Baller Murrski Posted September 13, 2014 Baller Share Posted September 13, 2014 Getting anxious about the live streaming feed... I keep reloading to no avail. You guys that are onsite at Bell Aqua... has the skiing begun yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller foxriverat Posted September 13, 2014 Baller Share Posted September 13, 2014 They are having issues with very slow internet connection this morning. Techs are working on it according to twitter feed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller foxriverat Posted September 13, 2014 Baller Share Posted September 13, 2014 The feed is up as of now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Murrski Posted September 13, 2014 Author Baller Share Posted September 13, 2014 Thanks for the update @foxriverat - I just reloaded it and I'm still not connecting. I'll keep trying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Brady Posted September 13, 2014 Baller Share Posted September 13, 2014 @foxriverat what is the link to watch the streaming? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller foxriverat Posted September 13, 2014 Baller Share Posted September 13, 2014 Here you go http://www.diabloshores.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Murrski Posted September 13, 2014 Author Baller Share Posted September 13, 2014 bummed the feed is not working yet... wish I could just be there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Brady Posted September 13, 2014 Baller Share Posted September 13, 2014 I can't believe how easy Whitney makes it look! amazing........and then the queen of the water makes it look even more amazing. Round 1, Regina just ran 1.5 @41. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Tim Vaio Posted September 13, 2014 Baller Share Posted September 13, 2014 Webcast should be up ..... We are watching it on various devices here to monitor it. We have noticed some older iPads are having issues randomly but let me know if you notice any issues. I am monitoring this and the live stream as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Murrski Posted September 13, 2014 Author Baller Share Posted September 13, 2014 appreciate it @ski38 - i can view it my iPhone but just not on my PC (tried Chrome & IE) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ Wish Posted September 13, 2014 Baller_ Share Posted September 13, 2014 Feed getting glitchy but got to see TW... Unreal. He is the man IMHO. The glitchieness froze him right between the gates. Geeeeeeez that guys got skills on top of skills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Tim Vaio Posted September 13, 2014 Baller Share Posted September 13, 2014 Ok .... Should be good now. We noticed sporadic issues and randomly slow throughput speed. I talked to our ISP and they were doing server maintenance this am. We just noticed the download and upload speed double so I believe their maintenance is over and looks like we are good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Texas6 Posted September 14, 2014 Baller Share Posted September 14, 2014 When it was up, it was stellar. Can't say enough positive about Freddy's commentary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller ToddL Posted September 14, 2014 Baller Share Posted September 14, 2014 I am really struggling with the website structure and layout on my android phone. I wish they'd post a link directly to the feed without all the frames and wrapping of the site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller ToddL Posted September 14, 2014 Baller Share Posted September 14, 2014 Ok. Just discovered what I needed is on the BOS home page. (I forgot there is a home page on this site.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Horton Posted September 14, 2014 Administrators Share Posted September 14, 2014 @ToddL closer to being banned every day Goode ★ HO Syndicate ★ KD Skis ★ MasterCraft ★ PerfSki Radar ★ Reflex ★ S Lines ★ Stokes ★ Baller Video Coaching System Drop a dime in the can Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Razorskier1 Posted September 14, 2014 Baller Share Posted September 14, 2014 Only got to watch women's final two. Can someone explain to me how Regina generates so much immediate angle at the ball? Frickin amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Texas6 Posted September 14, 2014 Baller Share Posted September 14, 2014 She's an animal. She stroked that 39 under pressure - her best pass of the day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller 6balls Posted September 14, 2014 Baller Share Posted September 14, 2014 Enjoyed the stream. Missed most of women's was pulling dock and lift on "the swamp". Nice showing by Rossi. As for competing with Nate well you just need to run 41. