Re: [CR]"Catch The Wind" - a new Detroit / Wolverine / Mike Walden documentary

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Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 09:33:55 -0700
From: "Justin LaBo" <color71@gmail.com>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]"Catch The Wind" - a new Detroit / Wolverine / Mike Walden documentary
In-Reply-To: <c6d.39979a5e.36369405@aol.com>
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Mark & list,

Great to hear about this documentary. Please keep us posted regarding the availability of those DVD's.

I'd also like to point out this related slideshow with some amazing photos from the glory days of the WSC/Mike Walden and cycling in Detroit during the 1950 and 60's.

http://photoshow.comcast.net/watch/FH7tV5hq

Enjoy.

Justin "I grew up in Plymouth, MI" LaBo Oakland, CA

On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 8:48 PM, <FujiFish1@aol.com> wrote:
> Tonight I was privileged enough to view the world premier of the new
> documentary by Richard Noiret, titled "Catch The Wind". Mr. Noiret was a D
> etroiter
> who moved away, eventually returned to the Detroit area, and subsequentl y
> spent two years in the making of this beautiful tribute to the legacy of
   th
> e
> late Coach Mike Walden and the Wolverine Sports Club. He did a wonderfu l j
> ob of
> it, and the production was fantastically full of CR relevant content. T her
> e
> was perhaps ten percent coverage of the speed skating side of the WSC, b ut
> almost all the rest was pure vintage bike and bike people, up until the end
>
> that covered the modern velodrome at Bloomer Park and it's new champions
   be
> ing
> produced. I cannot even begin to name all the great people that were pa rt
> of the WSC success story over the years, but I can tell you that I saw a
   LO
> T
> of old Cinellis and Paramounts in the pics, and clearly one old Colnago hea
> d
> shot. Plenty of pics, footage, and heart felt stories.
>
> List member Gene Diggs, was also present tonight, and was one of the
> interviewees shown. Gene spoke his pieces with great aplomb! There wil l b
> e a
> second showing at the Main Art Theatre in Royal Oak, MI, next Sunday Nov . 2
> nd, and
> I believe more will be scheduled later on. I'll look into acquiring DVD 's,
>
> and making them available to CR list members, at cost. One copy will HA VE
>
> to make it into my own DVD library! WOW ... what a great thing this is for
>
> the vintage minded to view!
>
> Ciao,
> Mark Agree
> Southfield MI USA
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