The Philips Japan Extreme Shaving Tournament
In September 2015 we produced for Philips Electronics Ltd., Japan two very commercials. 2 Japanese athletes experienced the feeling of weightlessness and shaved themself under these special conditions.
Kotaro Tanaka (BMX) facebook.com/PhilipsSelfExpression.jp/videos/747343878704303/
Yasuhiro Kubo (Base Jump)
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Challengers: Yasuhiro Kubo (Base Jump) + Kotaro Tanaka (BMX)
Client: Philips Electronics Ltd., Japan
Director & 2nd camera: Thomas Rusch
Director of Photography: Albrecht Silberberger
GoPros & Assistant: Laurent Friquet
Producer: Hiroshi Kondo
Creative Director: Daisuke Kobayashi
Marketing Manager Philips Electronics: Takamasa Fujii
Set Location Managers: Vasily Popov / Vlad Shevkunov
Mission Director & Development: Andreas P. Bergweiler, Space Affairs
Thanks to: Igor Rudyaev - Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC), the team of the Neutral Buoyancy Department (GCTC), the instructors of the Ilyushin 76MDK zeroG aircraft, the Russian Space Agency Roskosmos
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.