A run down Red 19, (Merkenwiess), Niederau

Ahem. There is no video to view.

Tony_H wrote:Ahem. There is no video to view.

Having been duly grabbed, your eyes must be watering. I see a video on the previous page :?:

great video Dave. I have to admit I was looking at it asking myself "was I actually there last year"? it didnt even look familiar, (apart from the end of red 19 on the run home). My youngest was over my shoulder watching it and he wanted to know how you were skiing so fast past all the other people that looked to be standing still lol.

I think it was snapzzz who had that great helmet cam what he got from amazon for about £50. that is definitley going on my xmas list. The conditions look really good too.

So, I quoted Daves post and got the URL, so now I have seen the vid.

Looks like a nice steady run down. Only just made it up that schuss at the end. Good snow though.

Trencher, that is a "sick" video, rather awe-inspiring, is that you? Then again, wondering how that camera shaft is held so steady, it cannot be that light and getting heavier by the minute, it gives the optical illusion of resting on something, the head where the camera resides. Very interesting.

Not me. But Some very good image stabilisation software involved, I think.

Trencher

that looks absolutely glorious Dave Mac
the only thing missing was a couple of whoops :D

karen72 wrote:great video Dave. I have to admit I was looking at it asking myself "was I actually there last year"? it didnt even look familiar. My youngest was over my shoulder watching it and he wanted to know how you were skiing so fast past all the other people that looked to be standing still lol.

Thank you Karen. If my memory serves you right, you and your young one came down red 23, which you are quite right, that joins on to run 19.

I did buy a low cost helmcam, and the issue was that it was not properly specified at the point of sale. I have since learned that a remote control is crucial. In the event, that wasn't an issue, once I had decided that I wanted to make the video with a digital camera, effectively no sticks, and accept a reduced speed, particularly since the March snow is significantly slower than the January snow.

Having fun now, because the numbers of people is lowish, there are a fair number of instructors free skiing. No competition there then! Almost all runs around or below 3 minutes. Only sorry that TonyH is not here to enjoy the "nice steady runs".