welcome to valparaiso
i'm here with dutch drone gods hi where
did the strong gods the best drone
pilots on earth their challenge is to
follow urban downhill legend thomas
slavic hey i'm thomas the man who has
won almost every street race on planet
earth
in one continuous shot this drone pilot
is more on his limits than the riders
riding bikes through the city isn't
anything new people ride downstairs all
the time
but when it comes to urban downhill
racing
there's nothing quite like red bull
cerro bajo here in valparaiso chile
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we've seen some epic pov shots over the
years but can you really tell how tight
this course is from just that
perspective really really tight
the tight buildings mean the drone loses
signal after only a couple hundred
meters
so we're trying something we've never
seen before
so they have the best chance of success
the drone team will use highly
directional antennas as well as a signal
booster carried above by a larger drone
that will pick up the video signal from
the fpv and relay it back to shaggy's
goggles they'll have to flip between the
signals to find the best view and hope
at least one of them works at all times
time to check out the course
this race is notorious for quite a few
reasons
sharp corners
wall rides
drops
gaps
wild dogs wild fans and hundreds of
stairs
the massive pigatto staircase you can
see how close those handlebars are
approaching its 20th year i've noticed
something i can't unsee from the early
years of this event look at those bikes
those bars are super narrow
handlebars these days are often 800
millimeters wide valparaiso is tighter
than ever before
which means that you're gonna want to
check out the route
so we're now at the start it's shorter
trick than the previous year but it's
really intense right from the start how
was your riding but how's my drone shot
going to be like right behind that so we
can kind of share the trail yeah we'll
just walk through and see where those
points are yeah we're going to fight the
rhythm yeah that's cool
you're going to follow me in a set of
stairs which are like 120 white
ah
i can't even stand here
i have to get this speed and entrance
exactly right if not i'm i'm not going
to make this whole section full speed
four feet nice full speed
are you taking a shower that's a new
thing
jumping out of the house is also insane
look at the view
luckily it's a wide landing
big left big left
big drop
yeah that's a big building yeah that's a
big problem for the signal
you're gonna get this one too i'm tired
already
more cables very low if anything goes
wrong if you break or my signal goes bad
i need like an escape plan which is
usually just throttle and go up if i
come near the roof i'm already dead
welcome to the 18th edition of red bull
valparaiso
final race the detentions building this
is the daddy of all the street races
this is a course that will favor the
brave we're about to check out the dutch
drone dots getting in the zone let's see
what they're up to
we're ready to do the practice on an
empty course i tried blue house last
night with this drone
the video signal does not penetrate much
that's the the toughest part
it's three and a half hours still the
first practice let's go i'm excited
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it's all happening on this one big day
so the the stress levels are high for
everyone gonna enter plaza in three two
one and the plaza the communication the
coordination it's an absolute mission up
here how's your video it's a bit glitchy
right really bad it's really bad
2.5 2.4
that's a crash i'm on the roof on the
left
way too much wind for the mavic as well
so it's not stable video connections are
stable
windy i've never seen valpo windy like
today
this is not too good when you go like 50
kilometers an hour and you need to be
like super precise i'm just going for it
and hoping that it would be okay and the
signal would get better
but it didn't so
all right and now we're getting ready to
do the full run with thomas slavik i
think
we have to go on the top again then
start to run
giorgio get ready for our fast battle so
miles when you're ready
i'm gonna chase you right away
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i know shaggy loves the challenge it's
just like what he lives for right here
the drone is on the way to the top part
okay fantastic
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jojo go tell him georgio stop recording
yeah yeah wait
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he's got it he's got it
yeah ready and chasing
this position
switching to base station one
miles let's know when you're ready yep
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skip the house maybe no miles you are
with him
no video
got it got it got it catching up on the
rider playstation now stay low watch out
for the cable
up to the wall guys all right three two
one here
container in three two one container
breaking breaking breaking
okay we head full top to bottom of uh
tomoslovic
oh it's tilted oh jesus that was hectic
i hit the roof the ceiling on blue house
basically got the full thing but i guess
just a small mistake in the blue house
can't blame him he goes into the blues
and the screen cuts out
yeah let's go because this follows
corrupted yeah because i hit the city
okay i'll give you one minute
this wind is getting really bad now
last chance
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i go yeah yeah
is it recording i don't know right jojo
is it recording
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thomas is dropping hey switch the mavic
i'm laughing now it's really bad it's
really bad
we are slaving
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okay i'm going he's going
let's
three go
one
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uh
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foreign
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uh
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oh
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we've done it that's a
that wrap probably the most stressful
line i've flown my fingers were shaking
while flying
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