Posted by: noadventure | May 30, 2012

Greek Fest(Opa!)

My first Greek Festival ever. Of course it’s on Bayou St. John, but you’re not allowed to kayak in.

Sharky was thrilled. He has a taste for lamb that cannot be quelled.

It’s a good thing these oiled-up Greeks were putting flames to flesh in the centuries old tradition known as “cooking.”

Hmmm. Burgs of the goat variety? Might have to go “aggro” on one of those tasties(and with the price of goat going through the fucking roof, that’s a bargain).

Not only was it my first Greek fest, it was my first Greek fest with a 6 month-old son. Sharky is an avid outdoorsman, so he was perfectly at home on the grassy banks of Bayou St. John listening to a 20 piece Greek band amidst the smells of roasting cloven-hooved beasts. However, even the most rugged 0 year-old outdoorsman gets fussy when nap time approaches. We only got to stay for a couple of hours, but that was perfect. We bid farewell to our friends at the fest; they would remain drinking wine and alternating between calamari and goat feasts until the sun went down.

Spit Roasting an entire lamb:

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Posted by: noadventure | May 22, 2012

World’s Fakest Sports

FOR THE STREETCARNAGE VERSION CLICK HERE.

If you’ve been wasting your time Googling “nude winnie cooper,” than you are officially bored. In our current era of constant stimulation, it’s hard to stay focused on the things that really matter. How many times has your girlfriend complained during Top Chef when you watch with your computer on your lap and your iPhone in your hand? Theses ADD sports are officially terrible.

MMA Motocross

Finally Backflips and Beatdowns has finally skewered the market of motocross and MMA fans with one $15 event. The insurance for my friend’s small retail store is mind-boggling so it’s probably pretty affordable when you have hundreds of pounds of machinery flying over the heads of the audience while cagefighters try to make each other lose consciousness.

Check out the ATV flying over the cage at 1:17

Someone will always try to reinvent the wheel, despite the wheel having a pretty good track record for millenia. No doubt, you’ve probably come to the outer reaches of the Information Superhighway if you’re familiar with this gem.

Ultimate Tazer Ball

This brings a new level of chromosomal deficiency to participate in(whether player or spectator). Invented in Canada(shocker), the tournaments for this “sport” are held in Thailand and California, because Tazers are illegal in Canada.

SLAMBALL

Cheeseless rice, do we really need a basketball spinoff? Doesn’t basketball suck enough already? If the WNBA can lose money for  15 years, do you really think SlamBall has enough Mountain Dew and jizz soaked into it to make a profit?

Ultimate Ball

Ultimate Ball is such an unwatchable abortion that you should fast forward to the 1 minute mark to just get a taste of what this competition is about. Soccer/basketball/MMA/rugby in a cage is about the dumbest fucking thing I’ve seen British dudes do since the movie, Ali G Indahouse(Dictator?).

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Posted by: noadventure | May 15, 2012

New Orleans Longboarders

Not much I can say about these dudes other than they are rad. Thanks for the hat tip, Whitney!

It doesn’t get much better than night time longboarding with your bros. Remember the last time you felt like this? It was pretty awesome wasn’t it?

Not everyone remembers this, but after Katrina, New Orleans became the hottest place to drop in for vert skateboarding because there was a new frontier of hundreds of abandoned pools. Similarly, the abandoned parking garages gave the city with no hills a new arena for longboarding.

If you’re interested in joining these dudes, hit them up:

PEEP THEIR FACEBOOK GROUP PAGE.

Their page is covered in photos and videos and they even have a cool tshirt. Skateboarding is not a crime.

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Posted by: noadventure | May 9, 2012

Noccalula Falls Kayak(jesuschrist)

This is a nice little waterfall that I stop at every time I head up to Sand Rock(northern Alabama) to go climbing.

After being in the car for a few hours, it’s good to get out and stretch your legs while gandering at that falls. Sometimes in the  winter, it’s barely more than a trickle of water falling 90 feet to the pools below.

