The Prestigious Lake Stevens Disc Golf Course Video
 

Very short video commercial for Lake Stevens ~
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyBogphWiTw

Nice. I have been checking out HD cameras and settled on the same Canon camera for when/if I make an upgrade. I've had a GL2 for years and the XH A1 seems to be the best replacement. I hate shooting golf with anything less than 16x zoom, and prefer 20x, so many options are ruled out early. I think I'd go for the A1s only because it allows for recording both native audio and a line input at the same time. Between costs for the camera, a beefier PC for capture/editing, and software for working with HD, it will be an expensive upgrade. How are you handling the editing end of things? I think a quality video card to handle HD will cost me more than the whole PC I'm using now to work with standard def video...

Hello Disc Golf Live ~ I didn't make the video so I can''t answer your question ~ The fellow who did the recording uses the sign-in name Video1138 on YouTube. I was at the course when he was setting up ~ Not sure if he has done other disc golf videos ~ the guy doing the narration sure has the voice for the job.

Par 2 hole? There is no such thing.
Par 4s at Lake Stevens? Not so much.
Other than those minor semantic problems, that is a good video!

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. When Dr. Fred first put the course in, he called two of the holes a par 2. I think they were holes 2 and 10. Not sure why he thought these should be par 2's. He also designed a nine hole par 4 layout which is pretty cool if there aren't other players around at the time.

Gawain, do you still have a link to that old video you did at Lake Stevens many years ago? The one to the soundtrack of Da Da Da....that was funny sht!

This may be blasphamous to the locals, but will those janky baskets ever get replaced?

http://film.umwblogs.org/files/2009/04/backdrop_-_life-of-brian1_poster.jpg

Love the beards!

Par 2 on hole 2? That is a joke considering it is one of the longer holes on the course. Fred is a man of mystery, that is for sure. Funny pic above Adam. ^^^^

I heard a rumor that due to the popularity of the LS baskets, the city of Seatac has approached the city of Lake Stevens in regards to a basket swapping proposition. Apparently the initiative is to move the LS baskets to Seatac for the summer. Not sure how the city council here voted on it. I will miss those egg baskets....

I think they also voted to make hole 18 at SeaTac a par 2

Whatever happened to old Doc Fred? I remember him from the earliest days of disc golf discussion, when about the only resource was a sub category on a rec.sports.disc, mostly populated by ultimate players. While his directional basket designs may have merit, his cantankerousness didn't help his own cause very much.

That video was actually made by Evilman. I would guess he still has it. Maybe he will post it here? I may have a copy, let me look around this weekend....

Found it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zF0eJsJ5MpU&feature=fvsr

It's not all Lake Stevens, but quite a bit of it is. That is an old video. The baskets are in the old locations and there is a lot more underbrush. It's good to see young Gawain and Jordan playing this course.

Wow - Out of 21 or 22 putts in that video only one went in the basket.

The underbrush was really thick in the old days.

I made the video:

If you are already using a GL2, the XH A1 seems like a seamless change. The XH feels very similar to the GL2 in several ways. I used my laptop to edit, it has a 1GB video card, It took 15 min to render the 30 second spot.
How beefy your computer depends on how much time you want to spend rendering and encoding. I don't think a beefier computer with a super expensive video card is the answer, patience works for me, but if you are paying someone by the hour so edit video, then the extra cost is worth it. I use Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 for editing. CS5 is HD friendly.

I got all the info from the website
http://discgolf.downtownlakestevens.com/index.htm

That was a sweet video Gonzo. Excellent quality. It was good to see Kenny in it as well. I saw him yesterday on the course signing autographs. The video must have gone big time.

I am around, doing fine and still as cantankerous as the baskets. While I spend more playing USTA league tennis, my most recent round at the course w4 under.

I cant play lake stevens any more. I heard that a dude named BA hangs out there. Be afraid,,,be very afraid. First he invites you over to play pool and drink roofies. But its a trick he doesnt have a pool table.