Through the eye of a fish

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Comment by Mark on December 6, 2009 at 4:58

mate thats the best shit i seen , u rip hard and congrats for bathurst fuck me thats narly

Premium Member Comment by blackwood on June 23, 2009 at 10:15

no fun at all ... nice choice.

Comment by Abdil Mahdzan on June 23, 2009 at 1:16

Hey Duff and Jacko, I'd have to agree with you guys on the wide angle lenses making tight corners as though they're really wide and easy when they're actually not. I have filmed the Wang Kelian road using a narrow angle lens using an old helmet cam and when I sit up take the corners, I can't get the full view of the turn just because I'm still constantly turning. Now I'm using a Vio POV 1.5 which has a 110 degree wide angle lens so it's probably not as illusive as the GoPro.

Duff, that camera angle you have is similar to the one on the cams that were used in the X-Games!

Premium Member Comment by leeso on April 23, 2009 at 22:22

bro that is some rad shit...yatsey just raced the shredder and made it too the third round...i wonder how he was taking the corner??

Comment by Duff on April 23, 2009 at 21:41

is that chick waving her top around instead of wearing it?

Comment by leighgriffiths on April 23, 2009 at 20:24

yeah, videos are always very misleading. you can never get a good perspective of a hill through a video.
still, those ones are gnarly. i think i've seen a few from previous years and I've always thought it looked insane.

Premium Member Comment by Benbro on April 23, 2009 at 19:07

didnt you see all those other riders ending up straight in the hay,if those guys r crashin you no it aint easy,young Chapman had it sorted tho,all those sic freeridin skills certainly got him home on that one!

Premium Member Comment by Jacko on April 23, 2009 at 17:16

never trust videos, especially when they are shot with a 170degree wide-angle lense... that corner caused a lot of carnage and the footage does it no justice. It looks piss easy coz they make it look piss easy

Premium Member Comment by Ghost Rider on April 23, 2009 at 15:49

The 1st vid makes that corner look very tight but then in the 2nd even though you can tell they are going shit fast it looks piss easy for them to take

Premium Member Comment by Jacko on April 23, 2009 at 14:55

check out this race they had in Canada, the Shawnigan Shredder...
http://www.unkle.ca/cgi-bin/view?type=article&id=317
video: http://www.new.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=82086806484&h=lsd...
check out 1.20 on that video, they are coming into that corner at around 80-90k's an hour... no foot breaks quick speed checks.
Here is that same heat from Andrew Chapman http://www.new.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=71360314075&ref=mf (he had his helmet cam on while racing) and you can see they are macking down that straight at around 100k's then coming into that corner, speed checking and railing it...
It goes to show what is capable on a longboard, all it takes is commitment and skill. I think you get to a certain speed and footbreaking cant be performed, and you will need to speed check to hold your line and stability

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