Avalanche caught CLOSE-UP by FPV drone - Long range mountain surfing in 4k
We were out for a day of long range mountain surfing in British Columbia on Vancouver Island with our long range drones (that we build ourselves), hoping to get some nice cinematic footage. There was a "severe avalanche warning" a couple of days prior, but things seemed to have calmed down. Just when were were getting ready to leave, I looked up and saw a huge avalanche coming down the mountain right in front of us! I scrambled to get a battery on my long range FPV drone, fumbled with my GoPro, and booked it out towards the mountain as fast as I possibly could. I got there just in time to see an absolutely scary amount of snow from an avalanche hitting the bottom of the mountain. What looks like water in this video is actually a huge amount of snow, with some chuncks as big as my truck.
Since I had the goggles on, I couldn't see what was goin on around me, and I was pretty paranoid about the avalanche coming down the mountain, through the valley and up the other side where we were sitting, all without me knowing. I was also worried that the road would get obliterated and we'd be stuck way out in the back country. Luckily, it wasn't even close.
* I'm trying to get a documentary made about drone mountain surfing - If you can help in some way, please contact me! *
Here's the FPV long range drone rig I used:
- Camera Butter 7 Cinema ONE 7 inch frame, with a custom front end that helps me get close-to-the ground shots
- T-motor F90 motors
- T-motor F7 55A stack
- Caddx Vista
-True RC antennas all around
- TBS Crossfire diversity receiver
- GNB 4500 LiPo HV 6s battery
- GoPro Bones with Camera Butter ND32 filter
Color grading with the "Rust" LUT from the Camera Butter LUT pack:
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No click bait. No 20 minutes of blathering to setup anything. This is high quality content and should be the benchmark. Fantastic!
Agreed! This is genuine and amazing.
That footage is unbelievable and I can’t believe how range that drone has😳
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very range
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A mile long river of snow, running down to become a snow waterfall. Scored to the correct music. And a fluid master. Priceless.
Fantastic footage and flying skills. Never imagined that the start of the avalanche would be soo far up the mountain.
I expect that it's caused by just the right gust wind. Butterfly effect in action, as it were. I wonder if his drone could cause one...
In my opinion, this has to be the absolute gold standard for professional drone flying and videography. Mesmerising. Thankyou so much for giving us that visual experience. Incredible. Unforgettable.
Thank you so much !
No words cause you said it all!
Well put. Indeed!
My 80 year old mother is sitting beside me watching this and she said now I know what it feels like to ski downhill! She feels like she was wearing a VR headset! Thank you for giving her that experience! Awesome video and unbelievably accurate timing and navigation!!! Mind blowing!
i'm 68 & loving it. i raised my arms coming down the hill. i always wished i could fly when i was a kid. this was awesome.
Now that your mom likes skiing, you should show her this: kzhead.info/sun/mcaqeK9woF9-l3k/bejne.html and this: kzhead.info/sun/hZWHkcuShWShnZE/bejne.html
When actual skiing videos and actual VR exists 🤦♀️
59 loving it too!
The whole experience was captivating. Mad respect to your drone flying skills, your videography skills and the combination of both. Even Hollywood has lost its touch with such skills. I wanna see these guys in the next Mission Impossible movie
Yeah, everything in Hollywood is fake now.
This is by far the best avalanche ever caught on drone, cam. EVER🙌🏻😎
I feel like this deserves some sort of award. Amazing.
I wish! But thank you :)
No Kidding! Amazing footage
I second that! Your piloting skills are impressive!
I agree
@@MactacFPV It's the first time I've ever seen a landslide like this.. birds eye over the top following to source.. top.. how far is that range you have ? You went pretty far and high ! 😮
Timing is one thing but the way you fly upwards along the avalanche path was so cool. I was hoping you would fly downwards at one stage…. And you did! Great job really
Thank you :)
Came here to say the same thing. Quite an exhilarating ride! 👍🏻
WOWOWOWOW I don't know what else to say. That is the BEST footage I've ever seen short of being on an IMAX Screen. I'm not joking, this should win some type of an award. I'm still sitting here stunned, because nothing on YT comes even close to this. Congratulations to you both.
Wow, that UAV distance is absolutely amazing!!!
you can buy a drone for like 1500$ that has 20 KM range, and in this video i bet wasnt more than 4-5 KM or something, 2 to the mountain and then 3 up, but amazing video indeed ! amazing
This HAS TO BE the BEST footage of an avalanche ever captured. Absolutely incredible!
why does it have to be?
