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The 2018 Swim/Bike/Run Gear I Use List

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Preferred Drone: DJI Mavic Air: While the new DJI Mavic 2 is great and all, I prefer the ability to use just my phone to control the Mavic Air when I'm travelling or just stuffed in the back of my jersey pocket for a quick pic.

5 Random Things From a Warm Fall Weekend

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(Side note: Why on earth does GoPro.com not do/allow pre-orders/backorders? Even the investor community has harped on the stupidity of this, specifically with respect to Karma drone, which you still can’t order anywhere – meanwhile DJI has been taking boatloads of pre-orders for Mavic.

Week in Review–September 17th, 2017

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The DJI Mavic one is interesting though, for those looking for one of my favorite drones out there! Saves about $125 for the bundle.

Wahoo POWRLINK ZERO Speedplay Power Meter In-Depth Review

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This included not one, but two different rides I was testing follow-me drones, whereby the drone stopped following me and had to be rescued on the other side of a canal.

Week in Review – Jan 8th, 2024

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3) DJI announces Air 2S Drone C1 Certification: This allows you to retroactively get the Air 2S model updated with a C1 certification, which impacts European users.

5 Random Things I Did This Weekend (Tahoe Edition)

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We had a plan to go mountain biking, do some device testing, and toss some drones in the air.

The 2021 Swim/Bike/Run Gear I Use List

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Preferred Drone: Skydio 2 & DJI Mavic Air 2: I use these two drones for most of my stuff.

The New Polar Vantage Series: Everything you ever wanted to know

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Oh, and that wonkiness around 1hr23min? Was flying a drone while riding, so I won’t hold it against it there.

Hammerhead Announces New Hardware: Quick Hands-On with HMS

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A dreary weather day, after watching a cyclist run over my drone last night seemed like the perfect opportunity for it.

Giveaway Extravaganza: DJI Spark

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And, in rare cases it can even follow you on your bike – perfectly capturing the moment you crash into that tree while looking over your shoulder trying to spot the drone.

A Day Riding Up, Down, and Around Alpe d’Huez

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It’s here that Polar had broken out a drone to catch various shots on the climb (fwiw, it was a reasonably impressive hexocopter, not consumer grade – but rather had a full DSLR+gimbal attached).

Week in Review–August 5th, 2017

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8) US Army issues order to immediately cease DJI drone usage: Due to concerns around how the location and photo/video data is being streamed back to DJI (live or delayed).

5 Random Things I Did This Weekend

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The challenge with flying drones and living in Amsterdam is the vast swaths of territory I can’t fly in, mostly due to Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport (and the abnormally large no-fly zones extending out from them).

A Long Weekend in Ibiza

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For those wondering, the shots of the bay from above were via drone.

DJI Air 3 Complete Beginners Guide

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Plus of course, more than a decade’s worth of drone flying experience.

Week in Review–July 23rd, 2017

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Thursday: Hands-on: Airdog’s new ADII sports-tracking drone

Week in Review–August 30th, 2020

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4) A Rare Peek Inside a DJI Drone Factory: This is pretty crazy, especially the point where the drones are automatically triggered to fly off the assembly line (literally) for a series of automated tests.

Week in Review–May 3rd, 2015

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7) Drone footage of openwater swim practice: Yup, that’s pretty.

5 Random Things I Did This Weekend

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September is usually when you see lots of wearables, action camera, and drone announcements.

Triathlon Anti-Drafting Technology System Unveiled by RaceRanger

www.dcrainmaker.com/2021/11/triathlon-technology-raceranger.html

It’s a problem that has vexed triathlon for decades, but this seems like the first viable tech solution for it (some have attempted cameras previously, but only overhead/drone cameras could correctly account for showing separation distance over a multi-hundred meter stretch of roadway).