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Kinetic Sculpture Racing LinksNifty Links by Ellin BeltzKinetic Sculpture Racing Links"Our problems are our rewards. It's part of our heritage -- to compete, to be challenged." Hobart Brown"I realized after talking to a reporter ... that this was the most spiritual event I will ever participate in ... its sole purpose is to make strangers smile,"Neil BensonKinetic Sculpture Race - Links2005PhotosKen Mierzwa's photosPhotos by CyclopsHumCity's coverage of 2005 with a podcast onlineFlickr.com KSR photos by several photographersFlickr.com KSR photos by AlexMatt Filar's photos PressLake County Record-Bee - Lake County, CAElliot S. Naess - Special to the Record-BeeHUMBOLDT COUNTY -- Celebrations continue on Cobb Mountain where Tappy and Keith Nelson live with their mechanical pet "Melvin." During the Memorial Day weekend, Melvin and the Nelsons, and third pilot Dave Rempe of Novato, were crowned grand champion at the 37th Annual Arcata-To-Ferndale Cross Country Kinetic Sculpture Race.Melvin consists mostly of seven wheels and three sets of bicycle pedals and the art work, which is a vital element for this racing machine.Kinetic Sculpture Racing has been called a sport, a hobby, an engineering contest and an art-form. It is all of that, and to many participants it is almost a second family. Says Tappy Nelson: "It is creative, humorous, fun, crazy and healthy and we get to hang out with other creative, humorous, fun, crazy and healthy people. We love our kinetic family."Longtime residents of Cobb, the Nelsons also have normal lives, of course. Tappy is a fourth-grade teacher at Cobb Mountain Elementary and Keith is a control technician at Calpine in the Geysers. Their son Kristopher is also active in the sport, having raced successfully on his own and now serving as "pit crew" for his parents. Ron Haworth and Alex Richardson round out the team.Kinetic Sculpture Racing was founded in the Humboldt County town of Ferndale in 1969 when metal sculptor Hobart Brown built a five-wheeled tricycle for his son. A fellow artist one-upped him and a block-long race ensued.Today the annual race starts in Arcata and ends 40 miles and three days later at the original finish line on Ferndale's Main Street. Racers travel over back roads, sand dunes, water, mud and anything else that nature might throw at them, and camping outdoors is required to qualify for trophies. The only rule, other than basic safety precautions, is that the vehicles must be human-powered. Most teams, like the Nelsons, rely heavily on bicycle parts, but any mechanism is allowed so long as the energy comes only from the riders themselves. Art and pageantry is just as important as speed, and outright whimsy is encouraged.A key element of the sport is the difficult transition from water to land, where many teams find themselves unable to get traction when their front wheels are already butting against the shore. The Nelsons solve the problem by letting the air out of Melvin's inflatable pontoons just as they reach shore, thus deliberately sinking the vehicle until the drive wheels gain purchase on the bottom. So what if they all get a bit wet in the process.Having perfected the mechanical function of their three-piece train of bicycle parts years ago, the Nelsons now concentrate on their artwork. Over its 24-year life, Melvin has been made up as a wide variety of critters all built from cardboard, chicken wire, cloth, papier-mch and similarly simple materials. This year's version portrays two little pigs being chased by the big bad wolf. With Melvin's patented performance over every terrain and the pilots' considerable muscular efforts, this getup earned top honors among the 45 entries from several states. Two other Lake County teams participated, but neither was able to finish the entire course without breakdowns.There are many other Kinetic Sculpture Races around the country, but the Nelsons usually limit themselves to the grand championship.They will make an exception this year by participating in the Third Annual Clearlake Kinetic Sculpture Race in the City of Clearlake Saturday, July 2. That race is part of the Redbud Parade and Patriotic Festival, and additional entries of every skill level are welcome.There is even a $200 reward for first prize, which may or may not go to the fastest team. Contact me by email at elliotsnaess-@msn.com, or call parade chairman Ray Bridges at 994-3070 for more information.Editor's Note: Elliot Naess is a Clearlake resident and race organizer for the July 2 event. [reprinted here at the request of Mr. Naess]Santa Cruz Sentinel - June 3, 2005Klamath Falls, Oregon Herald and News - June 2, 2005The Eureka Times Standard - May 31, 2005 (subscription archives)The Eureka Reporter - May 27, 2005The Eureka Times Standard - May 27, 2005 (subscription archives)Clearlake Record-Bee - May 24, 2005The Eureka Times Standard - May 23, 2005 (subscription archives)The New York Times - May 20, 2005The Arcata Eye - May 17, 2005The Arcata Eye - May 10, 2005The Arcata Eye - May 3, 2005The Arcata Eye - April 26, 2005 The North Coast Journal is our official local media outlet. They published a 2 page tab insert in the May 19, 2005 issue which was available in kiosks all over our race course next weekend.The Eureka Times-Standard has run some lovely things about the WEB fashion show and the Rutabaga Queen party. Unfortunately, their online subscription policy precludes us from giving the urls to their pages as they will within one week make you pay to read them!LinksThe Carnivale Fantaveicoli sixth of February - the eighth annual "competitive parade of fantastic vehicles... 35 participants." A full update will be posted as soon as the competition is over. The Ferndale Museum has historical displays and a dollhouse of the Glorious Founder Hobart Brown's gallery and home on Main Street. 2004Online gallery from Cyclops, who piloted a unicycle kinetic sculpture, crossing Humboldt Bay and the Eel River in a tiny inflatable dingy he carried in his backpack. Not only did he have enough energy at the finish to do a wheelie, he and his friends took pictures of it all!People Powered Popcorn Popper Description of the race and 2004 photos taken on board the machine by a pilot who had just arrived here by air through San Francisco from a business trip to Beijing. Talk about culture shock!Corporate Raiders from Team Y Knot. Third time's the charm, they aced in 2004. The site has a great quicktime movie of Corporate Raiders going down Dead Man's Drop.Kinetic Pilgrimage Journal and photos by Tom Jones and Online galleries by Karen Wallace. Karen, Tom and mechanic-nut Dave arrived from Baltimore the evening before the start, visited the Lab, helped take trophies to Hobart's, grabbed a few hours sleep, volunteered at the start, and followed the race on borrowed mountain bikes over the next three days, leaving minutes after the awards. Exhausted, driving to Sacramento to catch their flight east, they resolved to return next year. For the Glory!2004 Photos from Ken MierzwaThe Kinetic Madness BandRoad Trip America 2004 Art in the Fast LanePhotos and online journal by "photog5."Photo of Surly Burly before the artwork was added.Unconventional Use of BMW Motorcycle Transmissions in Kinetic Sculpture Racers, the drive system of the 2004 entry Henry Ford goes Surfing. It's worth downloading the 12-page 3.8 MB *.pdf file just to look at the pictures and dream. The Palette 2004 Public Art from the Morris Graves Museum of ArtMay 27, May 30 and June 4 Articles in the Eureka Times-Standard are available from them. A links list with information on how to build exotic bicycles, gearing mechanisms and more.HumFire's Eggstravaganza 2004 Photo gallery of this pre-Kinetic event for the smallest kinetinauts.2003Ken Mierzwa Photography 2003 Photo AlbumThe Osgood File November 27 and June 25, 2003 CBS Radio NetworkDuane Flatmo's innovative and beautiful sculptures have run and aced the World Championship over the years. Ten of 20 Flatmo Kinetic Sculptures are in this online gallery from North Coast Journal.June Moxon's "Wild Ride" website lets you follow the construction of "Sparkles" in this innovative website by a World Championship multi-Ace and the first woman to build Kinetic Sculpture singlehandedly. CroakKinetic DuoPeople Powered Popcorn Popper2003 Spectator's Blog by Brian Tiemann. June Moxon's Angelfire page San Francisco Chronicle, May 11, 2003 Behind the Redwood Curtain: Humboldt a separate world of misty groves, offbeat towns and protected wildlife -- and one wild raceNorth Coast Journal, May 20032004 Arthur Magazine A Slow, Strange and Grueling Thing by Daniel Chamberlin A UK Spectator's Blog2002Road Trip America 2002Conundrum2001Rolling BlackoutVideos of several years including 2001. Ten percent of proceeds goes to the HKA for the Race.2000See Loch Nut Monster's Randy Frost being assisted by the Coast Guard in Humboldt Bay in this picture of the month from Matt Knowles. Arcata Eye, March 7, 2000 Glory days at Arcata's fantasy foundry about Arcata's Kinetic Lab. Barrel of Monkeys, formerly Cowtrans describe their race.Drum Roll journal and photographs from 2000.BikeFix.UK took a trip to Arcata's Kinetic Lab1999North Coast Journal 1999 Kinetic CountdownBefore 1999Two 1996 reports from Road Trip America The Start and the Glorious Founder Description of the Course and a few entrants. Platypus Rex, a 1996 entrantCNN San Francisco 19891987 Participant's BlogKinetic Sculpture Races Around the WorldWorldwide Perth, Australia - Kinetic Sculpture Race. Sponsored by Rotary since 1999, this year's race benefits the Princess Margaret Hospital and includes