Shaun Palmer, "The Miserable Champion"

I grew up watching this guy rip through a generation and this looks go be an awesome documentary! Shaun palmer is reaching out through kickstarter to generate the funds to release this video.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1665898043/shaun-palmer-the-miserable-champion?ref=live

"Chainsaw Productions is looking for support to get Shaun Palmer "The Miserable Champion" movie out to the masses. The film is currently finished with some final production, music and stock footage issues to be completed. Please support this film, so we can generate enough funds to cover the final production costs. We feel this is a story that must be watched to fully understand the accomplishments that have taken place over the lifetime of Shaun's life. Chainsaw Thanks all of the people past, present and beyond that have helped this film become a reality from support and goodwill. Special Thanks goes to Contour for the POV Cameras for this Kickstarter Fund Raiser. $10.000 is the bare minimum; our goal is $20.000. "

Dontaions:

PLEDGE $10 OR MORE
Exclusive Premiere of the Movie prior to DVD release via Private Link online. Movie status updates.

Estimated Delivery: Apr 2012

PLEDGE $30 OR MORE
All of the above plus DVD of the Movie

Estimated Delivery: Jun 2012

PLEDGE $100 OR MORE
All of the above plus Limited Autographed Poster, and Sticker

Estimated Delivery: Jun 2012

PLEDGE $300 OR MORE
SOLD OUT (0 of 17 remaining)
All of the above plus a Contour ROAM HD POV Camera and Name in the End Credits under Special Thanks.

Estimated Delivery: Jun 2012

PLEDGE $1,000 OR MORE

• Limited Reward (5 of 8 remaining)
All of the above with Name in the End Credits as Associate Producer of film.

Estimated Delivery: Jun 2012


[video=vimeo;18245914]http://vimeo.com/18245914[/video]

 

i cant wait for this film. palmer is my hero

 

http://www.pinkbike.com/news/Shaun-...Champion-Full-Mountain-Bike-Segment-2013.html


[video=vimeo;60296769]http://vimeo.com/60296769[/video]

 

I went to high school with this cat, it's been interesting watching the highs and lows he has experienced since the late 80s.. he was always ballsy, and had attitude.. not someone I'd consider my "hero" but talented nonetheless..

 

I already know im your hero

 

Tom, drinking already?

 

I see the Viper trail in some of that old footage......
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screw that guy. he and his snowboarding punks broke all the front windows out of my buddies house in tahoe after they got their asses kicked in a skiers vs boarders brawl back in the early 90s. He made the mistake of leaving his fancy pimp jacket there and they burned it in the fireplace thta night. funny part of the story is the he had the balls to come back and ask for his jacket the next day and they handed him a burned up piece. lol. the good ol days....

 

Back in the 90's he was riding sheep hills on what I recall was a specialized stumpjumper while my friends and I were BMXing. He had a film crew with him and it was cool to watch him hit everything on a MTN bike. I was always a big fan of his snowboarding but felt sorry for him because I just assumed he would kill himself somehow.

 

Also, last I heard of him he was living in SLC, UT doing a lot of Road Biking.

 

You know it baby!!

 

I appreciate that he was fast on a downhill run, but all the negativity he brought to the sport, we might have been better off without.

Anyway, Tomac was even more successful & influential. ...and he didn't make you want to @#$%punch him. No documentaries about the Tomes though.

 

Thats cause tomac was boring and lame......palmer is way cooler and more entertaining

 

I would have broke your friends windows too

 

[video=youtube_share;LI4e7REs-5Y]http://youtu.be/LI4e7REs-5Y[/video]

Yeah, he's a d!ckhead but I do agree back then DH MTB'n really needed a kick in the junk.

 

I was racing during that time in the 90's. I do not think that Palmer brought anything negative to the sport. If anything he made it more interesting and exciting. I watched him at Big Bear several times and he always delivered a great show. Honestly, the sport seemed to take off and get a lot more attention after he arrived. He knew how to market himself both on and off the course. We would all probably still be wearing Lycra road bike shorts had he not arrived to the sport.

 

I agree, mtn biking was boring before he arrived

 

NOT!! I never wore Lycra shorts. You wouldn't of caught me dead in that crap. Trust me, no body wants to see a fat man in a sausage suit.

 

He's always been cool to me every time I've talked to him. And I think his Troy Lee helmets are some of the best looking one's out there!

I'm wearing this one at the moment.

 

Wow! Now that's a fanatic.