When my brother said our video was on some porn blogs I about crapped my pants. Thoughts like will this be a problem for my future job interviews or reputation. I never thought there would something like that on the Internet that I would be nervous people would find.
My brothers, cousins, and family friends of ours are all barefoot enthusiast. We barefoot all summer on lake Oconomowoc. Barefooting is waterskiing with no skis on just your feet and the water. It makes you feel super human like Jesus walking on water. You can do an endless amount of tricks, which we often make videos of. So when we all heard there would be a barefoot video competition we were in.
We were looking for a good theme for our video. We decided to stick with our roots and go with an American theme. This was natural for us because we hold a barefoot competition on the fourth of July every year. It is our family’s biggest holiday with a family parade and all. We also already had all the gear we needed for the American theme. We all had American flag speedos from the previous fourth and a new American eagle wetsuit.
The part were I guess it qualifies our video to be put on these blogs is we all had different introduction scenes where we were wearing our speedos. Yes it is a little weird but we all thought it was funny and I’m still actually laughing about it while I’m writing this. Some of the introductions consisted of running out of a corn field into a horse field, or scaring chickens into their coop. I can’t say we weren’t warned though. My mother was adamant we don’t submit this video but we thought it was harmless.
Really the moral of this story is with all of the new social media outlets you never know who is going to get their hands on your videos or post. With todays technology it is so easy to share things you find on the Internet which is not a bad thing. You just need to be cautious of this before you post a video that you may think is harmless, but in reality is a little questionable.
http://www.barefootcentral.info/FreestyleChallenge_2011.htm
2 comments:
I really enjoyed reading this post! I completely agree with you how new media can be a source of extreme danger by exposing your privacy to the public. I thought the video was hilarious, and you inspired me to try barefooting this spring break. I can't wait! On another note, I am sorry to hear that it got posted on some porn blog - I bet you can take it down somehow.
Wow, that's one of the most gripping leads I've read in a long time! It's horrifying and a little funny at the same time... but you make a great point about never being sure where something you post will show up. It's an excellent cautionary tale. I never heard of barefooting before but it certainly sounds challenging!
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