POLARIS GOES FILMING Near Donald Trumps's development
Balmedie beach on the Aberdeenshire coast of Scotland is bordered by an extensive dune system that stretches for fourteen miles up the coast to Newburgh.
The area is part of a site of scientific interest but has more recently been in the news with the purchase of part of the Menie estate for substantial development by the American billionaire, Donald Trump.
An hour or so down the road at Turriff is the home of CC Supplies, the Polaris dealer for the area and official Polaris sales and service centre for Moray and the SE Highlands. Recently CC's Chris Cumming took a call with an unusual request that linked the two locations.
A film crew was in the area, spending several days filming in Aberdeen, making a recruitment film for an international oil company. Part of the film script called for a horse galloping along the beach at Balmedie near the Trump estate. With only a day to get the scene in the can they needed a suitable rig for the cameraman and steady cam as well as a means of transporting everything from the car park, across the dunes, to the beach.
Enter the Polaris Ranger and a trailer suitably fitted up by CC Supplies at their works during a day setting up. Transported to Balmedie, Polaris and trailer worked on the set, carrying crew and kit and traversing the dunes to capture scenes in the sunrise, with filming running through the day to sunset.
