Snowboarding with Simon and Claude; Contour HD 1080P Helmet Cam at Night

In February 2010 I traveled with my snowboard to Quebec City, Canada for a business meeting. During the meeting a snowstorm had moved in and laid down about a foot of fresh snow. After the meeting, Claude and Simon, two business partners I was meeting, and I headed out to Mont-Sainte-Anne, a ski resort about 25 miles northeast of the city and on the St. Lawrence River. By the time we arrived the deep heavy snow had already been brushed up into big piles by skiers on the first run we took. Doing most of my boarding in Minnesota, I'm not accustomed to deep snow and it took a heavy toll on my legs. However, later that evening we found true bliss by working our way up to the summit of the resort where we discovered a run with mostly undisturbed virgin snow.

I had along my Contour HD 1080P helmet camcorder. For the night I set the camera exposure setting to "dusk". I really didn't expect the camera to get much from the darkness, but I was amazed at how well my tiny camera did with just the lights on the ski runs. This was before I invented a wind noise reduction cover for my camera, so there is a lot of wind noise in this video. Unfortunately I goofed up with charging my battery and my camera prematurely ran out of power, so I didn't get much video footage and missed some of the best runs.

A special thanks to Simon and Claude for helping to make this wonderful experience happen.

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Sports

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• Mont-Sainte-Anne
• snowboarding
• Contour HD 1080P
• helmet cam
• wearable cam
• dusk settting
• night shot

[freesnowrider]

Thanks BBro. After Rat-cam died there was many more sweeps by treelines, that's where the best snow was located.

[jjmeyerwtf]

Yeah Cuz! Nice long runs there... looks like they may have gotten carved out a bit... starting to get moguly. Treeline routes, although having their own risk factors, can make for a smoother ride. Enjoy your time with Dan!

[TheAdventureBrothers]

Spankin vid LBro. Great tunes, you nailed it. Really liked your sweep by the treeline. Rat cam, low light-admirable job....well done.