Better video footage

I managed another session at the Snowdome in Tamworth again, only 2 months since my last session and felt like I'd been on the board just yesterday. Got to wear my new sals - TJ Sessions signature pants, not a lot to say really, they work!
I took the Muvi camera with me again and this time adjusted the angle of it slightly so it pointed a bit lower down and caught more of the slopes than the ceiling!
Again the kicker, box & pipe were out so I used the kicker on nearly every run with no problems, it was a little larger than before as well so was good for practise.


The video footage was better this time, and also I've uploaded it at full resolution rather than compressing it like I did last time and the results are much better. I realised the compressed version did nothing to show the quality of the camera so was a little pointless.


Anyway, see here..
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Back once again...

Well, after 9 months off (for no other reason than being too busy) I was determined to get back to the snowdome so having waxed my board again ready, I managed to fit an hour in and head along to Tamworth. I also took my video camera with me (Veho Muvi - see previous entry) to finally give that a trial on the white stuff.

First off I was pleasantly surprised to find out that it took only 1 or 2 runs before I got my legs back and was tearing down the slope like I'd not been away - this is great, I was hoping I wouldn't be set back too far!
There were also a couple of pipes/boxes out and a quite large (for me) kicker - I avoided the pipes / boxes this time but went over the kicker a few times. I didn't ollie over it (that's the next step) because it was quite large, but just riding over it & dropping down had no problems.

The video camera fared well, I attached it to my helmet and just filmed a couple of runs (it's amazing how quickly an hour goes while at the snow dome!) - next time I will try strapping it to my arm or leg or something for an alternate view because obviously strapped to your head it keeps sweeping around as you're looking around along the way. Also I think the mounting point could do with some adjustment as it was clearly pointing up a little at the lights so when you looked down at the ground it couldn't adjust the exposure quickly enough. The video quality itself though is ok, I've uploaded it to YouTube - see here:




(it is actually better quality than this but I compressed it a little for YouTube)

I've got a taste for it again, going to try and go regularly on a Friday afternoon as, with a bit of luck, the kicker and stuff will be out every week - so I can progress onto riding them more.

Caught on camera...

My latest purchase has been a Veho Muvi camcorder, the plan is to use this to capture a but of boarding action on film. I opted for the Muvi as it is absolutely tiny at just 55mm high which means you can clip it onto your helmet, clothing or even your board.

Despite the tiny size, the 2 mega pixel camcorder records at 640x480 at up to 30 frames per second which gives a pretty decent picture. Initial findings are that the sound quality isn't fantastic but that's to be expected with such a tiny microphone and largely the only thing to record will be board scrape noise anyway. 

Bundled with the camcorder was the "extreme sports pack" which basically consists of an armband, helmet strap and a couple of other mounting options for handlebars etc. - the versatility of the mounting options means I can attach to my helmet, clothing, board, arm, anywhere I can think of really.

I'll be testing it out at a snowdome as soon as possible and post up the results to YouTube.