Several of us; The Reverend Petey, at Head Injury Media, Aussie Peter Norton of RumJungle Media, Geoff S, and myself for sure have been talking... about "Telling The Story", the story of iceboating, like with all this ice, and all this sailing, the speed, the thin ice, there's a couple great stories to be told. ...like just checking the ice

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What story do we want to tell? If you could see it then you'd understand
And I said to Aussie Pete, (KA 3)"...The only way I can tell the real story about iceboating is with Some Body of Fiction... there too many things that, well... the human drama of passionate and intense competitive people..." "...I know too much." ; )

We're telling a story about iceboating, which ain't "yacht racin"! To iceboating, we'll be true, but we're nonetheless, just telling a story.
The racers in this story, compete on short, closed course race tracks, the working name for the course is "the Devil's Playground(tm)". Sailing an almost absurd reaching angle with one tack and one jype per lap, oval track racing. We need the camera shots and some close boat to boat competition on camera, some drama, Epic Racing if you would, and we need to film it up close.

Of course these racers set the boats up a bit differently, maybe those 70 degree runners will hold firm, (I would have them) the 90's were too skitchy. And they sail in teams of 3-4 competitors, on extended distance courses, pit stops, driver changes, drama, an engaged audience of fans, cheering. We've done enough of this racing to be "pretty sure" it's about as safe as open course racing, but it's different, it's time we showed it off, to see what people think.

The boats in this story, race in fleets of 8 - 10, on about 1.something minutes/lap course, there really are no marks, just a continuous track, you jybe at one end, and tack at the other.

And visually, we need some color , it's just to monochromatic, to gray for me. This white stuff may be perfect, in all other areas, but as stunning visual imagery, it works best in Still Imagery, like Ansel's Moonrise. Stillness is not the image I have in mind.

The course is defined by break away Colored Ripstop Sail Shaped Flags, with graphics.

The sails will be colored, and have graphics, even sponsor graphics. Heck it's amazing what black mylar looks like as a sail cloth, Thanks to Jimmy Gluek at Quantum for the Prototye.

Of Course, Sponsorship Money Changes Everything.

The boats will be really trick, pimped out. Sweet Custom Paint Jobs, and I imagine we'll all be taking a special look at the hull / plank attachment system, I don't think Bill Sarns ever imagined we'd race them like this, there might be some rubbin.

There's going to be some on-the-ice set dressing, warming heaters, tents, race announcers, music, umbrella girls?

The boats are all set up with GPS and On Board Cameras, (Hi Def, 16 X 9), on a stern mount boom, radio communication is encouraged.

The drama, is on the course, the racing is real, there will be winners, and losers, and in the pits as the 3 guys there work on getting the boat totally dialed in, making small adjustments to rig tune, changing runners, etc, over a 100 lap (about 90 minute) race.

We'll have one camera crew working on the on course shooting, covering full lap continuous coverage when the boats are close. Another covering the in the pit's action, 3 smart capable guys trying to figure out what to do to this boat to get another 1/4 knot out of it. Making pit stop changes, and measuring the improvement, or decrease in performance.

That's how the story is shaping up. OK it's part NASCAR on Ice, part World Of Outlaws Dirt Track Racin, a little part reality TV. That's the story we're telling, it's just a story.

We're filming a pilot of this story at the end of February in Minnesota. Calling it the Icemaker 100, Someplace cool, Visually Pepin is stunning, but a lot could happen in the middle of nowhere, Brainerd?

We're making a party of it. Inviting all our friends, we need a cast of hundreds, can't very well pay them... : )

Now getting it Ready for You, Almost ready for you,... I invite you come help us tell this story. I think it'll be Amazing. I think people will love hearing it.

Carpe DN

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