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Check out Cooper Lambla’s first video journal installment on Rapid Transit. http://rapidtransitvideo.com


Notes: We have been having some major problems with the server we were using but we have changed the whole thing over as of today. It’s a real bummer because the site has only been up for a month now, but I think it’s all taken care of. It’s loading way quicker now.

If you have trouble viewing Rapid Transit Videos via our site, please notify us. Some suggestions to help you view the videos if you are in fact still having trouble.

1) Make sure you have the latest version of Adobe Flash. There is a link directly on our home page for the latest download.

2) If that does not work for some reason you can view some of the RT videos in quicktime format in a few different spots.

First, you may go to MionFootwear.com and view in quicktime from their home page.

Next, you may subscribe to the Rapid Transit Podcast. Right now all our featured videos are available there and we are considering just putting all our stuff up as podcasts. You can go to the iTunes music store and search for Rapid Transit and get the free subscription. You can also subscribe on the Podcast link on our web site.

Lastly, on the Blog or Podcast link on our site you can view the videos in a Quicktime Popup Window.

I hope this helps all the interested viewers have a more enjoyable experience on our site.

Thanks and enjoy the videos,

Spencer Cooke, Effort Inc

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April fools? You be the judge of that. On Tuesday, April 1st a handful of the boldest paddlers from around the globe will show off their freshly shaven faces in hopes of becoming the next Mustache King.

Competitors start off skin to wind in hopes of having the finest stache on the planet two months from now, when the contest ends.

IR, the industry’s leading kayak gear company, has put up the title sponsorship this year, setting the bar way up high. 1st Place wins IR’s drysuit! People will do ridiculous things for an IR drysuit. Wait and see. Among the other prizes we have an Aquabound carbon 4 piece breakdown paddle, Shred Ready helmets, Mion shoes, Zeal Optics sunglasses, some Astral Buoyancy stuff. We also have a feed to WorldKayak.com for our blog, so you can keep up with the hairiness there as well, whatever makes you happy.

Go to TheMustacheKing.com to see all the details.

Please do enjoy,

Spencer Cooke, Effort.tv

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Recently Heehaw Jones left a voicemail for me regarding the Green Race Movie. He didn’t seem all that psyched about it. Here’s the link to the video. CLick HERE
Also, heehaw emailed me regarding the launch of Rapid Transit last week, and i quote, “WTF….I had the idea for this years ago.”

I’d also like to thank Playak.com for linking me up on their page. I’d like to provide a link to them right here. 100% Independent Kayak & Canoe News

Later,

Spencer Cooke, Effort Inc
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Dear Blog Nerds,

I am pleased to announce a brand new video product from Effort Inc. It’s called Rapid Transit. You may check it out at http://rapidtransitvideo.com

It is a kayak video site deriving from the collective efforts of various kayak video producers who I like to work with. You may watch lots of videos there, subscribe to the video podcast, read the blog and learn about the producers involved.

Mion Footwear and Riot Kayaks, two of the coolest and most progressive companies in the outdoor industry, are the sponsors of Rapid Transit, bringing all these videos to you for free.

Please enjoy and visit frequently.

May I also remind everyone about IR’s Mustache King contest, beginning on April 1st? Please visit the official web site at http://themustacheking.com

Thanks,

Spencer Cooke
Effort Inc
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Everyone may have played a donkey game a time or two. Though, the below image raises some serious questions. Questions like, why is the kid in the picture wearing a pirate’s eye-patch? Is this the son of One-eyed Willy? Does he think the donkey is a ninja, and what is he going to do with that paint brush near that poor donkey’s butt? Lastly why is the donkey so happy? Even more lastly, why do I have a picture of this toy? I thought this was supposed to be a fun, child’s game.

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We are up and running. Officially, Immersion Research, Confluence, PA based gear manufacturer is the title sponsor of this year’s Curt Davis Invitational Mustache Growing Contest of Paddlesports. That name has a whole history that can be found on the 2006 event web site. The new web site for this event is http://TheMustacheKing.com Aside from IR we have six other awesome sponsors giving out huge prizes for this year’s event. This competition is gonna be great. You will be able to keep up with the whole thing at our event blog or at our blog feed at WorldKayak.com, coming soon. If you are thinking of competing please be aware that there are only 40 spots available on a first come, first server basis.

Later,

Spencer Cooke, Effort.tv

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I was just looking at Heehawjones.com and discovered this ridiculous new video .

