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  • January 14, 2012 at 12:29 pm #100924

    Nathan Heather
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    Yesterday i went for my 1st ride with some local Rockhampton blokes up here and i just went with the flow and did as they did i was getting some footage of the guys cruising through some pretty open and grade 1 stuff when i thought i would stop to catch the next guys come through and pulled over in a safe spot, The next bloke was ages back so i just waited until i could hear him coming but the problem was i heard a bike from each direction coming and old mate heading back to find his mate did not even pull up where i was to ask if i could hear him and kept riding past. Then bang a slow head on resulting in a cracked front guard broken brake lever and a bit of bark off 1 of the blokes. I think next time we head out i will try and explain the cornerman system to them to stop this happening again as it may not end so well next time!!

    January 14, 2012 at 12:37 pm #214437

    corey heather
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    Corner man and sweep is the best idea for every ones safety.

    Glad you had the brains to just wait.

    January 14, 2012 at 12:54 pm #214440

    Dean
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    yep happens to easy :( some people just dont think :angry:

    Hey Nato hows the GG going ?

    Ollie

    January 14, 2012 at 3:29 pm #214441

    Nathan Heather
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    Its going great guns but Thats after my pit crew did a fair bit of adjustments around the bike. I probably should have just bought an 11 six days but who knows i may do that yet!

    January 14, 2012 at 7:44 pm #214438

    Nathan Heather
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    January 14, 2012 at 8:02 pm #214449

    Dude
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    Looks fun, thanks for sharing that and oh…………… :ohmy: You caught that scary head on on film, 1st and hopefully last time I see something like that.

    but in typing that (and from a dude that likes to catch footage on head cams) well filmed.

    January 14, 2012 at 8:28 pm #214453

    Nathan Heather
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    I have not long been doing vids but its addictive!! I will be doing more im sure.

    January 14, 2012 at 9:27 pm #214459

    corey heather
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    Nato wrote:
    I have not long been doing vids but its addictive!! I will be doing more im sure.

    As long as you take the video while on you GasGas and not your Kato i will be happy thanks

    January 14, 2012 at 10:46 pm #214477

    Mal
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    WOW! That could’ve been a whole lot worse. Maybe need to educate them a bit Nato. Sometimes you have to go back looking for slower or fallen riders. But you do it very slowly and cautiously staying off the main riding line. Very lucky guys.

    Sweet looking track Nato but could do with arrow system around that natural motorcross track. Looks like blokes going everwhere. :ohmy:

    I love the sound of a Gasser in the evening. :woohoo:

    January 14, 2012 at 11:23 pm #214494

    Adrian Gale
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    Wow, that was painful just watching your vid Nato , they were going nice and slow except for the 2nd guy who was all racey! Just as well you didn’t foul a plug behind them.

    As for the crash , it looks like the guy going back jumped before the corner and didn’t have time to avoid the other guy.

    January 15, 2012 at 12:00 am #214498

    Nathan Heather
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    Yeah they are new to riding but going well.

    January 22, 2012 at 12:41 am #214439

    craig evans
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    loved the look of the country there. very lucky boys

    February 5, 2012 at 10:54 pm #214499

    Nathan Heather
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    Its a bit flat out there though. :unsure:

    February 5, 2012 at 11:27 pm #214460

    scott bocking
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    Nato wrote:
    I have not long been doing vids but its addictive!! I will be doing more im sure.

    Your footage looks good Nato and you keep the camera nice and stable. Have you been playing around with settings since we last spoke? There is a lot to experiment with on the new HD GoPros. Best thing I have done recently was buy an iMac. It handles those big files easily and in the new iMovie it will edit everything straight out of the camera so no need to use any file conversion or compression. Every conversion you can avoid the better your footage will remain. YouTube will always use their own compression but you can upload directly out of iMovie so it preserves as close to original as possible. It will also load 1080p straight up to YouTube if you choose and if have an internet connection quick enough to actually watch it.
    Now I just need a heap of new footage and I will lock myself to my iMac and stock the fridge full of home brew :woohoo:

    STM

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