The Fall

Yesterday I went skiing for the second time ever, but the weather wasn't really skii weather. The high temp of the day was 65, and by the end the snow was really slushy and poor.

As a result I found myself going down a hill I went down earlier in the day with no problem, but this time I ran into a few issues.

First the snow was uneven/choppy, then very slushy/watery, then gone completely (just the ice cover). At this point I was going so fast (I couldn't slow down under the poor conditions) that I lost my balance and had a bad wipe out. I'm not exactly sure how I fell this time but I hit my head, my glasses flew off, and I broke a skii poll. I'm fine (just sore) but I had my HD camera in my pocket as I was filming earlier in the day (I'll most likely post a video of that soon too) and I must have fell on it because now the automatic lens cap tries very hard to open but never finishes, and as a result the camera is unusable at the moment :(

I'm about to go away for a few days but I'll try to visit a camera shop soon and see if they can fix it.

Until then, no more videos with new footage :(


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[tappytinsley]

just snap the lens covers off,problem solved :)

[Urgo6667]

@tappytinsley the camera had a lot more problems as well with it going out of focus but I did tape the lense open for a while :) I ended up replacing it.

[cbenard]

Good god dude, that's good quality. What camera is that? (RedChina btw)

[Urgo6667]

Well, it WAS a Sony HDR-SR7. But now its just a paper weight heh.

[twin1sallan]

looks fun but i will never go skiing. Just not something guys from the ATL do :)

The funny thing is that the little YouTube ad at the bottom is for J-Lo stuff. At first I thought you had that there for a reason.

[GramsandPapi]

Dang! Sorry you had such a hard fall! Hopefully you can get it fixed! See ya soon! Blessings, Grams

[Urgo6667]

Does this mean I can send you the bill for the repairs?

[MrWANMan01]

Your Hired!!!

[Urgo6667]

Thanks irpy :) I got more video too I'll probably post in a few days. Some video of me falling, but not badly. Here's a preview.. I handed the camera to a friend and told him to ski down to a jump and I'd go over it.  He picked the one that had someone behind it... and I didn't know that until I was in the air about to land on it lol. So stay tuned for that :)

[BagOfEyebrows]

Glad you didn't break anything (but the camera) ! Great ski footage prior to the whole 'fall' -