VR 360° Foil Surfing Video

VR 360 VideoA couple years back I tried a 360 camera while surfing. I scored some footage but the editing was an unexpected ridiculously long and tedious ordeal, and the camera was really heavy. So I sent it back and gave up on 360 VR video.

This week I found a lighter camera and am surprised at how relatively easy the software is to work with, and the GPS speed and distance overlay works! Foil surfing can difficult to capture with the long rides and the board being above the water and the hydrofoil submersed.  The 360 cam seems like a good solution.  So here is my second go at filming in 360 and first time uploading in immersive VR:

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How to Build with Bamboo

How to Build with BambooHere is a video tutorial showing how I build with bamboo.  I dedicated years to discovering how to make an action camera mount out of plants:  bamboo, hemp, and plant based resin.

I procrastinated in making this tutorial partly because it’s difficult to build and film at the same time, I had already made mounts for myself, and I enjoyed being one of the few with this unique camera angle.

Now with foil surfing I have seen a revival in foilers using pole cams, myself included.  So I was inspired to make an ultralight bamboo design for foiling.

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Wabi Sabi Paddle Shaft Repair – How to Video

Wabi Sabi Paddle Shaft RepairIn this video I show how I repaired a broken paddle shaft Wabi Sabi style.  The shaft originally broke learning to foil surf, I bashed it several times on the rail of my board and on the foil itself.  Jim Terrell has this video explaining how carbon shafts break.

In Star Wars movies some characters get light sabered and their body parts are replaced with human made machine parts.  I going the other direction with my machine made carbon paddle being repaired and replaced with sun and earth grown plants.

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150 Sessions on a Hydrofoil – Learning to Foil Surf

Learning to Foil Surf - 150 sessionsVideo log from day one on a foil through session number 150. Crashes and all in hopes of giving a realistic account of what learning to foil surf looks like. When struggling I take comfort in knowing I am not alone. Learning to foil surf I felt like a total “kook” failure, flailing and crashing hard for many months. Also I beat myself up because I couldn’t come close to foil surfing like the people in the videos.

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How to Separate a Stuck Foil Wing – Galvanic Corrosion – Electrolysis – Hydrofoil

Separate a Stuck Foil WingHow to fix or separate a hydrofoil wing that is stuck on a fuselage. Wing is carbon and fuse is aluminum.

They were left assembled for a couple months and ridden a dozen or so times in salt water.  Corrosion – galvanic or electrolysis – whichever is the correct term, will be inevitable without regular maintenance or preventative action. The bolts were coated with a corrosion preventative or isolater and came loose with ease.

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