Perfect Duluth Day’s Best Videos of 2011

Duluth Time Lapse
Spencer Johnson’s video for the 2011 Yeti Film Festival. Originally posted Feb. 25, 2011.

Hockey Day Minnesota: Portman vs. Glen Avon
A bitter rivalry is settled on the biggest stage hockey has to offer. Originally posted Feb. 21, 2011.

Fire Beats
Timothy Johnson captures the Spin Collective at Clyde Iron Works with Paul Broman and Kevin Craig. Originally posted April 3, 2011.

Loup-Garou — “Gone From Minnesota”
Erin McConnell directed this video for the 2011 Homegrown Music Video Festival. It features Tonya Porter and Abe Curran. Originally posted May 3, 2011.

Baby Brown Thrasher vs. Baby Garter Snake
While out doing bird surveys for the Minnesota DNR, Mark “Sparky” Stensaas finds a baby Brown Thrasher trying to swallow a foot-long garter snake. Originally posted July 7, 2011.

Northern Lights-Aurora Borealis Time Lapse
Sparky strikes again, capturing a major solar storm on Spring Lake in Carlton County. Originally posted Aug. 17, 2011.

A Perfect Duluth Day on Lake Superior
Jim Richardson experiences the peacefulness of Lake Superior and feels “something akin to true happiness.” And he is never seen or heard from again. Originally posted Aug. 20, 2011.

Daniel Spooner Cliff Diving
Daniel Spooner gets upsidedown. Originally posted Sept. 3, 2011.

Trampled by Turtles – “Where is My Mind”
The video for this cover of a Pixies song is directed by Justin Gustavison and features photos sent in by Trampled by Turtles fans. Originally posted Nov. 30, 2011.

Philip Traum Quartet — “Brenda”
Former Duluthian Mark Kuiti rocks out. Originally posted Dec. 6, 2011.

Colton Maddy Street 2011
Colton Maddy shreds up the streets of Duluth, with Huntar Gulan, Eion Small and Mike Rapaich shooting the video. Originally posted Dec. 10, 2011.

The Chicken Shoot
Photographer Rolf Hagberg snaps a few glamor shots. Originally posted Dec. 14, 2011.