HI-POD NEWS

(1/22/05 Carson , CA) Saturday the “International Soccer Match Series in LA ” moved south of the LA Coliseum to the Home Depot Center for the next to final match in this friendly competition. The Korean national team faced the national team of Sweden. It looked like Korea finally had a solid victory to end the tournament. Earlier in the week Jo Bonfrere’s Korean team lost to Columbia (2-1) in the first game and tied Paraguay (1-1) in the second match.

The HI-POD, the Xtreme camera monopod, was placed behind the south goal eagerly awaiting the action. And at 15 feet above the goal, a generic LANC controlled prosumer camera was capturing broadcast quality images from a breathtaking perspective.

Korea’s Chung Kyung-ho drew first blood, in the 71st minute, with a beautiful long -range shot just beyond the reach of Sweden’s goalkeeper Eddie Gustafsson and into the top right corner of the net. The Korean’s continued to pressure the Swedish defense, with Chung almost adding another in the 81st minute. Both of these shots were in the goal away from the HI-POD. But with a camera with a good optical lens on top of the HI-POD, the operator was able to capture the shots perfectly.

With time running out Sweden aggressively started moving more attackers forward and in the 85th minute success came their way. Marcus Rosenberg slipped through the Korean defense placing the ball firmly in the bottom back corner of the net. This shot was directly below the HI-POD. The HI-POD’s tilt mechanism made it easy to vertically cover the game up and down the field, while the HI-POD’s foot made for easy smooth side to side panning across the field. Its zoom controller made it easy to zoom in on any part of the field and cover the action.