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(June 13, 2009 Dana Hills, CA) HI-POD captured the entire Dana Hills Air Strike 7-on-7 passing league tournament. 16 of the top teams in southern California converged at Dana Hills and San Clemente High Schools for an aerial showdown. 8 fields, 8 games. New games started every hour. Mobile HI-PODS covered each game. All games are now streaming at www.hi-podcasts.com. Do you want us to shoot and stream your 7-on-7 passing league tournament? Let us know , we are ready.

Teams present for tournament: Mater Dei HS, Dana Hills HS, Los Alamitos HS, Long Beach Poly HS, Westview HS, Oaks Christian HS, Trabuco HS, Crespi HS, San Clemente HS, Lakewood HS, Servite HS, Narbonne HS, Tesoro HS.

(May 22-26, 2009 – Sarasota, FL) HI-POD was in Sarasota, FL for the US Soccer Development Academy Spring Showcase. The job consisted of capturing High-Definition video of 220 Soccer games (each shot from 31ft HI-POD X4 units) all in 4 days.

The weather extremes challenged HI-POD’s Extreme Camera Monopods, but the heat, humidity, rain, & fog did not prevent HI-POD’S aerial sports cameras from doing their job. Each game was captured regardless of the weather conditions.

This tournament also introduced the HI-POD Tournament Van. In addition to being able to deliver 30 HI-PODS to any location across the United States, the Tournament van also delivers: dvd mastering & duplication services as well as multiple channel video streaming services to any tournament that requires it. Now with rapid deployment, setup and breakdown, HI-POD can assist your tournament by shooting it, and delivering it to your customers via dvd fullfillment or video streaming. And the streaming can also be setup as pay per view.

The MOBILE 17ft HI-POD not only turned heads at this first pre-season game at THE BENJAMIN SCHOOL in Palm Beach Gardens,, FL but was also useful as a referee tool as well. Dade Christian’s Extra point conversion kick versus Benjamin was called no good, when in actuality it was good. The HI-POD operator called the main referee to review the play. The referee delayed the game to review the play and concluded that the kick was actually good. Unfortunately the score remained incorrect due to the fact that another play had occurred prior to the review.

Directly after practice the Wellington Community HS Football staff and players wanted to take a look at the footage captured by the mobile HI-POD. All gathered around to analyze every play being displayed on the HI-POD Tournament Van Hi-Def screen. The practice field was not the easiest to reach; this made the mobile HI-POD even more valuable. Not only was the 17 foot mobile HI-POD able to quickly get to the field, but it was able to reposition to any spot on the field, according to the viewing demands of the coaches. This same unit can easily convert to the 31 foot endzone camera.

After a videotaping of practice at Boyd Anderson HS in Fort Lauderdale, FL. HI-POD invited the coaches and players to visit the HI-POD TOURNAMENT VAN to view the practice and study the performance. The RESULT: Overwhelming enthusiasm and undeniable realization of how useful the HI-POD units can be.