Celebrating National Beer Day

#followcamfriday doing #nationalbeerday correct with a lap on PBR in Fruita, Colorado with Noah Sears. See what I did there?

Apparently this past Wednesday was " National Beer Day" It must be so, because the internet said it was. Somehow this seemed like a proper way to pay tribute to this very important holiday. I didn't celebrate Easter, but this one.... It's a must!

Don't drink beer and ride bikes kids. Noah actually doesn't drink, so this absolute rubbish was just what the doctor ordered to quench his thirst before, and after we rode for a few hours out at 18 road. Come to think of it, I rarely drink beer. I have probably drank 4 or 5 in the last year. Modelo mostly. I am more of a tequila guy lately. Another beverage that is only appropriate, post ride. Stay in school kiddos. Stand up straight, clean up your potty mouth, pull your pants up. Okay boomer. 

Good old 18 road. Word on the street is that this place is an absolute zoo on the weekends. Thank you for your bountiful harvest, Covid. The gift that just keeps on giving. Wednesday was a wise choice. The main parking lot was only 1/4 full at 5 when we started riding. I guess timing is everything. Everyone must have been at home, drinking beer. You can't tell because of the fisheye lens, but I am basically touching Noah in the air in this photo.  

2 boys, 2 drones. For this one we actually flew 2 Skydio 2's at the same time. My computer partially melted while making the edit, but that was a fun experiment. I was secretly hoping that the drones would start fighting each other, resulting in a dramatic crash situation, but I had no such luck, The obstacle avoidance is just too good, leaving me with a mess to work with in iMovie. Synching audio from my chest cam is hard enough with one drone.... All in the name of cinema. 

We flew the drones on opposite sides to get all of the angles. This is like having a 360 cam in the sky, except the image quality doesn't suck. People ask me why I don't use 360 cams. There is your answer. They are still in the "cool story bro" category for me. Also, I can't really be bothered to ride around with a giant stick, sticking sideways off of my head. I am enough of a kook with 2 gopro's and a drone chasing me. Now I just need 2 drones to follow me at all times and make my life an absolute trainwreck of battery charging and devices. If you read about someone's van burning down from lithium ion batteries, it was probably my van. Ticking time bomb. 

I have ridden PBR twice in the last 4 or 5 years and I crashed both times. These crashes were both within a couple hundred feet of each other, strangely enough. I am not sure what I did to deserve this, but PBR is mad at me. I used to ride for a team out of Boulder that was sponsored by PBR. I have drank so many in the past, that I really can't bring myself to ever drink another. Perhaps the trail can sense my disdain for this hipster rubbish shit beer. I guess I had it coming. 

So what have we learned? PBR hates me. Even on national beer day. Don't trust the hipsters, PBR actually sucks. 2 drones are better than one and make my life a living hell. Noah Sears is pinned. Never drink and ride bikes children.