It's not everyday that you get to meet your hero, but on Saturday I had the privilege of meeting mine for a quick interview and an XC blast. And to make things interesting, he even answered some of the Pinkbike readers' questions..
See the video interview and a couple of pictures inside!Laid back and casual as ever
In 1995 my obsession with biking began - with a Muddy Fox rigid bike, equipped with Tektro brake boosters, Panaracer white walled Smoke and Dart tyres, suspension seat post and Onza grips. All I needed to fit into the scene more was my monthly subscription to MBUK, Sprung video collection and Rox T shirt - and I was a text book bike geek!
The brake booster
The ultimate video
The shirt
Consistently in MBUK, videos and on top of podiums in my bike obsessed world was Steve Peat. He was everywhere - even in my weird, but cool, freebie video from MBUK -
Dirt. Never did I think that many years later I would get to meet the living legend and spend some time with him.
Steve doing XC his way.
Steve showing us how its done.
Nice picture until i threw up that deadly weapon of a thumb!
The main riders were the late Jason McRoy (JMC), Dave Hemming, Rob Warner and Scott Dommett.
Peaty was in 'Getta Grip'.
there's no excuse for bad sound on video, TV or even the internet these days.
We had no idea that there was any wind - you seriously couldn't feel it!
Ian (filmaker) is gutted about the wind - as we all are - however we do this work for £0 and try our best with what equipment we have.
Steve is really chuffed with the edit and liked the fact it wasn't perfect.
As we are new to this we are trying hard and will continue to work on our future work.
Let me rephrase,
Since you are new to this sort of thing let me give you a little advice, never leave for a shoot without your headphones. The sound is 50 percent of your final product, you should at least be listening to it while you shoot. You seem to know how to frame up a shot, it's in focus so you obviously know what you're doing visual wise. But please don't ever underestimate the importance of your audio. Especially when doing an interview with someone as high profile as Steve. Even when filming a riding sequence, audio can add so much to your shots. I think of the great sequences in the collective films, where a little bit of the location audio mixed in on top of the music really adds to the feel of the film.
I appreciate your commitment to our sport for going out and making these videos without any pay. Paying a little more attention to your audio, will definitely payoff in your future projects.
Coh blimey you must be knackered, I'll have a bit of a kip on the loo !