We recorded the individual speaker presentations at the 2009 Boulder Valley Real Estate Conference and Forecast.  The sold out conference was held at the Millennium Hotel on November 19th.  Here are links to the individual videos hosted on the Boulder County Business Report Facebook page:

The Credit Crunch – What Now?!
Dr. Paul C. Bishop
John R. Yarberry
Lou Barnes
Brad Blackwell

Perception vs Reality
William Graff
Kyle Heckman
Beat Steiner
Patrick Dolan
Craig Ockers

Green Machine or Green Bubble
Hugh Morrris
Ben Griffin
John Shaw
Ken Hotard
Bob Greenlee

Real Estate Forecast
Dr. Paul C. Bishop
Brad Blackwell
Patti Silverstein
B. Scot Smith
DB Wilson
Andy Grolnick

A week ahead of the Ironman 70.3 World Championships in Clearwater, FL, we produced an interview with race favorite Matt Reed.  The content was used as part of the TriCenter show and can be seen on Competitor’s Triathlon website.  Special thanks to BoulderVibe for help with the studio location and production.

click here to view the video

Two UCI races came through town the first weekend in November and we captured the action in a series of online videos broadcast on the VeloNews TV channel.  Here are the links:
Blue Sky Velo Cup men’s race
Blue Sky Velo Cup women’s race
Post race with men’s winner – Tim Johnson
Post race with women’s winner – Katie Compton
Boulder Cup men’s race
Boulder Cup women’s race
Post race with men’s winner – Tim Johnson
Post race with women’s winner – Katie Compton
Post race with Powers & Driscoll
Adam Snyder bunny-hops the barriers

We also put together a video documenting the 35+ Open category from the Blue Sky Velo Cup.  The race conditions were some of the best Colorado has seen this year.

We are heading to Interbike for the 3rd straight year and will be attending CrossVegas and the USA Crits finals.  Look for video coverage of the tradeshow and races on VeloNews.tv

Last year we produced a DVD that was looped at a private party for Competitor Group, Inc. Here are the individual pieces from that video highlighting cycling, cyclocross, mountain biking, and triathlon.

Fans on the Col du Petit Saint-Bernard climb in Italy

2009 seemed to be the tipping point in online video coverage of the Tour de France. Looking at the following link shows the vast number of outlets for live (over 30 live video feeds) and archived video featuring everything and anything Tour related.  http://www.steephill.tv/tour-de-france

VeloNews TV raised the bar for the 2009 edition and produced a daily show highlighting each stage.  VeloCenter, which was hatched in February at the Tour of California, had grown from a small team on location to a two pronged approach with field production at the race and a desk show, editing and publishing being handled in Denver, CO.  Futuristic Films provided an additional location camera crew and handled all of the post production in their Denver studio.  The workflow hinged on being able to deliver video assets via FTP from France to Denver in a timely manner.

Post race production and editing

The first week was all about learning and perfecting the workflow while managing the constant logistical mess that is the Tour.  Our motto became “nothing is guaranteed until your head hits the pillow”.  By the second week everything was coming together and VeloCenter blossomed with its tight format of race highlights, rider interviews, analysis and in show features.  Here is an examples of a show feature that was produced by the team on location during the race:

One of the most impressive accomplishments was John Wilcockson’s award for covering 40 Tours de France.  The 2009 event was actually his 41st Tour, but organizers presented him his 40-year award this year before the start of stage 10 in Limoges:

By the end of the race the video team had produced 24 episodes of VeloCenter.  The following episode from stage 17 represents the capability and effort of everyone involved in the project:

These are links to individual packages that we worked on during the event:
An in depth look at how the domestic teams are fairing at the Amgen Tour of California

US Postal / Discovery Pro Cycling Team – where are they now

Lance Armstrong’s comeback and effect on the 2009 Amgen Tour of California

Here to Stay: a closer look at Rock Racing at the Amgen Tour of California

Amgen Tour of California Stage 7 – a shotgun seat in the BMC team car.

Two days of UCI cyclocross racing came to Boulder on November 1st and 2nd.  Strong fields for both men and women elite races showed up at the Boulder reservoir on Saturday and again at Harlow Platts park on Sunday.

We captured the action via video for VeloNewsTV, which included race highlights of both men’s and women’s elite races both days and interviews with a variety of pro riders.   Congratulations to DBC Events for putting on a great set of events.

click here to view videos from both days of the 2008 Boulder Cup

Cyclocross season is here.  It’s time to sharpen your cx skills.

We produced a 5-part series on cyclocross skills, bike equipment and general advice for racing.  Thanks to Brandon Dwight of Boulder Cycle Sport for participating and sharing his cyclocross knowledge.

Here are the links:

Cyclocross bike equipment

Dismounts, remounts and carrying the bike

Avoiding common mistakes during a ‘cross race

Tips on improving your starts

‘Cross race etiquette

The second annual CrossVegas cyclocross race took place at night during the first day of Interbike on September 24th.  A 30-minute show produced by Kent Gordis Productions will be broadcast on the Altitude Sports Network starting October 25th.

We captured the action for VeloNews TV, including some face time with Lance Armstrong.  Here are the links to the videos from 2008 CrossVegas:

Pre-race with Armstrong, Johnson, Page and Trebon

Post race with Lance Armstrong

Elite Men’s race highlight

Post race with Elite Men’s winner Ryan Trebon

Elite Women’s race highlight

Post race with Elite Women’s winner Katie Compton

Post race with Tim Johnson

Post race with Adam Craig

Post race with Geoff Kabush