This is my NITRO 181 SABER P.O.W. swallowtail snowboard riding into the Canyon from Flower Point. This terrain is an easy off piste hike that leads you into some nice open trees and deep untracked ...
This is my NITRO 181 SABER P.O.W. swallowtail snowboard riding into the Canyon from Flower Point. This terrain is an easy off piste hike that leads you into some nice open trees and deep untracked powder. The 22mm lens does no justice to the pitch here. It looks kinda flat on video but this is a pretty good speed for 1.5 feet of heavy powder.
This is my favorite swallowtail out of several different brands. NitroUSA dot com produces these beauties in limited number so if you want one, call your local dealer and order it!
Swallowtail snowboards have been around since 1977 and are designed for use in heavy powder. The swallowtail treats snow as a liquid instead of a solid and the idea was borrowed from surfing. The tail automatically sets the board so you don't have to lean back in the deep pow. That way you have a more energetic stance and quicker response time. It may seem like a large board but it is a Ferrari in the tight trees and super stable at high speeds. The pointed nose helps keep it on top of the snow as you can see in this video.
Please excuse the compressed video. I'm not too good at making my DV footage look good on youtube's screwed up format.
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Yeah, I snowboard for the image and the status! It's one of the rare sports where you can go out to a chain store and purchase chinese products that will give you a superhero image. After you buy the gear, all you have to do is be disrespectful and say fuck a lot in every sentence. If it weren't for Jake Carpenter, I would have been your average geek. Thanks to the X Games, I'm super cool!
Thats just painful! I went snowboarding two weeks this season, and didnt get the chance to whip it out! Snow conditions werent optimal :( Better luck next season I guess.
Of course my collegues who went 2 weeks ago told me the powder was great for them, go figure!
Thanks for the wonderful vid! My wife just gave me a Saber POW as a present, and we will be heading out to the first snow here in Europe. My other board is a Pantera, so I can't wait to try out a specialist powder board!!!
it's a bitch shooting in low light and in the snow with all the contrast. i may try a warming filter next time and take off the ND filter while pulling the gain down.
If you want a pretty good kit already to record check out the VIO. It's just as good as this but way way more expensive than making one for yourself.
I mounted the camera under the brim of my ace full face protec helmet on the left side and canted it to aim forward in my reference riding position. I'm goofy foot. Reverse for reg
i made it out of parts and some kit stuff. i used to shoot for a living with an iki hl 55 so i knew a bit about ccd's and didn't like what they had commercially for sale. i used a sony CCD 700lpi and soldered it to give yc color separation so i could use an s video cable for the connection and power it is coupled to an small HD camera that I trashed during the fire season. the ccd on the camera fried due to heat but the deck still worked. so i used it for this. still working out the gain.
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Of course my collegues who went 2 weeks ago told me the powder was great for them, go figure!
peace
If you want a pretty good kit already to record check out the VIO. It's just as good as this but way way more expensive than making one for yourself.
I mounted the camera under the brim of my ace full face protec helmet on the left side and canted it to aim forward in my reference riding position. I'm goofy foot. Reverse for reg