Accidental Machines was Mindgame’s farewell gift to the rollerblading industry.

The 56 min. video dealt with themes ranging from the state of the industry, to the dual lives of pro-skaters, to the absurdity of popular trends.

Herein lies the video’s intro, featuring the skating talents of Dustin Latimer, Aaron Feinberg, Chris Farmer, Brian Aragon, Billy O’Neill, Don Bambrick, and Ben Schwab, the motion graphic expertise of Matt Andrews, and the song “The Spell” by The Black Heart Procession, courtesy of Touch and Go Records. Written and Directed by Shane Coburn. Produced by Trendkiller, Inc. (R.I.P.)

We were all sad to see Mindgame close last year. Was that something you had been thinking about for a while?

Mindgame was always meant to be a company that challenged the conventions of the industry.

I’ve always sought to make “core” companies and products that didn’t have to answer to the mainstream, and I saw Mindgame as the greatest manifestation of that intention. But Mindgame became really popular, really quick. We turned a profit in our first year, and tripled in size our second. It was kind of a fortunate/unfortunate position to be put in.

We had the money to do the things we wanted, but somewhere, the message was getting lost. Soon, I started to see posts on the messageboards like “Why do they call themselves Trendkiller if all they do is make trends?” Well, the truth is, we never ever intended to make anything in to a trend — we just liked putting ideas out there and seeing how people responded to them and made them their own. But people have a way of institutionalizing things. [...]

What have you been up to since then?

I moved to LA last year and took a job as Marketing Director at an auto enthusiast site called WebRidesTV. It was a good move for me — I learned a lot about the power of the web, and was also able to get some talented rollerbladers paying gigs, including Connor O’Brien, Brandon Negrete, Cuauhtzin Guiterrez, Drew Bachrach, and Billy Kostka.

I left WebRides last October to take a position at quarterlife.com as their Director of Project Development. quarterlife is a web show and a social networking site for creative people. I really love what I do, but we’ve had our ups and downs.

We made history by being the first internet series to be picked up by network TV, and then we made history by being one of the fastest cancellations in NBC history. After that, we had to make some cuts, and unfortunately, I had to layoff some of my friends — friends I had actually brought on to the project. [...]

Read the full Shane Coburn Interview

You can check Shane Coburn work at quarterlife.com/shane. Here are some links to videos:

• “Sebastian” – Bang! (2004)
• “Intro” – Accidental Machines (2006)
• “Ben Schwab” from Accidental Machines (2006). More Accidental Machines media.

Dear Bladers -

A lot of you have been wondering what I’ve been doing lately, and I apologize for being incommunicado. As most of you know, we decided to close down Trendkiller at the beginning of the year. It was a mutual decision, but as with any break-up, things haven’t been easy. In recent months, I’ve been busy moving from place to place and looking for a new way to pay for my life. Needless to say, it’s been a tad hectic.

Even though Mindgame and Trendkiller will cease to exist, I am still functioning as the creative director for Xsjado. So contrary to popular belief, I haven’t left rollerblading. In fact, I am really excited about the opportunity to concentrate on Xsjado, as I feel the product can contribute greatly to the industry’s growth. You may have heard that we added Damien Wilson to the pro team recently — an addition we are really excited about. We are also working on a new line, featuring a new Basic Complete and Chris Farmer Boot. The new products should be in stores some time in August.

My new full-time gig is as marketing director for WebRidesTV http://www.webridestv.com/ . WebRides is an auto-enthusiast site that features original video pieces — from profiles to car shows to shop tours. My big project has been to build and promote our new web community: “The Garages”. It is sort of a Myspace meets CarDomain meets PhotoBucket: http://webridestv.com/thegarage.aspx

Since my priority here is to generate traffic for the site and increase our userbase, I would appreciate it if all of my car enthusiast friends went on and built a Garage (check out the videos while you are there too). If you’re not an enthusiast, maybe you could pass the link on to someone who you think would enjoy the site. I’d really REALLY appreciate it.

Besides that, hit me up with anything…except skates. You have to talk to Mark at Integrated about that (sorry, Mark). My new email address is shane@webridestv.com . The “unlearning” address will be shut off in the next month or so.

I hope you’re all well. Take care.

Shane Coburn
Marketing Director
WebRidesTV
http://www.webridestv.com/
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8500 Steller Dr. Building 7
Culver City, CA 90232

The Conference posted the profile of Aaron Feinberg from Mindgame Word.

up : Aaron Feinberg, back in the days

up : Aaron Feinberg, back in the days. Photo : Catch-up.

Mindgame Accidental Machines – I won`t say anything new by telling you that I have been waiting for this flick for a long time. Together with 90 % rollers around the world I was searching for any clips/trailers/ info about premiere of this video. Finally, the DVD reached my player.

Some time ago, I got the email with message: ‘new Mindgame Video is here, we got it!’. At last! Three days later my frind brought the dvd and said straight ahead: ‘Dude, it is a blast!’ I couldn`t wait any longer and pop in the disc.

Read the full review here

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The first peek at Mindgame’s new team video, Accidental Machines.

Starring Dustin Latimer, Aaron Feinberg, Chris Farmer, Brian Aragon, Billy O’Neill, Don Bambrick, and Ben Schwab.

Written, Directed, and Edited by Shane Coburn. Available on DVD 11/18/06.

Thanks to Rob of Fr33dom Clothing

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Jeff Stockwell, Oli Short, Tory Treseder and Erik Bailey pro wheels.

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The One Team did a little screener of the Mindgame Accidental Machines Dvd premiere that took place at the SDSF Open / RFCC Awards (you can check the RFCC Award results here).

Check some clips of Don Bambrick and Brian Aragon here. And yes Don Bambrick landed the gap!

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