ASRA are working to provide the best coverage possible for everyone that can not be on the mountain this weekend to watch the IGSA World Championships. Please note any times and dates in this post are Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST), use a online service to work out the time in your local region.
There are multiple ways to find out results this weekend. Twitter, ASRA home page, and hopkin homepage and the hopkin blog.
IGSA World Cup Twitter – Marcus will have internet access on the finish line all weekend. He will be twittering results and details.
ASRA home page – this is where all the information will be posted first from the ASRA HQ at Castrol Tower. There will be three types of media to enhance your life and non-Newton’s experience.
Live results !!! The actual race spreadsheet will be published live online. You will see the qualification times on Friday as they happens. Same time as ASRA officials in HQ. ASRA are also planning to have a live race tree on Saturday and Sunday. You will be able to see in almost real time the race results, who wins, who loses, who is in the next round, who’s dream is over.
Delayed Video – ASRA have set up 5 video cameras and have laid 2.5km of cable on Mt Panorama. An editor will live switch and follow the racers down the hill. The vision and Bricin Lyons live commentary will be captured. 10 minute blocks of video will be encoded and uploaded to an ASRA Vimeo account. The video will be pblished on teh front page. The video should be available to be watched with a 1 to 2 hours delay. The video will stay online for everyone to watch and enjoy. Our goal, if everything works, is to capture the whole weekend of racing.
Daily Photos – ASRA have commissioned Paul Davies from Future Kill Imagery to capture in film every day as he sees it through his camera lens. There will be 100+ photos uploaded to the ASRA website at the end of everyday.
Not enough online info?
I will be twittering insane thoughts and all the Newton’s info you thought you could live without. So add Hop on HopkinSkate
Exhausted every day, I will try and blog a bit of extra info here during the weekend. No guarantees.
Still want more? Get your self on the mountain you slacker.
There will be live result during the weekend on Bathurst Local Radio, in the Western Advocate newspaper, local Southern Cross TV, all around Australia on Channel Ten Sports Tonight and extra footage and commentary at our friends at BigPond TV
I will be the last one out of Sydney tomorrow. Hopshop is closed for the next 4 days. Come to Mt Panorama, it will change your life and your perception of skating forever.
hop (I’m the one in the batman outfit)
