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Helmet camera popularity

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scottishskier
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With the growing popularity of helmet cameras, skiing is only going to get better. Currently I would say there are at least 2 or 3 epic edits made a month nowadays by skiers such as yourself and that is on the increase. Also skiing with a helmet camera makes you more concious of how you ski and how it will look on playback and makes you kinda step it up a level. Those who say freeskiing is a dying sport can think again.

Discuss.

May 20 2011 7:06AM
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Crispy.
Posts: 6108 - Karma: 7,678
Meh, I think not.
May 20 2011 7:14AM
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I_Am_Mod
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reviewing my footage on helmet cam definately improved my big mountain skiing

i use my poles a lot more + i used to sideslip a lot and prefer turning to the right while now i focus on charging it, no sideslipping and making good linked turns, the footage looks so much better + im sure my skiing does now as well :)
May 20 2011 7:52AM
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CliffyByro
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i'd pretty much agree with that. although it sucks when you know your footage will be shit :/
May 20 2011 8:18AM
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sneezin
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who said freeskiing was a dying sport?
May 20 2011 8:40AM
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scottishskier
Posts: 167 - Karma: 15
i have seen a couple threads in the past saying how freeskiing will soon die out because the tricks can only go so big...
May 20 2011 9:13AM
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Willard
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Its not gonna die its just gonna reach its peak in the next 10 years probably
May 20 2011 2:57PM
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Tremblantskier
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At Tremblant 1 in 5 kids has one on at all times. I don't enjoy it nor do I enjoy the hundreds of gopro edits that come from them every sunday night. Ski for the memories and the experience. There is a time to film of course, but thats not everyday. Leave the gopro at home, feel the breeze on your face and talk about the day over a beer at the bar with friends apres.
May 20 2011 3:24PM
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joshua
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How does having a GoPro hinder your ability to do these things? Those gapers sporting helmet cams are one of the reasons we can buy a full hd camera for only $300.
May 20 2011 4:26PM
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WillStart
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exactly, so what's wrong with a gopro? i don't even make edits with my footage most of the time, i just have it so i can look back on it sometimes and be like man that was a fun day....
May 20 2011 6:06PM
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I_Am_Mod
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there's really no question about it, filming with a gopro isn't anything like filming with a real camera....

it fits in a pocket so you don't need a backpack
its mounted on your helmet and ready to film in less than the time it takes to take the lift...

and you dont even need your hands to get good footage, just one click to start and one click to stop and you can relive your skiing day that evening while eating dinner :)
May 20 2011 6:24PM
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hoodratz47
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fuck yes
May 20 2011 7:42PM
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starsky_hucks
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May 20 2011 8:11PM
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SteepAnDeep
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there are some pretty cools vids out there showing what kind of epic winter it really was. the HD is just amazing & much of the dramatic would be lost with a regular SD camera. now, i do agree that many people video almost their whole day on the mountain, but they can do whatever they want with their camera.

any pref's: contour vs gopro?
May 24 2011 2:51PM
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RubberSoul
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look at this thread
https://www.newschoolers.com/ns/forums/readthread/thread_id/622226/

and also do what i say to in that thread, google contour vs gopro +site:newschoolers.com and youll get tons of threads/info
May 24 2011 3:09PM
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erejto64
Posts: 817 - Karma: 228
anyone who hates on kids with go pros is an idiot. there just trying to have a good time just like you are so let them do whatever they want
May 24 2011 3:15PM
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Jabe
Posts: 567 - Karma: 240
GOPROOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
May 24 2011 8:09PM
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gabe_cohen
Posts: 193 - Karma: 250
a gopro isn't quite like a professional camera but it is awesome to be able to afford a hd camera
May 25 2011 12:40AM
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intifada
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I'll be honest the constant gopro editsof someone cruising down a mellow pow run are good old quick. Unless you're doing something gnarly don't make an edit. Plus any beater can make a gopro edit and make themselves look half decent.

