16. Extreme Sports - AC Uncovered

This week we meet the America's Cup design agency, Designwerk, who is responsible for the look and feel of the America's Cup on TV. The agency was tasked with capturing the new extreme sports look on screen, as well as creating the opening title sequence for use in live TV events, including AC Uncovered. If San Francisco Bay provides the perfect conditions for sailing on the edge, the city's infamous streets offer the ideal combination of gradient and gravity for Freeboarding, which is like snowboarding on city streets for adrenaline junkies. Extreme sports are a part of the culture in San Francisco. Bay Area resident and newly crowned Kiteboard World Champion Johnny Heineken recently had the chance to to ride side by side with ORACLE Racing while they were training off the shores of the city front. Then we get the latest crew news from each of the America's Cup teams as they prep for racing to start at the America's Cup World Series San Diego. We check out the leader board going into our first US stop on the 2011-2012 America's Cup World Series tour.

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• Russell Coutts
• James Spithill
• Bertrand Pace
• Loick Peyron
• Terry Hutchinson
• Dean Barker
• Chris Draper
• Mitch Booth
• Vasilij Zbogar
• oracle racing
• artermis racing
• aleph
• energy team
• team korea
• green comm racing
• emirates team new zealand
• china team
• america's cup
• San Diego
• fast
• exciting
• catamaran
• sailing

[jackever]

On more thing, Put the episode title in the video title segment and in the TV distribution program description and the info field. Looking at my DVR list I cannot tell the difference in episodes like I can with other programs.

Thanks

[jackever]

A suggestion for this TV: Since the SD event will appeal to more Americans, try to train your non-American announcers to use America grammar: a team is singular the boat is singular. "Oracle SPittle winS" not "win" . " XXXXX IS pulling ahead", not "are". (team members ARE tired) or use the US ann. more.

If you want to appeal to other racing sports fans, Hire a NASCAR cleb to ride an AC45 then be a commentator!!

Thanks for listening and doing an over all GREAT job on the videos and TV!!!!!

[jackever]

I like the change in music, but do not go overboard with the classical maybe add some Yanni or John Williams original scores. Also you said you are intoducing the Healthy Oceans initiative, you have already featured it in previous episodes so this is not the introduction. Scene times are good but a few were cut too quick i.e. the "....people" wording overlay in the H.O. segment.