This next part I was forced to put on this blog because of some legal stuff regarding Heehaw. Basically, we have to sell these shirts for Heehaw Jones due to what his lawyers called “defamation of character” regarding his appearance in Enter The Donkey and Night of the Living Donkey. So, here it is, $12.00 a pop.

Buy it here, I guess…

Oh, I heard that Heehaw is going to make another public appearance at a Night of the Living Donkey & The Green Race Movie showing in Knoxville, TN. It’s at River Sports Outfitters on Tuesday March 11th, 7:30 PM. I’m sure he’ll be trying to sell more shirts and wanting to sign autographs for everyone. I guess that’s what pro paddlers do.

Later,

Spencer Cooke, Effort.tv

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Now that the secret is out about the zombies it’s time that every paddler knew how to defend themselves if faced with the horrible fate as all of the Night of the Living Donkey cast. My friend Damon Bungard was generous enough to pass on the following link about defending yourself against the undead. http://www.fvza.org/zdefense.html
This is obviously good information for any person, kayaker or not. Really, this should be part of swift water rescue training, aca instructor certification, cpr training, pre-algebra and a laundry list of other curriculum.

At the premiere last night some folks were asking about the video soundtrack. You can check it out at iTunes.

Keep an eye on the WorldKayak.com site for more premiere dates for the video. WK ambassadors will be hosting NOTLD showings and some of them will be in conjunction with The Green Race Movie.

NightoftheLivingDonkey.com for more about the video.

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Night of the Living Donkey dot com for more info.

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Hi there to my two lovely readers! I have several bits of news on the tip of my tongue and want to share a little of all of it.

NIGHT OF THE LIVING DONKEY is a new kayak/horror video I’ve been working on for over a year and it’s finally complete. Special people like you may have the opportunity to attend the world premiere in Asheville NC this Thursday night, January 31 at 9pm. Not special people, not like you, may see it on DVD. Even more not special people will never see it and that does not hurt my feelings. Please go visit the web site for the video at NightOfTheLivingDonkey.com Otherwise don’t go visit any web site at all. You can purchase the DVD via the site. Additionally you can buy the soundtrack straight from iTunes. Ten of the sixteen tracks from the video are available.

Secondly, I am really excited to announce a new album by my good friends, The Oatmeal Conspiracy. “Friends and Family” is out now and available on their myspace page. You can listen to most of the album there and purchase as well.
A quick view of the album cover…

I am a huge hard core and punk rock lover and those genres consume most of my music collection, though I love lots of other indie, 70s & 80s, hip hop, bluegrass and other music types. Oatmeal have described themselves before as a Jazz Pop band and that does cover some of their sound in my opinion, but not all. Here’s my best description of The Oatmeal Conspiracy based on this new record. Ready?

If Steely Dan, Beck, Ween, Jamiroquai and Billy Joel made sweet, sweet, romantic, passionate, sweaty love… the kind that hurts the next day, and spawned a three headed, six legged, drumming, keyboarding, saxophone playing, singing child, it would be The Oatmeal Conspiracy’s “Friends and Family” album.

Several of my online kayak videos over the past couple years have included songs from this album. These songs were in their metamorphic state at the time but have now reached full maturity on the album. If you have seen any of my Mion sponsored videos this year you will notice the little jingle at the beginning of the video as the intro to the track, Shady Shack. The most apparent song based on my description of the album is the brand new track, Stephen. Check it out on myspace and buy the album if you are so inspired.

Last, I just got back from a two week surf kayaking trip to Morocco and it was fannnnnntastic. If you can come back here and visit in mid to late Feb I’m gonna have a huge journal from the trip with tons of photos and a video highlight of the trip. I think it will be enjoyable.

I wrote in my journal on a daily basis to bring you the hard cold and explicit facts. It will take a while to transpose all of it to the blog.

Joey and I sort of hugged beside this camel.

We sort of hugged again on this beach.

I’ve never seen so many donkeys in my life. My hair was messier than this one by the end of the trip.

There were waves.

Tom and Nathan saw us off at the airport and began their journey home in the van, back to the UK.

Joey is now hard at work on his new surf kayak film, INTERFERENCE, and will plan on releasing it on DVD later in 2008. It will feature our Moroccan journey as part of its storyline.

One more note. New post at the Drug Free Lifestyle blog by Chris Brigman.
http://drugfreelifestyle.blogspot.com/2008/01/safety.html

Thanks for dropping by and I will hopefully be back to blog again.

Spencer Cooke
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