And here’s the video just for fun
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Check out how he gets closer without ever moving. True Ninja skills right there.
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Last night I went to a screening for this series of short films that were made in conjunction with Nike Sportswear for the Windrunner jacket. My friends Adam Jay Weissman and Chris Robinson directed two of the sets, and then graffiti artist Todd James directed the last set. Adam’s and Chris’ are really entertaining and here is the first in Adam’s set.
Rick Hoffman Presents The Windrunner
Throughout the running boom of the late seventies there was one name that was synonymous with winning, a name that belonged to a man by the name of Rick Hoffman.
Inspirational track coach and creator of the wildly successful ‘Rick Hoffman Presents: Rick Hoffman’s Running To Win,’ Hoffman owned the sport as his wrote, directed, produced and coached 126 instructional episodes before falling on hard times. Brought down by a controversial training technique in his final episode, ‘Procreate to Win,’ Hoffman quit coaching to pursue an acting career.
With little left in his short shorts than a banana and a stopwatch, Hoffman cast himself in a late night infomercial promoting a revolutionary running jacket called the Windrunner. What followed led to a scandal that gripped the nation and rocked the sport of running to its very core.
Painstakingly restored and seen here for the first time in 27 years, ‘Rick Hoffman Presents: The Windrunner’ is the first of three videos related to the infamous ‘Attack on the Track,’ an event that that propelled Nike to its position as the leading sport brand in the world.
Wherever this gem came from…wow this is awesome. Started watching it; couldn’t stop.
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On Friday September 5th, Wale and I were invited to see Jerry Seinfeld at Meyerhoff Symphony Hall in Baltimore, MD. This was very last minute and I flew in that afternoon from Boston. I missed the 4:30 flight so had to get on the 5:30 which got me to BWI at 7PM. The show started at 7. Luckily there was an opener so I arrived at the venue around 7:30 and missed the first 5 minutes of Jerry’s set. Wale showed up right as I was getting the tickets from will call. The show was amazing, I laughed a lot and Jerry dealt with a bizarre fan who stood up during the Q&A at the end to make a speech about homelessness (Jerry: “It’s a comedy show, people can pick up the paper and get depressed immediately after if they want.”) Jerry left us backstage passes because he wanted to meet Wale, as back in June, his assistant called me asking for a copy of the Mixtape About Nothing. We waited in the green room for him to come out and it was like something out of the show:
Me: Hey I’m Dan Weisman, really nice to meet you, this is Wale
Jerry: Oh, Wale. Yes. I really liked your thing.
Wale: Thanks man, that means a lot. I really liked your thing too.
Jerry: (turns to road manager) This is Wale, that rapper who made the mashup mixtape thing with the theme song and bits from the show. I really liked it; listened to it quite a few times.
Wale: That means so much man, thank you. I’m a huge fan and the show was so inspiring to me.
Me: You weren’t offended by the mixtape?
Jerry: No! I’m a comedian. I loved it.
Wale: That’s great cuz I became kinda famous off it.
A few more words were exchanged and that was that. It was one of the more surreal experiences of my life.
Adam Kimmel presents: Claremont HD from adam kimmel on Vimeo
Spotted over at Ferrari Murakami
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