{"id":2909,"date":"2015-11-05T11:06:38","date_gmt":"2015-11-05T16:06:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mountainproductions.com\/blog\/?p=2909"},"modified":"2017-01-26T16:47:10","modified_gmt":"2017-01-26T16:47:10","slug":"event-recap-the-worlds-biggest-selfie-stick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mountainproductions.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/05\/event-recap-the-worlds-biggest-selfie-stick\/","title":{"rendered":"[EVENT RECAP + VIDEO] “The World’s Biggest Selfie Stick”"},"content":{"rendered":"

What does it take to build the world\u2019s biggest selfie stick?<\/h4>\n

Mountain Productions collaborated with V7 Entertainment Group<\/strong> to figure it out. For the TCS New York City Marathon, V7 and ASICS wanted to build the selfie stick to capture this legendary event\u00a0from a brand new perspective. It took many hours of careful planning, research & development and test builds, but the project was executed perfectly and created a memorable experience for the marathon\u2019s runners.<\/p>\n

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Research & Development<\/strong><\/h5>\n

V7\u2019s Technical Producer, Victory Mirabel, worked with Mountain\u2019s Bryan Ellis to logistically plan for the event, as well as outline their vision for the selfie tower. Bringing the engineering department in, Mountain was able to put together a drawing for a test build. At our facility, Mountain built the goalpost tower with the engineering team closely inspecting and verifying each component. Check out some cool birds-eye shots of the test build below.<\/p>\n

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Birds-eye view of the goalpost tower build<\/p><\/div>\n

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90’+ up in the air<\/p><\/div>\n

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The Big Picture<\/strong><\/h5>\n

After completing the test build and finalizing the prints, the selfie tower was ready to travel to NYC for the marathon. The final goalpost tower stood 94\u2019 tall and was assembled with 40\u2019 Mountain Truss<\/a> columns. This project is a milestone for us, as this is the tallest structure that we have engineered and built with our Mountain Truss columns.<\/strong> A 23\u2019 wide area between each tower was spanned by a stick of 24\u201d truss that would act as a lifting point for the selfie camera. With everything built and secured, the selfie tower was ready for action.<\/p>\n

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\u201cCongrats to all of you for making this happen, we could not have done it without any of you.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Victory\u2019s kind words sum up this project very well. The level of teamwork that was required to pull of the world\u2019s biggest selfie tower is often hard to find. The project was a complete joint effort, and the hard work of everyone involved took this project on paper and turned it into a 90\u2019 functional selfie tower\u2014the world\u2019s biggest one<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Check out this great video from ASICS that perfectly captures the world\u2019s biggest selfie stick.<\/strong><\/h5>\n