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Showing posts with label video. Show all posts
Showing posts with label video. Show all posts
Wednesday, 2 November 2011
Wednesday, 19 October 2011
Movies, Movies, Movies!
If a picture paints a thousand words, then video must be a whole dictionary or something, and something I hope to be doing a bit more of now that my Contour HD has arrived!!!!!
Been thinking of buying one for a while and in all honesty, liked the look of the GoPro, but did get a bit confused by the various options - I still don't quite know what the 'naked' model involves. On-line opinions between the GoPro and the Contour seem a bit Marmite but I do think the GoPro comes out on top on many of the youtube comparision videos. However, the GPs do seem to be generally more expensive and not being the most flush for cash right now, I needed to hunt around.
Contour 1080p's seem to be reasonably cheap right now with three newer models available: the 'Roam' that seems to be a bit more automated but doesn't offer 60fps, the 'GPS' that tracks your route simultaneously, and the '+', a higher end camera with more professional features such as HDMI output. The 1080p spec looks pretty good and most come with 2 Gig card as standard, which would do me for starters.
http://jtote.com/product_info.php/contourhd-camera-p-10466
Jane's Tote seemed to be the cheapest with the price fluctuating on an almost daily basis, but I was able to buy at £117 with a maximum price observed over the past two weeks of £130. Although based in the USA, Jane's Tote will post to the UK for free so this didn't need to be considered, though there is always the possibility that I'd be stung for Import Tax when it arrived in the UK. Only a possibility though because I don't know quite how these things really work...... Anyway, as a comparison, the cheapest that I've seen the same model for sale in the UK is £149. So question is, do you want it quicker, or cheaper?
Cheaper of course! Made the purchase through JT who accepted payment by Paypal. This made me pretty optimistic that should items not arrive or should the wrong items be delivered then hopefully my money would be safe. Put the order in on the 6th of this month and it arrived today on the 19th - just under two weeks, which considering it came from Los Angeles for free, is not bad I reckon.
Tracked delivery (included in the free postage) gave me confidence that things were moving and informed me of delivery. A nice touch was writing the Customs Declaration form stating that the total value of the goods was $16, the main reason I think that I wasn't charged any additional postage by Parcel Force.
So, so far so good and I hope to have some moving footage for you all soon. Lets just say the the test footage shot so far looks pretty good, but I'm not going to share shots of the office! I'll update this post with any issues should they happen (non touch wood) so watch this space.....
Been thinking of buying one for a while and in all honesty, liked the look of the GoPro, but did get a bit confused by the various options - I still don't quite know what the 'naked' model involves. On-line opinions between the GoPro and the Contour seem a bit Marmite but I do think the GoPro comes out on top on many of the youtube comparision videos. However, the GPs do seem to be generally more expensive and not being the most flush for cash right now, I needed to hunt around.
Contour 1080p's seem to be reasonably cheap right now with three newer models available: the 'Roam' that seems to be a bit more automated but doesn't offer 60fps, the 'GPS' that tracks your route simultaneously, and the '+', a higher end camera with more professional features such as HDMI output. The 1080p spec looks pretty good and most come with 2 Gig card as standard, which would do me for starters.
http://jtote.com/product_info.php/contourhd-camera-p-10466
Jane's Tote seemed to be the cheapest with the price fluctuating on an almost daily basis, but I was able to buy at £117 with a maximum price observed over the past two weeks of £130. Although based in the USA, Jane's Tote will post to the UK for free so this didn't need to be considered, though there is always the possibility that I'd be stung for Import Tax when it arrived in the UK. Only a possibility though because I don't know quite how these things really work...... Anyway, as a comparison, the cheapest that I've seen the same model for sale in the UK is £149. So question is, do you want it quicker, or cheaper?
Cheaper of course! Made the purchase through JT who accepted payment by Paypal. This made me pretty optimistic that should items not arrive or should the wrong items be delivered then hopefully my money would be safe. Put the order in on the 6th of this month and it arrived today on the 19th - just under two weeks, which considering it came from Los Angeles for free, is not bad I reckon.
Tracked delivery (included in the free postage) gave me confidence that things were moving and informed me of delivery. A nice touch was writing the Customs Declaration form stating that the total value of the goods was $16, the main reason I think that I wasn't charged any additional postage by Parcel Force.
