Whenever we would go back through old games to find clips, you could always tell if it was Scott Lima on tight follow, because he was that good. "Our broadcasts were always elevated when he was part of our crew. "That's the hardest camera position, by far, and he was flawless at it," said Midco play-by-play announcer Alex Heinert. Lima was stationed in the booth with the play-by-play and color commentators. Wild' and keeping celebrity guests alive on 'Running Wild with. He was one of the best I've ever worked with." As an acclaimed 'adventure cameraman,' he's traveled to over 90 countries to film Grylls navigating extreme conditions on 'Man vs. I've worked with a lot of different tight-follow guys. Vroomans, based in Laidley, just outside of Brisbane, told mX the show was 'entirely scripted. You could always count on Scott Lima up there. Staying Alive Survival Services director Nick Vroomans was hired by the Man vs Wild crew in 2007 to act as Bear Grylls behind-the-scenes guide during an episode shot in Western Australia, the Herald Sun reported. combined positions of Irwin (above the fish) and his cameraman (in front of the fish) could. He loved being a part of that production crew and we loved him. World-famous Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin, died on Sept. "He loved hockey and he loved shooting hockey. How does that work? How can you be so good?' I would be like, 'Jeeze, Lima, you never miss it.
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"I always said that he's the measuring stick when it comes to, what we call, the tight follow," said Marv Leier, the longtime cameraman between the benches at UND hockey games and Lima's old co-worker at the TV Center. He was the guy who made people feel special about the task they had to do." He always made other people feel good about themselves.
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"Scott was always about other people first.
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If there was an MVP, I would give him the MVP as an overall great person to be around and somebody who made others feel important. "I'm just at a loss," said Bestge, who went to high school with Lima in Valley City and worked with him at WDAZ, on UND hockey broadcasts and most recently with Mobile Pro. He had been hospitalized for about two months fighting the disease [ Lima, the affable cameraman who was renowned for his exceptional talent working the tight-follow camera at UND hockey broadcasts in Ralph Engelstad Arena since nearly the building's first game, died Monday due to complications from COVID-19. "Everyone would be yelling, 'Hey Scott!'" "It was like he was the mayor or a senator," Bestge said.