Mike Jowitt demonstrating the figure of 4 technique (pretty blooming well!) at the Transition Extreme, Scottish Tooling Series 2010 competition...
The 2011 dates are available here
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CLIMBING - FILMING - OUTDOOR ADVENTURES
Monday, 11 July 2011
Saturday, 14 May 2011
Not the West Highland Way..
The West Highland Way is just one of Scotland's many long distance walks. If you fancy something a bit different, with the most incredible scenery and amazing history, then why not take a look at one of these...
Both walks are available as Books and DVD's from Mountain Media.
A few years ago I filmed both trails for the Adventure Show, which was broadcast on BBC Scotland - both produced by Triple Echo. Check out the previews below.
Sutherland - The Empty Lands Preview from mountainmedia on Vimeo.
The Sky Trail from mountainmedia on Vimeo.
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- The Sutherland Trail - 77 miles between Lochinver and Tongue. Hills climbed include Suliven, Foinaven and Ben Loyal
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| A view from Foinaven - Sutherland |
- The Sky Trail - 75 miles from Rubha Hunish at the very top of the Trotternish Peninsula on the Isle of Skye to Broadford in the South of the island. The journey will take you along the Trotternish ridge to the Quiraing and the Storr, through Portree to the Braes, Sligachan and the Cuillin mountains, then onwards to Loch Coruisk, Bla Bheinn and the lost villages of Boreraig and Suisnish.
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| Filming Cameron - Bla Bheinn, Skye |
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| The Storr - Skye |
Both walks are available as Books and DVD's from Mountain Media.
A few years ago I filmed both trails for the Adventure Show, which was broadcast on BBC Scotland - both produced by Triple Echo. Check out the previews below.
The Sky Trail from mountainmedia on Vimeo.
;)
Wednesday, 6 April 2011
Thursday, 3 March 2011
Strathpuffer 24
Here's a little promo for you, which gives a good flavour of the 2011 Strathpuffer 24 hour mountain bike endurance race, which we filmed back in mid January.
Catch The Adventure Show at 7pm on 8th March BBC2 Scotland.
The Adventure Show can also be seen south of the border throughout the UK on Sky Digital Channel 990. Many episodes are also shown on the BBC's iPlayer.
Catch The Adventure Show at 7pm on 8th March BBC2 Scotland.
The Adventure Show can also be seen south of the border throughout the UK on Sky Digital Channel 990. Many episodes are also shown on the BBC's iPlayer.
Friday, 25 February 2011
Very bright lights
When I say bright I mean exactly that!! 900 lumens to be precise!
If you like the idea of mountain biking at night (at this time of year there aint much option!) but cant make yourself spend the £200 to £300 it seems to take to get good lights, then check out this.....
I recently bought this 900 lumen light (Magicshine mj-808) that can be mounted on a helmet, handle bar or can even be used as a traditional head torch. The whole package cost me well under £100. If that sounds a lot then have a look on a well known 'Edinburgh' bike shops website and you'll see a 700 lumen light for £299...
There is also the option of a 1400 lumen light for under £100 too! I bought the 900 lumen so I can use it for running.
My plan is to buy two of these then it'll all be AWESOME..
You can buy from the first link for about £85 and get them in a couple of days or you can buy them considerably cheaper from the second link, but will have to wait a few weeks for delivery.
brightbikelights.com
dealextreme.com
Enjoy!
(Thanks Al..)
If you like the idea of mountain biking at night (at this time of year there aint much option!) but cant make yourself spend the £200 to £300 it seems to take to get good lights, then check out this.....
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| Helmet mount option - pic from brightbikelights.com |
I recently bought this 900 lumen light (Magicshine mj-808) that can be mounted on a helmet, handle bar or can even be used as a traditional head torch. The whole package cost me well under £100. If that sounds a lot then have a look on a well known 'Edinburgh' bike shops website and you'll see a 700 lumen light for £299...
There is also the option of a 1400 lumen light for under £100 too! I bought the 900 lumen so I can use it for running.
My plan is to buy two of these then it'll all be AWESOME..
You can buy from the first link for about £85 and get them in a couple of days or you can buy them considerably cheaper from the second link, but will have to wait a few weeks for delivery.
brightbikelights.com
dealextreme.com
Enjoy!
(Thanks Al..)
Monday, 7 February 2011
GoPro LCD BacPac
Not posted anything in a while – however this is quite exciting!
A screen for the Go Pro camera is everything it was missing. Having mucked up some mountain bike footage at the weekend cos I couldn’t see what I was filming, this will solve all those badly framed shots – well hopefully!
Not available here yet – hopefully sometime soon though.
Cant wait!
More info @ gopro.com
Wednesday, 17 November 2010
The Marathon man..
Check out this video. I did some filming with Triple Echo Productions for the Adventure Show on BBC2 Scotland. Dr Andrew Murray will be running from the top of Scotland to the sand dunes of the Sahara, covering just short of 3000 miles, in 85 consecutive days (that's over 100 marathons!!)
He's aiming to raise £100,000 for the Yamaa Trust charity to help reduce poverty in the South Gobi region of Mongolia.
If you'd like to donate some money (lets face it, it's well deserved!!) you can do so by clicking here
Oh, and some of the footage is from a Go Pro camera..
He's aiming to raise £100,000 for the Yamaa Trust charity to help reduce poverty in the South Gobi region of Mongolia.
If you'd like to donate some money (lets face it, it's well deserved!!) you can do so by clicking here
Oh, and some of the footage is from a Go Pro camera..
DANNY MACASKILL: WAY BACK HOME
I didn't realise Scotland was so sunny!!
Nice little video of Mr MacAskill up to his usual tricks. Quite a nice little advert for this country of ours..
Nice little video of Mr MacAskill up to his usual tricks. Quite a nice little advert for this country of ours..
Monday, 15 November 2010
Winter has arrived..
Well up north anyway!
After the dry tooling comp at the Ice Factor in Kinlochleven on Saturday we decided to shake off the hangover and go for a plod in Glencoe to see what the winter conditions are like. To my surprise, winter conditions had arrived!! Quite exciting really!!
After the dry tooling comp at the Ice Factor in Kinlochleven on Saturday we decided to shake off the hangover and go for a plod in Glencoe to see what the winter conditions are like. To my surprise, winter conditions had arrived!! Quite exciting really!!
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Looking towards Stob Coire nan Lochan, Glencoe |
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The main climbs of Stob Coire nan Lochan |
Monday, 25 October 2010
GO PRO
Spent some cash and got myself a Go Pro HD video camera.
If you don't know what this is, check out the video below - I'm off to play!!
goprocamera.com
If you don't know what this is, check out the video below - I'm off to play!!
goprocamera.com
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