The acceleration of the Ace from that angle is amazing. You can see the tail lift slightly and it just takes off.

That starboard looked impressive ... how heavy were the pilots?

When you say new skinny ace do you mean it is new to Jonathon and a downsize from his old one or one of the new 2013 23' wide aces?

I'm 95kgs and JC is about 65 I think.. but he's like the energizer bunny.. ..and he's on his new Ace (2012) Ace that I think is 25" wide ..

I think Starbie do three widths.. 25/27/29.. Ooops.. No they don't.. Thanks PT.

DJ

That windsurfer looked like he was having a blast!

What camera are you using DJ?? I noticed there was no distortion
Thanks, Trev

TrevT said...
What camera are you using DJ?? I noticed there was no distortion
Thanks, Trev

It's the old Go Pro HD 1 and even with the wide angle lens the lack of horizon distortion is because I have the horizon close to the center of the picture... I don't know what the f setting is.. I think it's setting 3 whatever that is.. I'll get back to you once I know.

I've been asked by a few people what the mount looks like now because I've changed it quite a few times over the last six months or more and rather than take a couple of pictures I made this short vid.. It is very solid now and has almost no wobble like my early attempts.. I can still change things if I like by swapping tubes or changing angles but I think this is pretty good.. It's a bit lower than before and that helps with the wobble.. The tapeing takes about 10-15 minutes to put on and about 30 seconds to take off.. The complete rig has survived a tumble sideways across the sand when hit with a gust on the beach and also my little pole hitting thing in this vid.. I tend to forget that it's even there once I'm off paddling and doesn't effect my balance much at all.. Next I will try two or three cameras running at the same time and at different angles to mix up the views and edit it all together.. I can use roll bar type mounts to attach them it it.. Maybe one pointing back and one sideways.. I think the mount is solid enough to hold the weight of more camers.. If Jonathan can come up fast from behind .. Go past with speed.. and continue on ahead at speed .. Or even me coming up on someone from a distance.. Passing.. and then looking back will show the great speed difference and also the great distance traveled once a few runners are linked together on a good day it will look better with more cameras.

DJ

PeterP said...
That rig is amazing - love the angle and more cams might work really good.

I gather you don't have a plate at the bottom, each leg is taped on?

No.. I originally had flat feet at the ends of the legs that sat flat on the deck.. but that's where I was getting most of my wobble from.. When one of them broke off I cut off all the legs so the angle on the tubes match the angle of the deck.. so it's more solid now.. There just a layer or two of tape between the end of each leg and the surface of the board.

DJ