Inspiring Full-time Creator And Maker! Who is Xyla Foxlin?

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  • Опубліковано 5 чер 2024
  • This installment of the Call Me Mabie documentary series features Xyla Foxlin, a full time creator living in Los Angeles, California. You may know Xyla from her canoe, rocket, piloting, engineering, TedTalk, entrepreneurship, her various awards or accolades, or maybe one of her more recent projects such as the beautiful teardrop trailer! However, what you may not have experienced regarding the talented Xyla Foxlin is her life outside of her workspace. This short documentary will not only showcase Xyla's work life, projects, and thoughts behind it all, viewers will also be significantly let into her life beyond the boundaries of the social media content.
    Video by Justin Mabie
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    @xylafoxlin
    Instagram: / xylafoxlin
    Website: www.xylafoxlin.com/
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    00:00 Meet Xyla Foxlin
    00:58 Living in Los Angeles
    02:27 Origins
    03:56 Previous Projects (Table, Mandolin, Bass) and Current Work Life
    07:13 At the Beach: Reflecting
    08:59 Teardrop Trailer
    10:29 Favorite Project: The Rocket!
    11:31 Killing Termites
    12:06 Being Supported & the Future
    14:08 "I've Never Thought About This Question"
    15:27 The Cedar Strip Canoe
    16:39 Working with Your Hands

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  • @CallMeMabie
    @CallMeMabie  Рік тому +13

    Reply to this comment with a note for Xyla!!

    • @TotalBoat
      @TotalBoat Рік тому +4

      There is nothing this woman can't do!

    • @bdeboer01
      @bdeboer01 Рік тому +1

      Love that last line. Xyla laughs it off, but there is something beautiful in coming to a place to work on a 'dead tree' and create my own boundaries, limits, and expectations for a project that isn't limited by anyone or anything else.

    • @shanerohane7494
      @shanerohane7494 Рік тому +2

      Love Xyla's videos! I hope she has a better and more peaceful 2023 :)

    • @ghrey8282
      @ghrey8282 Рік тому +2

      Always an inspiration

    • @klchu
      @klchu Рік тому +1

      Xyla is so fun to watch and very inspirational!

  • @mattlewis3472
    @mattlewis3472 Рік тому +5

    The bit at the end where Xyla talks about wanting the things she makes to be *used* and beat up really resonates with me. I don't want objects that I make to be nothing but a show piece. I want them to be something you use regularly and that shows that use. I love hearing that other makers think that way, too

  • @syreetamcgaskey3868
    @syreetamcgaskey3868 3 місяці тому

    Xyla is truly an inspiration. Much love and respect to her and the rest of the Call Me Mabie Crew. ❤

  • @jmg999
    @jmg999 7 місяців тому +1

    The more I learn about Ms. Foxlin's talents and abilities and her thoughts on who she is and what impression she has upon the world, the more impressed I come away from the experience. I can't ever remember being more fascinated by someone. Her talents are astoundingly remarkable, and watching her create whatever she happens to be working on, going through the process, including her community in these projects, it's an incredible sight to behold.

  • @Zamboni-0805
    @Zamboni-0805 Рік тому +10

    Xyla is a very talented and amazing maker/creator. I am so happy for her and wish her nothing but the best.

  • @orangeorchid9067
    @orangeorchid9067 6 місяців тому

    "There is no problem that is unsolvable"...Xyla is a testament to living without self imposed limits, and she's a PILOT too!!! What an inspiration.

  • @astro143_
    @astro143_ Рік тому +4

    I found Xyla after a Veritasium video about the car that moves faster than the wind downwind. I still have a saved list of parts to build my own model from Xylas files if I ever get around to it. Xyla has some of the most intriguing engineering maker videos I have watched, just because shes so down to earth and off the cuff and just jumps right in and problem solves along the way.

  • @jeremyspecce
    @jeremyspecce Рік тому +1

    Man, I always find out something that surprises me in these videos, even when I think I know a lot about the person.

