This SEMA the crew kept quite busy. We had several tasks that we had accomplish. Most of these involved filming the show for one reason or another.
Waiting for the Naughty NOS Girls to finish their autograph session so we could film their interview for NOS TV.
We also filmed with with some of the formula D Drivers including Sam Hubinette who was unveiling his new 2008 Drift ride: :
Vaughn also put down a solid interview as well.
An interview with Chris Forsberg for NOS TV:
Unless you were at SEMA you would not believe that crazy things that happen there while you are trying to get work done. While we were filming an interview for NOS TV with Norris, some random man thought that it would be a great idea to take a picure with Kelly. Never mind that Norris is talking to the camera giving the interview, the man asks him to to take a picture of him with Kelly. I have only one way to describe this “Amazing”:
Any way you should check out the Wrecked Magazine SEMA video coverage as well as the videos for NOS TV. We will have more NOS TV interviews up in the next couple of days.
I can honestly say that SEMA this year was a real blur. It can about way faster that it should of, it hit hard, and then left with out warning.
Since we were staying off of the strip about 30 minutes of our day was spent driving back and forth to from the house to the convention center. For most of the these trips i played the chauffeur. I did not bring my little hat but I should have:
I thought that my driving skills were awesome. But when i looked back the faces often looked like this:
But anyway, the SUV we rented still works, more or less.. Although the transition is starting to slip a little.. And its still in one piece although I still have to return it to the airport tomorrow…
This year at SEMA we decided to change it up a bit. Last year we stayed on the strip. That proved to be quite dangerous, so this year we decided to rent a house that was off the strip by a few minutes. This way our team would be able to stay together and not be spread out across around a hotel. Plus we hoped that no one in out group would get drunk and go an get married again
I was so amazed by the pool that I forgot to take a shot of the house. This pool was sick!! Not only that it had a hot tub as well.
Since we were updating video content every day we had a command center setup in the living room.
Yep, we brought an iMac. Some times you really need a bit more processing power. Expecially when trying to get videos up the same day.
I must say that having the house was one of the smartest things that we did for SEMA. Next year we will be back in a house for SEMA. Hopefully we will go for the place with the pool table next year
My blog over here at wrecked would not be complete if I didn’t talk about the latest Formula D event that I attended.. Its been 2 years since I’ve been to Seattle. Not a lot has changed, its still a pretty sick track and event.
We did get hit by some crazy rain storm during Saturday Qualifying and Top 16, but what can you expect, its Seattle. If its not raining something has gone terribly wrong. Anyway, this is how I spent top 16:
Yep thats me covering my camera with my media vest.. I knew that thing would come in handy, and beside who really has rain gear for their cameras???
I must say this is my first drift event in the rain. It might not have the big smoke that I’m used to but it was still crazy. I would not dare do what these guys did in the rain. Even the crowd stuck it out in the rain.
Thing did get a little crazy as Jayke found out while filming from what would prove to the be best spot to see people spin out in the rain. (Jayke is the dude in the yellow vest)
Pretty sick event. Check out the whole gallery of photos over in the Gallery
Well someone over here at Wrecked decided to let the staff have blogs… This should be rather interesting. Stay tuned for some real updates tomorrow !!!!!
