The MX GP series has moved on to Latvia. Below are two of the four videos produced on the weekend for Freecaster.tv. The first video shows some of the action and lifestlye from Saturday. The music at the start was recorded at a famous Medieval restaurant in Riga which we visited on Friday night.

The second video is a race round up of the MX2 category with interviews and action from the top three riders in their class.

Video put together for Freecaster.tv from the MX GP in Teutschenthal, Germany. Shows the action, and lifestyle from day 1 of the event. Shot and edited within one day.

Top Irish downhill mountain biker Ben Reid travels the world racing on two wheels. He relies on getting media coverage for his sponsors to earn his living, and part of his marketing plan is his web site. Honcho Designs set Ben Reid Racing up with a custom Wordpress theme to tie in with all his other branding.

It was important for team manager Alistar Beckett to be able to update the site with ease while on the road, whilst having all the features of a powerful site. Support was built in for search engine optimisation, web analytics, video & photo content, and Google calendars.

There is also a mailing list database system built into the site which automatically updates soubscribers when new content is published.  Check out their adventures at the Just Reid site

Honcho Designs was at round 3 of the Nissan UCI Mountain Bike World Cup in Andorra to produce videos for factory teams Specialized and Santa Cruz.  The two teams have the best riders on the scene, with Santa Cruz Syndicate rider Steve Peat claiming victory at the weekend, and also setting the world record for the most World Cup wins ever.  Specialized rider Sam Hill was nearly two seconds up at the split before crashing hard near the top of the course.

The riders were not the only ones who had to go fast.  The videos which were shot on a Sony EX1 camera were, edited, and uploaded to the team sites one day after the weekend.  

To see more of what happened at the weekend check out Specialized and Santa Cruz Bikes

Voluntary Service Bureau held the Creative Extremists event at Stormont Hotel, Belfast. The strapline for the event was ‘fighting for the common good’ and it had some high profile speakers in attendance including the Lord mayor of Belfast, and the MP David Blunkett.

Honcho Designs Looked after the branding of the event including logo creation, email shot, stage branding design, content for the stage projection screen, and video coverage.

Round 3 of the motocross GP series took place near Istanbul in Turkey at the weekend.  Check out one of the videos produced for Freecaster.tv. Belgian Cameraman Tim Van Goethem was out with his Sony EX1 hooked up to a Letus 35mm adaptor to get some sweet footage.

The motocross season has just kicked off and Kawasaki decided to go down the route of a video production to promote their 2009 teams.  Belgian producer Mike Van Cleven commissioned Andy Yoong from Honcho Designs to help shoot and edit the videos.  

The video was shot over a period of days in the south of France on a hired track and studio. Four videos were produced, one for each of the three teams, and one for the 2009 press team presentation.  Kawasaki found this method to be a huge success after having thousands of views online within hours of being released.

Check out the Kawasaki motocross website for more information.

Intro/lifestyle video for the set-up day of the first round of the 2009 Motox GP in Faenza Italy.  Video and edit by Andy Yoong – Honcho Designs

Saturday Practice and qualifying sessions.  Camera by Tim Van Goethan / Andy Yoong.  Edit by Andy Yoong