras
Il me parle tout bas,
Je vois la vie en rose.

Il me dit des mots d'amour,
Des mots de tous les jours,
Et ca me fait quelque chose.

Il est entre dans mon coeur
Une part de bonheur
Dont je connais la cause.

C'est toi pour moi. Moi pour toi
Dans la vie,
Il me l'a dit, l'a jure pour la vie.

Et des que je l'apercois
Alors je sens en moi
Mon coeur qui bat

Translated Lyrics

Eyes that make (me) lower mine
A laugh that loses itself on his mouth
Behold the unrefined portrait of the man to whom I belong

When he takes me in his arms
and speaks to me softly
I see life in pink
He utters words of love to me
Everyday words
and something happens inside me

A share of happiness has entered my heart
and I know from where

It's him for me, me for him, in this life
He told me so, swore it forever
And as soon as I see him
Well I feel my heart beating inside me

Nights of love, never ending
Much happiness takes over
Annoyances and troubles disappear
Happy, so happy I could die

When he takes me in his arms
and speaks to me softly
I see life in pink
He utters words of love to me
Everyday words
and something happens inside me

It's him for me, me for him, in this life
He told me so, swore it forever
And as soon as I see him
Well I feel my heart beating inside me

Description and lyrics via tree marks

Beck - Sea Change - Lost Cause

2012-08-20T13:23:00.001-04:00

Sea Change is one of those albums you can just put on and zone out to. Mellow, dynamic, articulate and moving. Every time I listen to the album it takes me back to 2002 when it came out, and then to 2006 when I really got caught in it's grasp. I also love Nothing I haven't Seen off of this album.

Immortal Technique- Freedom Of Speech

2012-08-17T11:36:00.003-04:00

The mister and I watched Pinocchio last night and this kept coming to mind. It really is incredible the amount of detail and the strength of the morals that old Disney movies stood behind. Today's kids need to know what's real, not whats imaginary. Incredible that a cartoon is portraying such real morals when today's TV is nothing but shallow meanderings. Imagine that.

Carina Round Ep #2: Stripped Down Live w/ Curt Smith

2012-08-08T15:10:00.000-04:00

Gary Stokes Plastic Disaster - Hong Kong

2012-08-06T16:22:00.000-04:00

The after effects of Typhoon Vincent are bringing in a deadly wave of pollution to the beaches of Hong Kong. Sacks of pre-production plastic pellets (nurdles) that were lost at sea are covering the coastlines of Hong Kong with this deadly material. Gary Stokes of Sea Shepherd and Tracey Read of DB Green are working to mobilise the Hong Kong Government and people to remove this threat to our marine life.

Simplicity Hurts Carina Round

2012-08-06T12:41:00.000-04:00

This one seeps in the crevices.

Carina Round Backseat (Official Video)

2012-08-06T12:20:00.000-04:00

"Goodbye Old Friend"

2012-08-03T11:47:00.002-04:00

Photo and caption by John Chaney

"Elephants are legendary for their memory and intelligence including attributes associated with grief, making music, altruism and compassion. We came across this elephant whose corpse was overcome by vultures and jackals. From a distance we heard and then saw another elephant approaching at a fast pace. She was successful at chasing away the predators and then very slowly and with much empathy wrapped her trunk around the deceased elephants tusk. She stayed in this position for several hours guarding her friend."

The Coasters- Yakety Yak

2012-08-01T11:28:00.001-04:00

Afrojack & Steve Aoki feat. Miss Palmer - No Beef [official video 2011]

2012-07-24T14:14:00.002-04:00

Young At Heart Frank Sinatra 1965

2012-07-24T12:38:00.003-04:00

11 Months, 3000 pictures and a lot of coffee.

2012-07-02T17:31:00.000-04:00

Deftones - No ordinary love

2012-06-28T13:58:00.001-04:00

Sondre Lerche - My Hands Are Shaking

2012-06-21T13:02:00.002-04:00

My head is where
it's always been
if only I'd know where

Tracy Clow - Memorial

2012-06-20T14:56:00.000-04:00

The following link is for the photos taken at the memorial and celebration of life held for Tracy Clow (May 6, 1961 - June 6, 2012) on Saturday June 16, 2012. I hope everyone enjoys them and please feel free to leave comments and stories

Tracy Clow Memorial Photos

Ecclisiastes - TLC

2012-06-11T12:29:00.001-04:00

Everything Is Meaningless

1 The words of the Teacher,^[a] son of David, king in Jerusalem:

²“Meaningless! Meaningless!”
says the Teacher.
“Utterly meaningless!
Everything is meaningless.”

3 What do people gain from all their labors
    at which they toil under the sun?  
4 Generations come and generations go,
    but the earth remains forever.  
5 The sun rises and the sun sets,
    and hurries back to where it rises.  
6 The wind blows to the south
    and turns to the north;
round and round it goes,
    ever returning on its course.
7 All streams flow into the sea,
    yet the sea is never full.
To the place the streams come from,
    there they return again.  
8 All things are wearisome,
    more than one can say.
The eye never has enough of seeing,  
    nor the ear its fill of hearing.
9 What has been will be again,
    what has been done will be done again;  
    there is nothing new under the sun.
10 Is there anything of which one can say,
    “Look! This is something new”?
It was here already, long ago;
    it was here before our time.
11 No one remembers the former generations,  
    and even those yet to come
will not be remembered
    by those who follow them. 

Wisdom Is Meaningless

¹²I, the Teacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.

¹³I applied my mind to study and to explore by wisdom all that is done under the heavens.

What a heavy burden God has laid on mankind!

¹⁴I have seen all the things that are done under the sun; all of them are meaningless,

a chasing after the wind.

¹⁵What is crooked cannot be straightened;
what is lacking cannot be counted.

¹⁶I said to myself, “Look, I have increased in wisdom more than anyone who has ruled over Jerusalem before me;

I have experienced much of wisdom and knowledge.”

¹⁷Then I applied myself to the understanding of wisdom, and also of madness and folly,

but I learned that this, too, is a chasing after the wind.

¹⁸For with much wisdom comes much sorrow;
the more knowledge, the more grief.

I suppose this only helps me to understand that life does go on. It doesn't take away the pain, it doesn't take away how much i will miss you, it doesn't take away all of the things you left behind. All it does is tell me that this fucking life is all an illusion. This apartment, this computer, the clouds outside... nothing is real.. .nothing really means anything.. not my job, not what i ate or didn't eat for breakfast. We are stuck in this permanent cycle of meaninglessness crap. You weren't meaningless though. That's what i have to remember. The only REAL is the relationships you have. The people that you care about and the relationships you form. That is real. Always tell the people you love that you love them. Always hug them too long and get in their personal space. Always crack jokes and push them to the edge. Always just be real, be your true soul because you can't take anything back and you can't bring anybody back. So say what you have to say, be exactly who you are... make yourself happy in every moment of your life because it doesn't go on forever. And sooner or later someone will be missing you when you're gone.... The least you can do is make a withstanding impression on them.

You definitely made an impression on me... just to enjoy life and be genuine. . . I just wish I could have known you longer and enjoyed more time with you and learned more things from you. I won't forget your kindness and fun loving soul though. I know you are watching over your family... I know you are watching over all of us. Thank you for everything. Thanks for just being too damn cool. I will miss you so much.

R.I.P. Tracy Clow
(May 6, 1961 - June 6, 2012)

"Opening Beers With All Sorts Of Crap"

2012-05-30T14:33:00.002-04:00

The right way to open a beer.