Espen Fadnes, The man who flies

Looking at those GoPro, Rebull, Extreme Sports videos you'd think to yourself why the hell would someone just be brave enough to do that? Or wow... that's what I wanna do.

I'm always curious about the mind of the athletes that attempts those sports. What drives them or started it all.

This is a rare video I found that actually talks about to one of the daredevils. Espen Fadnes, a wingsuit world champion. We go into his mindset and the preparation required prior to his flight.

New GoPro, New Hero

The lightweight camcorder that is currently dominating the extreme sports world has taken to new heights.

 The new GoPro Hero3 that can shoot crazy quailty... more than the DSLRs which can only shoot 1080p HD while this can shoot an incredible 4000p @ 12 frames per sec (which I don't understand why it's 12 yet...). 4Kp is the equal quality on the cinema screen... I'm not saying this can start shooting films but it's incredible quality packed in the size of your hand.

Other features such as 12MP fps burst for photos and 720p 120fps for video. It is also WiFi built in so you can control it whenever you want.

Damn... I want one of those...

By the way Sony came out a Action Cam this year as well.... It's only the same quality as the old GoPro Hero2... but the same price as the Hero3.... you be the judge...

Skydiving Season?

My bunch of friends went skydiving recently, I saw one of their video taken by the supervising diver using the Go Pro and I was jealous and frightened.

I made a bet with my friend that whoever wins in 2013's City2Surf the loser pays for others' skydiving fee. First of all.. I've never ran more than 3km in my life...why would I think I would win her in the first place... Secondly I don't have an extra $600 to cover both of our expenses if we lose... Thirdly... Why did I want to skydive???!!!

Anyway... I dug up this old video I saved from Vimeo about skydiving. Using slow motion, calming music... I wonder if the divers do get that sense of calmness rather than blood pumping adrenaline with multiple times of experience...

Mediating in the sky would be like nirvana...

Paralympics 2012

I really respect the athletics at Paralympics their will power and determination.

This was a strong video campaign about the London 2012 Paralympics.

Their tough mind is always my inspiration.

No one will feel sorry for you... if you want to be the best you've got to fight it yourself, other people can only help so much. Keep pushing yourself to the limit and you will step onto the biggest stage possible.

Electric Blue Heaven

Globe video campaigns are always summery. With skaters, surfers as the focus of their products and amazing girls in the back/foreground distracting you constantly. But they always make decent videos and being able to capture amazing scenes and footage.

GoPro HD HERO2

Me and my friends have been making several videos this year and we've been making or going to record a few variety of videos. Such as short films, performances, interviews, weddings etc. We have two cameras: a Canon 7D and a Panasonic GH2. Both highly regarded in the video SLR field but sometimes they have limitations, such as protecting them from being potentially damaged, expenses to spend on their accessories or just simply not being about to capture 120fps (frames per sec) to get some nice slow motion.

GoPro is like the camera that can cover those flaws, mount it high above ground, go underwater, put it near an explosion scene and put it at 120fps to get some awesome production value shots.

There are cons to the GoPro of course, it's the fact that you cannot change the aperture, focal length, white balance etc. It's not the most technical camera but it's damn handy and you can afford it being smashed into pieces risking for your million dollar shot.

This video shows you more ways you can use and abuse your GoPro(s).

Extreme Sportsmen

For the thrill, adrenaline or fun?

After watching all these crazy tricks happening in extreme slow motion, there's no doubt why I wouldn't go into these kind of sport.

And I can't understand why they risk their lives on it.

Why?

This video talks about "why" extreme sport athletes do what they do. Risking their lives for a shot of adrenaline in their veins or to conquer their mind and body.

This entire video is shot by the brand new Nikon D4

In my view though, the "why" is explaining why Nikon D4 over other SLR cameras for video. It is so damn crisp. Just check out the slow motion on full screen at the 05:05 mark and that might've just settled the argument. Hands down.

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Fucking Inspirational

Rollerbalding

Remember the old days where people Rollerblade by the beach listening to their cassette tapes?

I don't think any of us lived in that era... anyway

I think I've posted way too much skateboard videos so I'll post a Rollerblade video now.

It's got tilt-shift & time lapsing techniques which is pretty awesome.

Enjoy

Extreme Sport

There's alot of times people start to appreciate the beauty around them when they slowed down and looked around.

Do you feel the joy of base jumping?

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