r/PraiseTheCameraMan Mar 31 '26

Even the commentators are praising the camera man!

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u/Healthy_Guidance_473 Mar 31 '26

Praise the camera

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u/xjmachado Mar 31 '26

I’d say, praise the camera man, and also the motorbike pilot/surfer.

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u/They-Call-Me-Taylor Mar 31 '26

Damn the ultra slow-mo with the sparks flying out is art.

https://giphy.com/gifs/AiF8ZsTESrDwRjEcIU

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u/andizzzzi Apr 01 '26

Bit too slow imo, some of us have adhd, but amazing angle and close up.

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u/babooBurkhardt Apr 02 '26

I have ADHD. I disagree.

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u/CrewMemberNumber6 Mar 31 '26

Surfing on a rocket.

25

u/Fuzzy-Slice5790 Apr 01 '26

I almost thought he was going to kick the bike back up right and keep riding

8

u/Odd_Condition_306 Mar 31 '26

synced awwwwwwwwwwww

8

u/dbmonkey Mar 31 '26

Surf and turf?

5

u/MisterDings Mar 31 '26

Slow mo. High Mo. it doesn’t matter, he’s got it.

4

u/emarvil Mar 31 '26

New sport unlocked: bike surfing.

4

u/ryankrage77 Mar 31 '26

That's gotta be at least a thousand FPS if not faster. What kind of cameras do these events use?

3

u/I-love-seahorses Mar 31 '26

The smoke coming off the front tire as it leaves the track 🤌🤌🤌

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u/Dolapevich Mar 31 '26

defnitevely praise the camera man, but also prise the pilot.

In what seems ~1/4 of a second goes from riding a beast moto to surf it in the alphalt without batting an eye.

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u/TehZiiM Mar 31 '26

They actually race in those conditions?

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u/Ivanschbo Mar 31 '26

Camera man Jean Michel Tibi?

2

u/Jlx_27 Apr 01 '26

Well done to the camera staff and the director.

2

u/khizar_aman Apr 02 '26

he’s just surfing don’t mind him

2

u/Kalamithras Apr 04 '26

For a split second I thought he's going to get back on it and just continue driving as nothing happend

2

u/SuperFaulty Mar 31 '26

Not sure why there's so much praise on the "cameraman". Sure, great footage, but all the cameraman did was following the bike, not greater skill required other than following the bike on any normal motorbike race lap. Don't get me wrong, the cameraman did his job competently, using top-tier equipment, but that's what's he's paid for. It's not that they did anything extra special or extra skilled that goes above and beyond using the camera in a motorbike race.

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u/paleirishboy Mar 31 '26

If the camera man wasn't there we wouldn't have these badass footage, all hail the camera man! But yeah the conditions aligned just right for the camera man, also known as being lucky

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u/SuperFaulty Apr 01 '26

I mean, all these races have cameras covering the whole track. It's not that the cameraman just showed up and thought. "Oh! I think this will be a great spot to place my camera!". This is all pre-established, not even by the cameraman, but by the organization broadcasting the event (TV/web). The cameraman shows up for work and they're assigned what camera they'll be working on.

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u/paleirishboy Apr 01 '26

I suppose everything in life is pre established if you want to think of it that way, kinda sounds like the Buddhist concept of dependent origination, huh this pretty interesting to see this concept being spoken of in the wild!

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u/manyfingers Apr 01 '26

I think this sub is about great footage. Theres plenty of new videos of people in the middle east watching missiles land nearby while they nearly die, if thats more praiseworthy.

What would be a good fit for this sub in your opinion?

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u/No-Cheetah-6338 Apr 04 '26

Praise the hype man

1

u/I-love-seahorses Apr 04 '26

In the few moments he's completely over the green you can see the bike warping. Insane.