A bit of cross on action from Denmark
Find here the first Highlight Clip of the KIA PWA Cold Hawaii Worldcup 2012 in Klitmöller/Danmark. The warmup of the weekend, just before the action starts. From now on we send you a link to the actual Highlight clip every day:
www.dropbox.com/s/s2nds4jf9rgaxwr/KIAColdHawaiiPWAWorldCup_Warm_Up.mov
www.dropbox.com/s/bfyj4xcr9njabft/KIAColdHawaiiPWAWorldCup_Day1.mov
Watching the live stream now, wow the conditions are crap.
Is interesting to see that even top riders have a hard time in average onshore conditions.
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I really like the way they setup the live coverage! But please someone explain what's with the commentator? It's blindingly obvious who ever does it knows very little about the sport let alone about the competitors.
I actually think he is just parroting what someone else is saying in the background. Perhaps they should just give Ben Profit some cash and have him do it. I thought the videos he put together for Gran Canaria where actually pretty good.
I'd say Ben wanted to concentrate on the contest more so hasnt been in the box this time.
the bloke your listening to is Seb van der berg a Dutch guy who apparently used to do eurosport and stuff on tv. but hasnt done windsurfing for a millineium.
The guy on the beach is the announcer for the public. Its not as easy as it looks to commentate when the conditions are crap and you can hear the other bloke. he's probably also watching a monitor whereas the bloke on the beach mic will have a view of everything. hence the repetition.
link with live scores if interestedhttp://www.pwaworldtour.com/index.php?id=1622
Hey benny... are you still over there or back in WA?
I hear you re it not being easy but it would help if he would at least know what the jumps are. You can clearly hear he is simply repeating what the beach VO is saying.
It's a bit like me doing cricket announcements. I'd be like: "oh, and what a good bat. There we go. Nice catch. Good throw back to the guy in the middle."
Not saying it terrible. The coverage is better having none at all and the new format is definitely a step in the right direction.
back in the west mate.
id say he repeats because there is a slight delay between the feed to the screeens and what the anouncer see's so he hears the announcer then see it on the screen and makes the same call.
Day 3 - a bit more sailing action would have been good - some pretty wild moves in what looks like tough conditions
