Hip Cam

I was excited to see this new video but it's marked private.  If you don't want them searchable on the net but available to people here, designating them as "unlisted" might be the way to go.

Hope you can find the 1st camera.  BTW, I think I just read on WJ that a guy bought a Trakker and said the GoPro works great on it.

Brian

Fixed, it's public now. Thanks for letting me know!

Hi Joel,

I really enjoy your videos, and you seem to be taking the "camera at the bottom of the lake" ordeal quite well.  I would lose my mind over that.  :)

I struggle with one of the same issues you do, keeping that handle in/hips up/elbows at the vest/shoulders back/connected...which ever way one chooses to describe it.  Sadly, I've found that I can do it for the first couple passes in a set, and then I simply seem to lose the energy necessary to stay connected and the handle creeps away from me during the pass.  Could be that this season has been a disaster for me in terms of regular course time...three separate spans of two weeks off from skiing already.  Not good.

I've also noticed that you are "skipping" the gates, which I'm sure you are doing on purpose.  I only mention it as that never seemed to work for me.  I'm sure it was only mental, but if I missed the gate on purpose it seemed my intensity level for the pass was always in question.  But more importantly, I think, the timing of the pass was off from the start.  Anyway, just a thought.  My gate and one ball is now the best part of just about every pass...actually kind of sad when I think about that one.  :(

Thanks for your efforts!

Seth

Ah, I wish I meant to skip the gates but it's not on purpose. My timing for the turn-in is not working out. I'm waiting for the left-hand gate ball and 1 ball to line up, then I start the turn-in. Perhaps that means I'm turning in too abruptly?

That is a really cool angle.  Two questions for you.  Did you get a floaty attachment for your new cam, and did you get a suction cup mount?  If yes, you should try mounting the GoPro on the ski tip looking back up at you.  If it would stay on there, it would be an incredible angle.

I ordered the floaty. AFTER losing the first F'ing camera + memory card  + memories. Hilariously, I lost it with my custom ski tip mount. I took the big plastic mount that the camera comes attached to in the package- probably a 4X4" mount, slapped two 1x4" strips of the most heavy duty veclro I could find (Velcro Titanium Rough Surface? Maybe?) on the ski and on the bottom of the mount. As if that wasn't enough, I used mason line to tie the camera to a carabiener(sp) and, here's the failure part, rather than clipping the carabiener onto the grab handle of the Animal boot, I wove it into the FCS/Foot Control Strap on the front of the boot thinking SURELY that would be enough to hold it if it let go, which would be impossible (right?). As soon as I hit the wake going to 2, the camera was gone, and I heard the sickening sound of the fail-safe tether ripping out of the FCS velcro. So stupid. Live n' Learn. Skiing physics are intense.

Hmmmm, I don't have a point to start the turn in as you describe.  I wait for the pullout when #5 and the outside gate ball line up.  It's more of a feeling/timing thing with my pullout and subsequent turn in, but I'm pretty sure the boat is just passing through the gates when I start in.

Watching your last few videos posted, I don't think it's too abrupt.  Just delay a split second, and think about a nice progressively strong pull through the gates instead of a holeshot at the beginning.  Works for me anyway.

I had a response to this, but apparently didn't save it. Anywho, left hand gate and 1 ball line up is a little early for -15 and -22, ooorrr I'm not doing it right. I've been going past that some, turning in really slowly (but keep moving), aim for the middle of the gates and keeping advancing the core and knees. Left hand gate and one starts working better at -28 and shorter....aiming seems to help me.

Joel is Private Message still available here? If you really want to know where some of the people are from Momentum, email me.