Boxing Day Ride

I guess Santa read my Christmas Wish List because under the tree on December 25th was a GoPro HD camera!  I couldn't wait to try it out but I managed to hold off until Boxing Day. 

My friend Jason and I hit the trails starting in Mill Creek on December 26th.  We rode some of the east Canada Cup trails, over to Conner's Hill and back through Mill Creek.  Here is some of the video I managed to capture.  Being a noob, I wasn't able to capture the first half of the ride as I had the settings wrong.

We also stopped by the river boat fire pit for a while to work on our skillz.  Apparently they still need some tuning...

Here is the updated, high quality (720p) version as promised.  I combined both videos into one and added music, as requested.  Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhnpK2mlkwE

Alpine Ridge Riding

It's Christmas and I have company invading my house so I am going to be lazy and post another video for your enjoyment.  I searched for some info on the location for this but I was unable to come up with much in the way of details.  The following blurb from the film description is all I could find, other than it is somewhere in the Alps.

Short clip filmed end of October 2010. The spot is really high alpine and there is no margin for mistakes.

The riders are Harald Philipp, Martin Falkner both riding a Liteville 301 and Max Schumann on a Fatmodul ANT.

Gear used for the shoot: Canon 7D, Canon 50mm, Canon 135mm, Samyang 8mm, HDpro 1080p, carbon tripod and Manfrotto 701 fluid head.

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