With the help of some tiny HD cameras, these 3 guys made Old Noccalula a little bit gnarlier.

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Watching that vid makes me think of how taking on big whitewater is more about staying calm and having huge nuts than being a skilled paddler. We can all agree that it doesn’t take much skill to get to the edge. Then, while in the middle of the drop, he ditches his paddle. What?!

The water has more control over us than we have control over it. Stay loose and keep your head up.

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Posted by: noadventure | April 30, 2012

State Palace Theater(Urban Ruin)

We were recently shooting a movie in the old Loew’s State Palace Theater. It’s been abandoned since Katrina and it smells like it.

In 1926, this was one fancy place. As Canal Street declined, the theater started hosting concerts and raves throughout the 1990s and early 2000s. In fact, after the storm, the marquee still read that Lil Wayne was to perform in November 2005 for 5 years.

The place is basically a rat hotel crossed with rat cemetery. There is still standing water in the basement from Katrina. Obviously, the water is not potable for humans, but it’s perfect for rats. The rats live here, die here, and eat whatever crap they can find as well as each other. Pretty disgusting place to work.

Here’s a quick tour that I edited down:

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Posted by: noadventure | April 17, 2012

Cemetery Run

Last Sunday Bec, Sharky, and I did A Run Through History 5K. Supposedly, it has more turns than any other 5K in the country. That doesn’t suprise me because I regularly run through Metairie Cemetery and I have to zig-zig quite a bit to get 2 miles out of it. To make it 3.1 miles takes a lot more switchbacks.

If you don’t know the history of Metairie Cemetery, it was once a horse track. Legend has it that a wealthy Northerner wanted to join the private horse racing club. The Southern members told the guy that he couldn’t join(as it was a private club). The Yankee swore he would buy the club and turn it into a cemetery. And that’s what happened! Look it up.

Famous people buried in Metaire Cemetery:

William Claiborne(first Governor of Louisiana)

Al Copeland(chicken pimp)

Jefferson Davis(later his body was moved to Richmond, VA)

Ruth Fertel(founder of Ruth’s Chris Steak House)

Andrew Higgins(inventor of WWII’s Higgins Boat)

Al Hirt(jazz trumpeter)

Harry Lee(Chinese cowboy)

P.B.S. Pinchback(Louisiana governor and first black governor of a US state)

Metairie Cemetery was also the location for shooting the first music video for westbank puppet superstar Lil Doogie. Familiarize yourself with Doogie:

 

Anyway, Bec and Sharky came in top 10 for race walkers. Not too shabby. Oh, and after the race there was jambalaya and Abita. Always good to run and then drink. Always.

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Posted by: noadventure | April 10, 2012

Nautical Chronicle

I was at a bachelor party last weekend on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. This is the boat we were supposed to be on:

BUT, because of the windy conditions, the skipper declined to take it out. We had to spring into action. The backup boat was a familiar 22 footer that could hold 8 lads. We were 7 deep. Game on.

It was a season opener for the Gulf and a bit chillier than it has been in recent weeks. Nonetheless, we took advantage of the high seas and cheap waterproof cameras. Keep your eyes peeled in the video for the infamous harbor tower from the NOAdventure sticker.

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Posted by: noadventure | April 3, 2012

New Orleans DMC championships(DJs ya’ll)

The DMC DJ championships were held Sunday night at the Republic. Sadly, I was not able to attend.

Local fave DJ Tony Skratchere has been a large part of keeping the DMC presence here in the city for years. The DMC battle atmosphere of DJ competitions takes me back to my college days when skills were flexed.

BUTLER’S anyone? SHILOH?

Competition makes people get better. No one breaks a world record speed in a time trial – it’s always in competition.

Here’s a little video sample of some of the best wrecking it.

And our locals Tony Skratchere and Beverly Skillz in a scratch session:

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