Team Geared Up

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) - I took my self-built helmet cam out for a whiz today on the MTB in Howth. The below embedded video is the result. YouTube really pixelated it - and some silly trial logo has been put across it. Look around that when you watch! Some good downhill bits spread throug[...] Read More »

LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - Here’s the stuff I wish I talked about during the week. Links @ Lunch. — Biggest waves ever recorded in Ireland and they were surfed by Bundoran boys. RTE have streaming footage online. This will feature as the final scene in the film ‘Wave Rider̵[...] Read More »

LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - Links @ lunch again. Here’s the stuff we didn’t get to talk about this week. — I’m fully expecting Tango & Cash to have these new underglow lights on their Mountain Bikes at the next event. Boys, go for blue ones, way cooler. — GoBlo[...] Read More »

relatively compact (but will still comfortably take an SLR or camcorder and two lenses) with a great waist belt to keep the bag close on those active days. A great traveling bag Review of Lowepro Photo Runner camera bagRated as 5/5 on Nov 19 2007 by Neal McQuaid Continuing on from last week̵[...] Read More »

LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - Picked this up on my trawl through YouTube.com this evening. It’s the world record attempt to abseil 100m on a single line in the shortest time. Check this out - he totally misses the safety boxes at the bottom but all credit to Petzl, their device stop him sharp[...] Read More »

Decent (enough) wide angle, sturdy and most importantly…….image stabilized for getting those sport shots :) Review of Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 Image Stabilized USM SLR LensRated as 4/5 on Nov 18 2007 by Neal McQuaid continuing on from last week’s review of the Canon EOS Rebel[...] Read More »

Surprisingly sturdy, light, great battery, large screen (But buy a screen protector!): Canon’s consumer level SLR does it all and takes all the abuse in between. A fantastic camera! Review of Review: Canon EOS 400D/Rebel XtiRated as 5/5 on Nov 16 2007 by Neal McQuaid NEWBRIDGE, IRELAND (T[...] Read More »

LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - A film crew joined us at EC2K7 last April to film a promotional video for Scouting Ireland’s 2008 Jamboree. I was asked to get their camera women up a very big tree and rig her & the camera up there ~ 25m high! They then did takes of some of the Scouts climb[...] Read More »