Central Park / Columbus Circle Balloon Race

[forugh3]

terrorists

[kandjlife]

this is sick but i feel if i did that somehow the camra will turn off only 5ft up lol :)

[gaylealstrom]

I thought this really great. Loved the airial shots of Columbus Circle and the Park. Getting those camera back must have been a nightmare.

[ruudjemulder]

A great idea !!!

[kadshah]

what kind of camera did you attach on the balloon?

[valentinolover70]

A great video!!! Thanx for posting.

I am from New York and I miss it, I miss the free- spirited people who live there.

[arepepe]

how come you guys didnt get a bb gun and pop the balloons

[ThePetitecoquette]

AWESOME

[VexylMusic]

Amazing, it had some nice views.

[redballyou]

stupid hipsters

[yaronimus1]

i wish i could do that across the israeli-syrian border, but i probably won't get the camera back..

[mypudders]

I have been playing around with KAP (Kite Ariel Photography) for a few years and have never captured anything as cool at this. Thanks for sharing this! What a great idea.

[TheBalloonProject]

yeah there is something really special about the 'no strings attached' aspect of the project!

[DeeMz90]

how do u know when the balloons are about to go down? how can u be sure it wont go beyond central perk? im so confused about that XD

[TheBalloonProject]

there is a little thing called a needle. that pops the balloons and they come down ;) not perfect science but it works most of the times.

[benjamin1254]

man this thing is so brilliant and beautiful all at once... it makes me wana cry!

[TheBalloonProject]

thanks!

[huazon11]

BUEN VIDEO.SIGUIENTE?????

[Dalaiama]

The guy who climbed the tree is really brave!!!

[LVYUAN111]

why the ballons will come down?

[alofat99]

looks like so much fun! what is the name of the song? goes perfect!

[Sumguy21]

What a bunch of annoying pretentious kids.

[SplitPZ]

Sooooo, what did Nate do with his $50 bucks?

[Clapestra]

hi anyone want to chat

lets chat KY

[r0ck3tsm0k3]

Ky Jelly?

Clapestra has the clap?

[nsjeuw]

Hey man, let me join you guys if you're back in Holland! (:

[blizzard242]

You are so lucky you did not have any issues with the police. You should have seen the crap I had to go through when I took a pic of the sears tower.

[AznHackrr]

Lol you hear a pop in 3:42

[citizenstand]

you betch your bottom bracket!

[pornocastingcrew]

U.F.O.

SHOOT IT ! ^^ hahaha

[AznHackrr]

Man I love all your vids man

[alexxerth]

wow these r breath taking do one on a beach somewwhere so it goes over water and then the sea breeze will carry it back

[TheBalloonProject]

we actually tried that. check out our CAPRI one ;)

[aidyanimal]

how long were they up for

[TheBalloonProject]

about 25 minutes

[NorcrossMedia]

Do you need permits for this? Was there any legal concerns?

[TheBalloonProject]

some places you do, like italy, but in new york the police were surprisingly cool about the whole thing.

[NorcrossMedia]

I'm beyond shocked to hear that. This is the most incredible information I've heard in long time.

I was shooting one of my friend's walking by borough hall in brooklyn and we were told we needed a permit (and we were handheld!) My goodness.

-E

[OctopusClub]

cool

[canadaonly2]

dude thats pretty cool. another idea might be to attach the camera at an angle so it gets some semi landscape shots? Still pretty damn awesome tho, good work!

[TheBalloonProject]

that's an idea. maybe if we sent up two cameras with a weather vane so it would spin around (if that would even work) cause the spinning would make the horizon shots unbearable don't you think.

[candypops71]

Fantastic, more please! I love the way you have footage from the ground mixed with stuff from the balloon for duel perspective.

[TheBalloonProject]

thank you!

we're doing one today in fact :)

[kimmarie801]

Do it again!!!!

[tehbertl]

Oh wait, I just realized the aerial footage is available on your website. D'oh!

[dondibatube]

hi,

all theses videos are nice but i prefered the first one's

it is interesting to see what happen on the ground with the chase team but, it is another project

the main fun is to see the town from the sky, during 5, 10 or 15 minutes without interruption

when another video sequence is inserted, it kills the magic

dondiba

[tehbertl]

I agree. I love this montage sequence where you see what else is going on, but I also really like watching the original footage.

[TheBalloonProject]

we would love to post the original here but we gotta ask youtube to let us upload more than 10 minutes. soon i hope :)

[TheBalloonProject]

you are right. the original footage for this is on our website and if you watch it do the full screen option and turn your screen 90 degrees to the right. this also works for the berlin balloon project.

