jimbob_texas Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 Last night, Catfish, thegirl, Kearsage and I were interviewed by HDNews' Jade Kurian. We spent a couple of hours shooting various video and talking about shooting sports. Look for a more in-depth interview with thegirl - they miked her up and chatted for quite a while. She was pretty focused - Catfish and I tried our best to distract her. I asked how/why they contacted us, and Jade told me that she'd seen our segment that aired on Fox News' "Lone Star Adventures" from almost 2 years ago, and she Googled us up and sent us an email. That was on Tuesday, and we did the shoot on Wednesday. HDNews is only available on Dish Network, apparently, so I for one probably won't see it there. She said that if they created a file she'd send the final to me. Otherwise, it might show up on their website one day. From all appearances, it was a positive spin on shooting, perhaps focusing on CHL or somesuch, branching out to the shooting sports as a way of improving shooting skills and/or confidence. The reporter even shot (after careful instruction from Catfish), and the camera guy got in on the action. The only tense moment for me was when the camera guy (Nigel) wanted to put his expensive HD camera BEHIND (and to the side of) a steel popper, and film me shooting that and a couple of other USPSA targets. I told him I was nervous about that, because if I got a partial hit on that steel, I'd probably kill his camera. He told me it was insured, but the deductible was kind of high - $50,000!!! Fortunately, it went off without a hitch, and I didn't shoot the $100,000 HD camera. Special thanks to Kearsage and Catfish for following through on it and setting it up. It was fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve J Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 Excellent job, guys. Kudos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbob_texas Posted June 17, 2008 Author Share Posted June 17, 2008 And now, there's video: http://www.viddler.com/explore/Jimbob_texas/videos/56/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay870 Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 Thats awesome guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catfish Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 I think it turned out pretty good - I had spent a good deal of time with Jade talking about the two games we shoot at our club - USPSA/IDPA - but it looks like they boiled it down to "practical shooting", which is OK with me - I still think the story does a really good job of talking about what we do.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BNorth Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 Great job on the video!!!!! Y'all look familiar....have we met before? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catfish Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 Yeah, I think so, Bob! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighVelocity Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 Excellent job! I'd like to see the "outtakes" because I know there has to be at least 30 minutes of'em. Gary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catfish Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 At LEAST 30 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JThompson Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 The more press the better... Here they would spin it ugly... must be nice to live in Texas. JT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Keen Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 Very, very nice. It's good to see more & more media pieces about practical pistol. It really is a growing sport, and word of mouth is the best way to do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catfish Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 And the really cool thing is the reporter has told me several times now that when she finds time, she wants to come back out to the range and learn to shoot.... Hearts and minds indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbob_texas Posted June 18, 2008 Author Share Posted June 18, 2008 Great job on the video!!!!! Y'all look familiar....have we met before? Hey, Bob! When you coming back to the world? jr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbob_texas Posted June 18, 2008 Author Share Posted June 18, 2008 Watch for a followup soon. thegirl demonstrated the operation of her Dillon Precision XL650 press to the same reporter just today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
38superman Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 Outstanding. I love positive publicity. We need all the help we can get to grow the sport. Tls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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