Hippycam (tm)
The best places to look for my video are my YouTube and Vimeo channels. There's some stored here, but, ahem, I exceeded my quota pretty quickly. Now I have my own camera, quotas are likely to become a big issue...
| Anderson's fire trail | not the big downhill, but nearby. Featuring hippycam (tm) - music soundtrack (spiderbait). 32 seconds, 1029 KB |
| Hodgie, Helen and the hippy | having fun on the waterbars of the Dipper - an alternative start point for Lawson Ridge. 19 seconds, 2720 KB, no sound. Camera the fat hippy and hodgie |
| Splash! The hippy goes for an unexpected swim | <Goons>"he's fallen in the water"</Goons> Terrace Falls, wmv format, 570 KB. Camera (and laugh track) hodgie. 4/12/2004 |
| mtb-oz Xmas in July in August 04 ride | The Oaks, wmv format, 1.39 MB. Featuring hippycam (tm) - no sound. |
| Oaks singletrack | mtb-oz Xmas in July in August 04, wmv format, 2.14 MB. Featuring hippycam (tm) - music soundtrack (sonic animation) |
| Sam loses it over Faceplant | "one last time for the camera" - St Helena, mtb-oz list ride, wmv format, 204 KB. Camera the fat hippy |
| some of the mtb-oz crew visit the Lost World Lookout, out on the St Helena track. 8.26mb, 2:11 mins. Featuring hippycam (tm) - music soundtrack (Booker T and the MGs) | |
| Mountview Rd Hazelbrook (small) | same as at YouTube and Vimeo, but much smaller and crappier looking - call it a teaser... wmv format, 2.82 mb, 1:02 mins. Featuring hippycam (tm) - music soundtrack (X Ray Spex). |
| YouTube channel | yep, I've created a YouTube channel at http://www.youtube.com/user/thefathippy, so I don't exceed my quota here. Be sure to watch the HD versions, if available. No music allowed at YouTube. :^( |
| Vimeo channel | well, I couldn't just have YouTube, could I? http://vimeo.com/channels/thefathippy. Watch the HD versions, if available. No music allowed here, either. :^( |
The early stuff was shot with a Sanyo 720x576 tape camera, usually connected to a security style bullet camera. I think I used to carry about 200m of cable, not to mention batteries, spare tapes, etc in my backpack. Often as not, I'd get to the end of a great run and discover I'd accidentally disconnected a wire putting the kit back into my pack, or had a dodgy connection, or the bullet camera's battery had come off, or, or... some other disaster had struck. Now I have a GoPro (full) HD all in one, and it's a breeze to use - although I have forgotten to turn it on a couple of times, or thought it was on when it wasn't. Still, a huge improvement.
another fAt hIpPy production
