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Day One - 2009 Port Townsend Kinetic Skulpture Race

2009-10-09T05:39:00.000-07:00

Kinetic Skulptures, parade down Water Street, brake and float test.

Amelia and Julia Talk About Costumes, Fake Eyelashes At Port Townsend Kinetic Sculpture Race #ptksr

2009-10-06T08:34:00.000-07:00

Corvallis Kinetic Sculpture pilots Amelia and Julia talk about their wardrobe and wearing fake eyelashes at the 27th Port Townsend Kinetic Sculpture Race.

Two kinetic bozos get stuck and go for a little swim in the muddy-muddy bog.

KHUM 2008 Kinetic Sculpture Race Coverage: 120 - Counterfit Bluesmobile

2008-10-06T13:05:00.000-07:00

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KHUM 2008 Kinetic Sculpture Race Coverage: 120 - Counterfit Bluesmobile

Daniel Bryant Gives Kinetic Salute

2008-10-07T21:22:00.000-07:00

Kinetic Sculpture Race at Prescott Valley

2008-10-07T21:07:00.000-07:00

Counterfeit Bluesmobile (Part 2)

2008-10-06T09:27:00.000-07:00

At the 2008 Port Townsend Kinetic Sculpture Race, I talked to Pete Langley, Kinetic Judge, and the Counterfeit Bluesmobile crew...baby!

url for Kinetic Skulpture DVD in our catalog

2005-12-21T20:06:00.000-08:00

Our catalog can now display urls and I have added the information you provided to the dvd's (Call Number: 394.5 KIN) record in our system.

You should be able to view this like when you look up the dvd.

Look on the Title Info tab when you select the record for the dvd. If you have any questions please send me an email and help you see this url.

Rob Roose
Jefferson County Library

The Port Townsend Bay Kinetic Sculpture Race Starting Line

2006-10-08T16:48:00.000-07:00

A judge/casting directior yells "Lights! Camera! Action!" to begin the 2006 Port Townsend Bay Kinetic Sculpture Race

Daniel Bryant, Port Townsend ICE Program, wore a Kinetic TV Set at the starting line.

Daniel's close-up

A female Port Angeles pilot moments before heading down Water Street to race across Port Townsend Bay in her big balled bike

Seattle Times: Kinetic sculptures: the art of people power

2006-10-08T07:57:00.000-07:00

By Kathryn True
Special to The Seattle Times

2006 Parade. Banner introduces the esteem Judges.

PORT TOWNSEND — Think Mardi Gras on wheels. Toss in a little Boeing ingenuity, mix well with modern sculpture and sprinkle liberally with Shakespearean wit, and you've got yourself a kinetic-sculpture race.

Early each October — this year's race is Sunday — the salty streets of this bayside town erupt in displays of creative madness: a colorful combination of art, engineering and theater with an edge of friendly competition. After constructing human-powered road-, sand-, mud- and sea-worthy sculptures, the self-proclaimed "kineticnauts" test their contraptions' mettle on an eight-mile obstacle course. Everything they need for the race (from pontoons to repair kits to Power Bars) must be contained within the sculpture.

2006 Parade. Three understudies looking marvelous seeking a bit part in a big production.

"The unique thing about this race is that it's a blending of engineering and art," said race archivist Louis Hightower. "These are frustrated engineers who want to be artists, or artists who feel like they need to expand their engineering prowess — it's a right brain/left brain thing, and teams usually consist of both." (Read More)

2006 Parade. Kinetic skulpture makes its way down the Victorian seaport strip. All Photos were taken by Lena Sharpe

Kinetic is kontageous in Port Townsend this weekend

2006-10-06T15:57:00.000-07:00

peninsula daily news

PORT TOWNSEND -- Racers, get ready to peddle, push, row or otherwise humanly power those kinetic contraptions to the finish line for the 24th annual Port Townsend Bay Kinetic Sculpture Race beginning this weekend.

Events start Friday with a slew of activities taking place through Sunday.

So far, 15 racers have signed up to see what their mobile sculptures have got.

