Kitewing on Lake Saimaa

The kitewing is probably the most fun toy I've had in a long time. I got a Rage 55 - wingspan 5,5 meters - earlier this year and have had a few good runs both on the Espoo/Helsinki coast and Lake Saimaa in Lappeenranta at my dad's house. The below video from my second time out on ice doesn't feature any big jumps or other antics (as the wind had already dissipated in the afternoon by the time I got the videographer up from bed), but it goes to show how it's just a matter of picking the wing up up and riding it (well, it took a sec to get started again...). While it isn't quite as versatile and is more dependent on a steady wind than a kite, it's a breeze to put together and to disassemble. You'll be out on the ice (or sand) long before the kite-fellows have untangled and powered up their fliers. You can get one from the UK here of in Finland here (note again, the pound's cheap, even if you're not in the UK...).

Cityvice.tv and Kauko Röyhkä

Teppo, a friend of mine, has gotten a creative and exciting venture nicely started. Called Cityvice.tv, the site will offer high-quality video content for syndication partners based on various custom channels. I love video so I wanted to help out, and this far I've done a few interviews you can see below. More to come, I hope!

Meeting Kauko Röyhkä for the interview last Thursday (posting this late, courtesy of Blogger sucking again), below, was quite exciting, and the gig with Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo an amazing smuggle-load of kraut-chaos and primordial noise. Yes yes. Still reverberating...!





 

Circle's Jussi Lehtisalo interview at Nosturi

Despite being high on painkillers and muscle relaxants, I went to Nosturi to do a quick interview with Jussi Lehtisalo from Circle. I would've gone even if my legs were cut off. The interview was done for my friend Teppo's CityVice.tv, which seems to be picking up nicely. I think he liked my style, so I'll be doing more of these - once I get better and have the time for reporting like this.

Check out the Circle-video at CityVice.tv, should be one of the top results (no embedding support yet, I think they're in beta :)).