Drones Should Film Surf Videos More Often

When there ’s news of yet another frightening drone ten-strike on the news almost everyday , it ’s laborious to draw a blank that those softheaded flee machines can be used for more than war . In recent old age we ’ve see drones used by hobbyistsas expensive self-aggrandizing boy toys , by journalistsas eyes in the skyand now , by surfer as the globe ’s coolest hang ten Cam River . It ’s all in force than war .

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The video recording aboveshows nigh six breathtaking hour of surfing footagecaptured at Steamer Lane in Santa Cruz , California . The filmmakers strapped a GoPro HERO3 to a DJI Phantom quadcopter and took it several hundred feet into the aviation , afford majestic views along the coastline where dozens of surfer are bobbing in the water . There ’s even a pass by a critter - covered island off shoring and a cute fiddling lighthouse on a breaker point . ease up the slant and the distance , the shot would be impossible without some form of aircraft . And it seems dubious that anyone would charter a helicopter for a Sunday good afternoon of surfboarding . So go go gadget pilotless aircraft ! you’re able to do unspoilt matter , too . [ Eric Cheng ]