Nidecker Score snowboard, first impressions

so last week I got to use my new snowboard for the first time. I started out snowboarding at Snozone on their hire boards and now I have one of my own there is a stark contrast, the Nidecker Score is a solid beginners board and very snappy in turns, for some this may be a problem but for me I find this perfect! I'll be heading to Glencoe in the next couple of weeks so I'll follow up this quick post once I have some actual mountain boarding under my belt.

image Credit to Wilf Turnbull

Kickstarter: Call of the mountain film

So me and 2 friends decided to finally make a film so here is a preview of the kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1274115438/596453400?token=5b7089b1

DJI Mavic, My thoughts

in the last month DJI released their new drone platform called Mavic, now for me this is a very exciting release as the Mavic is the perfect drone for extreme sports, let me explain. So why is the mavic so good? Well it folds down into a package only 8 inches in length and 4 inches across, this means that it will easily live in the bottom of your bag or even sit comfortably in the pocket of a large hoodie. This makes it not only great to capture everyday videos but can also accompany you skiing or skating as you won't need a huge dedicated case/ backpack. What about video? The DJI mavic uses the exact same camera as DJI's other flagship consumer drone the Phantom 4, this means you'll get 4k 30fps video, although through different lenses to make the camera smaller. The gimble is very smooth and will easily create cinematic shots in a few seconds.

Snozone part 1

Hey guys, girls and everyone inbetween
So over the weekend I visited the snozone in Milton Keynes, didn't get to do anything there apart from walk around and visit the shops. That means this will be more my thoughts of the location, not of the slope.
Inside the Exscape building there is a small shopping centre, a cinema, the indoor ski slope and and indoor skydiving wind tunnel. At the bottom of the slope there is a nice big open restaurant with windows looking out into the slope, so I bought a muffin and a coke and just sat there watching people having fun.
Shops wise they're mostly sports orientated, you have the Snowboard Asylum and then a couple of small snow shops, running shops and the usual couple of restaurants. Snowboard Asylum has a HUGE range and it's staff members are friendly and very knowledgeable.

Went to Milton Keynes today on my way home from my other half's place and wow is the #snozone impressive #snowboarding #billabong #snow #mountains #calloftheslopes

A photo posted by Adam Bussey (@dragonknightadam) on Aug 7, 2016 at 10:31am PDT

drone research and development

so yesterday I was at multirotorcraft helping build drones and I came across a small DJI f450, this drone is about the perfect size and weight to fit in a rucksack and is very modular. So this is why it's in the journal, this small drone can be fitted with a flight controller that tracks the users phone and so would be able to follow the user say down a mountain, so me and the guys at multirotor are going to be working on this and keep all you guys posted

And I present to you the prototype of the #snowboarding #drone for under £500 #mountains #sport #ski #dji #diy #budget

A photo posted by Adam Bussey (@dragonknightadam) on Jul 30, 2016 at 8:50am PDT

Book plans

so today I've been doing quite a bit of thinking and work on the research side of things, mainly setting up a kickstarter page and putting surveys out. So I have finally made a decision on what I'm doing, the book it's self will be a full photo book in an Ebook format with accompanying videos and access to future content, there will be a limited run of 50 physical hard back books as well in the campaign

Of helmets and goggles

So today I went browsing the local Ski shops for a skid lid and pair of goggles.

I have been up to this point looking at Oakley goggles but couldn't find any suitable helmets to match so I've had to draw up a plan B. What's plan B you may ask well the B stands for Burton......

I know, I know, I've already bought Billabong kit and such but the A-non [a company under Burton] goggles and helmets fit me like a glove, I must say when I tried them on at www.rxsport.co.uk today they felt nice and the magnetic lenses of the M2 goggles felt just right for full days out on the slopes.

So yeah I'm definitely going with M2 goggles and possibly the Raider helmet or Blits helmet.

A game of drones

As a photographer and videographer I’m always looking for the next thing to make my work look more…. well epic and so we come to the topic of drones.

I’m rather lucky as I already have a small phantom 2 drone, not so lucky that I don’t have a camera or gimbal for it. The phantom 2 is a nice little drone for using a gopro with, but is it good enough to use in the mountains. Or will I cave to pressure and buy a phantom 4 or maybe even a 3 pro.

Instagram and other social things

so thought I'd put down a post about all my social media stuff that is tied to this project:
Instagram
Youtube main channel [gaming]
Youtube snowboarding channel [it's empty right now]

Got my new snow gear #calloftheslopes #billabong #twoseasons #twoseasonspeterborough #snowboarding #mountains @billabong @billabong_snowboarding

A photo posted by Adam Bussey (@dragonknightadam) on Jul 15, 2016 at 5:56am PDT

Day 1

So here I am writing a journal with the plan to write a book at the end of all this.

So first off I’d like to say thank you to anyone reading this, it means a lot to me and I’ve put a lot of heart and thought into this project.

This book is a collection of my thoughts and experiences from start to finish, from buying my first set of trousers through to finally hitting the powder in the Alps. So with that, yesterday I bought my first pieces of gear as they were on sale and I have to say the Billabong Legend jacket and Cab trousers I bought are really nice quality and relatively cheap, they fit me perfectly even though the top is a medium and the trousers are a small.