Contour welcomes Travis Rice
Posted Jan 26, 2012, 4:10 PM UTC
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score one for the underdogs.
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The one and only reason I haven't broken down into buying a GoPro is the profile.
I hate it so much. It's like a helmet tumor.
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I agree. But I finally broke down when I saw the "ski pole POV." The footage, as you can see here, is just magic.
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I know everyone is talking about the camera, but damnit, I am jealous of Rice. Not because he is a better snowboarder than anyone here, but because of who he is, he gets to board runs like that!
Perks of the job.
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I don't know that "a lot" of people on shreddit could weave through trees at 50 mph.
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Poor GoPro, there goes your teen snowboard market.
On that note, I attached my GoPro to the nose of my board. The footage was so choppy you couldn't watch it. Also the mount peeled off after about 1 hour of insane vibration.
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These shots are identical to the GoPro shots I get when I mount it to a pole. To be fair, the board shot they used was so quick and was still choppy, and it was probably the only usable 2 seconds of footage they could extract from it.
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The snow on that video looks also pretty damn smooth.
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Yea I'm sure it's a huge difference from the shots you'd get being on a bumpy tracked out groomer.
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I have the Contour+ and I frequently use the goggle mount on my helmet. It actually works really well. I was dreading vibration and camera shake, but it never really happened. I think I'm still gonna get a low profile mount so that it sticks out less though. I do hear that using a board mount results in lots of chatter in both the Contour and GoPro.
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The board mount he is using is the new Contour 3555 Surfboard Mount. The thing about a good board mount is you need to make sure you clean the surface before attaching, dry, then let the mount sit 24-48 hours before bringing it out there. But the could does kill it rather fast.
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I have the gopro motorsports kit, so I used the included suction cup mount. The suction cup is awesome, I could pick the board up with it, and the video came out surprisingly smooth with the camera pointed up at me. Pointing it downhill it gets pretty choppy though.
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gopro video quality is still better.
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One thing I love about the Contours is how it can sit profile on the side you your head and how that looks next to your goggles.
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As light as the camera is it still bugged me when I used the goggle mount, I prefer mounting it on top.
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Only used the goggle mount with a helmet. I agree that it sucks having it on the side of your head without a helmet though.
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Agree, it throws off the balance a noticeable amount. Excited to try the new 360 helmet mount, even if it'll make you look like a tool.
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Me too, the stock flat surface mount is crap.
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I own neither a GoPro or a Contour, but GoPros definitely have better video quality. The profile of the Contour is so nice though.
I wonder why Travis is switching. Seems like if he was doing another movie again any time soon, he would want to use GoPro's again.
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Money.
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The Contour+ video quality is amazing and is up there with the GoPro Hero 2. I do feel the Contour+ is a little over priced though. The Roam isn't as good as the GoPro Hero 2 but it also is a budget more user friendly camera. It really depends what you want and how much you have to spend.
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i've been disappointed with my contourgps. this thing doesn't last longer than 2hrs in cold temps.
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Really? My ROAM lasts 4+ hrs.
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This nice thing about the ROAM is when you stop recording the thing turns off 100%. The GPS goes into a power save mode but you are out of juice within 2.5 hours at 720 60fps. To be fair the GoPro is about 2.75 hours.
*I review these cameras on my Youtube channel :p
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yeap. took it to whistler last month. temps never went below -10 but the thing would stop working. it would work briefly after warming it up inside my jacket but would die again after a few minutes.
i emailed contour tech support. their first response was if i got the camera wet somehow. it may have gotten "wet" from the falling snow but it wasn't soaked or anything. i did find in their forums that other people are having the same issue.
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Wow, that sucks man. Though I figure if so many people are having the same issue it can only be a matter of time before they admit fault.
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I use a suction cup mount on my board, I am using the contour hd1080 and like evrryone else has said its really choppy footage but looks really cool when you are in good snow. I
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Where is this?
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If any of you guys are interested, I do a series of tests on tons of Helmet cameras. Currently I have a bunch of tests with all the Contours and with a bunch of other brands (Including the GoPro Hero 2) on the way.
http://www.youtube.com/markhawkcam
Also Moderator of r/Helmetcameras which I'm still waiting to take off :p