Friday April 27 2007

Roberts Creek, Sunshine Coast (14km from the Langdale-Horseshoe Bay fery)

WHAT??

Critical Mass Sunshine Coast style. Come participate and make the April
Critical Mass in Roberts Creek AWESOME. Ride is at 5:30pm. Following
Critical Mass is...

::: Bike Film Night ::: At the Gumboot Cafe in Roberts Creek

Cara Fisher and Martin Prestage from Lifecycle present a fun filled evening for all featuring a series of short bike films for your amusement and entertainment. 7:00-8:30pm family hour flicks, after dark films 8:30-10pm. Never before screened films from all over North America!!

I have been told before I am a giver, although not in the same context as here. Ahem. Anyway, I got an email request a few weeks ago to use one of my critical mass photos (Lions Gate Bridge) in a small, socially conscious, publication out in Ontario. I hadn't heard of them before, but they seemed legit so I gladly passed along a copy of the original. As part of the usage, was a fee they pay to photographers. Since I license all my event photos under the creative commons, I didn't feel right taking money, so I got them to donate the fee to a local bike advocacy charity.

I found out today where they sent the fee...

Vancouver-set documentary You Never Bike Alone screens as part of the Moving Pictures Film Festival.

Drawing on footage filmed in the city over the course of the last decade and through interviews with people from all backgrounds, feature-length documentary You Never Bike Alone captures the fun, the road rage, the camaraderie, and the freakiness of riding a bike in Vancouver.

You Never Bike Alone charts the history of Vancouver's Critical Mass rides from the early “Tame the Lions” rides, that helped bring about better bike facilities on the Lions Gate Bridge, to the wild spectacle of Vancouver's freak bike collective and the World Naked Bike Ride in more recent times.