Mach-Speed Pacman (aka Fino) Starts Lure Coursing

Little “Pacman”  is all grown up and living with a great family from Spain in Pasadena, California.  This pup, from our first breeding at Mach-Speed, was one of the 7 boys from that litter of 8 in Spring 2012.  He is now well over 1 year old and is starting to train in Lure-Coursing.

This is Fino/Pacman on TWA:   http://thewhippetarchives.net/details.php?id=157009

Here are some pics from his first Lure-Coursing training in Southern California:

 

Photos courtesy Jose Recio and Family  (Fino’s family)

Nice Sighthound Music Video Clip! (in German)

This video is easily cool and pro enough to post and share!

Turbostaat – Tut es doch weh

Short Film: Rocket Doing an Everyday-Type Frisbee Reception

I havent put up a post in so long.  I will try to start doing more, but i suppose they won’t be very regular till March.

Thanks Max and Phillip from Germany for the filming.

Two Guinness World Record Attempts in Early November

• This event on Facebook:   https://www.facebook.com/events/415074145221308/
• or search for “2 Guinness World Record Attempts”  
• or find the account “Mach-Speed Whippets” / “Sighthound Disc Sport”

Thanks in advance for any help you can give us…  like sharing our promo material with others, hitting “like” on our posts, and if you can, maybe even show up and/or volunteer in some way.

Here is general info about the event as can be found in the description of the Facebook event:

with: Mach-Speed Whippets & glennSKii Meyer www.machspeedwhippets.com Erin Hemmings Professional Disc (Frisbee) Athlete. Holds the world record for longest thrown (non-velocity aided) object. Set with an Aerobie in 2003 with a throw of 1,333 feet (more than 1/4 of a mile) http://www.gizmag.com/go/7171/ Alan Adler – Inventor of the Aerobie  (among many other inventions) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Adler www.aerobie.com ————————————————– * Watch Erin Hemmings and Rocket the Whippet set a new official world record for “Farthest Thrown Object Caught by a Dog” (they will be using an Aerobie) * Watch Erin Hemmings and 3 of the Mach-Speed Whippets attempt to set a new official world record for “The Farthest Thrown Disc (Frisbee) Caught by a Dog” * See “The Whippster”, a new carbon-fiber racing sulky prototype. Mach-Speed Whippets is planning on setting a world record for top speed for dog-powered vehicles. This is the first vehicle of its kind built for speed. * During the breaks: – see how far you can throw a frisbee (distance measured with a laser) – meet Erin, Dr. Adler, glennSKii, and the Whippets. – learn about the Aerobie and discs (Frisbees), Whippets, dog-sulkies, inventions. ————————————————– The present standing records (for both records) were set with a disc(frisbee): 390feet1inch (118.9meters) Human Athlete: Mark Molnar Dog Athlete: Cheyenne the Whippet (owner: Irv Lander) October 12th, 1994 in Pasadena, CA ————————————————– ATTENTION! Please don’t bring your dogs. They will not be allowed onto the field area! Among other reasons, they would highly distract the dog that is trying to set the record! THANK YOU!* Rain Date: Monday Nov 12th, 2012 (same place and time). * We are looking for volunteers to help us with this event. Please contact glennskii@gmail.com if you would like to join us and help. * After-Party will planned for organizers, volunteers, and sponsors for the evening on the day of the event (Friday). ————————————————- more info will be added here as the date approaches

The World Record Attempt for Autumn 2012

The World Record Attempt for Autumn 2012

Downhill Cycling with Dogs

Check out this downhill cyclist with his Vizsla!  Great dog!  Imagine this sport with a sighthound!

Here is their YouTube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/user/norcorider2005

MachSpeed Whippets on the Beach in MuiNe

Astro, Rocket, and Lajka on the beach at Surfpoint Kitesurfing School. Feb 2012. Made by Adam Borys of HamTien Productions

Futuristic Greyhound Race – A Cool Absolut Ad in a Music Vid

I ran into this today.  Great vid.  I find it quite a coincidence that just last night i was speaking about four-legged robotic with a robotics guy.  I said how the sighthound rear hip mechanics are most like robotics… compared to other dogs.  I continued by brainstorming that a sighthound-based robot would be able to  “run” incredibly fast.

Also, I often daydreamed what hi-tech armour would look like on a whippet or other sighthound.  In my head,  it looked a bit like the costumes in this video.

Enjoy!

Whippet Frisbee-Coursing on a Tropical Beach

Here are some shots of Rocket doing some Dog-Disc Coursing on the beach in Mui Ne, Vietnam.  We went out a few days ago in the morning.  My friend Adam, from SurfPoint Kite-Surfing school and Ham Tien Productions, took these shots.  As you can see, he did a real good job considering this was the first time he photographed Whippets in action — no small task!

We weren’t able to perfom for long becuase it was hot and sunny.  Rocket got tired.  If I were to go home for another dog, the beach would have been full of kites by the time I got back.  There is a chance we will try to take a few more shots before i need to head off to SaiGon to prepare for our move to California.

If when you are in Mui Ne, you need a photographer or a cameraman for a project, or want to learn how to Kite-Surf, you might try to get a hold of Adam.  Contact to him is on the Surfpoint internet site.  You can find the link on one of my other blogs:  www.muinet.wordpress.com

Click on the thumbs to enlarge the photos.

Handling Fences

a View from Behind

Stretching Out

the Tropics

When will he finally come back down to Earth?

I think he ended up catching this one.

Rocket on Lauchpad

Rocket Flies Away

Attention! Whippets Overhead

Rocket Launch 3

Rocket Launch 2

Rocket Launch 1

I am going to miss Mui Ne, but I am sure that a lot of exciting times are up ahead of us in California :  my new work,  the music scene,  the whippet scene, the Frisbee and Aerobie scene, etc.  I will miss the weather, but it doesn’t get very cold in California and the climate will be just about ideal for the dogs.

Vietnam Whippet-Beach-Frisbee

Here are some shots that Christophe Guegan took of the Whippets and I playing frisbee on the beach in Mui Ne, Vietnam.  He was there on vacation and happened to be there with his camera.

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