The adventures of Capt nine toe

The Greek - ollie Summer '09

I’ve been asked quite a few times how I got a camera shot from underneath the Greek’s board this so here you go….

it’s a video grab.  Here’s a clip from the original footage.

Jimmy “the Greek” (Emergency Skateboards, Ace Trucks & Bones rider)played the roll of test pilot and I mounted a ContourHD from vholdr onto his board.  The cams are pretty dope- they shoot 1280 x 720, have a 135º lens and record to a microSD card making it fully self-contained; i.e. no wires.  What sets it apart from other small cams in this category is the fact the lens rotates 180º in the housing so it’s super easy to mount – slap it on solid THEN level the horizon. No need to monkey around forever trying to get the mount level.  Actually have shots used on quite a few network broadcasts and Discovery channel Europe.

Would be nice to have a little more manual control but it does solid in daylight conditions.  There’s a 1080 version set to ship any time now so in addition to even higher res there’s also some control over contrast, exposure and audio gain – stoked to see how that all works.

So now you know, go out and steal my job.