portable camcorder, digital cameraThe next best thing to racing motorcycles is watching professionals jockey tuned bikes around the track as if on rails. Doing is always better than watching unless watching the best of the best, which will soon be the case for me after buying tickets to a premier race that pits the best motorcyclists in the world against one another. Set at Laguna Seca in California, from what I’ve read there are going to be bike enthusiasts from around the world coming to the golden coast to root on their favorite riders. I’m going there without a favorite rider but with a sweet new portable camcorder found while shopping around The HITECH Section—found at http://www.thehitechsection.com if interested. What amazes me is how affordable high definition portable camcorders have become. It wasn’t that long ago that the only people who had access to such digital cameras worked in movie studios. As is the case with all commercial technologies, it evolved into consumer form at a price we all can afford.

So with general admission seating, the plan is to float around the course with a couple of buddies to see the race from all possible angles. Racing in the summertime is one of those things that just gives me goosebumps thinking about. By the way, the portable camcorder coming along for the adventure resembles the Aiptek Action-HD GVS High Definition Digital Camcorder pictured above. Small enough to slide into a pair of jeans and light enough to forget about in a backpack, the power of 1080p is just a click away.

This upcoming race features the best handful of riders from around the world. Like any sport, watching the best of the best is always a different experience then watching lower level leagues. I’ve been to a couple different races in tiers below this race league and it was awesome so I can’t wait to see the difference at this level. For one thing, I know that these racers actually slide their rear tires around turns just on the edge of washing out for faster entry and exit speeds. The goal is catching all this action on the portable camcorder. A couple of friends who enjoy this sort of thing too but can’t come will enjoy the footage. If nothing else, I’m going to archive it with the other folders of portable camcorder footage collected over the years. Saving memories in high definition is now possible for pretty much anyone interested. That is how far the digital camera has come.