BAJA ADVENTURE PART 1: Leaving NYC
Gearing up for an off-road, Baja motorcycle adventure.
I've waited 12 years to edit this footage.
Gearing up for an off-road, Baja motorcycle adventure.
I've waited 12 years to edit this footage.
Two videos per week, this spirited man, must make two videos per week in order to optimize the algorithm and provide for his family and so forth sounds easy, but it's a brutal pace, especially if he wants to live a life in a few weeks. He begins a six day: off-grid adventure with his three-year-old son, no phones, no internet - can't make two videos that week the videos for that week. He must make this week and next week this week and next week he must make three videos per week in order to bank two videos for mr slace to upload. So today he has resolved to make a video from start to finish, you're watching it right now.
He made this today because yesterday, whilst mining footage from his archives, he found a vein of gold footage from a start to finish adventure one of his lifetime favorites from 2009., as he clicked through the footage he gained some insights and reflected upon wisdom he's acquired over The last dozen years subsequent to the adventure, the answer is in the attempt. Maybe he can put some of that in this thing today i have to buy a new car today i have to buy a used truck today for the baja trip. So this is what happens when your car costs the same amount as your suit. All right, where you got ta go um.
Can i take it to your shop? How far is that? Do you think we'll get this truck to san diego? Definitely, nice! That's what i want to hear chevy just need a little bit of maintenance got the ramp built. The ramp got neve's bike. What do you think? I mean i think it looks sick dude. Those tires are totally gnarly.
750 later i just read a scary baja article on the internet. That means i have to be careful. I'm going to the dmv got the trailer plates. This is where i registered my first car when i was 17..
This flower survived 200 mile ride, got the trailer hitch got the receiver lock got the coupler latch lock got the trailer. This is what connecticut looks like scott. So this is the bike matt's taking time for the off-road section of. Do you say? Oh, you think those tires are going to be gross.
You said, baja was all paved. I don't think i don't know dude, and i also think somebody might steal that was that bike, expensive or no, i got it in a box of cereal smokey - has ridden a total of 60 miles on everyone. Is your kickstand down? No go ahead, don't touch the throttle when you do it nice pipes, dude. Thank you rodney.
So rodney tells me i'm the first person, with this motorcycle to put 24 000 miles on it, tom sax's, studio. Okay, thank you, obi-wan, there's, no, try! I only do we're doing a motocross grade modification on this, so we're doing i'm gon na use loctite and a washer and a lock washer perfect sam is in on baja. That's him got the gas, can mounts, got the saddlebags, sam's two-year-old daughter just had to be flown to a hospital in a helicopter. I got the gas tanks i'll show you how they work for one of the legs and even i have to go on an adventure and find gas.
So i had to get these auxiliary tanks got the luggage racks got. The headlight got the fender, i'm finally finished with the bike, and i'm so happy it snowed. On the first motorcycle trip i ever went on three days before we leave for baja got the bed buddy. This baja trip is bringing me very close to being broke. Peter's friend has a relatively new car. It's at all six. I got how this guy's dressed it's 50 degrees out. This is like heaven look at this place.
Look at my blue us purdue. What's your strategy for baja keep the rubber down baby keep the river down. Have i told you how much i admire you brave soldiers? Have i told you lately how i love you, you matt, you know i can't afford the rights to that song. You just cost me ten thousand dollars close your eyes anymore.
When i kiss your lips, why don't you sing some beatles songs just to break the bank 6 25 a.m? Wilton connecticut time to drive to san diego, it should be said that in no way shape or form, i qualified to drive a pickup truck with four motorcycles, including two on a trailer all the way from connecticut to san diego. But you know what i'm doing it anyway. Well, what do you say guys get off my property? Get you get in your car and get off my property. Is this private property? I thought this is a state park.
This is private property and you are trespassing. My friend, this is what connecticut looks like when you're on your way to california, you.
At the time when you took these videos you were even shooting b roll did you always know you were going to try to make these into something
"the answer is in the attempt" this is what jumped out at me from this video and i'm reallly glad I heard that 🙂
While I appreciate the transparency in the video narration, I can't help but feel like this channel is no longer centric on quality art and story telling, but rather, on working the algorithm to gain views and make a living. I can understand your reasoning. However, this doesn't make for the top notch content that you were once taking the time and effort to produce, which was a major factor in what set you apart from other channels and creators. Nevertheless, good luck in all your endeavors!
Sell the Pencil design as a print. Test it as a digital download. I’ll hang that up in my work shop right now.
Gonna be using "Nice pipes" as a use-all positive feedback statement for the next few weeks.
Submitting a request for more movies like the one where the trash truck grabbed the trash can with a giant mechanical hand on a giant mechanical arm: short, delightful, informative, and hopefully puts food on the table for your family. What are the littlest things in your life that you'd like to share?
Two per week is the most important thing. Let's forget about art or beauty or meaning or any of that because we're on YouTube now and we don't care about any of that stuff anymore. As long as we just keep making two videos per week, that's the most impressive thing these days. It doesn't matter if it's all just mostly McDonald's and Casey's videos are more like bags of potato chips than anything anyone will watch more than once, if that.
Soo looking forward to part 2! 😀 Also, didn't realise that Van was using Casey's studio in New York. Makes a ton of sense though, that studio was a little overkill for just one person (that was mostly flying across the world to speak at different social media events anyway 😛 )
When you watch Van's videos, you really appreciate Casey's year long vlog. EVERY DAMN DAY new video., new content, inspiring messages.
I just loove these videos, Van! The pace, the cinematography, the subtile music and the personality of the Spirited Man, the openness and that calm narrators voice. Thank you, this is so refreshing after all other fast-paced and ego driven videos. Keep em coming and don't push it for the algorythm, do it for us, the people – i think you already have your audience. :))
You are an amazing Storyteller. Don't lose that with quantity. 400k subs in 4 months is HUGE. I think I'll try the 2 vids a week.
just when i start thinking positively about my life, considering it interesting and full of adventure: another Neistat's video drops