[yomega9]

I wanted to ask you guys a few questions. First of on your website I did donate $100. The questions i havea re how do the balloons come down. If you have the camera zoomed in or out while flying. How many balloons did it take. And finally how you ever got it to come down. Did you puncture the balloons (if so how) or what? Thanks you guys rock, Yomega9

[smartbandwidth]

Great job Ira et al.!! Very fun, free, fresh and full of life!! Balloon projects should sprout up all over the earth! This is the way of peace and love and life....

[marccas]

AWESOME JOB! Let's make it happen as good as this in SF soon.

[superiorsantateresa]

Nice! ***** BTW, the guy who brought the camera from the tree got balls, seriously 0.0

[johnbeyer]

I always loved these innovative fun projects.

You guys just have fun with a few balloons, an awesome camera and laws of gravity.

Keep it up. I really like the vieuws :)

Johnbeyer

[TheBalloonProject]

thanks john! we'll keep it up till we run out of helium ;)

[johnbeyer]

Iam honored that you replied, thanks for that.

[DennysNest]

brilliant as always :) Nate must be very brave to climb up there. you rock people!

[TheBalloonProject]

very brave!

[phat104u]

There was a girl taking a huge clump of red balloons out of her car today at my college, and I almost stopped and asked her if she knew what The Balloon Project was...

Kudos to you guys, once again!

[TheBalloonProject]

where was this? after the balloons landed in the tree in central park another group of green balloons flew over us and a lot of the bikers were confused if they should chase that one too. but it was going really fast and rising quick. i guess there are other uses for a group of balloons :)

[drenikrios]

Yeee I wish I could think of something exciting & artistic to do.

The balloon project may very well be an inspiration!

<3

[lilhagan]

Nice, loved it, so what are you planning next Guys?

[citizenstand]

you'll find out in the next two weeks. until then secret :)

[owlphanumeric]

this video is 100% captivating from beginning to end...what a ride!

[TheBalloonProject]

what a ride... maybe if a bird landed on the camera while it was floating up there ;)

[SteveTheSkorie]

Thats so great!

I love these!

Can't wait for more!

[TheBalloonProject]

neither can we :)

[Chocaz]

very enjoyable video!

such an awesome project:)

[kenrg]

Brilliant. Amazing video.

[TheBalloonProject]

thanks ken!

[mesofun]

This is so great. Thanks

[joeblogs89]

needs a fishbowl lenze (spelling???)

[citizenstand]

fisheye. that would be pretty cool!

[nezoone]

wowza. now that's a tree to get stuck in.

[EddyBergman]

That was great. I always wonder how you get those balloons to come down after a certain periode. Do they slowly leak gas?

[whoppilili]

nate the squirrel - he did an incredible job. as all of you. thanks for sharing these moments. c

ps: i like the song!

[irabnut]

nate IS a squirrel!

and lee bob is one GOOD musician!

[yaffle]

fantastic! freedom balloons.

[irabnut]

only in new york!

[campetin]

Simply amazing.

[Mathes75]

I've waited so long for a new vid. It's great, thanks!

[bwhahrhr]

When I am grown up I want to be a balloon-scientist!

[jojomojo99]

Yay! And congrats yet again. Wow. Central Park is amazing. I always wish I was there with you guys. Let me know if you do L.A. Although now I really want to move to NY...but then I always want to move to NY.

Is that where you guys are based?

[mixedpixel]

ahhh, i wish i was there!!

[citizenstand]

wanna come on the 17th?

[joelovesyou]

That was such a joy to watch, and Nate that was one hell of a climb brother man. Congrats to you all! Much love:)

[citizenstand]

yeah nate totally rocked that park! the day before we had a tree climbing expert attempt it and say it wasn't possible. and then i called up my good friend nate to meet up the day before i left and he's like "let me take a look at that tree" and all of a sudden we was at the top!! it was truly amazing!

[liamurphy62]

nice vid btw, i loved it.

[liamurphy62]

when ur on ur bikes, dont be a bunch of cunts and disregard all cars around u. try watch out, dont think ur in the rite. im not hoping u get hit, but im just warning u.

it hurts ALOT, speaking from experience

[hartnell114]

haha ever thought of just tieing it to a bit of cotton on a reel :D

[surfingduck]

This is great, amazing, and funny.....

[iamwearingaredhat]

one of the best ones yet

[SatoNiji]

I love it! <3

[citizenbybike]

Fantastic editing! I just relived one of my favorite days in New York on a bike. Come back soon so we can do it again. My bed is your bed, my bike your bike, always.

[smoothvirus]

I love these. I open up google earth so I can follow the balloon's path while watching..

[TheBalloonProject]

thanks! it's balloon earth!

[marccas]

Actually- this is a pretty good idea... just attach a tiny GPS tracker to it, and it will do the mapping for you.. and they weigh almost nothing!

[armydog888]

great job 5/5 and sweet im one of the first to watch :)

[13thDimension]

HA! yES

[suggumus]

this is awesome

[TheBalloonProject]

thank you