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Not quite surf-related, although Ben Harper does surf, I found this live video today of him going mental on the lap guitar with his band Relentless 7 at a recent gig. It’s all pretty chill until about 5 mins in when he goes to town on a serious electric blues solo!
Dig!
Wavetracks GPS, a new iPhone App for tracking surfing performance has just been launched on the iPhone App Store, it looks really slick and there is potential for the App to be used in contests and coaching as well as individual surfers looking to track their surf performance.
Check it out!
“WAVES for Development offers Surf Voluntourism programs to travelers and Educational Surf programs for Peruvian youth. It’s a unique opportunity to volunteer (and surf) in the small impoverished town of Lobitos, Peru and teach the local children sustainable skills for a better future. WAVES aims to teach the locals how to create income from the growing surf tourism industry there”.
The guys are trying to raise awareness for their cause by creating a film documentary. They are currently trying to raise funding for this project and have 16 days left to raise their goal amount of $2900. If they dont reach their goal by Feb. 28th then they will not receive any of the money that has been pledged so far.
Get involved and make a donation to a good cause: http://kck.st/9LIb5j
I’ve been working on an project over the past few months creating an iPhone App that tracks your performance whilst surfing. It uses the iPhone’s GPS technologies to track and calculate your speed, distance, angle of ride etc. The app is currently under review from Apple and should hopefully be in the App Store in the next few weeks.
Here’s a sneak preview at some of the screen shots from the app. To find out more check out: www.wavetracksgps.com
OK, I know it isn’t surfing, but it’s kind of related. I took advantage of the snow this afternoon and went out on my skis with the GoPro and put together this little video.
More beta testing: GoPro Surf Hero HD & Wavetracks GPS from Wavetracks GPS on Vimeo.
This afternoon Mark Parry and I headed down to Whitsands Bay, Cornwall to test out my new GoPro Surf Hero HD waterproof video camera. It was a beautiful day, clear and crisp (albeit a bit cold).
The swell was small today so I took out the 9′1 Bilbo longboard and paddled around and got a few waves. I put together a little footage capture with the GoPro HD camera.
The sun was directly behind me, so it is pretty intense in the video at times, also I think I needed to adjust the tightness of the mount, so the camera didn’t move as much and possibly the angle so I was in the frame more. Also because the air temperature was only about 2 degrees, the casing fogged up a little, but for a first go we were pretty impressed with the quality of the video.
Check out the short video clip below. The footage has been optimised for the web and so isn’t as high quality as the original video.
GoPro Surf Hero HD, Whitsands Bay, Cornwall from Ben Ellis on Vimeo.
Paul the postman has just been and made a very special pre-Christmas delivery of my GoPro Surf Hero HD video/stills camera. The Surf Hero HD, is as you might expect the High Definition version of the much-loved GoPro Surf Hero, a digital video and stills camera that you can mount to your surfboard to capture amazing footage of you and your buddies pulling in to that next pit!
You can also get different mounts for the camera so you can attach it to a helmet, your chest etc. Handy for ski/snowboard movies. Dare I say 2010 will be featuring the 4th snow/surf movie from myself at some point :)
I can’t wait to test it out in the water, unfortunately a.) I have to wait until Christmas until I can open it, and b.) I need to get myself to the coast to make full use of it! In the mean time, check out the links below showing some test footage from the boys at GoPro, I reckon you’ll be suitably impressed!
GoPro HD HERO Camera: Surf Movie from GoPro on Vimeo.
GoPro HD Camera: Ski Movie from GoPro on Vimeo.
PS: Cheers to Magicseaweed for a stress-free and speedy delivery :)
We officially entered British daylight savings time today, meaning it now gets dark at 5.30pm and the nights will close in until the end of December. Unfortunately this means less time in the water, but on the bright side it means more time for other activities such as reading.
The list below is a small selection of some of the fiction and non-fiction novels/biographies that I have bought over the few years (and by no means exhaustive). So if you find yourself with a spare few moments then get your head into one of the books on the list below.
If you’ve got any suggestions then please feel free to leave a comment.
Speaking to my friend Mark the other day, who was on the beach (with binoculars in hand) when it happened, here is a little footage of Ben Skinner towing in at North Fistral during one of the recent pumping, autumn swells to hit up the South West of Cornwall.
If only they (the guys from the ‘CT) had been there this week, Mundaka has been going off the hook, check out the video below.
