Happy Holidays!

Hey guys!

I haven't been making videos for quite some time. I really want to wish everyone a happy holiday! I'll have videos up soon. I'm just trying to get used to my new laptop. Happy New Year!

Titanium Salutes

Photo taken by Pyromight @ pyromight.blogspot.com

The fearsome noisy shells that are often seen in most fireworks display finales, is set off in my backyard. Below are the photos, and the video of the distant shot and ground zero shot.

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All photos taken by Pyromight @ pyromight.blogspot.com

Brezac Suprises Montreal

Last night, Brezac Artifices, the same fireworks firm that fired fireworks on New Years in 2000 on the Eifel Tower. They manage to surpise alot of us. Angled shells took flight above the bridge beside the display and on the other side, above the Goliath (which used to be the tallest and fastest coaster in Canada). This display was probably the best display in use of their angles for a display. They're choice of music was very unique, and the amount of product was incredible. More information along with pictures and videos will be featured later on during the day.

Team Göteborgs Fyrverkeri Fabrik Display Photos

This is a photo montage of team Göteborgs display taken last night.

Photo taken by Pyromight @ pyromight.blogspot.com

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Göteborgs Fyrverkeri Fabrik (Sweden) Fireworks Review

Hey guys,

Team Göteborgs Fyverkeri Fabrik's display at La Ronde manage to pull off a display that no one has thought of in this years competition. "Memoirs Of A DJ" was the theme of this display, and according to Martin Hilderberg, he used to be a DJ back in the 80's and wanted to bring back the classic 80's disco music back into their featured display at La Ronde.

This display had all the pieces. 8" break shells with titanium salute inserts, dim lighted roman candles, comets, fans, cakes, 12" shells, everything. This certainly will put them in the rankings for winning a Jupiter award. I'm actually suprised that after watching my first display of a Swedish film, they know how to throw a display in order. The main standard that stuck out of this display, was that the synchronization and the choice of music was really well done.

The songs used in the display are here.

Starting off with Dancing Queen, it really brought people's enjoyment to a high level. Because no one expected to hear classic 70's and 80's disco & pop music. Some segments did feature 90's techno and the final song, an '08 track by french singer Kate Ryan titled Elle La Elle L'a. What this french song seemed to have was a very short duration for the finale. The finale did carry alot of product. But after watching most displays, it was one of the weakest finales. Italy's finale, was filled from top to bottom in product, with 10" shells above, break shells under, red, white and green shells with salute inserts below and dozens of mines of the colors of Italy's flag. United-States had a medium sized finale, considering it was made up of several barrages and lasted under fourty seconds, which isn't going to give them good votes. Canada seemed to have the second most largest finale this year (under Italy). They packed numerous volleys of shells with flights of larger shells above. Comparing Sweden's finale to another finale, it was similar to Canada's besides the fact that there were no breaks between the barrages, the barrages continued. But Sweden's finale had a duration of thirty seconds, where as Canada has around two minutes which was well done. Nonetheless, this was a truly exquisit display, and might get them 2nd or 3rd place.

My rankings so far:
1. Canada
2. Sweden
3. Italy

Watch the display below:

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Finale

France's Brezac Artifices is next Saturday. More info can be found here.

Photos will be posted in another post.

Sweden Presents "Memoirs Of A DJ"

Tonight, Team Goteborgs Fyrverkeri Fabrik is presenting at La Ronde "Memoirs Of A DJ". I managed to get there a little early this afternoon and get a few snapshots of the setup of the display they are putting on. The display will be uploaded on my YouTube channel. Enjoy.

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Ramp 1

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Ramp 4

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Ramp 3

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Ramp 2

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All photos were taken with a Canon Powershot SD630 camera

Göteborgs Fyrverkeri Fabrik (Sweden) Fireworks Setup

I spent this afternoon on the Jacques Cartier Bridge, a bridge close to the fireworks ramps in downtown Montreal. The setup is quite small, due to the fact that from Mylene Slavas' information, the shipping container with all of Götebords Fyverkeri Fabrik's shells and effects just arrived this morning. None the less, mortars have been put to the side to be surrounded with sand in the coming two days. More photos will be posted in the future hopefully showing more pieces setup for the coming display this Saturday.

