Vol.12 similarity between drones and skateboards [Shintaro Koga's Drone Culture Original Theory]

At the Tokyo Olympics 2020 tournaments, there were many impressive scenes, but one of the competitions that attracted attention in this tournament is a new species skateboard.Street Yuto Hori, Nishiya Kaba, and Park's 40 Summit Sakura won the gold medal, and in Japan, the attention to this skateboard has increased at a stretch.

Although it was explained in the live commentary, skateboarding is a very culture competition that can not be tangled as a mere sport, but rather a culture itself is not an exaggeration.

I've always felt that there is a similar part between the skateboard and the drone, which is due to the people of skaters and drone pilots in common with each other.I think it is from.

So, this time, I would like to think about the similarities between skateboards and drones, with the occasion of the Olympics.

Overseas aerial photography creator and skateboarding

Looking at overseas drone videos, many creators will work on skateboarding works, and that they are skaters.

When I just started a drone aerial photography, I often researched overseas aerial videos on the Internet, but sometimes I was obsessed with the work of American video creators Robert McKintosh.The drone video of Santa Monica Pier, a 2013 work, is a surprisingly high quality FPV video, although it is based on equipment from 8 years ago.

His work is a high -level flight that goes through the narrow gaps, but he has a pleasant floating feeling as if he had become a bird, so I repeatedly watched it many times.

One of the famous aerial images taken by Robert McKintosh is included in a skate video called "Pretty Sweet" released in 2012.

I control a medium -sized drone equipped with a Panasonic G5 and shoot a cut about three and a half minutes at the beginning of the video, but the narrow straight, the low -sky of the ground thread, the timing of the skater tricks, and the flight.The smoothness of the orbit, it is a video that will not be established unless all of them are aligned.

I was surprised that a small FPV aircraft was successfully filmed with a drone of this size, and I was very impressed (by the way, the production of this work is famous as a video writer and film director.. He is also a genuine skater).

The American photographer, Jeffel Mustche, has been familiar with skateboarding since he was young, and has taken the skate scene.

He is interested in drone lighting, which is equipped with an LED on the drone and lights from the sky, and has published various photographic works.I think that a drone lighting that impresses the moment of a skater for a moment is a very effective technique that expresses skateboards stylishly and dynamically.

DJI, a drone maker, also produces videos taken by a model called DJI S900, feeling the affinity of the skateboard and drone.

In this way, if you look at many drone creators, mainly in the United States, the culture of skateboarding may be and hidden in the background.In order to follow the subject that moves like a skater, the technology of drones that can shoot a three -dimensional space freely with a free angle is compatible, but for me, I have a common idea between the skater and the drone.I feel like I can get a glimpse of things like thinking and feeling.

Similarity of spatial recognition

There is a book written by British architectural historian Ian Borden, "Skateboarding, space, city -body and architecture."It is a very interesting content of considering skater ideas, actions, and skate cultures in the perspective of architecture and urban space, but this book shows the answer to the similarity between the skateboard and the drone.increase.

The original stage of the skateboard is the street.In the city, all kinds of objects are scattered, but the skater has a completely different space recognition from people walking around the city.For them, handrails are sliding down, stairs are jumping over, and curbs are subject to slides and grind.

On the other hand, even in the world of drone aerial photography, for example, in FPV machines, it is used as a gimmick that surprises the viewing, not as a subject, such as going through a bench or under a chair, sewing a narrow gap, and sprinting.I have.

Of course, drone aerial photography is based on the mountains, building a building as a building as a building, and a character that captures the subject from the sky, but "This garden looks like geometric eyes in a small bird's -eye view."Finding a novel appearance and composition that can only be seen from the sky, such as" such a creator's skill is to show the image.

Compared to ordinary people, drone pilots are used to thinking of 3D maps like Google Earth in their heads, so it is a three -dimensional shape that is difficult to push from the ground and a highly accurate sense of accuracy.It can be said that the ability to infer a sense of distance is high.

