Support Your Local Skateshop
Surfin Bird is over an hour away for me, but I consider them my “local” skateshop. Freddie always has what I want and this Skateshop Day was no different! He saved a Curb Killer’s Wide Boy for me and then he had a BOGO sale on shoes and apparel! I scored the Natas Kaupus New […]
Slappy Sunday at Cream City
Turns out this was one of my last times I get to skate at Cream City. After 19 years their landlord is not renewing the lease. So until the end of March, I’ll try to go a few more times, but it will be the end of an era. I scored another Wide Boy too […]
First Follow and Tracking Tests
My first chance to really test out the follow and tracking modes due to weather, but it has its limitations for sure. I got a couple decent follows, but I think because the day was a little gray and I’m wearing all black, and the drone is looking towards the sun, all these factors gave […]
Using Manual Control as a Tripod
In today’s test session, I used the Manual Control setting in the DJI Fly app, and flew the drone into a couple spots where I couldn’t put a tripod. It just hovered while I skated. I placed my phone down on the other side of the room to record the audio.
Spotlight Mode in 20˚
We have some really cold weather coming up, but yesterday was warm enough to melt most of the snow from my little curb farm. It was only 20˚ and pretty windy, but I was desperate to see how the drone would do outside and I also wanted to skate a few minutes since I won’t […]
Actual skate clips!
It’s so cold around here these days, but I had to get out and try to get some clips and see if this drone really can be my skate filmer. The room doesn’t have the best light and since the drone was pretty close to where I was skating, it seemed to overshoot when I […]
DJI Neo Tour of The Passenger Lounge
I had another couple of flights and showed it off a little to some friends, but then also had a few issues that I thankfully figured out later that night. When I first launched the drone, the video switched to vertical filming and I should have landed it and checked my settings since you can […]
DJI Neo first flights
First impression: It’s tiny! It took over an hour to charge all three batteries that came with the bundle. The charging hub can also act as a battery bank for other USB devices if you needed an emergency charge which seems cool, but I’m not sure I’ll ever use it that way. My main reason […]
Oh Stanley
Our 20 year old Chinese Crested had a seizure last night and didn’t really sleep much. It’s so sad watching your pets grow old. It’s never easy. I moved some furniture, picked up a few things to sell, ordered that DJI drone and skateboard, finished that Pharaoh Key book, and started Naked Lunch. On to […]
Day 1
Today is the 1st of January, 2025, and I’m attempting to blog again on my website. We’ll see if it sticks. I’m eyeing a new drone to hopefully act as a skate filmer. It’s the DJI Neo and it seems promising. It’s in my Amazon cart and I think I’ll pull the trigger tomorrow. I’m […]