10.30.2011

LA CARRERA PANAMERICANA



Just wrapped 10 days of filming down in Mexico.


It was an adventure. It was sort of sketchy at times but it was fun too. And we all actually made it home still in one piece.

The ID Agency threw us in with the Ducati team for the Carrera Panamericana - a 7 day road rally race that travels over 1,600 miles through Mexico at super high speeds.



Woke up at dawn and worked long hours everyday (of course). This was the view at sunrise from our resort in Huatulco, where the race started.





The entire race was escorted by a team of Mexican Federales. They'd close sections of public roads for us to speed through as the race moved from city to city.




Ryan and our boy Shane came along to shoot with us as well. We shot with 5 cameras and a ton of GoPro's everyday. Once the race started, we were in new city and new hotel each night. As soon as we checked in, we'd designate one of our rooms as the makeshift office and offload and backup footage, recharge batteries and reorganize and pack all of the equipment every night.


Volcano in Puebla


Carlin Dunne and Roland Brown - the Ducati team riders.


Our hotel in Queretaro was right across the street from a McDonalds. Don't judge us - we only ate American fast food once in 10 days.






Zacatecas - amazing looking little city where the race finished at the end of the week.


Anyway, the shoot turned out great. Nice to be home. Now all we have to do is sort through the 600GB of footage and start to edit. More photos to come...