Sunday, January 30, 2011

Skiing

Around about forever ago, I bought a Vholdr helmet mountable video camera (because it was an Amazon deal of the day, and was several times cheaper than the ones they have now).  So long ago that the company has changed its name and seems to have no record of the camera I've got.

The idea was to record videos on my bike, like this one (which was handlebar mounted). It wasn't easy to mount horizontally on my bike helmet, and I didn't want to use up the sticker that it came with, so I never got around to it.  But the boys and I went skiing for the first time two weeks ago (first time for all of us) and it seemed much easier to attach to my skiing helmet. So that's what I've done.

The first video is where I'm riding the moving carpet, and the twins ski down.  They are both wearing beige jackets and black trousers.  Dan comes first and has a black helmet, Alex comes second and has a blue helmet.




Alex challenged me to a race.   When the boys looked at the video later they asked why I recorded it in slow motion.  I explained that it made it look more exciting.  They almost believed me.