  • @DudeSawdust
    @DudeSawdust Рік тому +4

    Xyla has been one of my hero's since I found her channel when she first started. I even showed one of her video's (when she bought her plane) to my 13 year old daughter hoping she would glean some inspiration from Xyla's amazing example. I have been just completely impressed with what she has accomplished at such a young age. I truly respect and admire her. I never miss one of her videos. Hopefully one day I'll have the courage to ask for a collaboration with her for a video. Thanks for seeking out this story and as always, you nailed it again. I'll go ahead and wait impatiently for your next doc.

  • @donaldbutcher1260
    @donaldbutcher1260 7 місяців тому

    People are complex, wood is a dead tree!
    Words to live by. A beautiful woman with a beautiful soul. 😊

  • @kiwdwks
    @kiwdwks 9 місяців тому +1

    Xyla is amazing...her work/skills are inspiring!

  • @sjd9214
    @sjd9214 8 місяців тому

    I came across Xyla's channel a few months back and binge watched most of her videos. Having built a few boats and "stuff", i was reliving those feelings you get when you have something tangible in your hands. Now i am watching all the videos again with my 8 year old Filipina step daughter, so that she knows, as an Asian girl, she can be and can do anything she wants to in her life.
    So thank you Xyla for such a unique inspiration you are giving.

  • @joleeliving
    @joleeliving 9 місяців тому +1

    Great work Justin! I first saw Xyla on her canoe video, impressive.

  • @AerialWaviator
    @AerialWaviator 5 місяців тому

    This is a nice back story, that helps fill in some details of what inspires Xyla and why/how she started her channel. That "inspiring" appears in this video title before "creator", or "maker" is a telling Xyla characteristic. She inspires at so many levels, and in so many ways. Xyla comes across as having a strong sense of self confidence and doing things with a sense of purpose. The making "things to be used" fits this pragmatic nature. It's not build to be display art, rather to be functional.

  • @swim2kill
    @swim2kill Рік тому +1

    She is so irresistibly charming. I like her mindset how she jumps headfirst into projects. I don't think that is a flaw it's really cool.

  • @julianlauterfeld6273
    @julianlauterfeld6273 Рік тому +4

    Thanks for the Video. We need more Xyla's in the world 😊👍

  • @charliemiller6401
    @charliemiller6401 Рік тому +3

    Impressive young woman. I knew her mom and dad. She inherited some brilliant genes.

  • @eschdaddy
    @eschdaddy 3 місяці тому

    The most beautiful person inside and out.

  • @davidapplewhaite8987
    @davidapplewhaite8987 Рік тому +1

    Keep your head to the sky,,,the creative imagination is there,all the best to you...I don't know you but I am really proud of you.

  • @thesplinteredfinger
    @thesplinteredfinger Рік тому +1

    Wow Xyla, you have made so many cool things! I’m impressed! Justin, every time I watch your videos not only do I get wrapped up in the content but I love your video talents.

    • @CallMeMabie
      @CallMeMabie  Рік тому +1

      Thank you so much for the compliment! I’m very happy that you’re enjoying these videos

  • @MicPoitras
    @MicPoitras Рік тому +3

    Nice content, excellent attitude... like Colinfurse! Keep on with your positive journey! Respect, Mike.

  • @sgsax
    @sgsax Рік тому +1

    Another great doc for the series! Xyla is one of my favorite creators and one of the few I've been following since the very beginning of her channel. Always super cool projects and great storytelling. Thanks for sharing!

  • @youluvana
    @youluvana 7 місяців тому

    Really cool video. I love the camera work and music too.