Nice try; it's a 'figure of speech'.
@@-FreudiansLip Some are challenged!
says you
You're lonely, huh. You're really seeking attention, huh. Cute.
This is National Geographic level work man. So well done and amazing timing. I hope this helps to elevate your drone career.
Thank you SO much, that's very nice :)
Yeah I agree!
@@ecowahm :) much appreciated!
Yea, this is easily #1 this year. Nurk and the gang are going to have to step up to beat this. Just wow. You need to copy write dude.
Awesome! You should sell them that film. It will be a real gem in the National Geographic videos collection!
It's one of the greatest drones videos I've seen. The rumble when listening with headphones is a definite testimony of how powerful that avalanche was. Well done.
The sound/ rumble/ etc is all done in the edit afterwards (it's not real). The only true sounds recorded, is the first couple of seconds and the last minute.
Lol
If the audio was real you would mostly hear the drone's noice
Well done. The added rumbling sound affect really added to the piece. You can feel the raw power of the avalanche.
DAMN IMPRESSIVE! Imagine watching this footage on an IMAX or, even better, OMNIMAX screen and hearing/feeling the rumble of the avalance as the drone passes over. My hat's off to you, good sir!
Thank you so much! Oh man, that would be amazing !
@@MactacFPV It would be so cool if you could drop a remote mic so that there's more real upclose sound somehow, but that's probably Hollywood budget stuff
@@xWood4000 How about mic on mini-drone controlled by master drone like the micromachines from the 80s but automated.
@@MactacFPV is the sound added in editing? I'm curious how there was sound but not of the drone itself - I thought most of them didn't even have mics. great footage though, I'd be afraid I'd accidentally crash it up there and never be able to get it back!
@@jlt131 The sound is picked up by the GoPro on the drone, however all it picks up is the sound of the propellers (because it's about an inch away!). I have recordings of avalanches up close, and used those for the sound, added in post. I'm always afraid of crashing too! Especially when flying close to the ground - if you get a rock between you and the drone, it loses signal and you can easily lose the drone.
Gorgeous. I'm especially applauding how you kept your head while following a luscious dipping and cornering path. I'd have lost the drone and lost my sense of self for sure. Anyone can put a drone in the air. What you did took solid experience, control, and poetic soul. So fantastic.
Thank you so very much, I really appreciate the kind words :)
I had to look away several times. I'm afraid of heights and my stomach was doing loops. Incredible footage. The power of nature can be terrifying.
Absolutely astounding. No wonder avalanches are so deadly having such power and speed. Your drone skills are amazing. Gave me an experience I wouldn't have seen for myself. Thanks for posting.
Best drone video I have ever seen. Just amazing how you navigated up the ravine. I kept wondering how high you would make it and to see you made it to the top and back down. Wow. The piloting was amazing. At Some points it seemed you were only a foot or two off the ground. The music was perfect too. I don't know how this can be copyrighted but it should be up for the "Academy Awards" of all drones
Hahah, well thank you SO much for all your kind words (and for watching the video!) There were actually places where I was just a few inches off the ground while crawling up the rock. It freaked me out a bit :)
If I ever saw national geographic do this, I would actually read/watch it. This is next level.
agree, never seen something so spectacular and storytelling of a nature phenomen that you dont see everyday and mostly you want to be far away when it happens.
Check out falconradFPV too he has some pretty epic flights sans the avalanche!
@@nathanp3366 Haha, yes we know each other.
Excellent flying and sound fx, people don’t truly appreciate how difficult it is to fly something like this, you don’t get a reshoot! Excellent story telling as well!
Thank you very much - it's so true, I appreciate you pointing this out. It's not easy :)
I was amazed at the technology. To be able to remain in real-time video feed with the drone is amazing and then be able to control the drone almost instantly.
@@oldmech619 3 years ago I scored on clearance at Target the original DJI Mavic Pro 4K drone and it’s little brother the DJI Spark, for $425 and $199 which was a steal. Both of them absolutely blew my mind, it is one of the best purchases of my life and one of few that truly “does everything they said it does”. It is completely mind blowing to fly 1-3 miles away completely out of sight and be watching a nice big HD video feed on my iPad, and be able to press 1 button and hands free these things will fly themselves home and land on their takeoff point with accuracy the size of a license plate. Exactly like a SpaceX rocket booster returning to its pad. And my drones are several generations old (not that they’ve had any major evolutions since then, just incrementally longer range, flying time, and video bitrate.) If you ever thought about getting one, do it! You don’t have to drop 2 Grand on the latest model. Tons of used kits out there. Also my biggest fear was always to crash and lose my investment. Well I can say now you have to be foolish/reckless to do that. These drones are Damn reliable as long as you follow the rules of flying responsibly and stop yourself from getting carried away taking risks.
