I packed my my DJI FPV drone up into the mountains for its second flight ever this past week. It poured down snow for most of the trip, so I was worried I wouldn't get a chance to fly, but fortune favored me and I was granted a 15 minute break in the weather to cruise through the snowy alpine forest and try my hand at mountain surfing right at the edge of a wall of falling snow.

Now, as some may point out, this isn't a traditional long range mountain surfing video which typically begin with an ascent from the foot of a mountain and end with the descent in one long cinematic experience. Since the DJI FPV drone is limited to 500 meters above its takeoff point, this isn't really possible for this drone. For me this hasn't become a serious limitation yet, as I'm still getting used to flying FPV at all, and I don't feel comfortable taking it far away from me or trying really daring high speed stunts. For this video I aimed to get the feel of mountain surfing more than the full lengthy experience of long distance mountain surfing.

Next up I'm going to try flying in thick forest, so stay tuned for that!

Awesome footage!

JG11 Bear Posted at 3-15 15:51
Awesome footage!

Thank you!

Thanks for sharing! I'm editing my DJI video in TunesKIt AceMovi. Your video gives me a lot of inspirations.

Hello there Illuminations. Good day and thank you for posting this wonderful video you have filmed. Great work and keep flying. .

Fantastic footage.  

Where you using any filters on the lens?

DJI Stephen Posted at 3-15 19:20
Hello there Illuminations. Good day and thank you for posting this wonderful video you have filmed. Great work and keep flying.  .

Thank you!

DAFlys Posted at 3-16 00:38
Fantastic footage.

Thank you!

Exib Posted at 3-16 01:57
Where you using any filters on the lens?

Nope - I'm considering ordering ND filters, but I've never actually bothered with any of my drones.

Amazing footage Illuminations.    Looking forward to your "Flying in Thick Forest" video.  

Very cool video!

Illuminations Posted at 3-16 09:16
Thank you!

Hi there Illuminations. You are very much welcome and thank you for the reply. Have a safe and a happy flying always. .

Illuminations Posted at 3-16 09:16
Thank you!

You're very welcome.

DowntownRDB Posted at 3-16 09:18
Amazing footage Illuminations.    Looking forward to your "Flying in Thick Forest" video.

Thanks! I'm hoping to film that today or tomorrow and have it published Friday.

Montfrooij Posted at 3-16 11:26
Very cool video!

Thank you!

Very cool!!

Illuminations Posted at 3-17 08:50
Thank you!

You're welcome!

Illuminations Posted at 3-17 08:50
Thanks! I'm hoping to film that today or tomorrow and have it published Friday.

You're very welcome.  

maihem.rc Posted at 3-17 11:32
Very cool!!

Thank you!

Nice video!!

Alex Zhang Posted at 3-19 10:32
Nice video!!

Thank you!

Great footage!

what software are you using to edit footage? I would prefer to edit on my computer, is it even possible? Ive ran into issues when uploading to my computer and using basic microsoft editing. Also Im a Noob haha if you couldnt tell.

Wow!  That is awesome!

Bodie07 Posted at 3-21 10:56
Great footage!

what software are you using to edit footage? I would prefer to edit on my computer, is it even possible? Ive ran into issues when uploading to my computer and using basic microsoft editing. Also Im a Noob haha if you couldnt tell.

Thank you!

I'm using Adobe Premiere Pro, but I can recommend DaVinci Resolve as a free and excellent alternative.  You'll have to deal with a bit of a learning curve, but there are plenty of tutorials online.

Audguy Posted at 3-21 15:58
Wow!  That is awesome!

Thank you!

Illuminations Posted at 3-22 00:26
Thank you!

I'm using Adobe Premiere Pro, but I can recommend DaVinci Resolve as a free and excellent alternative.  You'll have to deal with a bit of a learning curve, but there are plenty of tutorials online.

Thank you for the advice, would you say adobe is better? is it worth the cost? also is it easier to learn?

Bodie07 Posted at 3-22 18:09
Thank you for the advice, would you say adobe is better? is it worth the cost? also is it easier to learn?

I'd say the learning curve and capabilities of the software are pretty similar - I just use Premier because I'd learned Photoshop first, so the control layout felt familiar. When I tried to switch to DaVinci to save money everything wasn't familiar to me so I went back to Premier. Since I use Premier, Photoshop, and Lightroom on a daily basis, paying for Adobe Creative Cloud makes sense for me, but if you're starting out fresh and don't use other Adobe software already, then I would definitely give DaVinci a try. You can also do a trial of Premier and see if you think it's worth the expense.