May 25 2011 12:50AM
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zagfan5
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i agree with the canadian youngbuck above. gopros are great for filming and getting multiple angles, but dont ride with one every single day. its just not necessary. yes, im not gonna lie, the go pro comes out pretty much every bluebird park day or deep pow day, but we only get bluebird days maybe once a week if were super lucky. more realistically once or twice a month. most days are in or under the clouds. and pow days worthy of a go pro are prolly 5-10 a season.

i always bring it with me to the mountain, but prolly 90% of the time it stays in the car.
May 25 2011 1:03AM
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nickfallon
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freeskiing is not a dying sport plus i love watches my crashes afterwards
May 25 2011 2:18AM
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Jarle
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Am I the only one enjoying POV-edits?

Ok, an edit/movie with both pov and standard cameras are of course more entertaining to watch. But I really love all the sick pov-edits out there
May 25 2011 2:21AM
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^BEANS^
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POV edits are super sick! i really like provo's and spriggs.
May 28 2011 9:35AM
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technique.
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call me a dreamer, but i say there is no peak
May 28 2011 12:51PM
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BIGben*
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May 28 2011 1:18PM
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PON3
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LOVE helmet cams for pow edits. not much for park edits though. those should be shot by secondary cameramen
May 28 2011 1:33PM
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mammoth_jibber
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i WISH i had a helmet cam
May 28 2011 1:40PM
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DGski
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i use my gopro for everything. everything. it is great, i live it because i take it everywhere and film everything and its hd and its compact and waterproof.
May 28 2011 11:20PM
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maxgrondin
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Do you use it when your railing your girlfriend to get perfect pov angles?
May 28 2011 11:35PM
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minihef
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I completely agree. What seems like the slightest hesitation on lines/drops when you're actually skiing is magnified considerably when you're watching the footage back. It's the perfect reminder/incentive to always try and ski more aggressively and more fluidly, even in technical terrain.

Another thing POV filming has made me notice is that when you ski the same resort/same terrain a lot it's easy to get into the habit of just hitting the same lines and same drops over and over, partly because they're just fun but partly because you get comfortable - you know where the rocks are, what the take-offs/landings are like etc. Reviewing duplicated footage gives you a kick in the ass to go exploring and find new features or to ski the same terrain a different way. 

May 29 2011 4:28AM
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A.Eberhard
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They caught on because it is a inexpensive camera to shoot skiing and you get HD. I have one myself, but I don't bring it out often. It usually just stays in my pocket during a day of skiing. I do enjoy having one for the 1-3 powder days we get a year.
There is a gopro massacre on the mountain, their are tons on my home mountain. The kids that always have one on can do what they want. It's their camera and their fun.
May 29 2011 10:16AM
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802Valley
Posts: 625 - Karma: 309
who ever thinks freestyle skiing is a dyin sport, they need to think again,, cuz its actually a growing sport
May 29 2011 10:50AM
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zahava
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I once saw a boarder at tremblant with a 3d gopro set on his head, and then he was holding one on a pole in front of him. All to slip/slide down a blue run on his back edge.
May 29 2011 2:58PM
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SKIER_666
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Who gives a fuck about tricks in the park. Skiing deep pow is the way to go.
May 31 2011 8:38PM
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Panda_with_Guns
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lol your icon says otherwise. and yes i do know that it hoot brown and he died.
May 31 2011 9:10PM
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Bungholio
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who wants to hear a cool story bro?

i got a go pro in like 2006 when they just came out, my dad used it for car racing and i used it for skiing, sooooo many people thought i was really gay looking and soooo many people became dicks to me that i stopped using it. next season every group of friends had one, next season many people had them and used multiple angles, the next year everyone had one... and they all called me gay for having one....
May 31 2011 9:15PM
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H-Slice
Posts: 529 - Karma: 120
helmet cams for me gopro has definetly improved my big mountain skiing seeing the cliff that cliff u hit over and over is awsome to me but i think we should keep POV to big mountain just looks like a big blur in the park
May 31 2011 9:57PM
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H-Slice
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ya but big mountain skiing will stay gold forever and theres always bigger tricks
May 31 2011 9:59PM
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H-Slice
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yeee man
May 31 2011 10:03PM
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