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crashman Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 Very entertaining webcast. Hard to believe professional slalom broadcasts can't replace some of the crap that's on TV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ Wish Posted September 15, 2014 Baller_ Share Posted September 15, 2014 Once again, a real pleasure to watch. As far as I can remember, THE best skiing web cast was last year and even better this year. Yah a freeze here and there but still well put together. Also, once again a true pleasure to listen to the extremely knowledgeable Freddy K. It's literally like he prepares for this all year with his deep knowledge of each skier and his.. "I spoke with ...insert skiers name... and here is what he/she had to say about..." Very impressed. Also a treat to her Marcus B. He really did give good insight that the average Joe could understand. His analogies were spot on and easily understood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller LeonL Posted September 15, 2014 Baller Share Posted September 15, 2014 Great webcast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller rayn Posted September 15, 2014 Baller Share Posted September 15, 2014 I agree, Tadd is great on the announcing, but when you add a "color" commentator it gets even better. Both @MarcusBrown and Freddy were superb. The local crew/camera work were excellent also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller MrJones Posted September 15, 2014 Baller Share Posted September 15, 2014 Someone please post when the archived version is up. Watched a lot on Sat, but our own skiing got in the way on Sunday. I agree Fred is great with the analysis. He can coach me anytime. (But I might not want him dissecting my form on-line for all to see...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Brady Posted September 15, 2014 Baller Share Posted September 15, 2014 @crashman This did replace my TV viewing for me this weekend....even beat out football. I tell you what, with how professional this whole set up was and with the awesome live streaming, this is bound to create more excitement and interest from the general public. The only part I am struggling with, is how you can translate truly how fast they are going into a tv or computer screen? The sheer athleticism of these incredible athletes in mind blowing. We all know how good they are....the general public needs to see this as well! Awesome weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ DW Posted September 15, 2014 Baller_ Share Posted September 15, 2014 Results? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller wtrskior Posted September 15, 2014 Baller Share Posted September 15, 2014 @Brady they should put a loogan like you or me out there before the pros.... the pro's, especially at 36, make it look too easy. Anyone who's skied knows its so far from easy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller skier2788 Posted September 15, 2014 Baller Share Posted September 15, 2014 @Brady I remember as a kid the NHL had a blue streak behind the puck anytime it went over 90 mph. Would be cool to have that for a skier say at 50 mph. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSfilms Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 What if they strapped a GoPro on each of the skiers? Most of the new GoPro cameras have the ability to stream with a wifi connection, so it would be really easy to pick up the signal for a webcast. But I can see how it might not go over well with many skiers who are trying to make a living. Regardless, the webcast yesterday and Saturday was really great! What's really exciting is that the U.S Open webcast is going to be available next month! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporting Member Than_Bogan Posted September 15, 2014 Supporting Member Share Posted September 15, 2014 I know some people love the POV, but they'll need to send me some Dramamine if they're going to intersperse GoPro footage during the broadcast. I have some ideas to do live displays of stats like speed, acceleration, line tension, "rip" (rate of change of tension). But this would be a HUGE project. Kind of a chicken and egg thing -- if NBC wanted to spend a ton of money it, they could do some really cool stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Kelvin Posted September 15, 2014 Baller Share Posted September 15, 2014 @ssfilms, have you had success using a GoPro in such a manner? What kind of distance could you reliably expect to get from the wireless stream? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Brady Posted September 15, 2014 Baller Share Posted September 15, 2014 This angle works perfectly. It is Marcus Brown. Coming off the ball, you can see him literally shoot across the wake. Again, I am in awe at all these guys and gals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller bishop8950 Posted September 15, 2014 Baller Share Posted September 15, 2014 @ssflims not sure it would be easy. It takes expensive and decent sized gear to get the boat video to transmit and even then we have problems. It would be cool to get skier GoPro and will be easy someday, not sure it's today. A lot of effort goes into that webcast and Its good to hear it shows. The Event is always a blast. I was the boat judge in the men's final and it was the best seat in then house. It was fun to ski in MM as well. My wife even won the Am H2H! Great weekend all around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbrenchley Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 First I'd like to say this was by far the best webcast I've seen to date and everyone that was involved did an amazing job. The announcers were great, the replays were informative and the skiing was just amazing...the top 8 skiers had to pretty much average a score into 41 off just to get in! I'd like to see a good use of drones in the future to get some more camera angles but I know that technology has a little ways to go to make it worth it but it's close. I really would like to see an informative video about skiing that can teach the masses about the sport and just how amazing these athletes are. I really like the ESPN Sports Science videos like these: http://search.espn.go.com/sports-science/videos/6 and would love to see one about slalom skiing or even jump and trick for that matter. Just wanted to say well done for the California Proam webcast! