My parents gave me a ContourHD helmet camera for Christmas. Last weekend we were in Park City, Utah, for the Sundance Film Festival, so I got a chance to try it out while snowboarding. There’s no way to check the footage on the camera itself, so it is be quite hard to get set up properly. As you can see from the following video it turns out I spend a lot of my time snowboarding with a tilted head.
Click the resolution menu and maximize or head on over to YouTube to watch it in full 1080p.
And yes, that is me crashing into a tree at 0:29. And yes, it did hurt. I ended off with rather bruised ribs.
Hey dude,
I’ve been looking at getting one of those little HD headcams now for a while.
Just to shoot us mountain biking and snowboarding. Especially as the little Panasonic HD cam I bought does not like extreme cold weather. wish I knew that before the purchase pre Canada!
I’ve edited vids on line, but whats the quality like when playing through a HD tv, or similar?
the colour and contrast look great.
And did you stack it straight into a tree on your first line attempt.
Going to be in Whistler next season, so hoping to do some good riding with you.
Will you be going to the sundance festival again? if so I would come down for it.
Hi Adam, I’ve not viewed the video on a TV but if you select 1080p on YouTube and go full-screen you can get similar effects. It’s pretty good, especially considering how small and sturdy it is.
The main problem I find with it snowboarding is that my head is rarely actually level. It tilts every time you turn and you’re regularly checking out other things. I have another video half-edited that I should finish upload.
And yes, I ran straight into a tree. Got a nice set of bruised ribs for that.
If you’re in Whistler I’ll probably try to come up to see you.