THE 1i - XViro Team WILL BEGIN BLOGGING PRE - DEPLOYMENT TO ECUADOR, SOON. ECUADOR DEPLOYMENT 02/10/12 through 02/23/12.

The "1i - XViro Team" is a camera team made up of Expedition, Technical, Logistics and Camera Specialists who can get deep in the environment, remain out there with little outside support, and get unique footage out of the wildest places the planet has to offer. 1i-XViro is deployed by 1iOpenProductions.com, 1iOpen on FB.

During this deployment the 1i-XViro Team will be working for nothingbutshorts:.International to film the 2011 ADVENTURE RACING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS in Tasmania Australia.

Thursday, October 27, 2011

The state of Tasmania and the First Day of Shooting



Erik running back
SEATAC airport, Seattle USA. 125lbs of gear, not for a racer, just a camera man. I am prepared for anything. I'm apparently prepared for a place like home. Tasmania, by all reports from the guy in 29B, the weather is unpredictable, the land is covered in clouds, it rains very often, the bush is thick and the people are friendly and welcoming.

Flying into Sydney
Australians are very friendly and smile at you while telling you your luggage is late, and by the way, on a different plane coming in after you. They courteously point you in the wrong direction, smiling, and then gently tell you to go back to the other terminal, not this one. Always smiling, but no more clear on where I was supposed to be than I was.

Tasmanians are Australians. Who knew? I bet you didn't know. Tasmanians claim most Australians forget Tazzie is part of the country. Not surprising since most of the world thinks they're an island off of Africa. I was curious if they had a slightly different culture than the mainland.

30hrs of non-stop traveling, running between two plane changes and a drive, it was all exactly as I like it, very uneventful.

Landing in Tasmania I am greeted by a fruit sniffing dog, not the traditional Tasmanian welcome dance. There isn't one, I asked. "We are a state in Australia! Not another country." Oh, yeah. That's why no cultural dance.

Tim (left) and Anthony (right) Shooting Jude.
Erik shooting on Hawley beach in his new Television Jacket.
The rest of the production crew from NothingButShorts:International arrives in Tazzie. We load 22 bags of gear, traveling light. Really! We jump into three vehicles and set off to shoot.

We bang out some great PR shots for Tourism Tasmania so they can tell the the world what an amazing place this is. We shoot at Cataract Gorge, and Hawley beach working the bugs out and prepping. I think the world knows what an amazing place it is, the Tazzies just need to explain where it is.

Still prior to racers arriving in Tasmania, tomorrow we will shoot some more post card shots of this remote Country....State.


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  1. AnonymousOctober 28, 2011 at 9:38 PM

    You look great in your "shooting jacket"! Very beachy looking and goes well with your flip-flops :) Looks like a cool Spring day. Good luck, Erik - have fun! Mom

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