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller ski6jones Posted September 15, 2014 Baller Share Posted September 15, 2014 I like the idea of contrasting a clip of an average man or women running a pass with a clip of the OM/OW skiers. Perhaps before the start of head to head so the viewer not familiar with slalom can see how good these Open skiers really are. Maybe a split screen showing the mortal skier and Open skier from the boat at the same speed but different line lengths. Average skier with a max pass at say -28 contrast with Open skier at say -38. You could show a graphic of the difference in line length between say a -28 line and a -38 line. A really quick 60-90 second primer before the event starts. We really enjoyed the webcast, watched almost the entire thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirt Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 Really enjoyed the coverage on Saturday, Freddie and Tadd did a great job. Really got a lot out of Freddie's insights. He was hilarious with his "matching gloves and vests" comments too. Great skiing and great webcast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller rayn Posted September 15, 2014 Baller Share Posted September 15, 2014 One other thing, to me one of the best layman analogies was the high jump/pole vault @MarcusBrown made. You clean all six is like making a height, in high jump/pole vault you raise the bar, in slalom you shorten the rope. Brilliant!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Chef23 Posted September 15, 2014 Baller Share Posted September 15, 2014 Hopefully this will be available archived on the web I would love to see it unfortunately I wasn't around the computer all weekend and didn't get to see any of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller RAWSki Posted September 16, 2014 Baller Share Posted September 16, 2014 It was too cold to ski in Michigan this weekend but had Skiing on the laptop and football on the TV, it was great viewing. Put the ladies and mens finals on the big screen, they all make it look so easy. Great Job, nice interview work Mr. Horton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ Wish Posted September 16, 2014 Baller_ Share Posted September 16, 2014 Yep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSfilms Posted September 16, 2014 Share Posted September 16, 2014 @bishop8950 They used a drone cam at the Master's this year and were able to transmit the footage to a live webcast. So while it might be out of reach from a financial aspect, the technology is there. I know in motocross, they send a GoPro out on one of the announcers or a competitor in the field and they provide the audience with a track perspective during a practice round. We could very easily do this for skiing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detrick Posted September 16, 2014 Share Posted September 16, 2014 Great to hear everyone's feedback. We put in a lot of work to make the webcast better this year, primarily because we were on Live TV in the Sacramento Region. We were live for 4 hours; 10:30am - 2:30pm. It was great to have Webcast TV and Access Sacramento work together to bring in slow mo replay and interviews with the athletes which from what I have been told eliminated any "dead time". I'm looking forward to seeing it once Access Sacramento uploads it to their YouTube channel. I will send it out once I recieve the links. Tadd, Freddy and Marcus are always great on the mic. Our goal is to continue in this direction with TV in hopes for National TV coverage next year; whether it is live or a replayed weeks after the event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller bishop8950 Posted September 16, 2014 Baller Share Posted September 16, 2014 @ssfilms I am no expert on this stuff, but your points are valid. It would be awesome to have a skier perspective. If anyone out there knows how to make it work let us know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller jimbrake Posted September 16, 2014 Baller Share Posted September 16, 2014 Just don't put the GoPro on Greg Badal - all we would see is this blur of water, sky, handle, ski, water, sky, buoy, trees, water. Kidding, Greg. Kidding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller usaski1 Posted September 16, 2014 Baller Share Posted September 16, 2014 I needed to take a photo... I streamed the webcast to my 55 inch "Smart TV".. it was awesome... It looked pretty good, a but fuzzy, but still worthwhile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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