Ramp 4

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Ramp 3

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Ramp 2

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Ramp 1
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All pictures in this post were taken with a Cannon PowerShot SD630

What Does A 10" Shell Look Like?

Photo taken by Simon Turcotte-Langevin @ logiquefloue.ca (used under permission)

Thanks to the permission of Simon Turcotte-Langevin. I was allowed to share photos with you. Above is a photo of a 10 inch shell. The shell is a Sfera Di Matteo - salice bianco which translates to White Weeping Willow. By looking at the man in charge of the Ramps at La Ronde (where the largest fireworks competition takes place at) Paul Csukasy, you can see how large and heavy a 10 inch shell would seem to be (the average 10 inch shell weighs more than 30 lbs).

Please visit Simon Turcotte-Langevin's website here.

Canada Has #1 On My List!

Coming back from watching Fireworks Spectaculars Canada representing, of course, Canada. What a display. All I kept saying was WOW! Certainly, this should have them win a Jupiter (award), maybe gold, silver or bronze, depending if Sweden or France could do better. Hopefully Canada will take gold for a second year in a row. This is the second display after U.S.A. to use 12" shells. I took 4 parts of the display. Watch them on my YouTube channel.

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Finale

Photos of the display and setup can be viewed here and are taken by Simon Turcotte-Langevin @ logiquefloue.ca

Heavy Weather Kicking In Before Fireworks Spectaculars' Display

Taking a look at the weather over my backyard, seems there might be a chance of thunderstorms this evening before Fireworks Spectaculars represents Canada at L'International Des Feux Loto-Quebec.

Full Length Display Videos

Full length videos of the fireworks displays will be uploaded to my Youtube Channel.

Fireworks Spectaculars Canada is representing Canada @ L'International Des Feux Loto-Quebec next weekend. Don't miss it!

Fireworks Setup @ La Ronde

Here is a sky view of 4 of the 5 ramps at La Ronde for the largest international fireworks competition in the world. Not only is it the largest competition, but also the largest firing ramps available in North America. All fireworks are electronically fired. In this photo, it shows each ramp in different colors. Ramp 3 is used for roman candles, mines, nautical effects, fountains and more. Ramp 4 is a structure housing with a huge module that allows for the display to be fired electronically. A cable is passed underwater across the lake and to the firing house, the roof can be used for several products like mines, gerbs, fountains and lances. Ramp 2 is for 3-4 inch shells of all sorts, it can also be used for roman candles, mines and cakes. Ramp 1 is where the large caliber shells are setup. Shells from 4 to 12 inches in size are put farthest away from the audience and closer to the river in where the shell will not harm anything when burning particles, ash or debris are falling. An estimated 300 tonnes of sand is used to bury the mortars in place. And over 600 feet of aluminium foil and plastic are used to cover the mortars.

Here's a closer shot of Ramp 4, you can easily notice that some fireworks are setup on the left of the photo.

Photo taken by Simon Turcotte-Langevin @ logiquefloue.ca (used under permission)

This is Ramp 3, a floating "bridge" used for fireworks. It is the closest ramp towards the audience besides Ramp 5 which is even closer and is on floating platoons.

Photo taken by Simon Turcotte-Langevin @ logiquefloue.ca (used under permission)

Ramp 2 has over 1,000 shells setup every display. The average quantity of fireworks fired in every display (including all ramps) is estimated at 4-6,000 shells.

Photo taken by Simon Turcotte-Langevin @ logiquefloue.ca (used under permission)

Here is a close shot of Ramp 1, there are five areas like this along Ramp 1. In the front of the 6 foot tall blast-shield, shells from 4-6 inches are setup. There is a smaller blast-shield between the setup, where 6 inch shells are setup. Behind the concrete blast-shield, shells of 8-12 inches are fired. 8 inches being closer to the blast shield and 12 inches being more outwards towards the river (in this picture, the 12" mortars are closer to the trees on the right and the 4-6" mortars are closer to the trees on the left).

