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Obstacle Course Basics

Here are the original Production Notes for Obstacle Course. These notes lay the foundation of the project.

It will not at all be like this.

Coming Spring 2011.

Figure 8 Course.

Two racers head in opposite directions at the start gun.

Racers compete against Ringers who’s job it is to beat the Racer and slow the Racer down in the combat zone.

The combat zone is a small full contact area where the two courses come together.

If the Racer beats the Ringer, the time difference is subtracted from the Racer’s time. If the Ringer wins, the time difference is added to the Racer’s time.

5 Racers compete in each weekly round. The Racer with the fastest time advances to the finals.

Ringers work for the house and do not compete for prizes. They are spoilers.

Now, this is more like it. But less Aquanet.

Racers must qualify during a pre-season running of the course. There is also a wild-card lottery that will choose a Racer for each round. These Racers must run the pre-season course but will be chosen at random from those who fail to qualify.

The seven week season includes five weekly rounds, a pre-season round and finals to determine the Champion.

Fuck Yeah!

Each round features live color commentary, a sound engineer, refferees, judges, timekeeper, video crew, on-course reporter, cheerleaders, headlining band, opening comedian, lots of cheap beer and an over the top MC.

Some will fail.

Obstacles:

The tires:
A traditional tire run.

Snakes?

The oily wall:
A seven foot wall covered in oil.

Like this, but without the pussy ropes and covered in oil.

The womb:
A cone shaped obstacle that the Racer enters from the large end at ground level and must squeaze out of a tiny exit six feet in the air landing in a pool of goo we call “The Afterbirth.”

The blind:
The blind is a paper thin obstacle that hides the entrance to the combat zone.

The combat zone:
The full contact section of the course where the two halves come together. Beat the Ringer here and don’t get smashed. Or don’t beat the Ringer and get owned.

I will destroy you!

Mad math:
The great equalizer: math. Long division on a chalk board in front of hundreds of screaming fans.

Oh yeah, this is gonna suck a dick.

The pond:
The water obstacle that is muddy and wet and no way over or around. You will get wet.

The rope:
Just like in gym class. Climb it. Ring the bell and try to come back down without busting your ass.

The wheel barrow:
Lots of bricks, rocks, and one wheel. Use strength to push it all at once or smarts to move it brick by brick.

Crying won't move those bricks any faster.

Car on fire:
A flaming clunker that the Racer must enter on one side and exit the other. Without dying.

It's an obstacle AND a death trap.

One more trip through the combat zone and you are done.

The event will be developed over a year online using social networks to inform the creation and build audience. The event will be video taped and shared on the web.

Currently seeking Sponsors and Production Staff.

Be aggressive. Kick some ass. Obstacle Course!

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Obstacle Course!

Are you ready to Obstacle?

Over the next year I will be developing this idea as a concept and live event. It will be a live competitive obstacle course race held in the spring of 2011. Racers will compete for a championship that includes cash and prizes. How much and what prizes? Where will the event take place? Who are the sponsors? How can you get involved?

All those questions will be answered over the year as we develop this concept online. I’ll be recruiting talent, holding auditions and sharing all the trials and tribulations of taking your balls out and making a piece of art this big. The goal is to listen to the people around us and create a show that will make you shoot PBR out of your nose because it is so bad-ass.

We will also work to demystify the process of creating something from the ground up. We will show what is usually hidden away backstage and in that we hope to inspire others to accept huge and stupid challenges of their own. Literally and figuratively Obstacle Course! is about getting over the wall. Only this wall we will covered in oil and set on fire.

Feel free to comment. And thank you in advance if you choose to help us in any way with this adventure.

Be aggressive. Kick some ass. Obstacle Course!

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Freerange Asshole

I directed this short with Big Ol’ Tire Fire that will be out soon. For all your Freerange needs check out bigoltirefire.com/freerangeasshole.

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