{"id":125089,"date":"2021-02-16T17:40:06","date_gmt":"2021-02-16T08:40:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/?post_type=global&#038;p=125089"},"modified":"2021-02-16T18:31:45","modified_gmt":"2021-02-16T09:31:45","slug":"whos-behind-the-camera","status":"publish","type":"global","link":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/global\/whos-behind-the-camera\/","title":{"rendered":"Who&#8217;s behind the camera?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It feels like yesterday when we were all celebrating the New Years, and talking about what we look forward to the year 2021.<br \/>\nAnd just like that, we&#8217;re here in mid February. Year after year it feels like time is going faster and faster.<\/p>\n<p>But that doesn&#8217;t stop us from grinding!!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-124921\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/0529568-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/0529568-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/0529568-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/0529568-1179x786.jpg 1179w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/0529568.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-124922\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/0529569-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/0529569-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/0529569-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/0529569-1179x786.jpg 1179w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/0529569.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-124920\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/0529567-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/0529567-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/0529567-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/0529567-1179x786.jpg 1179w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/0529567.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><br \/>\nSome of recent photos of our boys getting down to work.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-124924\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/0529571-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/0529571-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/0529571-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/0529571-1179x786.jpg 1179w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/0529571.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><br \/>\nDigi wearing an ogre mask for the Japanese holiday <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Setsubun\">&#8220;Setsubun&#8221;.<\/a><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-124725\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/e1223f0a0fab00b3b9b38e8f8e793750.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/e1223f0a0fab00b3b9b38e8f8e793750.jpg 450w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/e1223f0a0fab00b3b9b38e8f8e793750-360x480.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><br \/>\nKaneyan applying griptape for a skateboard on a random flat pedal.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-124935\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/0529582-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/0529582-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/0529582-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/0529582-1179x786.jpg 1179w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/0529582.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><br \/>\nDaichi doing his own thing during lunch break.<\/p>\n<p>So yeah, the Blue Lug Mechanics has been killing it their jobs like always.<br \/>\nBut today, I want to give a shout out to &#8220;the guy behind the camera&#8221;.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"MASH AC-2 BUILT BY BLUE LUG-\u305a\u3063\u3068\u898b\u3066\u3089\u308c\u308b\u81ea\u8ee2\u8eca\u7d44\u307f\u7acb\u3066#3-\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pNym9mKlteY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u81ea\u8ee2\u8eca\u3068\u4eba\u306e\u7269\u8a9e\u3002\u8c37\u30d5\u30a1\u30f3\u306b\u81ea\u8ee2\u8eca\u3092\u6559\u3048\u305f\u9752\u6728\u3055\u3093\u3068RIVENDELL sam hillborne\uff5e\u3010Bike people #5\u3011\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/h_zI-78GUwc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u3010XMC Crank\u3011\u50d5\u305f\u3061\u304c\u201c\u30c8\u30ea\u30d7\u30eb\u30af\u30e9\u30f3\u30af\u201d\u3068\u3044\u3046\u9078\u629e\u80a2\u3092\u4f5c\u3063\u305f\u30ef\u30b1\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EC25PCab--w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nYou probably noticed that we suddenly started to post TONS of content on our YouTube channel.<br \/>\nAnd you also have probably noticed the video quality has improved dramatically compared to the early days when we started posting videos on the Blue Lug <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/bluelug\">YouTube channel<\/a>.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-124343\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_2985-e1608988620131-900x601.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"601\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_2985-e1608988620131-900x601.jpg 900w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_2985-e1608988620131-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_2985-e1608988620131-1177x786.jpg 1177w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_2985-e1608988620131.jpg 1917w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><br \/>\nThe secret behind these improvements are because of this guy.<br \/>\nMeet &#8220;Sabu&#8221; our new video editor.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-124721\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/f2bb123704bc7610a3d11d143f75360e.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/f2bb123704bc7610a3d11d143f75360e.jpg 450w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/f2bb123704bc7610a3d11d143f75360e-360x480.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-124722\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/4c88d2c8f8481f7011482327454f8e04.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/4c88d2c8f8481f7011482327454f8e04.jpg 450w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/4c88d2c8f8481f7011482327454f8e04-360x480.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><br \/>\nSabu joined our team around November. Since then, He has been working his ass off every damn day!!<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully, we have gained a lot of supporters from around the world in the past few years.<br \/>\nFor all of you that follow our socials, thank you.(Especially the hardcore fans who reads these blogs)<\/p>\n<p>It truly means a lot to us to know that we are able to give some sort of inspiration for our fellow bike lovers from other countries.<br \/>\nAnd that is exactly what keeps us going!!<\/p>\n<p>With all the people who watch are content outside of Japan, There was a problem with our videos.<br \/>\n&#8230;Language. For a long time people have been begging for subtitles. Well, to be honest, nobody had the knowledge of how to put subtitles in our own video. What a bunch of boomers!!<\/p>\n<p>But now&#8230;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-125092\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BCFEC5E3-9A3B-4A76-96AD-3AE5C536C598-900x536.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BCFEC5E3-9A3B-4A76-96AD-3AE5C536C598-900x536.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BCFEC5E3-9A3B-4A76-96AD-3AE5C536C598-640x381.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BCFEC5E3-9A3B-4A76-96AD-3AE5C536C598.jpeg 1162w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><br \/>\nThanks to Sabu, we have slowly started to add English subtitles!!<br \/>\nAll the videos that have the &#8220;CC&#8221; mark on the bottom left of the thumbnail are the videos with English subtitles.<br \/>\nSome of them are auto generated, and some of them are translated by ya boi writing this blog. *wink* *wink*<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, that was a little update blog for ya&#8217;ll!<br \/>\nNow, I don&#8217;t know how many of you guys read this blog but if you do, go leave a comment saying &#8220;Hi Sabu!&#8221; in any of our videos and give him a little surprise!<\/p>\n<p>See ya&#8217;ll at the comment section at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/bluelugbikeshop\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/bluelugbikeshop <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":124722,"template":"","tags":[],"better_featured_image":{"id":124722,"alt_text":"","caption":"","description":"","media_type":"image","media_details":{"width":450,"height":600,"file":"2021\/01\/4c88d2c8f8481f7011482327454f8e04.jpg","sizes":{"thumbnail":{"file":"4c88d2c8f8481f7011482327454f8e04-360x480.jpg","width":360,"height":480,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":53814,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/4c88d2c8f8481f7011482327454f8e04-360x480.jpg"},"post-thumbnail":{"file":"4c88d2c8f8481f7011482327454f8e04-450x600.jpg","width":450,"height":600,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":98284,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/4c88d2c8f8481f7011482327454f8e04-450x600.jpg"}},"image_meta":{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0","keywords":[]},"filesize":120234},"post":124720,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/4c88d2c8f8481f7011482327454f8e04.jpg"},"acf":{"online-store-search-keywords":"blue lug","search-result-sort-order":"created_at","search-result-sort-by":"desc"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/global\/125089"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/global"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/global"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/124722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}