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Port Alberni : helicopter filming over Wild West Watersports
Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2011 11:57 am
by Sandy Beach
Want to be in front of cameras while kiting or windsurfing?
A professional videographer will be in a helicopter flying over the Alberni inlet filming high action windsurfing and kiteboarding.
Saturday, July 23rd 4pm
Wild West Watersports
Port Alberni, Vancouver Island, BC
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Organized by the Alberni Valley Adventure Association.
The goal is to create a High Definition video to increase the awareness of the beauty and adventure aspects of the Alberni Valley. This will help demonstrate how amazing the elements of the mid-island hotspot of Port Alberni’s mountainous region are.
Additional activities to be represented will be mountain biking, diving, kayaking, stand up paddle boarding, wakeboarding, soaring, climbing and ziplining. Also, beautiful scenes and lifestyle/culture images will be filmed over the course of the week.
Long-term forecast for the end of July in PA, typically the best summer weather of the year, currently looks sunny, warm and stellar!
www.wildwestwatersports.ca
Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2011 12:13 pm
by downwind dave
fun! looks like i might be driving up island that day so i'll keep you in mind.
filming the fancy footwork in PA
Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2011 12:32 pm
by Sandy Beach
downwind dave wrote:fun! looks like i might be driving up island that day so i'll keep you in mind.
Great, DWD, your tricky windsurfing moves will be a welcome addition for some high quality fancy footage. Not to mention that your feet will be protected when you enter the warm inlet via the newly RV-built wooden staircase at www
Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2011 2:16 pm
by nanmoo
hmmm day after bathtub race... might have to stay up island for this.
Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2011 6:52 pm
by JL
Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2011 7:55 am
by duckbill
i just happen to be working until 3:30 in Port Alberni that day. Sounds fun, make sure you do your wind dance.
Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2011 7:56 am
by duckbill
i've got the fanciest blown jibe you will ever see in HD.
filming duck gybes and othr tricks in th windy Alberni inlet
Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2011 8:50 am
by Sandy Beach
duckbill wrote:i just happen to be working until 3:30 in Port Alberni that day. Sounds fun, make sure you do your wind dance.
Great to hear, and looking forward to seeing ya'll!
I'm wind dancing my booties off now until then
Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2011 8:50 pm
by snapper
I hear that Aaron Jackson of
http://www.groundswellproductions.com/intro.html is doing the film. I will be there if windy.
PA - filming
Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2011 9:35 pm
by Sandy Beach
You are correct, Snapper. We will look forward to catching you
Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 2:22 pm
by nanmoo
Anyone interested in Carpooling up from Victoria for this on Monday? We could leave around 1. I could take 2 other windsurfers and gear. It'd be nice to be able to support the kind people of WWW.
Port Alberni: filming moved up to this Saturday instead
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 2:18 pm
by Sandy Beach
Due to the weather looking good for Saturday, July 23rd, the film crew will be on the Wild West Watersports site mid-afternoon to shoot pictures.
They will be flying in the helicopter over the inlet to catch some windy action in between 4-5pm on Saturday, July 23rd
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 3:32 pm
by nanmoo
How warm is the Inlet right now Sandy? Board shorts only?
Alberni inlet temp
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 3:57 pm
by Sandy Beach
nanmoo wrote:How warm is the Inlet right now Sandy? Board shorts only?
I'm still in my wetsuit (summer thickness), because I try to stay out for long sessions, and find myself in the water a lot practising my gybes ;)
The inlet is finally starting to warm up recently, and some people are wearing shorties and/or board shorts only, especially when the sun is shining and it's hot in the city. Since the Alberni Valley is the hottest spot on the island, the water is now definately warmer than the strait, and most mid-island lakes.
Like everywhere, the warm midsummer season seems to be a month behind this year. Hearing predictions of a late indian summer. Fingers crossed!
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 7:27 pm
by snapper
I'm in Kamloops this weekend so can't make it.