  • @tracyalan7201
    @tracyalan7201 8 місяців тому

    Huge fan of Xyla. I noticed her some time ago and faithfully watch her videos. I enjoy it because she is an awesome woman who is quite humble but so incredibly remarkable for her multi-level talents and personality. I love that she is hands on everything she does. I would love to see her work with someone like Dani Lee, architect and UA-cam creator who does equally impressive videos as both put out incredible topics but also inspire women and men, on the potential of people. Both ladies like Michelle Khare of Challenge Accepted, show that people can do impressive things if they put their mind and determination to it. My old friends who mentored me in my early days of teaching, were awesome ladies and they would have enjoyed seeing young women breaking barriers like Xyla, Dani and Michelle.

  • @hsng1
    @hsng1 7 місяців тому

    Amazing and talented creator with great friends :)) Haven't heard from Joe Barnard either in the recent months.

  • @pgilmore386
    @pgilmore386 Рік тому +1

    Thank you

  • @Chris-gd8gj
    @Chris-gd8gj 10 місяців тому

    you are a true GEM!!! I'm happy you in my life via you tube...

  • @jamesdunham1072
    @jamesdunham1072 8 місяців тому

    You just gotta love Xyla....

  • @MichaelHandymanMaker
    @MichaelHandymanMaker 8 місяців тому

    Thanks!

    • @CallMeMabie
      @CallMeMabie  8 місяців тому

      Hey thank you so much!! I greatly appreciate your support

  • @YoungerDreyfuss
    @YoungerDreyfuss 8 місяців тому

    Xyla is very interesting, unique, inspiring, and cool.

  • @madjohnshaft
    @madjohnshaft 7 місяців тому

    She's my fave

  • @JackmanWorks
    @JackmanWorks Рік тому +1

    I remember Xyla before she was a cocky UA-cam engineer and was just a cocky engineer ;)

  • @ghrey8282
    @ghrey8282 Рік тому +1

    👍🏻👍🏻

  • @kizunadragon9
    @kizunadragon9 5 місяців тому

    She is adorable, i think i have a massive crush

  • @woodworksbygrampies1284
    @woodworksbygrampies1284 9 місяців тому

    👍

  • @superman60201
    @superman60201 Рік тому +1

    You didn't lose the opportunity to work with Disney, they lost the opportunity to work with you.

  • @shanemjn
    @shanemjn Рік тому +1

    Botal Toat!

  • @danielleriley2796
    @danielleriley2796 5 місяців тому

    There are those that can fly an aircraft and those that can’t. It would be bad to be ground bound for ever more. Airliners as self loading cattle just does not count. The view the control and what I’m paid to use my aircraft for is only done by a handful of pilots in Australia. Australia has more fast jet pilots than pilots that do what I do. Oh I get a free lunch every day I work, yay!
    Yeah so there are those that can and those that which they could.

  • @drrick2466
    @drrick2466 9 місяців тому

    Nice taildragger.

  • @Cubic5
    @Cubic5 Рік тому +1

    I know her channel and love the things she do, but the sound on this is just too bad, and can barely follow what you are saying.

    • @CallMeMabie
      @CallMeMabie  Рік тому

      What specifically about the audio are you having trouble with?

    • @Cubic5
      @Cubic5 Рік тому +1

      @@CallMeMabie It is just too indistinct. I have all my volume on my system cranked up to max and I have to really concentrate to hear what they are saying.

    • @moki123g
      @moki123g Рік тому +2

      Sounds fine here.

    • @AvanaVana
      @AvanaVana Рік тому

      @@CallMeMabie as an example, your question from behind the camera at 14:25. You have to mic yourself too, or at least do subtitles.

    • @CallMeMabie
      @CallMeMabie  Рік тому

      @@AvanaVana Good to know and thanks for the feedback. My goal is not to use my own voice within these films but you're right that I should be mic'd if I'm going to (and it was my bad not to use subtitles for that question). You're totally right so thanks again!

  • @robertbolding4182
    @robertbolding4182 Рік тому

    Can you think of a way to strip that boat all 25lb wood in 1 hour instead of a hundred hours. Well that's been my goal.

  • @michaelnewcomb4581
    @michaelnewcomb4581 5 місяців тому

    Anya Taylor-Joy and you look very similar.