Jeff Lenosky on Time Warp

Date: 2008-11-25

Giant Urban Freeride legend Jeff Lenosky will be featured on Wednesday, November 26, at 8:00 pm (Eastern/Pacific) on the Discovery Channel series, “Time Warp.”  If you haven’t watched “Time Warp” yet (It just premiered last month) catch this episode.  The show is hosted by a scientist from MIT and he and his crew use the latest high-speed photography techniques to slow down and examine things like a human getting punched in the mouth by an Ultimate Fighter, a piece of raw chicken exploding, and a water balloon thrown into a person’s face – cool scientific stuff like that.  If you want a preview of what the show has done, click here.  That will load a few clips of the show edited together to Beethoven’s Ode to Joy.  That’s a nice introduction, but over on the scroll panel on the left, move the scroll bar down to “Time Warp.”  Here’s where 35 clips from the show have been loaded.  To watch, you’ll have to put up with some commercials, I’m afraid, but try to catch the video labeled “Lighters in Blender.”  Scientific?  I’m not sure.  But -- truly -- an inspiration to pyromaniacs everywhere.


 
Anyway, on Time Warp on November 26 (and rebroadcast a few times over the following few days) the cameras slow down the unbelievable freeride skills of Jeff Lenosky and Mike Steidley.   Here’s how the Discovery Channel listing describes the episode with Jeff and Mike: “The Time Warp cameras capture the stunts of two urban bike riders, the athletic precision of an ice skater, and the tricks of a cardthrower whose 90-mph focused toss can chop vegetables and put out candles.”  You can set yourself up with an e-mail alert as to when the show with Jeff will be on by clicking here.  Seriously, catch this show.  Should be great.  It gives you another reason to watch Discovery Channel besides “Shark Week.”