26Jul 2010
Fluid kayaks featured in Samsung TV commercial
16:49 - By David Arnaud - News - one comment
Hey all,
It's always good to see kayaking associated to the mainstream and get good exposure. This time it's Samsung promoting their super tough mobile phone. For once, the creative behind this ad have had some common sense and chose the toughest boats out there to be featured ;-)
Pretty cool action and I'm now curious to try one out!
I guess it's been out for some time but I never saw it before curiously. Here's what the description of the phone says. Pretty cool!
Waterproof & Dust Resistant • Complies with the IP57 (Ingress Protection) standard
• Submersible up to 1 meter for 30 min Outdoor-friendly Features • Extremely loud external speakers
• Noise cancellation feature optimized for noisy condition
• Incandescent embedded flashlight • Protected against limited amount of dust and sand
one comment
Ola.
Ja the phone works well and it held up to the majority of the stuff we ran. The phone did however take in some water. If you keep the phone away from direct water pressure it will work hundreds. I must have chucked the phone into the water at least 100 times over the 2 day shoot.
For those on FB check out a video clip by Andrew Kellet called Doug Bird Stuntkayaker, he shot this on the day before the shoot when we took Doug to the biggest rapid that we would run. After this Doug was not that interested any more. In his last session in the hole he snapped his seven2 paddle and whacked the hell out of his helmet.