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Which SD Card For My Action Camera?

7 December 2013 / / 1 Comment

Updated: 20/10/2021

One of the biggest areas that is overlooked when getting a video/camera setup for trips out is the speed of the your SD or Micro SD card. Now this doesn’t matter if your camera is a GoPro, Contour, Garmin, Sony , Nikon or whatever because without a good memory card you may struggle to capture the video footage you want.

GoPro SD Memory Card Recommendation
Which SD Card For My Action Camera?

The Speed Class Rating is the official unit of speed measurement for all SD cards, including both full and micro sized versions. Speed Class is a minimum speed based on a worst case scenario test and represents the minimum transfer rate of data that the card is capable of.

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Keeping Warm

7 December 2013 / / 1 Comment

Staying both warm and dry makes any kayaking adventure that much more pleasant. I’ve been kayaking for over 25 years now and am amazed how much the kit has moved on during that time. Way back then getting soaked to the bone was pretty much a standard feature of paddling even if you didn’t swim. Even though staying dry is much easier and therefore makes keeping warm itself so much easier it’s important to get your insulation layers right.

I tend not to feel the cold as most folk but I still pick my insulation layers really carefully to make sure that I not only stay nice and warm but that I do not over heat. I personally find overheating way worse than being too cold.

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Second Full Descent Of The Grand Canyon Of The Stikine

6 December 2013 / / 0 Comments

Second full descent of the grand canyon of the Stikine from SB Productions on Vimeo.

For years the Stikine has been considered the Everest of kayaking. The remoteness and difficulty of it’s rapids makes any of the most hardcore kayakers scared. Follow the Serrasolses brothers as they embark on an epic journey for the 2nd full descent of this whitewater gem.

Cameras:
Gerd Serrasolses
Aniol Serrasolses
Olaf Obsommer & Jared Meehan
Ben Stookesberry – Clear H20 Films
Big thanks to Clear H20 Films and Adidas for all the additional footage !

Paddlers: Gerd & Aniol Serrasolses, Sam Sutton, Barney Young, Jules Domine, Ben Stookesberry, Chris Korbulic, Jared Meehan.

Shot on:
Sony FS 700
Canon 7D
Go Pro 3 Black edition

Music:
1. Forgotten dreams
2. Ventanas al mañana – Iluminate feat Cafres
3. Tourtist acid – Placid Acid
facebook.com/serrasolsesbrothers?ref=hl
serrasolsesbrosproductions.blogspot.com/

Demshitz Great Falls 2013

6 December 2013 / / 0 Comments

Demshitz Great Falls 2013 from jared seiler on Vimeo.

Demshitz spent the day at the Great Falls of the Potomac River outside of Washington D.C. Featuring Demshitz Geoff Calhoun,Jared Seiler,Max Blackburn,Wyatt Hyndman and Ian Wingert. demshitz.com

Shot with GoPro Kit.

TiTs Deep – Webisode #3: Stouts & Sisterhood

5 December 2013 / / 0 Comments

Webisode #3: Stouts & Sisterhood from TiTs Deep on Vimeo.

Boofs. Blood. Screams. Slaps. Stouts. In this episode, Katrina Van WIjk and Nicole Mansfield stout around the Pacific Northwest during the high water season.
Produced by Tits Deep and in-the-flicker.com

Edit: Erin Galey

Money Drop footage courtesy Adrian Kiernan whiteboxmag.com

Metlako footage courtesy Substantial Media House substantialmediahouse.com
(thanks!!!)

This episode was shot entirely on GoPro Hero 2 & 3 cameras.

Music: “Riot” by Dragonette itunes.apple.com/us/album/bodyparts/id557352826, “Prophet” by Pretty Lights itunes.apple.com/us/album/a-color-map-of-the-sun/id658162187, “Posse” (Brass Knuckles Remix) by Kimbra itunes.apple.com/us/album/vows-remixes/id563401660

Zet Director – Review

5 December 2013 / / 3 Comments

Over the last year or so I have been making my way through all of the new creek boats on the market. This has included paddling the LL Stomper, Pyranha Nano, Wavesport Recon 83, Wavesport Recon 93, Dagger Mamba, Zet Raptor, and now the Zet Director.

