coasterdad Posted February 29, 2008 Posted February 29, 2008 With Shane and Scott doing some looking back I finally got to Transfer my Family film to video's and DVD and now I'm starting to post on YouTube. My screen name over there is Coasterdad. one of my first uploads was Mr. Twister POV. with more to come. This was shot during the RCBI convention in the 80's. Shane remember the Ski Poster?
montezooma Posted February 29, 2008 Posted February 29, 2008 OMG! I was there at that same convention. Of course I remember the ski poster, it hung above my bed for most of my high school years until it was replaced by a Duran Duran poster...lol
coasterdad Posted February 29, 2008 Author Posted February 29, 2008 Next batch going up now, Idora Wildcat, Mountain Park Flyer and many more.
coasterdad Posted March 7, 2008 Author Posted March 7, 2008 Lincoln Park Comet added today.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1ylKXmn5yQ
JimmyBo Posted March 8, 2008 Posted March 8, 2008 Just out of curiosity, but what type of old school video camera did you use back then? Was it the type where it was a full VHS tape in the camera or was it the mini VHS tapes where you needed an adapter to watch it in a VCR. Just wondering because it's hard to imagine bringing a huge camcorder on rides back then. Great videos. It's great to see videos from the 80's...my generation!
Musical Pete Posted March 10, 2008 Posted March 10, 2008 ^The footage looks more like Cine to me. But what great footage it is! I love stuff like this, thanks for showing it. I keep checking back for more...
Rocket Rodder Posted March 10, 2008 Posted March 10, 2008 Jeeez! How did you hold that giant camcorder steady? And it's amazing that they let you on with it! :O!
coasterdad Posted April 20, 2008 Author Posted April 20, 2008 Sorry JimBo, and others I'm back to work and I don't have alot of time. Jimbo it was a Kodak 8mm film camera, not the VHS type. Pete Yeah Film has a different quality. Rocket it was very difficult but you just steady yourself.
Olsor Posted April 20, 2008 Posted April 20, 2008 ^^ and ^^^^ just made me feel older than dirt. Great stuff, Coasterdad! I already subscribed to your page. Looking forward to seeing all your clips.
robbalvey Posted April 20, 2008 Posted April 20, 2008 Wow! I completely missed this thread the first time it was posted! I made some edits to the topic title that I think may give it some better visibility. Would any of you that has footage like this be interested in contributing it for one of the next installments of Roller Coasters in the RAW? I plan on doing a 'defunct coaster disc' as one of the next volumes. --Robb
Tanks4me05 Posted April 21, 2008 Posted April 21, 2008 Wow, people said that Mister Twister was awesome and stuff, but that looked like it had some real pacing problems in several parts of the ride. However, the videos were good though.
robbalvey Posted April 21, 2008 Posted April 21, 2008 Well, the video looks VERY much like Twister at Knoebel's, which IMO is a "good" coaster, but also seems to have pacing problems. --Robb
Tanks4me05 Posted April 21, 2008 Posted April 21, 2008 ^Oh. I haven't seen videos that often, but from what I remember, it seemed pretty fast paced. Not super fast like Avalanche, but good. (I never went to Knoebels before, so I don't know for sure.)
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