@@Syclone0044 He ain't flyin no DJI dude. He's flyin a long range racing drone. Get ya self a racing drone and some FPV goggles. Shits on a DJI and an ipad.
It was some impressive flying skills, especially given how windy it was up there. I was also amazed by the range on that drone.
That was stunning; easily one of the best KZhead videos out there. As captivating as the GoPro Wingsuit proximity flying without the constant near death experience!
Everyone appreciated everything about this video... So I would just say:What a range dude... Superb.
WOW!!....That was absolutely breathtaking. Great range on the FPV too! The video quality is very good and your piloting is Epic. Footage definitely deserves some kind of award! Good Job!!
Once in a lifetime chance to capture an avalanche! Great flying!
Yep, I got so lucky! thanks
The power and beauty of mother nature never fails to amaze. You are a gold metal pilot. Best drone footage I have ever seen.
This is phenomenal! Extremely well done. The music, the pace, everything. Thanks for sharing.
Childlike Wonder. For a mountaineer to see the magnitude of this ascent and understand the scale and the power of this mountain in a matter of seconds is humbling. And pure magic. Thank you for sharing.
Wow yes, “magnitude of this ascent” yes that absolutely says it, well said. I felt the same Way, what an epic ascent, especially with the snow and ice running like a river downhill. Amazing
Was trying to see if someone will point this out...the sheer ammount of ascent here,rock and cliffs,ice snow...tehnical parts...it has 100 different layers of everything that make 1 amazing ascent.
Where was this shot? 🤔
That was amazing, something few will ever see in their lifetimes. Thank you!
Yes, I was incredibly lucky to be in the right place at the right time. Definitely once in a lifetime! Thanks
And if you do see it up close and in person, it would likely be the one and the last time in your lifetime.
@@YosemiteOnMyMind that was awesome.
Most of the people who saw something like this are dead now. Scary stuff.
This has to be the absolute best video I’ve seen on this subject. The technical quality off the charts. Outstanding
This is perhaps one of the finest long distance high detail a definition drone flights that I have ever seen piloted before. I think this is top level work and you should be congratulated.
this is the best capture of an avalanche I have ever seen and likely if not the best avalanche capture ever. in that moment the middle of that mountain was one of the most inhospitable places on earth, and we were able to see it from 10 feet away. this is the equivalent to flying inside a volcano at the beginning of an eruption. i have a feeling you've started something huge.
Thats also the biggest and longest avalanche I've ever seen
WOW!!!!! Unbelievable once in a lifetime timing and expert flying precision!!!
Hey thanks for the kind words !
Stunning, in every sense of the word...this could easily be in a top level BBC nature documentary, well done, fantastic flying, filming and editing 👏👏👏👏👏
Drones have changed everything about how we are able to see the hard to reach areas of the world! This is fantastic footage!
I don't normally watch this stuff, in fact I find it boring but, I have to say if there's ever a backhanded compliment that I can pay, this is it, because this is the best footage and handling of a drone I have seen, ever. Totally impressed!!! Just amazing
Loved every second of that video. There were times were you were getting low, had a little panic at how close it was to hitting the snow. Great piloting
Hahah, thanks a lot. I love flying just a few inches off the ground when I'm not freaking out from adrenaline :)
Thanks for providing the really interesting back-story about this once-in-a-lifetime capture of an Avalanche.
This is absolutely fantastic. So accurately done. Beautiful stunning images. Well done you guys!
Stunning video! I called my wife in to watch it and she was surprised at how far and high you managed to go. Kudos to your drone making skills as well as your flying! Sir David Attenborough would be impressed, I'm sure! Nailed it with your mixing of drone and avalanche sounds and music and back again! Best dronage I've ever seen.
Absolutely fantastic capture. This is a perfect example of how useful a drone is. Thank you for sharing. 👏🏿👏🏿👍🏿👊🏿🤗
Thank you!
This was something I started. I know longer use any of my drones, my stroke stopped me. I was very expected to watch what you had done. Thanks!
Incredible drone flying skills! You captured the entire thing perfectly and it was fascinating to watch. Nicely done!