Some racers have spent all year fine tuning their engineering works of art.

The sculptures must be able to go through mud, also known as the ``dismal bog,'' float on water and transverse hilly neighborhoods.

This year's theme is Follywood, so racers and spectators alike are encouraged to dress as their favorite movie stars.

One twist on the typical, run-of-the-mill race that the Kinetic Sculpture Race provides is that the top prize is known as the Mediocrity Award.

It goes to the sculpture that finishes in the very middle of the pack.

One might wonder how to strategize to win such an award, and that is anybody's guess.

But the point is it's not whether you win or lose, but whether you have fun while doing it and make a true spectacle of yourself.

Throughout the race, kinetic kops will be roaming around ready to bust any racer for improper activities and issue a citation.

But, unlike real cops, the kinetic kops encourage bribes and are quick to accept them.

From 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Friday, an early ``K-Bird'' hospitality party will take place at Port Townsend Brewing Co., 330 10th St..

On Saturday at 10:30 a.m., racers, their sculptures and Wanna-Be Parade participants will assemble for the parade that begins at noon at U.S. Bank, 1239 Water St., and ends at Monroe Street.

Break and floating tests for the registered sculptures happens at 1 p.m. at the corner of Monroe and Water streets.

The big koronation and kostume ball will take place at 8 p.m. at the American Legion Hall, 209 Monroe St.

Sunday is the big race, where participating sculptures line up at Port Townsend City Hall, 250 Madison St., at 10:30 a.m.

The race begins at noon, with the route including Fort Worden State Park, the Jefferson County Fairgrounds and Kinetic Koffee Kompany, 520 Kearney St.

The race will conclude back at City Hall at about 5 p.m.

Awards will be given at American Legion Hall at about 5:30 p.m.

To wrap up the weekend's events, a ``Survivor's Post-Party'' will get under way following the award ceremony at the American Legion Hall at about 6 p.m.

An annual event since 1983, the race is sponsored by the Port Townsend Kinetic Konsortium.

For more information, go online to http://www.ptkineticrace.org

PT Leader: Kinetics playtime has 'Follywood' theme

2006-10-04T12:11:00.000-07:00

Glamorous, trendy and chic people (with a klever Kinetic twist, naturally) are encouraged to attend and participate in this weekend's 24th annual Great Port Townsend Bay Kinetic Skulpture Race. The kostumed theme is "Follywood."

For newcomers to Port Townsend and Jefferson County, the Kinetic festival is unlike most anything you've ever seen. Imagine Halloween on steroids.

For those folks who have been around for past events, you know what is expected: kolorful kostumes, bribes for Kinetic Kops, and plenty of frivolity with the ultimate goal of mediocrity.

"It's a time to play," says Janet Emery, Kinetic High Priestess for Life. "We don't take ourselves too seriously."

Anywhere from 15 to 20 skulptures of varying sizes and professionalism are expected for the race. They range from hometown favorite Ray Grier's duct tape special to actual engineering marvels. (Read More)

Autocanoe inventor plugs into electric car market

2006-03-05T10:53:00.000-08:00

2006-03-05
by JENNIFER JACKSON
peninsuladailynews

If you've ever seen a Kinetic Skulpture race, you've probably seen John Montgomery or his sons, Gabe and Forrest, pedaling along in John's invention, the Autocanoe.

Basically a canoe on wheels, it goes on land or water, making it the perfect all-purpose vehicle for Port Townsend.

Now, Montgomery is peddling vehicles that are an equally good match for the community -- EVs, electric-powered vehicles.

``An EV is the perfect second car for Port Townsend,'' Montgomery said.

Montgomery is the new representative for MC Electric Vehicles, a Seattle dealership that has branches in Spokane and Portland.

For more information, phone Montgomery, 360-385-5226.

For information about electric cars, go to www.mcev.biz.

Port Townsend Kinetic Skulpture Race 2005: Video Footage Log

2005-10-11T06:23:00.000-07:00

Video Footage Log Excerpts

The Port Townsend Kinetic Sculpture Race 2005 video listed in this log is for the two disk DVD set now available at the Port Townsend and Jefferson Country Libraries.