So, so far so good and I hope to have some moving footage for you all soon. Lets just say the the test footage shot so far looks pretty good, but I'm not going to share shots of the office! I'll update this post with any issues should they happen (non touch wood) so watch this space.....
Friday, 16 September 2011
The Ultimate Mountainboard How-To Video Guide!
Sometimes it's easier to copy than to describe, so 'do as we do, not as we say', is the premise here. There a quite a few videos on-line where people have taken the time to produce quality short films showing you exactly how they would repair their mountainboard or tweak a shifty or something... All that I've done is compiled a list of some of the better ones and linked to them below.
I'll update this post as and when more videos are found so hopefully it should be pretty comprehensive. Feel free to suggest further links either covering more subjects, or if there are ones that are better than the ones below. Alternatively, feel free to make your own and show the others how it should be done. If there are videos that you would like to see, but can't find, then shout and we'll see what we can do here!
Set-Up / Maintenance
'Bindings Tutorial' by JDiurba
'How to change a tire' by munroboards
'Changing Griptape' by munroboards
'Painting Your Board' by Terrainriders
'Filling and Bleeding a HS33 Rim Brake' by Magura
Egg-shocks
'The 'easy' method' by AdeMcC
'Second Spring' by enotramone
'Changing Truck Springs' by munroboards
Riding Technique
'How to Tic-Tac' by Jasper James
'Scrubbing Speed' by Jasper James
'How to Drop In on a Hill' by Jasper James
'Nose Control Tutorial' by JDiurba
'Jumping Tutorial' by JDiurba
'One Foot and Backflip Tutorial' by JDiurba
'Frontside 180' by agline27
'Noseroll 180' by munroboards
'How to Drop In' by munroboards
'Power Slide' by boardoffroad
I'll update this post as and when more videos are found so hopefully it should be pretty comprehensive. Feel free to suggest further links either covering more subjects, or if there are ones that are better than the ones below. Alternatively, feel free to make your own and show the others how it should be done. If there are videos that you would like to see, but can't find, then shout and we'll see what we can do here!
Set-Up / Maintenance
'Bindings Tutorial' by JDiurba
'How to change a tire' by munroboards
'Changing Griptape' by munroboards
'Painting Your Board' by Terrainriders
'Filling and Bleeding a HS33 Rim Brake' by Magura
Egg-shocks
'The 'easy' method' by AdeMcC
'Second Spring' by enotramone
'Changing Truck Springs' by munroboards
Riding Technique
'How to Tic-Tac' by Jasper James
'Scrubbing Speed' by Jasper James
'How to Drop In on a Hill' by Jasper James
'Nose Control Tutorial' by JDiurba
'Jumping Tutorial' by JDiurba
'One Foot and Backflip Tutorial' by JDiurba
'Frontside 180' by agline27
'Noseroll 180' by munroboards
'How to Drop In' by munroboards
'Power Slide' by boardoffroad
Wednesday, 14 September 2011
How to change a set of MBS egg shocks in under two minutes...
...without breaking into a sweat.
So, this is me dipping my toe into video blogging. Shot a video a couple of nights ago and recorded some audio yesterday. Thought it may be quicker than text and pictures but actually took much, much longer. Still, I know the basics now, which is always useful.
Hope it's explanatory enough and helps a few people, otherwise it's back to the ramblings! If anyone has any better ways of changing egg shocks or wants to share their maintenance videos, then please get in touch! Alternatively, if you have any suggestions for any further videos then let me know, Cheers!
So, this is me dipping my toe into video blogging. Shot a video a couple of nights ago and recorded some audio yesterday. Thought it may be quicker than text and pictures but actually took much, much longer. Still, I know the basics now, which is always useful.
Hope it's explanatory enough and helps a few people, otherwise it's back to the ramblings! If anyone has any better ways of changing egg shocks or wants to share their maintenance videos, then please get in touch! Alternatively, if you have any suggestions for any further videos then let me know, Cheers!
Monday, 28 March 2011
Wednesday, 23 March 2011
Mountainboard Cable Cam
I'll be astonished if you haven't seen or been directed to this video by one of the electronic mountainboard outlets, but hey, on the off chance that you haven't....
"More Coming Soon"? Fantastic news!
"More Coming Soon"? Fantastic news!
Tuesday, 1 February 2011
Be a Better Rider - taking advice from the bikers
Taking inspiration from other sources, I came across these on-line videos produced by the mountain bike magazine, 'SingleTrack', a 'snappily titled new video series where we get bike guides, skills instructors and the great and the good of mountain biking to tell us one thing that'll make you better on a bike'.
