Hoan Bridge, Milwaukee, WI

[fishball]

Here is my first video attempt and it shows.  Sorry for the low quality and bumpy ride.  The bumps are mostly due to the horrible state of the road leading up to the bridge, notice all the tar snakes everywhere.  It may be poor quality but at least it is short!

[fishmeister]

Hey Fish2, that was pretty good! Congrats....not bad for the first one. The captions and tunes held interest.

[OhCrap]

Nice vid, I like the different angles and background music. Cool helmet btw.

Even though some parts of that road almost look to bad for a bike I'd still love to drive there myself one day.

[highwayjamin]

Nice job  I thought it was pretty good for your first video. I have always wanted to try one.  But anyways thanks keep up the good work 

[hppants]

Fishball gets coolest helmet IMO.  Looks like you get a lot of ventillation with it too?  That was neat.  Those tar snakes gave me a flashback of the rally. 

[cjbear11]

Cool video! The intro made me chuckle. HAWK MAN!

[fishball]

Hey Fish2, that was pretty good!

Thanks Fish1.  That's the view you will see if you make that ferry trip across the lake, the Lake Michigan Express docks just off the bridge ramp.

Even though some parts of that road almost look to bad for a bike I'd still love to drive there myself one day.

There are better places to ride in the area but the view coming over the bridge and seeing the Milwaukee skyline is one of the best.  Too bad that day it was so foggy, the skyline is usually quite sharp and clear.  It's not only the tar snakes but the road itself has so many repairs that it's like riding on cobblestones.

Fishball gets coolest helmet IMO.  Looks like you get a lot of ventillation with it too?

The helmet model is SparX S-07 and the design is called the Corsa.  Mine cost about $150 but this design is currently discontinued and I've seen it on sale for less than $100.  You can still buy the S-07 in other designs if you don't care for the Corsa graphics.  The ventilation is good but my biggest surprise was how comfortable and light it turned out to be.

The intro made me chuckle. HAWK MAN!

Thanks, I've been playing around with a new animation program.  That was pretty basic and I hope to do more work with it in the future.

[tcoop]

Great video! Not bad for your first. Nice job!

[luckylindy]

  Good video, I liked the trivia info.  

[JB1290]

Cool vid, Fish. 

I've ridden that bridge many times. The view is great but the bridge itself is in bad shape. After the bridge in St. Paul/Minneapolis collapsed, the "experts" were saying that the Hoan could be next. I hope they are wrong but, the city of Milwaukee needs to address the problems with it instead of just doing patch repairs. 

[hockeyhawk]

                                   

[bajakirch]

I'm glad you included the bit of trivia about the Blues Brothers movie. You can get the real 'Bridge to Nowhere' feel in the scene where they drive off one of the unfinished ramps.

Nice vid. It's a shame about that bridge. It seems like, since its very beginning, it's had nothing but problems.

[Brittles]

I like it.......kinda' like a real "production". 

[green427]

 

[lysolmp]

Now that brings back memories! I kinda miss the way it used to be. With 794 ending at the south side of the bridge and there would be Bay View.

[tomb raider]

I love it, how do you get music in it ??

[fishball]

iMovie has a link to my iTunes account.  Basically I can choose from anything I have.  However, after I posted that video I became concerned about copyright infringement so for my next video I used some music from a local band and got their permission first.  YouTube does allow you to add music from their library but it will overwrite all sounds from your video file.  The fair use of copyrighted music is a bit vague for this purpose, if a band was litigious I'm sure they could have you pull your video if you use their music without permission.