A different perspective from the non -skaters of the skater.A viewpoint of non -drone pilots, which is a drone pilot.Red Bull's video work that simply expresses the characteristics of both sides is to skate with Oscar Nimeyer architecture.

The original architectural form of Brazilian architect Oscar Neemeyer is a very interesting subject that changes its expression in various ways, from a drone perspective.For example, the Niteroy Museum shows a completely different shape between the front and direct above, so it can be said that the drone pilot is a challenge that is a challenge for how surprising can be given using the form of this mysterious structure.prize.

On the other hand, from the skater, Newemyer architecture is very compatible with skateboards, so it looks like a good spot to stimulate their (slightly radical) creativity.

The ability to evaluate the space from a special perspective different from the general public, which has a skater and a drone pilot, seems to be indicated in this video work.

"Skateboarding, space, city -body and architecture" is a skateboarding legend, Jay Adams, in touch with Jay Adams slipping in a low posture while touching the road with his palms, "The skater is scanning the road."I will explain.The skater not only recognizes the outline of the visual shape, but also uses the five senses to feel the smoothness and detail of the road surface from the fine inputs such as sound, vibration, and touch.

Shapes and texture scanning, which is like drone surveying and inspection.

While walking around the city, the skaters understand the environment, such as high -precision SLAM (Simultaneous Localization and Mapping: simultaneous execution of self -position estimation and environmental map creation), and further utilize the sensation of the feet and fingertips.Measure the surface status of the object.It means that the body has a high -resolution sensor that is required for surveying and wall inspection.

Analysis, evaluation, mapping

Chicago's federal government center, Washington Square in New York, Palais de Tokyo in Paris, and Jab Jab Pond in Shinjuku.All of them are only part of the city that is unusual, but they are actually famous for skating spots known for skaters around the world.They explore, analyze, and evaluate the objects scattered on the streets, such as "The curb there is the best for tail sliding" and "the best handrail for Smith Grind is here."。

Before the 1990s, when the Internet was not as developed, these skating spots were introduced to skaters, such as "Slasher" and "Transworld Skateboarding", and information spread.Since the 2000s, online bulletin boards and the like have become platforms, and the community has been shared around the world by mapping the "famous places" that the skaters should visit.

City scanning, analysis, evaluation, mapping, and sharing.Now, the skaters have been on the street for decades for decades on the street for decades on the street, as we are now using a drone to implement the society in society.

Many people may think that skateboards are children's play, but it is very interesting that skaters' complex spatial actions are close to the business process of the drone industry.

What to learn from a skateboard

In the Olympic Women's Park Final, the world's top ranking, Aki Okamoto, boldly challenged the great skill, but unfortunately could not succeed.However, other players rushed around her tears of her tears, and everyone held her up, and her praise was a big topic.

Even if every player fails, he smiles, and if other players succeed in tricks, they will explode their excitement and rejoice.This is the core of skating culture, which is slightly different from the sublime sportsmanship in traditional sports.

If you are on a skateboard, everyone is a friend.On that day, the coolest guy is the best.This is the mind of the skaters.In the first place, they do not have a national wall from the beginning, so the expression that says that there is a border there, "overturns over nationality" is not actually hit.That's why the new species skateboards have significantly significant the Olympics for this tournament, based on the theme of "diversity and harmony."

Now, in Japan, all the drones involved in drones should aim for a drone social implementation.In order to install risky technologies in your daily life in society, it is realized that you do not need to push it up with a "face" combined by the country, local governments, private companies, private organizations, and individuals.you can't.

It is my personal feeling, but when I look at the domestic drone industry over the past few years, I feel that there is some kind of obstruction and inconvenience.For example, the harsh words that are found on the Internet, the strict words that are released to beginners and new entrants, are not interesting at all, and have lost sight of the essence of things.

If you realize that drones are all technologies aggregates, you will see the reason that various industries and human resources need to collaborate.Even if only a specific company's achievements stand out, no new and appropriate governance in the industry will be formed.

Now that the legal system has soon changed, it is necessary to open up this inconvenience because the industry is now active.And I feel that the hint is in this skate culture.