Forget the bike and the technical aspects that you normally see on these sorts of things, and concentrate on the core message that is being put across each time and remember that it is often being in the right frame of mind rather than on the right bike, or the most expensive board that will prevent or enable you to achieve something.
I've picked out a couple of the videos that seem most relevant to what we do - hope they help. They're only short, so enjoy!
In Video 1, Ed Oxley and his most excellent beard talks about 'keeping your chin up', and 'looking further ahead' in order to look where we're going and more importantly, where we want to go.
Be A Better Rider - Part 1 from Singletrack Magazine on Vimeo.
In Video 3, Tony 'Jedi' Doyle of UK Bike Skills talks about drops and why the simple physical action needed to perform a drop-off can be applied to any size of drop - it's all in the head...
Be a Better Rider: Part 3 - Drops from Singletrack Magazine on Vimeo.
Forget the bike and the technical aspects that you normally see on these sorts of things, and concentrate on the core message that is being put across each time and remember that it is often being in the right frame of mind rather than on the right bike, or the most expensive board that will prevent or enable you to achieve something.
I've picked out a couple of the videos that seem most relevant to what we do - hope they help. They're only short, so enjoy!
In Video 1, Ed Oxley and his most excellent beard talks about 'keeping your chin up', and 'looking further ahead' in order to look where we're going and more importantly, where we want to go.
Be A Better Rider - Part 1 from Singletrack Magazine on Vimeo.
In Video 3, Tony 'Jedi' Doyle of UK Bike Skills talks about drops and why the simple physical action needed to perform a drop-off can be applied to any size of drop - it's all in the head...
Be a Better Rider: Part 3 - Drops from Singletrack Magazine on Vimeo.
Wednesday, 12 January 2011
Slow Motion.....
Lovely video found via the Surfing Mountains website, a site dedicated to mountainboarding in Spain with lots of information thanks to Google Translate.
Their latest offering is their find of a short video showing various freestylers shot at 1000fps.
Their latest offering is their find of a short video showing various freestylers shot at 1000fps.
Thursday, 11 November 2010
Inshredible!! by Tom Sharp
Part 1:
Part 2:
That's Friday night sorted. Even better if anyone can suggest any free mp4 to DVD conversion programmes??
INSHREDIBLE: Part 1 from Tom Sharp on Vimeo.
Part 2:
INSHREDIBLE: Part 2 from Tom Sharp on Vimeo.
That's Friday night sorted. Even better if anyone can suggest any free mp4 to DVD conversion programmes??
Monday, 8 November 2010
Lush 2006 Barcelona DVD online
...well, parts 1 and 2 anyway. Part 3 coming soon apparently. Ahh, the joys of night riding!
Reminds me, must brush the cobwebs off the kilima and get riding at some point.
Reminds me, must brush the cobwebs off the kilima and get riding at some point.
Friday, 22 October 2010
Longboarding Video - The Magic Rolling Board
Spotted on the Lush Longboards Blog....
...The insanely entertaining 'Magic Rolling Board' has been transferred from 16mm film to youtube.
Thrills, spills, dogs and babes, the next 13 minutes will blow your mind!
Now, if someone could transfer 'us and friends' to the interwebs, that would be truly magic...
...The insanely entertaining 'Magic Rolling Board' has been transferred from 16mm film to youtube.
Thrills, spills, dogs and babes, the next 13 minutes will blow your mind!
Now, if someone could transfer 'us and friends' to the interwebs, that would be truly magic...
Thursday, 21 October 2010
Monday, 18 October 2010
New 2010 Master of the Hill Video Trailer
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=167344596611379
With full version coming soon they reckon
Hopefully you don't need to be logged into Facebook to see the video. I'll post a link to the vimeo/youtube versions if/when they emerge.
Find out more about Master of the Hill at: http://www.masterofthehill.com/ and see previous videos here and here.
Wednesday, 8 September 2010
Jon Diurba's most Excellent Jumping Tutorial
Jumping, ollies and nollies - just three of a few things that don't get mentioned much on this blog, mainly due to me preferring to stick to good old terra firma. But they are useful skills to have in the arsenal, particularly if 'baby unicorns are running amuck' (JD's words, not mine).
Probably the best mountainboard tutorial video I've seen in a while so please forgive the lack of downhill this time round.