Click here to watch behinds the scenes footage of shells being fired on Ramp 1.

Photo taken by Simon Turcotte-Langevin @ logiquefloue.ca (used under permission)

All these photos are made possible by Simon Turcotte-Langevin @ logiquefloue.ca. Used under permission.

Montreal Fireworks Forum

Hey guys, this is a quick post to let you know, there is a forum that I have been a part of for about three years, all discussion about fireworks that have been displayed over the years are discussed on there. I give the honors and thanks to Mr. Paul Mariott for having the time to make this blog and share it with Montrealers and many other pyrotechnic enthusiasts around the world. Visit the forum here.

Fireworks Display July 17th

Celebrating my mother's birthday, I decided to set off my fireworks on the seventeenth of July. On Canada Day, the rain was too fearceful to have some fireworks shot in the sky. So keeping them stored, I thought what better time than setting them off on my mother's birthday party. About 80 people are expected to attend this party, barbecue and live rock music played as well. This will be a very enthusiastic party. Last year, my display (costing over 500$) went off with a blast as more than 380 people, including hundreds more from around the display, gazed at the dozens of shells fired. This year, I plan to not do something to large, but to end the party with a bang. Hope you all stay tuned for the video which will be uploaded on my YouTube channel.

My Canada Day Fireworks Pieces

So this picture above is what I have prepared for Canada Day, a small basic display. Nothing too big, and nothing too small. Just big enough for a holiday. I didn't really feel like blowing $200 on a display. I have alot of things aside from the display to cover and with the economy, it's better to save money rather than spend it all. Watch what info I have on the fireworks here.

Vulcan Fireworks Right Choice Fireworks Assortment

Just came back from Giant Tiger, a small general store which can be found in many areas throughout Canada. What I decided to do is a small fireworks display for Canada Day. This fireworks assortment includes 16 fireworks pieces; Gold Glitter Comet, Gold Fish, Vulcan Air Bombs, Carmel Fountain to name a few. Vulcan Fireworks sell this kit from $20-30 depending on certain areas and districts. If you feel like checking out more products from Vulcan Fireworks, visit their website here.

Italy Brings Mayhem In A Finale

Just came back from watching Pirotecnica Igual S.R.L. representing Italy. Votes on the leaderboard for audiences marked at 6.4/10 (reference here). What a noisy finale. Very loud, loads of shells. And with F1 in Montreal, Sergio Igual, representing Igual supported the Formula One racing weekend with a bang by entertaining hundreds of thousands of spectators. Watch the finale and see for yourself here.

Vote on L'International Des Feux Loto-Quebec yourself here.

Worlds Largest Firework

It's something that everybody who loves fireworks, looks up for on YouTube...the worlds largest firework. It may seem the japanese made a 48" fireworks shell, however China did in fact, make the first fireworks shell before it was modernized by the Italians a few centuries later. I personally thought the chinese would take this record. This firework was shot up in the sky in September of 2006, but still holds the record as the largest firework shell ever fired. It weighed 926lbs, the burst altitude reached half a mile (800m) and the diamerter of the burst reached half a mile as well. This massive shell exploded and set off thousands of cars alarms about 2 km in distance. Half the city attended to this record breaking event.

Here is a video of the shell being set off, along with cars alarms being triggered.

Largest Fireworks Shell

200 Subscibers!

Hey guys, I've reached my goal for subscribers. All I expected to achieve was 200 subscribers. Thanks to everybody who has subscribed. I also noticed that one of my videos on how fireworks are made boosted up 6 thousand more views. I'm really enjoying myself! A video will be made and put out on my channel in the following days to come.

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Welcome To The Pyromight Blog!

Welcome to the brand new Pyromight blog site & happy New Year!

Here, you guys can feel free to leave a comment on any of my future blogs. And all the updates and information regarding my pyrotechnic work & various other news about fireworks, will be posted here. So with that "What's Pyromight been up to?" question, check this blog to find out what I've been doing. You can even take a look at my Twitter located on the right of the site. Let me know what you guys think! I will post a new video in the coming week!