Spinning Southward

The last post was about the expedition camera + laptop technology of 2006, how I struggled with its limitations, and what I learned about preventing it from breaking on a 10,000 mile bike tour from Mexico to Argentina. Looking back, its really quite incredible how much evolution we have seen in phone and camera tech. The camera that on the 2006 trip was a Panasonic PV-GS110, one of the smallest mini DV cameras at the time. It had 3 CCD image sensors, as opposed to one sensor which is what most small cameras had. […]

We definitely were not the first, or the last, to ride our bikes from Alaska to Argentina.  We weren’t the fastest . . . like Emmanuel Gentinetta, who still has the world record for the fasted solo bike tour for the famed 16,000 miles of Pan-American highway.  He finished it in 261 days. At the time, in 2005, I would say we were one of the most well documented.  We have so many wonderful photos from the trip, its hard to choose just a few, but here they are . . . My top 25 photos from Spinning Southward:

With this new trailer I am pleased to continue the launch of the Spinning Southward Film DVD released over the summer. After nearly 6 years of editing, awareness events and preparation, the Spinning Southward adventure is available in feature length format on DVD at Amazon.  All net proceeds from each purchase go to The National Brain Tumor Society (www.braintumor.org). The trailer was also featured in the August National Brain Tumor Society newsletter:   Spinning Southward Documentary trailer in the August National […]

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In honor of National Brain Tumor Awareness Month and National Bike to Work Month, I am pleased to announce the official launch of the Spinning Southward Film DVD. After nearly 6 years of editing, awareness events and preparation, the Spinning Southward adventure is available in feature length format on DVD at Amazon.  All net proceeds from  each purchase go to […]

Spinning Southward has been awarded the Silver Palm Award from the Mexico International Film Festival, and invited down to Rosarito, Mexico, to accept the award. We are honored that they felt our film deserved such an award, especially coming from a country that we enjoyed so much, and gave so much to us on our trip.      

UPDATE:  The screening was a great success, thanks to everyone who showed up and shared in the film, as well as donated to the NBTS.  Was great to relive it yet again and hear all the great stories from other epic bike touring adventures. What: Spinning Southward Screening at the Capoeira Mandinga Academy When: Friday, February 25 · 7:00pm – 9:30pm Where: Capoeira Mandinga Academy 4137 Piedmont Ave. Oakland, CA “Spinning Southward is a documentary film following 3 bicyclists who traveled from the far northern shores of Prudhoe Bay, Alaska – through 13 countries – to Ushuaia, Argentina in […]

The fundraising page for the Spinning Southward Documentary is up: http://www.braintumorcommunity.org/goto/spinningsouthwarddoc This site allows you to donate directly to the NBTS on behalf of the Documentary, as well as see the funds raised so far.