Video Blogger: Jack Olmsted
Interviewer, Video Logger: Katy Morse (Kinetic Katy)
Photographer: Joan Fabian

Watch Video Clips That Appear On The DVD 2-Disc Set

Disk Number 1

1) Louis Espinoza sings Puttin’ on the Ritz

2) Downtown PT-Wannabe Parade—K-Kops, Judges, and sculptors singing “Puttin’ on the Ritz”

3) Wannabe Parade in action- Brake Test at Legion Hall

4) Kinetic Katy interviews judges, K-Kops, sculptors and innocent by-standers.

5) Kinetic salute with visiting dignitaries from Corvallis, Oregon

6) Out on the pier- watching sculptures in the water

7) John Lizwacko at the Starting Line

8) BBC camera crew and crowd before the race begins

9) Judges watch the teams sing their songs: Oregon Groan, Honor Roll, Shimon’s Boat, Anemone of the State, Frank-n-Grier, Kinetic Half-Baked Kookie, Frogosaurus Rex, Kinetic Choo-Choo, Magic Bus, Wet Paint, Atomic Scorpion, Das Boat, and Procratination

10) Racers do Sobriety Dance to Puttin’ on the Ritz

Continued

Blue Ball Machine

2005-11-15T20:54:00.000-08:00

I just found a very kinetic web page. It's fun to watch and a complete waste of time (how kinetic is that!).

Later,

--- Steven E

2005 Kinetic Race Awards

2005-11-11T09:40:00.000-08:00

Racers Favorite- Magic Bus

See Photo Award Gallery

Kinetic Race runs shorter course, still long on fun

2005-10-07T21:29:00.000-07:00

peninsuladailynews.com - Kinetic Race runs shorter course, still long on fun: "They got stuck in traffic, stuck in the mud and broke a lever during the pre-race trials.
And one of the pilots threw his back out when he sat down on the beach to put his socks on.

But other than that, how did they like the race?

``It was wonderful,'' said Allen Brown. ``It was a joy.''

Brown, along with Dave Neiman and Dave Maxfield, is a member of the Frogasaurus Rex team, who took the ``Unluckiest'' award at Sunday's Great Port Townsend Bay Kinetic Skulpture Race. But neither the luck nor the windy weather discouraged neither the racers or the people who came to watch the race.

``It's so out there, it's insane,'' said Reggie Yates. ``Even with this weather, you known it's going to be a fun race.''

Yates and a film crew from Britain were in town to tape the race for a show for BBC's children's show called ``Only in America.''

They focused on the youngsters in the race, which features homemade vehicles completing a course that covers land and water, sand and mud. " (more)

by JENNIFER JACKSON

Current Studio // The Great Port Townsend Bay Kinetic Skulpture Race Video

2005-10-07T14:03:00.000-07:00

A 7 and a half minute movie created with a couple of 2005 PT KSR clips is now on Current TV's website.

If enough people give this kinetic flick "green lights," it could appear on the national TV network reaching 20 million homes.

Current TV In The News

Al Gore hopes to 'democratize' TV with new channel

Former vice president Al Gore predicted on Friday his new Current TV cable channel, featuring news videos made by regular people, would more than double its reach to 50 million homes within five years.

Gore said at a news conference that he sees his Current TV channel as "a chance to democratize the medium of television" by blending new Internet technology with old-fashioned television.

The Port Townsend Leader: Wet Paint in the mud

2005-10-04T20:57:00.000-07:00

The team Wet Paint had little difficulty in the Dismal Bog, where many a Great Port Townsend Bay Kinetic Skulpture Races kontraption was konfounded. Photos by Barney Burke (Front Page The Port Townsend Leader Online 10/04/05)

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PTLeader: Kinetic weather forces kourse korrection

2005-10-05T12:01:00.000-07:00

The Port Townsend Leader OnLine:

Ray Grier, making his 22nd appearance in the 23 years of local kinetic mediocrity, gets a hand in the knee-deep Dismal Bog. – Photo by Barney Burke

"For the first time in its 23-year history, a kourse korrection was required at the Great Port Townsend Bay Kinetic Skulpture Race.

