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Oscar Chalupski on Trans World Sport TV paddling and talking about the Molokai Solo. Some great quality footage of bump riding along the China Wall from the big man. Like him or hate him, you can't deny the man's a Legend.

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Go here to see a great sequence of Moloka'i Solo Photo's from start to finish. The pictures convey the ocean conditions experienced by the paddlers perfectly. Many thanks to Don Kiesling for making them available on his Web Album. Just click on slideshow and they will play in order.

Cheers Rambo

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Rambo's Locker has had a face lift. All the usual stuff is still there, but page loading and navigation should have improved. Hope you like it.

If anyone would like to contribute something to the locker, or have a video, photo, story, trip report etc, just mail it to me Click here to email Me or let me know and i will provide a place for you to upload to.

Be careful what you wish for ... mine was to capture images of OC1 surfing and possible wipeouts on my new waterproof video camera.

After a full morning surfing awesome swells in Mooloolaba Bay, Rambo and Thor succumb to a large peaking wave that cleans up both of them and put's two Hurricanes out of action. The whole thing was captured on video, including the awesome surfing session. These are the highlights and lowlights of the Mothers Day we should have spent at home. .... only kidding we loved every minute of it. But it was a costly exercise.

Watch it all unfold before you on this latest video of mine.

Labels: training techniques

The last part of this small video shows a different camera angle, it needs to drop down about 300 mm and tilt up slightly, then i believe we will have the ideal behind paddler position. The quailty is quite good considering the footage is compressed down from 240 meg to 4.25 meg. The original played on a full size TV is perfect.

Just waiting for that big bump day, i know it's coming and i'll be prepared.

Stay tuned

Rambo

Labels: camera mounts, GoPro

Here is the new tripod mount i have made for the Hurricane. It is completely adjustable from 1 - 1.5 metres high, the head rotates 360 degrees and tilts up and down, i can lay it back or lay it over to the ama so it shoots the paddler side on or from the rear or face it rearwards to capture the paddlers behind me. I'm also attaching a mouth operated record on/off switch, so i can control it by biting on it.

The whole thing stays permanently attached to a spare iako and only needs the seat track screw removed to dismantle it.

I have also put a hood on the waterproof housing to shade the lens and this has improved the picture quality out of sight. I can now shoot video at a closer angle to the sun without exposure problems.

I've shot some footage and am impressed, the perspective is perfect. Sound is still a problem as every vibration is transmitted to the mic even though the housing is mounted too 50mm foam.

Footage will be up shortly.

Cheers Rambo

Labels: camera mounts, GoPro, Hurricane Oc1

You need to experience this once in a lifetime Oc6 bump. To have this happen near the end of the race when you're leading the Masters Division must have pumped heaps of adrenaline through tired bodies after 40.8 miles of challenging ocean conditions.

The Mooloolaba Masters went on to win in 5:34.


Oringinal video shot by Sue Neil-Sheard

Labels: Molokai

Interviews with paddlers and footage of the Molokai Hoe.

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A short video to test GoPro3 in low light conditions. The camera was mounted on the Iako of my Hurricane just as the sun was setting, i was interested in how this little gem performed in low light conditions. The quality is remarkable considering the video was converted and compressed on my computer and further compressed by the hosting site. The original played on a full size TV is comparable to any average consumer video camera. I'm impressed. All i need now is good OC1 surfing conditions and a subject to point it at.

I can see lots of fun things to do with this baby, standby for some action soon.

Rambo

Labels: camera mounts, GoPro