And if you like that, be sure to check out more videos from Mr Diurba here.
Probably the best mountainboard tutorial video I've seen in a while so please forgive the lack of downhill this time round.
And if you like that, be sure to check out more videos from Mr Diurba here.
Wednesday, 28 July 2010
Hovercam anyone? and a bit of nice animation
fibretec im haslital... from dedicam.tv on Vimeo.
Anyone up for using one of these in their next mountainboard DVD? Probably not in the woods, but certainly adds an extra dimension to things!
And now for something completely different..
Skateboardanimation from Tilles Singer on Vimeo.
Friday, 9 July 2010
Downhill Action: Bardonecchia World Downhill Championship, Practice. Rider: Tom Kirkman
An ace on bike vid following Tom K down the Bardonecchia World Downhill Championship track 2010.
Looks like a fantastic track and well worth a view if only for an excellent lesson in speed control.
Edit: and now Pete Tatham too:
This and a whole load more information on the facebook page here.
In other news, I'm still riding about once a week. Not getting enough sleep due to the 'young-un'. Not blogging enough due to work..... But hopefully out this weekend with a mate who wants to buy a board for his kite, but could be converted to the world of downhill.... Watch this space.
Ps, I never did go back to the chiropractor. I'm just very suspicious about the whole thing.
Cheers, big ears!
Friday, 12 February 2010
Pete Tatham talks about the origins of Mountainboarding
Short extract, but nicely shot film featuring Pete Tatham of noSno talking about the origins of mountain boarding. Forms part of the DVD "Big Air" as produced by Five Element Productions.
Contains some lovely fast shots of what appears to be Cleeve Hill. Enjoy!
Big Air from Five Element Productions on Vimeo.
Knackers, video embeding not allowed here. Please view the video in its original location here:
The Trailer can be viewed below:
Big Air can be purchased from ATBShop from here. Haven't watched it so if it's any good please let me know!
Contains some lovely fast shots of what appears to be Cleeve Hill. Enjoy!
Big Air from Five Element Productions on Vimeo.
Knackers, video embeding not allowed here. Please view the video in its original location here:
The Trailer can be viewed below:
Big Air can be purchased from ATBShop from here. Haven't watched it so if it's any good please let me know!
Thursday, 24 December 2009
Hot Action, plus Master of the Hill: Both in full and for free!
As posted on the ATBSports forum, One 5 Media have decided to release Hot Action for absolutely free (previously $5).
Go fetch, and enjoy from here!
Alternatively, if you still need a copy to have on your computer go to http://one5.tv to purchase a quicktime of the film or just go there to donate, I'm sure they won't mind!
On a similar note, an excellent video from this years Master of the Hill competition, Poland can be found here (or equally last years video here). Looks like an excellent downhill location!
Go fetch, and enjoy from here!
Alternatively, if you still need a copy to have on your computer go to http://one5.tv to purchase a quicktime of the film or just go there to donate, I'm sure they won't mind!
On a similar note, an excellent video from this years Master of the Hill competition, Poland can be found here (or equally last years video here). Looks like an excellent downhill location!
Sunday, 8 November 2009
Down and Dirty (2001) - Mountain Board DVD
Just a quickie, Down and Dirty, released in 2001 and before my time - free to download direct from MBS.
From good old wikipedia:
"Down And Dirty (VHS) (2001 - USA) Journey from Canada to Colorado all the way to the beaches of Southern California with mountainboarding's most progressive riders as they show you high speed descents, spin tricks, handrails, and flowing rhythm sections; this movie pushes the limits of mountainboarding way beyond what most will believe."
Worth a watch? Well, its only 113 Meg in size for just under 12 minutes of entertainment in easy mpg format and a good nostalgic look at mountain boarding 8 years ago.
Grab it here whilst you can and big cheers to McCarver of Surfing Dirt for the heads up.
From good old wikipedia:
"Down And Dirty (VHS) (2001 - USA) Journey from Canada to Colorado all the way to the beaches of Southern California with mountainboarding's most progressive riders as they show you high speed descents, spin tricks, handrails, and flowing rhythm sections; this movie pushes the limits of mountainboarding way beyond what most will believe."
Worth a watch? Well, its only 113 Meg in size for just under 12 minutes of entertainment in easy mpg format and a good nostalgic look at mountain boarding 8 years ago.
Grab it here whilst you can and big cheers to McCarver of Surfing Dirt for the heads up.
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