Cute Monkey in Brazil

Here is something I filmed in my hometown this week.

Snow Shoe Grind

Great day snowshoeing today. I went to Grouse Mountain and did the Snow Shoe Grind trail twice!
The first run up and down was hard. The snow was very fresh, so I had to work really hard to keep a good pace. Still, O got to do just under 40 minutes. Then, the second time took me almost 2 minutes longer than the first lap, probably because I was exhausted from the first time.
The effort was worth it. I got to the top of the leader board for the season, until now of course! The end of winter is much better when the snow packs and it feels like running on pavement. I better keep training, because I know I won't be on the top of the leader board for much longer. Bragging rights until then :D

First snow of the winter 12/13 in vancouver

Here is a photo I took this Wednesday on my drive to work. It snowed over night and as usual traffic was a mess, tire shops had lineups of people trying to get snow tires and of course, I had fun driving in it :)
As a good test engineer, I just have to do a traction test in a situation like this. It is safer to know how much pressure to put on your brake pedal before the wheels lock.
Well, then it rained and next morning the snow was gone.

Here is a photo I took at work this week. Just like life, it seems like there's always too many options.

Too many options

Mt Seymour - Neds DH biking

Here's an older video I made this year, when we went down Ned's trail at Mt Seymour for the first time in North Vancouver - BC (Canada). Filmed with the GoPro on an Handlebar mount the first time as well.








Riders: Paulo (me), Bruno and Daniel

Westport Surf Trip Video

Short video of a surfing trip I did to Westport-WA last weekend.

Hope you Like it.

I had this idea for a picture painting, trying to paint a Christmas tree with two flashlights. I don't have the best hand control, but it was fun anyways. It's hard to imagine what things are gonna look like, and to know the exact spots where to stop your hand, also the speed of the movement has to be constant, not too fast, not too slow. Here's the upload, with no post editing.

A cold snap

Last weekend we had 16cm of snow, having to shovel, salt, and bla bla bla. The temperature is still dropping and reached -9C this morning. My roomate brilliantly gave me the idea of making a tshirt wet and hanging if outside. I just had breakfast time to do it, about 20 - 30 minutes. So I did! Soaked a T-shirt, then hanged it outside, thinking that I would see it frozen when i'd come back from work. Nope, it was frozen in 25 minutes! Super fun, I recommend, do it!

Amazing fall view

I usually drive to and from work and cross this intersection where a block is populated with Cedar trees and the next few blocks are all Maple trees, causing this amazing contrast in the fall.
Enjoy