So much drone footage these days - well this one spectacularly stands out, worthy of a Dronie Award. That's just something I give out. 🙂
Hahah, well thanks for the prestigious award !!!
Wow! Educational too. As someone who goes in the backcountry to ski I appreciate you showing parts of snow dynamics I could never see.
This. Was. Spectacular. Thank you for bringing me up a mountain in Canada, a place I'd LOVE to visit because it's just beyond gorgeous. This was.... so amazing. Wonderful flying. Wonderful nature. Wonderful video.
Going up the mountain was amazing, but coming back down the mountain was when I realized that you are in a league of your own. I will absolutely subscribe, and should I ever need drone footage, I will be calling you. Well done.
Mind blowing. Such great timing capturing the incredible natural process of avalanching snow. Also, such a treat to get to such an intimate tour of the coastal Canada topography. Thanks for your outstanding (out sitting ;-) work !
What an unique angle to such a massive phenomenon. I hope some avalanche expert sees this video and spots something that we didn't know about before.
I've already had messages from fluid dynamics people and a ton of climbers. It was so mesmerizing that I kept forgetting to concentrate on not crashing :)
Thank you for something that I would never get to see in my lifetime. This was an amazing video.
Hands down the best long range FPV video I’ve ever seen! Great flying and capture!
Wow, incredible skills from the drone pilot capturing the avalanche at the perfect moment! The precision and timing are truly impressive.
Thank you so much for the kind words :)
Spectacular video Gil! Amazing, thank you!
You have proved the true marvels and timing of having a drone in the right place and time, to deliver spectacular rare avalanche footage!
Youre one hell of a drone pilot. Awesome
Awwww... shucks. Thank you :)
This is absolutely epic footage! Well done mate!! Awesome drone setup. You are an inspiration! Thanks for sharing. :)
Thank you !!!
Awesome drone flight video. Thanks for uploading 👍👍👍
one in a million footage. Right place + right moment + good pilot with quad = THIS.
Incredible job .... All those who already have pilot a drone can measure how difficult making such a footage is ! And it seems so easy.... the top of the art ! Congratulations🤗🤗🤗
Epic flight man. Glad you didn’t leave and were ready to get the shot. Major adrenaline rush just watching it! 👏👏👏
Thank you :)
What an incredible location and absolutely amazing route. Damn good stuff. I won’t ever be able to forget this
Some extraordinary drone flying skills. I’ve flown drones for close to 10 years now so I know what it takes! Kodos for some awesome videography as well. 🙏
And the Oscar goes to... I hope this gets 30 million views and earns you a ton of money. You certainly deserve it.
Wow. Everything about your video was incredible. From the performance of that drone to your filmography. Very impressive. I’m nominating this for an award.
I'm in absolute Awe! What are the range on these things? I couldn't believe that you went ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP OF THE FRICKEN MOUNTAIN!! I kept waiting for you to stop and turn around but it's clear your are a very skilled drone pilot and you know what your limits are. Thank you for the beautiful video. Can't wait to see the next one and the next one and so on.
@@steiner554 - I'm not sure what he's flying, but the farthest I ever took one of my DJI drones was a bit over 3 miles out over flat ground. I gained quite a bit of extra range by installing little plastic dishes over the antenna with foil on them. That made the antenna more directional than omnidirectional, but gave them more power in that direction. I'd imagine with actual custom equipment one could go quite a bit farther, though battery life would become an issue. At 3 miles out and back with minimal wind I still only had about 20% battery life left.
I'm really amazed at the range you got. I didn't know you could get that kind of range out of a drone. And what an epic video! Really well done!
Love when Mother Nature times a flight just right! Nice work 🤙🏽
I know, right? I owe some mother nature Karma :)
This is already better than anything Michael Bay has ever turned out. This really makes me want to include a FPV drone into the collection now!
Hahah thanks ... yes, do it !!!
Michael Bay would yank the camera every 0.7 seconds. Zoom in twice. Pan to the left and then back to the right. Make a jump cut 2.3 seconds ahead. Freeze frame for an instant. Again and again and again.
@@henryD9363 And let's not forget the explosions. My God, the never ending explosions...
Thank you for such incredible footage! Simply perfect! Please keep up the great work! Woweeee!
Dude!! Amazing flying! When you reached the top I was like alright time for a downhill run! Then the hawk I knew it was on. Super dope!