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Zet Director – Review

Photo: Amy Elworthy, Paddler: Mark Allen

Zet are based in the Czech Republic and are a technical and design collaboration of the production engineer/kayak producer Zelezny, extreme kayaker Honza Lasko and the Czech whitewater slalom paddler Viktor Legat. I have paddled the Raptor extensively over the last year and was really interested to see how the larger Director would perform.

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Thanksgiving Steeze

4 December 2013 / / 0 Comments

Thanksgiving Steeze from OGP Productions on Vimeo.

California Kayakers Do Idaho

3 December 2013 / / 0 Comments

Idaho is a superb place. I spent two weeks out in the Sun Valley back in 2001. Would love to go back.

California Kayakers do Idaho from Ney Grant on Vimeo.

Substantial TV Ep. 7 Teaser “Squamton”

3 December 2013 / / 0 Comments

Substantial TV Ep. 7 Teaser “Squamton” from Substantial Media House on Vimeo.

Late Summer brings low water to the lower 48 states…for us who can’t wait for Fall rains to come there is only one alliterative to subside our lust for whitewater…British Columbia. Only one hour north of the border lies the small town of Squamish, BC. Known around Canada as the extreme sports capitol of the country, this region offers us Yanks the perfect blend of Classic Whitewater, Park & Hucks, Missions, and Box Canyons to keep us in shape and sane while our home rivers remain dry and dormant. Get ready for another action packed Episode as Team Substantial shows you around “Squamton” our Hood of the North!

Song: Hucci – Prism
Shot On: Sony FS700, Canon 7D, Go Pro Hero 3

Filmed by: Evan Garcia, Fred Norquist, and Brain Smith (Reel Water Productions)

Demshitz Thanksgiving SUP, Clarion PA

2 December 2013 / / 0 Comments

Plenty of snow and ice. Perfect for a little SUP WW action!

Demshitz Thanksgiving SUP, Clarion PA from David Fusilli on Vimeo.

Living The Best Day Ever

2 December 2013 / / 0 Comments

I was contacted by Emily Hatfield on behalf of The Hendri Coetzee Trust to help let folk know about “Living The Best Day Ever”.

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Dear Phil,

I am writing to you on behalf of The Hendri Coetzee Trust. I am not sure of knew Hendri or have heard of his story but he was the kayaker killed by a croc in the Congo in December 2010. We have just finished finalising his autobiography for him in his honour and we are now looking for channels to promote it and market it to the whitewater community. A friend of mine Thom Brown recommended approaching you.

The book is on sale via livingthebestdayever.com and is the perfect present for any paddler or non paddler for christmas. Please would you help us by posting something on your blog, Facebook page, twitter, anywhere you feel may get viewed.

Emily Hatfield

This is the true story of the greatest African explorer you have never heard of. Equipped with a core philosophy and a lot of luck, Hendri Coetzee embarks on a series of increasingly outrageous adventures in search of the best day ever.

Through these harrowing and often hilarious experiences he is subjected to grueling challenges in the most unique and compelling classroom on planet Earth: the rivers and jungles of Africa.

I agree, after reading about Hendri on the net I have ordered my copy of the Living The Best Day Ever.

Surprise, Surprise – GoPro Hero 3 Plus Black Edition

1 December 2013 / / 0 Comments

Although the GoPro Hero 3 plus black edition system excels at recoding video footage it can also take some pretty good still shots. I often like to set the GoPro Hero 3 plus black edition to take still images every 30 seconds to see what it comes out with.

GoPro Screenshot GoPro Hero 3 Plus Black Edition

Now and again my GoPro really surprises me. The shot above was taken using standard settings in low light. I quite like it!

The GoPro was set up on the bow of a Wavesport Recon using a standard sticky mount. A tether was used to keep the GoPro Hero 3 plus black edition safe in the event the mount failed. The camera was set up facing the paddler.

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