Russ Pond

2009 Hotter ‘N Hell Bide Ride

Some friends and I rode in the 2009 Hotter ‘N Hell bike ride yesterday. Allan and I did the 50-mile ride (the “gentleman’s distance”), and Kevin did the 100 mile ride. It was quite fun. More than 12,000 bikers participated. Here are some pictures from the ride.


Hotels were sold out, so we camped down by a river.

Hotels were sold out, so we camped down by a river.

The night before the race, we had a big spaghetti dinner. Carbing up!

The night before the race, we had a big spaghetti dinner. Carbing up!

This Allan and myself just before the start of the race at sunrise

This Allan and myself just before the start of the race at sunrise

These are the riders behind us at the start.

These are the riders behind us at the start.

These are the riders in front

These are the riders in front

Our 50-mile bike route

Our 50-mile bike route


Taking the gloves off

As part of our Fissure press gearing up for our launch of the Fissure DVD yesterday, I’ve been interviewed by a variety of press and news outlets. It’s been fun! I enjoy reading all the reviews, both good and bad.

This morning, I was reading a review from Casanova Shrugged. In Rene’s review, he makes this comment about me:

In a press roundtable interview at Hotel ZaZa last month I asked director Russ Pond what his follow-up project would be and he said that a children’s film was next in consideration. It didn’t surprise me in the least. Children’s films have the highest percentage of return on investment. Of course, making films is a business and you have to sell product to stay in the market, but I half-hoped Russ would have chosen to stay in the thriller genre and try to raise everything up a notch. I think Russ is a talented director and would love to see what he could do if the gloves were off, there were no punches pulled and he attacked a project without the hindrances of investor expectations, ratings, and budgetary concessions… That, I think, would be an amazing film.

I want to take the gloves off that would be fun!