Wow! Just saw a clip on global and came here to find it. That was amazing! Deserves an award for how cool it is. Thanks!
Thank you very much!
outstanding footage and flying skills, as a DJI pilot, I cannot get how hard it is to fly this way! Amazing range!
Are you a DJI FPV Pilot per chance? I have the Mavic Pro and Spark which obviously maintain level flight at all times unless you enable FPV mode but even then they travel along a horizontal axis of perfectly flat altitude. I have been extremely curious how different it feels to pilot one of these true FPV drones that is entirely untethered from gravity.
Mostly just impressed with your range and battery.
This is just fantastic. Magnificent. I LOVE drone vids. WOW WOW WOW...this is def one of the BEST vids I've seen! Well done..Hat's off!
Crazy impressive how high the drones can fly, This video is so well done
That was some super gnarly footage. I absolutely loved it. This is the kind of things drones are made for.🙏💯🙌😁✅
Dang! That was some awesome footage. Can’t believe the range you had gotten too! Hats off to you and your buddy..crushed this flight! 💯💯💯
Thank you so much !!
By far the best video I have seen of a drone, thank you very much for sharing it!!
Dude, you are cold-blooded. Holy smokerells!!! Unparalleled footage. I couldn't stop yelling to myself.
That was one of the coolest FPV videos I have seen. I love nature and that was AMAZING!
That was amazing! Nicely done, getting up and in the air so fast with zero warning and a dash of panic. And a full flight to the peak with a great dive all in one go!
Thanks so much :). I definitely struggled the the GoPro in my panic. It felt like it took me forever to get a battery on and the GoPro going and in the air. 5 seconds later and it would t have been nearly as good. I got lucky :)
One of the most amazing things I've had the pleasure of watching, You are as incredible as the footage you captured. The downhill portion left me speechless.
Just saw ya on the FPV News, good to see you getting some recognition, ya deserve it. Stay Kind and Keep Smilin'
Hey Sean!!! Thanks man, much appreciated :)
Fantastic footage! 😀 Your description of the event was detailed and helpful. I personally like seeing the drone returning home with yourselves in the frame. Best of luck!
Awesome! You've paired visual and audio fx perfectly. This is Award worthy content mate. Respect!
Excellent, that was a special one, more please!
Incredible filming and footage ! Thank You for sharing .
All I can say is wow. Good timing to be there at that time, thanks for capturing and sharing in such a cool way. Had no idea those fpv drones could range all the way up to the top there. Very interesting to see how an av of that scale moves through the land at this time of year.
Thanks so much! I was definitely pretty mesmerized while I was flying - so much so that I kept forgetting to concentrate on not crashing :)
@@MactacFPV Well I'm no fpv guy but I could tell the flying was spot on. Really added to the suspense with how close you came to the few things. Good stuff👍
@@DamonStangherlin Thank you :)
Spectacular footage 😮 Your drone-flying skills are #1
Awesome!, the perspective is incredible and the range is unreal!
This is complete Discovery Nature/National Geographic/The Nature Channel material, which you will licence and sell on sight to those producers ! Congratulations ! You guys know what the heck you're doing, and it's professional work, far above all the drone shit shots out there on the Internet. 👌😃 Get thy footage to National Geographic for your future Emmy Award winning nature program. 👀👍🌷
Thanks so much! I wish I had an in with them :)
This is perfection, and I don't see a single edit. I don't think anyone has captured an avalanche in such perfect conditions, so well, ever. Great work, this is going to get millions of views and deserves them!
Oh man, that is so incredibly nice - thank you :) Correct, no edits!
Fantastic flying and footage. Thank you!
Absolutely AMAZING Video Footage showing mother nature at work. Even avalanches are beautiful when POV is so up close. Thanks for sharing.
Amazing!! I felt like I was there flying above it all. So cool to see places on earth that we don't normally see because it is remote and inaccessible. Can't wait to see what else you have here on KZhead! Well done and thank you!
Wow, this was incredibly mesmerizing. Phenomenal capture and technical flying. 👏
Wow! Stunning! Facinating! Never seen anything like it! Do some more of those, please!
This is the best drone piloting I've ever seen. Wow. Spectacular capture of natures power, I felt like I was right there. kudos.
Thank you SO much, that's really nice of you
OMG this is insane. This is without a doubt the best drone video I've ever seen. You do some ballsy stuff up there! I'd be terrified of some of those gaps. Amazing.
That was a thrill ride!! awesome flying, awesome timing! My heart was pounding watching this!