a juried art exhibition, a search for genius and another for goddess, as well as an interesting through town and across the Swan River course. This year's race is the sixth annual and was held March 6th, 2004. Poland - Kinetic Sculpture Race ran in 1996 outside of Warsaw. United States Arcata to Ferndale Grand Championship Kinetic Sculpture Race Official site of the Humboldt Kinetic Association, currently embroiled in litigation because they did not pay their contractural obligation to the Glorious Founder, Hobart Brown. They claim to hold the titles to kinetic trademarks including the kinetic chicken and the motto "for the glory." At the present time, the entire board is also in extreme violation of rule #10, "have fun!" Baltimore, Maryland - Kinetic Sculpture Race has a wonderful website is created and maintained by the race sponsor, the American Visionary Art Museum. It has "Stuff everyone asks," photo galleries, entry forms, everything to prepare for the next one. The AVAM Kinetic Sculpture Race has run since 1999, making 2004 the 6th Annual."Kinetic Baltimore" is a fabulous fansite for the AVAM race with photos from 2001 to 2004, rules, courses and awards through 2003. Baltimore Media Coverage North Coast Journal Cover Story, May 20, 2004. Visionary artists race for the glory of mediocrityJohns Hopkins Newsletter, April 29, 2004. 2000 Baltimore KSR May 4, 2000 top story in the Baltimore Guide Online archive. 2000 Baltimore KSR Baltimore City Paper Online May 3 to May 9, 2000. Students win Golden Dinosaur, Pilots Award and Glorious Founder Award after carrying their broken sculpture 13 miles to the finish line. 2000 Baltimore KSR -- Washington Post article. Corvallis, Oregon - Kinetic Sculpture Race Da Vinci Days 17th Annual - 2005 Mid July 2001 Corvallis KSR photos and story from "the Rex Files." 2000 Corvallis KSR photos and story of "the Rex Files." 1999 Corvallis KSR photos. Greater Port Townsend, Washington - Kinetic Sculpture Race early October, since 1983. 1990 Pictures1991 Pictures1992 Pictures1993 Pictures1996 Port Townsend KSR photos of racers. 1999 Port Townsend KSR photos of racers and awards.2004 Pictures - 12004 Pictures - 22004 Pictures - 3 Klamath Falls, Oregon - Kinetic Sculpture Race is the newest kinetic sculpture race. June 18, 2005 - Details on the Kinetic Forum. Ventura, California - Kinetic Sculpture Race mid to late October benefits The Turning Point Foundation. 2001 Ventura KSR race report (4th Annual) 1998 Ventura KSR Los Angeles Times story and photos Ventura KSR volunteer pages, photo galleries and more information about this race at Konodorink. (5th annual = 2002?) 2000 Ventura KSR online diary. Boulder, Colorado - KBCO Kinetics sponsored by radio station KBCO Boulder (KADE a.m./KBCO f.m.), KSR and 5K run in early May. 2000 Boulder KSR photogallery. KBCO 21st Annual Kinetic Sculpture Challenge. Allentown, Pennsylvania first KSR in 2002. 2002 Sacramento Kinetic Contraption Race - official site 4th Annual raceMovies and Television It Will Have Blinking Eyes, homepage for China Blue which produced this 1993 documentary film about Kinetic Sculpture Racing and the people who live it.Over the past thirty-five years, the Grand Championship has been covered by Canadian, Japanese, and U.S. television shows including Good Morning America, Associated Press, United Press International, National Public Radio, The Osgood Files, Eureka Times-Standard, North Coast Journal and many others. Some video and press material is available at the Kinetic Sculpture Museum in Ferndale, California while more is archived by Hobart Brown. Books Hobart Tells All, by John Wilson and Hobart Brown (ISBN: 1879312077) is available through the Clarke Museum in Eureka (707-443-1947) and other sources.Crazy Contraptions: A light-hearted look at Ferndale's Kinetic Sculpture Race. Stan Bennett. 1975. Low Tide Lumber Company Publishers. 96 pages, paperbound. Cover photo by Duane Martin. Supported by Viola Russ McBride. No ISBN.   Rob, Hobart, Ellin, Theresa and other grownups on the People-Powered Bus being pushed by actors from "How to Eat Like a Child" and the Young Actor's Workshop in the parade in honor of Ferndale's 150th Birthday, August 24, 2002. The theme of the bus was Hobart's motto "s having fun so children want to get older." Photos by Ken Mierzwa.Visit more Nifty Links...Amphibians . Archaeology . Astronomy . Australia . Botany . California . Chemistry . Chicago . Dinosaurs . Earthquakes . Environmental Issues . Ferndale . Fossils . Glaciers . Illinois . Kinetic Sculpture Racing . Lake Michigan . Maps . Math . Minerals . Moon . National Parks . Oceans . Physics . Plate Tectonics . Rock Art . Rocks . Science Culture . Volcanos . Whole EarthTake a field trip...Chicago . Hawai'i . Humboldt County . Illinois . 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