A few weekends ago we tracked down a high speed camera used by the army and put Max Cookes in-front of it. The idea was to make a 1 minute commercial to put up on the site to remind you all that at Perisher on the 1st of September Boost are putting on their SnoSho contest at night, under lights. I’ve seen the setup and let me tell you, it’s going to be out of hand and easily the biggest thing Australia has ever seen… There’s a 27-stair concrete ledge! Yeah they’re still have the Worlds Longest Rail contest. I heard a rumor that they tried to insure it for a a million dollars like those halftime basketball things, but the insurance company said it was too easy! If you saw that thing last year, you know that it is damn near impossible to get even half way! So, Boost have put up $40,000 in cash prizes and… it… is.. ON! I’m going to talk to these guys and see if they can help me… Anyway, you really should watch the above clip in a better resolution, so click here for 720p HD, here for 480p HD or here for regular quicktime. More information below the jump.
The idea was to take elements from big budget commercials such as those produced by the likes of Nike, Sprint Cellular and Nissan, then by using a super high speed camera known as the Phantom V10 along with some trick photography, give a full anatomy of a basic trick – the Front-side 360 Indy. We got Max Cookes to do it, because he won the Boost contest last year.
The guys who make the camera said this was the first time they had seen the camera used in this way. Normally, the camera is used to crash test cars. It was super hard to find as there are only two in Australia, and the other one is owned by the military! The camera fires at a maximum rate of nearly 1000 frames per second when recording at 1080p! So, 1 second of footage from the Phantom V10 at its maximum frame rate would take 40 seconds to replay at the standard rate of 25 frames per second.
We also brought a new 12 foot Kessler Crane camera jib just for this shoot, so look out for some pretty cool rail shots from now on.
You have to give it up for Max, there were eleven high powered tungsten lights illuminating a ten by ten foot area with close to 24,000 watts of light. The temperature was easily over 40 C.
What do you think? We were hoping to do something along these lines, but the producer said it wasn’t challenging enough…
Max Cookes rides only the finest Burton Un..Inc boards.
A table full of some expensive shit.
Dave may look harmless enough, but he’s the one guarding the beer for a reason.
Rick and Drew in above their heads.
Camera geeks behold your god… The Phantom V10.
POP’s new crane jib. For those extra balla’ angles.
Max Cookes’ stunt double Marc Baker.
