Cairns World Cup!!
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indica
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You'll find people were talking about the DH.
Ky1e
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Yeah my bad.. All good!
pharmaboy
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I just want to check out the ladder and find out if I'm a girl or a mountain biker
mik_git
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Yep, as he normally does.
Gripo
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Perspectives I guess.....
I love DH but found the track and camera angles didn't translate for me on TV....but
Thisarvo I found the XC interesting why?
It was a trail that most of us are likely to ride if we visited the area and the racing was rather competitive right till the last lap....the winner? dropped to 10th halfway through with a flat tyre and came back....great TV.
I still really wished they showed the whoops section.
Been watching some videos of that section and it would have been one of the bestest places to cover.
High speed, high action, high crowd noise.
Imagine the comments from Warner if they showed that section
From listening to the commentary on the XC event today, it sounds like there's a potential for the WC coming back next year, if true, fingers crossed they film the whoops section.
Been watching some videos of that section and it would have been one of the bestest places to cover.
High speed, high action, high crowd noise.
Imagine the comments from Warner if they showed that section
From listening to the commentary on the XC event today, it sounds like there's a potential for the WC coming back next year, if true, fingers crossed they film the whoops section.
Cool idea.
Imagine having a drone following riders down from the gap and through the whoops and big jumps.
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Rob_74
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Still sometimes some issues with drones. Triathlete got hit by one recently...
http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2014-...as-drone-filming-race-drops-to-ground/5371658
Jeffgre_6163
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Two reasons
1 - It is a rain forest, have a look at XC helicopter footage you might happen to notice a few trees around obscuring the track from the air. The DH is even less open than the XC
2 - I was at the venue, at one point mid DH finals several drones were flying over the crowd. They were warned off over the PA, reason being is the control frequencies interfered with communications apparently
pharmaboy
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Not far away - I've seen drones that are programmed to follow a transmitter - so it can be programmed to autonomously stay 20 feet behind and 6 ft above while avoiding any obstacles - when that's foolproof, that ll be the best picture in the house
MarioM
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So , how are the cameras set up wired or wireless if they exist ? Why can`t they string the length of the track ? Cost would be prohibitive i imagine .Then if done would you show top ten or twenty full race runs ? If pay per view option was available for full runs i would definately be on to it .
Having said that i think its still great we get to watch some of it for free .The XC had better coverage i think and really showed some of the technical aspects of the course .I`m an XC guy but the DH is definately the highlight of any world cup event . Can anyone remember if the freecaster footage was better ?
Having said that i think its still great we get to watch some of it for free .The XC had better coverage i think and really showed some of the technical aspects of the course .I`m an XC guy but the DH is definately the highlight of any world cup event . Can anyone remember if the freecaster footage was better ?
4dabush
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TV coverage for the DH was a logistical and materials issue, not really anything else. XC is quite compact and doesnt need excessively long TV camera leads (live feed is not wireless according to the guys I was speaking to who follow and film for the tour around the world). Our track is 1.9kms long in pretty inaccessible areas....no easy chairlift routes to follow!
The leads required to get to the whoops need to be about 1km long, the speed trap is about another 300m, the triple/double/triple, a couple hundred more, and then Alien Tree. Vines is about 300m after the whoops, but still about 800m from the event centre...each camera is on its own lead...what you got was as far as they could extend all the leads they had - this time. They are on the hunt to ensure there are an extra few camera points next time, and an extra container of lead, and probably a helicopter to lay and retrieve them (not kidding).
As for the Rock Garden, the camera angle was as good as you would get without an additional camera. Its really quite an awkward area to film. Clear out the spectators, and the camera would see the stacks...good luck with that - I could barely keep them from stretching the bunting into the racing line!
The Rock Garden actually goes through a 180 degree turn and the exit is probably 10m or so behind the entrance. There are 2 main lines and at least 3 combination lines which makes it quite wide.
Hope that explains a bit.
The leads required to get to the whoops need to be about 1km long, the speed trap is about another 300m, the triple/double/triple, a couple hundred more, and then Alien Tree. Vines is about 300m after the whoops, but still about 800m from the event centre...each camera is on its own lead...what you got was as far as they could extend all the leads they had - this time. They are on the hunt to ensure there are an extra few camera points next time, and an extra container of lead, and probably a helicopter to lay and retrieve them (not kidding).
As for the Rock Garden, the camera angle was as good as you would get without an additional camera. Its really quite an awkward area to film. Clear out the spectators, and the camera would see the stacks...good luck with that - I could barely keep them from stretching the bunting into the racing line!
The Rock Garden actually goes through a 180 degree turn and the exit is probably 10m or so behind the entrance. There are 2 main lines and at least 3 combination lines which makes it quite wide.
Hope that explains a bit.