Thanks for the explanation. Lotta of good info there....
Ft William Live!
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no probs, I work in television outside broadcasts, would love to get my teeth into some MTB shows but over here in Ireland its the last thing the channels wanna go near.
I was not in africa you dipsh1t.
My bad, I just thought that it was the same voice from schladming had come along to south africa aswell, you obviously took that a bit seriously judging by calling me a dip**** (i like the way you pretended to be bad ass by putting a 1 instead of an i, so that it doesnt get starred out, nice touch duuuuuuuuuude, your wayy cool.
This I would love to see, especially if Barel was in the booth! His commentary was excellent at Fort Bill, 100% interesting and relevant and a perfect counterpart to Rob.
I missed the end of the race live on freecaster, and cant get the top 5 men replay to work on their site. Anyone know of any other site that has a replay up?
Hot air balloon for the win...
You may be right, but it sure does sound like a condescending statement to make.
which is a no-no says leatt (wearing it without the helmet to restrict the whiplash movement) haha weird.
Stik only said that because he got indignant and his pride was bruised. If the guy had agreed with him, he never would have lashed out at this site's members like that.
Stik, do you need a hug?
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I'm guessing this is because of the sponsors logo's and stuff that are pretty visible at the front top. Same as Gwin (I believe) was also pointing to on the hotseat. Same thing as to why they keep the brace/helmet on for longer after their run I reckon.
Couple of points.
1. I just got done watching Santa Cruz's video of the event on their site. I'm still puzzled by their use of copious amounts of duct tape on the front of the chain-stays... is it just for noise? Does it protect the stays from roost? does it help prevent chain suck? seems that there should be a better solution than duct tape?
2. after having seen the heli footage of the ski race, I would say its a waste of money. It adds little, other than seeing the speed at which the racer is moving. One well placed camera on a boom or other similar structure could probably do that just as well. What's missing from those far away shots is the amount of body english and effort the riders (and skiers) are putting in to muscle the bike around. That's what separates them from mere mortals, and that's what I want to see. Not some blurry little dot moving around on a ridge... ymmv though...
and finally, a little thread drift to say that I got done watching "Home" on youtube last night. Unreal. For all you fans of cinematography, check this out: http://www.youtube.com/homeproject (it's free to watch till June 14th)
1. I just got done watching Santa Cruz's video of the event on their site. I'm still puzzled by their use of copious amounts of duct tape on the front of the chain-stays... is it just for noise? Does it protect the stays from roost? does it help prevent chain suck? seems that there should be a better solution than duct tape?
2. after having seen the heli footage of the ski race, I would say its a waste of money. It adds little, other than seeing the speed at which the racer is moving. One well placed camera on a boom or other similar structure could probably do that just as well. What's missing from those far away shots is the amount of body english and effort the riders (and skiers) are putting in to muscle the bike around. That's what separates them from mere mortals, and that's what I want to see. Not some blurry little dot moving around on a ridge... ymmv though...
and finally, a little thread drift to say that I got done watching "Home" on youtube last night. Unreal. For all you fans of cinematography, check this out: http://www.youtube.com/homeproject (it's free to watch till June 14th)
I tried finding some footage I have seen of Darren Rahlves at the Hahnenkamm. The chopper is flying lower and he is on a right-footed traverse trying to stick the high line. Getting bounced all over the speed is unreal. I think the heli can be good when it's mixed with the fixed cameras, but DH biking isn't really as alpine and the rider would be lost in the trees most of the time. I've only been to a few of the WC courses, but it seems to me that other than Ft Bill and MSA heli footage would be close to useless.
If I remember correctly, the tape is just there to complete the 3 color scheme in that part of the bike. For whatever reason the silver didn't come out to Steve's expectations so he added a bit of british duck/t tape (whatever they call it over there) to give it the look he wanted. Anyone else remember that video clip or wherever that was from?
Could be this one I filmed at Pietermaritzburg. (I read the duct tape comments on here at the time so asked him about it!)
http://dirtmag.co.uk/worldcup/category/videos/dirttvsteve-peat-south-africa-pit-talk/dirt-1234894.html
Having looked at the points table Josh is one of the very few whom appears to have made a significant improvement on their WC standings compared to last year. 19 down to 13 (I think). The rest are pretty much the same, maybe moved 1 or 2 places up or down.
I couldn't think of a better breeding ground than riding with minaar and peat. Most guys that age aren't really bulked out yet strength wise, especially in the legs. I reckon something unfortunate and unlikely would have to happen for him not to be a regular podium contender over the next few seasons.
Re: helicopter. Couldn't you have a camera attached to a wire following the rider all the way down?
I couldn't think of a better breeding ground than riding with minaar and peat. Most guys that age aren't really bulked out yet strength wise, especially in the legs. I reckon something unfortunate and unlikely would have to happen for him not to be a regular podium contender over the next few seasons.
Re: helicopter. Couldn't you have a camera attached to a wire following the rider all the way down?
You can do a lot of cool things if you have enough money. For the Grand Prix races at the Hockenheimring they have a camera that travels next to the cars on the main straight at 200 MPH. That's pretty cool.
Good call. Gets my vote (or three if I was in Zimbabwe or Florida ).
The ecological choice for the planet friendly DH race geek.
They had a helicopter camera for the DH Worlds in Livigno, Italy 4 or 5 years ago, and it was badass. I'm pretty sure it was shooting for a live feed to some sort of European sports network (Eurosport?), but they were also feeding live to this huge jumbotron at the finish line. As I recall, the chopper filmed the riders for the first :45 - 1:00 of their run, and then they switched to ground cameras for the bottom of the course. The heli cam was a really awesome perspective - the course was so wide open that it was conducive to being filmed from the air, and you got a great sense of the speed these guys were going. It was also cool being at the bottom and watching that chopper shuttling back and forth up the top half of the mountain.
Anyway, that was the year everyone thought Sam might win his first rainbow jersey, but he f'ed up one turn at the bottom and lost to Fabien by less than half a second. I remember standing next to Seplavy and feeling his pain. What a race!
--JP
Anyway, that was the year everyone thought Sam might win his first rainbow jersey, but he f'ed up one turn at the bottom and lost to Fabien by less than half a second. I remember standing next to Seplavy and feeling his pain. What a race!
--JP
Pretty respectable time Cesar, finally saw your run. What was your quali time?Does it work for anyone here the live replay? I get stuck in minute 12 and stops video... Wanted to see my run
You riding a stripped sunday?
Prototype Monodraker...
Meant to be in production for 2010
Meant to be in production for 2010
linky no worky... and its not my computer or my connection, caus' I've tried it on about 4 different computers and three separate connections... Other PMB vids seem to work. Could it be that this one is in high demand?
I'm an idiot, good call.
The reason I mentioned it is that I would have thought a camera held on a wire with a loop with gravity pulling it down would be way cheaper than any helicopter.
I guess you have to think of a way to get it back to the top though
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Yeti Video
http://www.yeticycles.com/#/videovault/
http://www.yeticycles.com/#/videovault/
http://www.littermag.com/2009/video-peatys-mistake-at-fort-william/
Strictly speaking, couldn't he be disqualified for that? I'd like to think the UCI would use some lenancy and see that there's no need to re-enter at the point you broke the tape if you've clearly lost time by breaking it, but... I dunno.
Strictly speaking, couldn't he be disqualified for that? I'd like to think the UCI would use some lenancy and see that there's no need to re-enter at the point you broke the tape if you've clearly lost time by breaking it, but... I dunno.