A group of us went to celebrate Independence Day (and a couple of looming birthdays) with a MUni ride in Berkeley. We hit the steam trains first, which was fun; I haven’t been there in years. Great ride; I tried a drop and a chute I’d never worked up the nerve to do before (I […]
I said I was done with Kinetic Sculpture posts, but we just got the final results, which confirmed what I suspected; Cyclops finished first in overall elapsed time, coming in just one minute faster than the race’s other eye-related sculpture, Private Eyes. Private Eyes aced the course, however, which means they won the speed award.
Here’s some more glory for Cyclops and The Other Wheels: The Golden Flipper trophy: April’s photos: Tina Kerrigan’s photos SFGate’s Kinetic photo album (Cyclops is photo 38) Nick’s Facebook album (some in 3D) Kinetic Universe’s Facebook album Just to wrap up, here are the previous posts about Cyclops at the Kinetic Grand Championship. A
Day 3 starts with another water entry, this time directly off the beach and across the mouth of the Eel River. It’s actually one of my favorite parts of the race; I saw several harbor seals out in the water, and on the other end you get to pilot up a narrow slough to the
