Brendan Fairclough And Red Bull Bring Us A 360 View Of The 2012 Hafjell UCI WC Track

The Scott11 team and Norwegian producers Making View strapped a specialist remoted-controlled on-board camera to leading rider Brendan Fairclough.

He and team-mates Floriane Pugin and Noel Niederberger set off down the mountain after official practice at the season-ending World Cup 2012 round in Norway, and they held nothing back…

Hafjell is an awesome location – the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup circus loves it so much after one visit that next year cross-country will join downhill on the scheduled Norway stop – and this video, a world-first for MTB, makes it look even better.

Start by following Floriane down the course, then swing round to see how Noel is doing behind – you can even look down and watch Brendan soaking up every bump on the track with a bird’s-eye view!

This really is downhill mountain biking as you’ve never seen it before – no wonder it was high-fives all round for the Scott11 guys at the bottom of the hill.

•Brendan Fairclough and his Scott11 team-mates take on the awesome downhill course at Hafjell Bike Park in Norway during the UCI World Cup in 2012
•Brendan Fairclough, born in 1988 and from Guildford, UK, joined the Scott11 team for 2012 after recovering from knee surgery and has enjoyed a solid World Cup season, as well as winning the iXS EDC round in Châtel, France.
•The video is a first in MTB, providing a unique and unparalleled 360-degree view of a downhill run, controlled directly by the viewer; even Brendan couldn’t get this view!
•Making View’s specialist remote-controlled 360-degree video camera weighs just 600g, meaning it was easily able to capture multiple views of Hafjell from Brendan’s helmet without affecting his ability to shred the course.
•Brendan Fairclough brings you this unique 360-degree POV video of the Hafjell MTB World Cup track, but it’s you who uses your mouse or keyboard to choose his viewpoint! Red Bull, Scott11, Velosolutions and film-makers Making View produced this world-first experience.

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