We all get to watch the races live now, rare that anyone is complaining like last year about buffering and hanging and crappy feeds. The only thing we're still missing on the pirate feeds are the live women's races usually. Maybe that's next year's jump.
Since cyclocross season ended for me I've missed very few of the big races. and the Pros are pretty incredible. Learn much? no not anymore. But appreciate it? yes even more.
A GoPro on Christian Heule's bars was spotted by Chandler (CycloWHAT?) early in the race and well. Here's the video:
go to HD and full screen to watch it. That French course always reminds me of a bigger wider open, hillier and faster Providence at RWP, with no awkward barriers.
Watching that I can't help but thing about the Contour-Plus camera and how cool it would be to be a TV producer and put a handful of them on the bikes/riders. Not so different from auto-racing's in car cameras no? Go back and watch a crash unfold in front of the racer. Cyclocross is a challenge because of the bike changes and how well does the contour do with pressure washing and all that, best place to mount... not as easy as sticking something onto a car. But production value would be sweet I think. No, not an original idea on my part the video master HenryJ has mentioned it before. Just talking about it now, after watching Heule's footage.
Think about that sporza feed with racer pov! Although the sun angle is a challenge there in a few sections. Not quite ready for prime-time yet, but close.
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