Tuesday, August 17, 2010

GoPro HD Chest Cam

Chest Cam from Warren Bosomworth on Vimeo.


We did a bit of shooting with the GoPro HD using my new chest adapter kit to try get a different perspective than the the normal helmet cam angle. We shot the footage forward facing and also backwards by reversing the chest strap which turned out some interesting footage for editing.

The original was shot at 60fps 720p but iMovie doesn't ouput this resolution so its only at 540p...but i have to say i am very impressed with the performance of the camera. Next time i will check it out an 1080p 30fps. More shooting to come on this in the future! - wazza

Friday, August 13, 2010

I couldn't Imagine A Day Better Than This!


This is an awsome clip showing a day in the life of Brandon Semenuk shot by the Coastal Crew....looks like the perfect day to me. Great camera work too as usual
Just Listen to that powerband in the 125cc motocross kart engine....i want one!!!! - wazza

Monday, August 9, 2010

Stage 1 Build - Semnoz Secret Location



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Me and Dane had the chance to spend the afternoon in the semnoz last saturday build and maintaining some parts of the trail, we came across a nice section of terrain with a nice gradient and a big old rock that was sitting there at the top. So we decided to re-route the trail for about 20 metres so that we could have the opportunity to hit the rock drop. The rock itself is about 1 metre high with a 2 metre length to the landing, we needed to create a better entrance to the rock so Dane used is building skills to lay a few foundations and a good solid mud pack on top. Sorted!
I continued down the trail to prepare the landing area and the rake away all the debris, rocks, logs etc...to create a nice pathway that joined back onto the main trail further down. So we were pretty happy to get this sorted in around 3 hours, just in time for the dusk sun to start coming through the trees creating the perfect lighting environment for shooting. So after the build we managed to try it out and get a few nice shots before heading down into annecy for an ice cold Tanqueray and tonic.....just intime for the Annecy Fete du lac that night. What a day!!!! - wazza

"Somebody Has To Ride It"

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Since Ive been in France ive been searching for my perfect trail to ride. After hitting so many of the bike parks around the alps with the luxury of the lifts i was convinced that it would here where i would find this dream trail. I was wrong!!! Its sometimes easy to overlook something that is right on your doorstep and thats exactly what i did. Yep i finally found it.....the dream trail lies right on my doorstep....its the semnoz secret trail build by the local riders. Its has everything you could dream of from fast smooth single track down into steep technical rock sections.....its about a 10 min decent, but just enough to get the adrenaline going and the wind blowing through your t-shirt. Freedom!!!!

Heres some pics to show you how lucky we are! - wazza