Custom-built high-speed racing drones cast a dynamic lens on the riders -- the first time this level of technology has been used in live broadcast
There's an age-old tension in the world of snowboarding between competition and style. Between sport and entertainment. Between manufactured snowpark slopes and off-piste backcountry runs.
But through his star-studded new series the Natural Selection Tour, legendary big mountain freerider Travis Rice thinks he's finally brought both worlds together. The series takes place in North America over three separate weeks in three large terrain venues, bringing competitive freeriding to wide open natural terrain. But the key innovation is the way it is being filmed, combining sporting drama with cinematographic ingenuityb . .
Pictured, Torgeir Bergrem and a drone at Jackson Hole, January 25.Hide Caption 3 of 9 Photos: A drone's-eye view of snowboarding's Natural Selection TourThe sheer scale of the venues -- with more than 60 features and myriad possible routes down the mountain -- means that more traditional broadcast forms, like static cameras or follow-riders with handheld GoPros, would be unable to capture the action in the way the racing drones can. Pictured, Elena Hight in Jackson Hole.
Why the future of sports training could be wearable 05:51"It requires an athlete's performance to capture the athlete's performance," he explains. "When they run the easier line and they're just going smooth, I'm trying to tap into my cinematography background, but sometimes they're just gunning through the trees and I just basically need to throw the drone through some turns just to catch up with them.
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