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THE ULTIMATE
WINDSURFING
SELFIE
SHOOT YOURSELF POV STYLE
THE WINDSURFING SELFIE SEEMS TO BE
SYNONYMOUS WITH THE GOPRO ACTION CAM FISH-
EYE TYPE SHOT AND IT IS PURE MARMITE, IN SO
MUCH AS PEOPLE SEEM TO EITHER LOVE THEM OR
HATE THEM (ESPECIALLY LONG, LONG VIDEOS).
PERSONALLY, I’M FIRMLY IN THE ‘LOVE ‘EM’ CAMP,
AND THIS IS WHY…
WORDS: MARK DOWSON
PICS: MARK DOWSON,
STEVE THORP, STEVE LADDIMAN
It's a creative challenge to get that unusual or perfect shot,
just like the windsurfing journey of gaining skills and
experience. Changing the angles, camera resolutions, light
conditions, different mounting points and systems. It's
exciting when after many, many attempts you get something
special. Something to use as your screen saver, or to simply
post on Facebook and share a really special session with your
mates. POV selfies also serve to record the sport you love for
fireside reminiscing along with phrases such as, ‘Eeeh when I
were a lad..’, or perhaps not. (POV cams have also
revolutionised action sports media. They offer a great way to
gain necessary on water shots during equipment testing. Here
at Windsurfing UK, and over at our sister publication, SUP
Mag UK, we use action cams extensively – ed).
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