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ErikS
Joined: 19 May 2005
Posts: 8337
Location: Slowing boiling over in the steamy south, Global Warming is real10/8/14 3:21 AM |
absolutely fantastic videography.
The advent of high quality GoPro video and private UAVs have done wonders for camera work. I have often thought a small UAV would be fun to have for videos but just can't justify the cost.
INSANE to hike, ludicrous to ride that.
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PLee
Joined: 08 Dec 2003
Posts: 3713
Location: Brooklyn, NY10/8/14 7:01 AM |
Aye, tha's a bonny ridgeline.
I spent several days on the Isle of Skye earlier this year and that film barely captures its raw beauty. I recognized the start of his ride - it really is that gorgeous, and rugged. The trail he rode is a well-hiked trail, even with some rather precarious bits.
It's a wonder that, with all that footage, they didn't capture a single shot of a sheep!
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April
Joined: 13 Dec 2003
Posts: 6593
Location: Westchester/NYC10/8/14 12:30 PM |
Dude's got some amazing skill!
A few years back, I would have enjoyed the video for the sheer beauty and rawness of it enormously. But ever since the news of the paralysis of (forgot his name) one of the famous trial rider, I no longer enjoy watching video of technical riding in "no fall zone" as I did before.
Knowing the real risk these guys are taking to get the shots, it all suddenly seem rather pointless.
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Brian Nystrom
Joined: 26 Jan 2004
Posts: 5101
Location: Nashua, NH10/9/14 5:03 AM |
Wonder and fatalism...
...were the two emotions I experienced watching this. It reminds me of a climbing adage:
"There are old climbers and there are bold climbers, but there are no old, bold climbers."
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Nick Payne
Joined: 10 Jan 2004
Posts: 2626
Location: Canberra, Australia10/11/14 2:30 PM |
A couple of days ago the BBC screened a 30 minute documentary on the making of this film clip. You can download the documentary via BBC iPlayer if you can fool the BBC web site into thinking that you are in the UK (eg by using a service such as Getflix, who have a 14-day free trial).
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b04kntlk/danny-macaskill-riding-the-ridge
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RCoapman
Joined: 09 Feb 2005
Posts: 5141
Location: Back in the snowy homeland10/11/14 2:59 PM |
"if you can fool the BBC web site into thinking that you are in the UK (eg by using a service such as Getflix, who have a 14-day free trial). "
Or you can add
THIS EXTENSION
to chrome. Totally free and you can set a site to always go through the proxy, as I have done for the BBC.
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walter
Joined: 11 Jan 2004
Posts: 4391
Location: metro-motown-area10/11/14 6:12 PM |
hola ROCKS!
Avail for FF too
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