The white kaps in the bay were so foreboding Sunday morning that a konference of kourse and city officials was kwickly konvened. All konkurred to move the water segment of the kourse to the protected area at the Fort Worden State Park pier, next to the kwicksand kourse.

The stiff, chilly winds failed to deter anyone from the pre-race ceremonies, not even the BBC crew filming the event for its children's TV series, "Only in America."

After surviving the beach and water at Fort Worden, the 16 entrants endured an especially windy and More-Dismal-Than-Usual Bog churned up at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds.

A stalwart krowd cheered and hooted as some teams slogged through the mud the hard way while others bribed their way down the sidelines. "Look the other way everyone, the judges are cheating!" Efra announced as Supreme Kourt reversed its motion and was lifted out of what had appeared to be a permanent restraining order of knee-deep mud." (more)

Port Townsend Kinetic Sculpture

2005-09-13T17:22:00.000-07:00

Kinetic Skulpture Race
October 01, 2005 - October 02, 2005
STARTS: Low Noon
LOCATION: Port Townsend, WA

A Kinetic Skulpture is a human powered, artistically-enhanced vehicle that must race through mud,sand,roads and float on water.The Mediocrity Award is the highly prised award, the racer that finishes in the middle of the pack.

SPONSOR: The Kinetic Konsortium
CONTACT: Janet Emery
PHONE: 360-379-4972
E-MAIL: lou@kineticrace.info
WEB SITE: http://www.kineticrace.info

Kinetic Katie Interviews Reggie Yates, CBBC, & A By Stander

2005-10-03T07:04:00.000-07:00

Kinetic Katie reporting from the PT Fair Gounds Mud Bog finally ambushes Reggie Yates, TV Presenter and actor for the new CBBC show "Only In America", in the muck for a micro interview. Katie invites an innocent by stander to talk into "the sock" and describe the “Strange Brew” sculpture spinning its wheels in the mud. The “Strange Brew” is sponsored by the Water Street Brewing Company.

A Message From Hobart R. Brown & Baron Rick Fergison

2005-10-03T05:33:00.000-07:00

Hobart & Baron said...

FOR THE GLORY !!!!Greatings from Hobart And Baron Rick! We will be thinking of you here down under here in Austraula. Hobart is doing GREAT!! The KSR in Freemantel will have over 80,000 people. We loved your blogs. Hope to have one set up for us here soon. Best of luck to all!!! Hobart R. Brown & Baron Rick Fergison (comment Sep 13 2005)

The insanity began 36 years ago in California, where Hobart Brown, a sculptor from Ferndale, gave his son's broken tricycle a makeover that transformed it into a 6-foot-tall work of art that he decided to ride. The ride became a race in which winning is losing, cheating is encouraged, crazy is sane, average is prized and a vehicle breakdown will earn you bragging rights.

The race is now an annual event not only in Baltimore but also in Poland, Australia and throughout the United States.

Although the race is more light-hearted than competitive with its silly awards that range from "best breakdown" to "best bribe," Brown, 71, takes seriously the top prize, the "mediocre award" - given to the team whose vehicle finishes in the dead center."People think that being mediocre is not good and that being the best is better. But the best is too extreme. After all, average human beings keep the world running," he said. "Think about it: Isn't the best part of the watermelon its center?" (more)

By Ann McArthur
The Baltimore Sun
Originally published April 28, 2005

Kinetic Katie Reporting From Fort Worden

2005-10-02T20:47:00.000-07:00

YouTube - Broadcast Yourself.: ""

Where do the Peace buttons come from?

Forest demos the swing bike.

Kinetic Katie's Muddy Cruddy Award

2005-10-02T19:06:00.000-07:00

YouTube - Broadcast Yourself.: ""

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Joan Fabian's Pixs

2005-10-02T18:46:00.000-07:00

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