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Against his better wishes, Dave Carnie left the cozy confines of his office in December to attend the Nitro Circus shoot involving the “Globe of Death,” a spherical steel cheese grater that is typically used for carnival-like motorcycle performances. Early on in the day, Monte Perlin, the stunt rider who was kind enough to share his big ball with the Nitro crew, treated us all to a display of how one person could stand in the center of the sphere while he ripped high-speed circles around them. Right away, Rick Kosick decided that before the day was up he was going to get Carnie inside that ball.

Much to Carnie’s annoyance, Rick proceeded to drop not-so subtle hints of his plan as the day wore on. So once the Nitro crew had had all their fun and production was wrapping up, Carnie started to slyly edge closer and closer toward his car to leave. He almost made a clean getaway, too, up until Kosick alerted Jeff Tremaine and together they chased him down just as he was hopping into the driver’s seat. Straight away Carnie understood that resistance was futile, so instead of putting up a fight he simply shrugged his shoulders and slumped toward the “globe of death,” resigning himself to his stunty fate.

(photo by Sean Cliver; Canyon Country, CA; 2008)

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