I know a lot of people love to show off their GoPro videos.

Some people love GoPro others hate it. Whichever applies to you the following is how it should be done:

http://video.mpora.com/watch/SA0bDZVnX/

Is there any site or forum about making a mount like that for a gopro?? keen to make one for mine.

i made one with a tubual carbon batten and a solid HDPE block bolted to a HDPE plate inside the harness.

it looks like the coffins that come down onto the stage in the metallica world magnetic tour \m/

it was a bit on the heavy side since taking that first shot so i took to it with a belt sander. that also allowed me to angle it further away from vertical. the finish is not the best after i sanded it but the edges are a bit rounder. i had to cut the batten into 3 pieces to fit inside my suitcase without arousing too much suspicion from customs. so the dodgy tape job wouldnt be necessary otherwise. in one piece the batten could be longer- the longer the batten the better view but it can sometimes get knocked on the mast/sail when water starting. i now have a nice carbon rob to use that is tapered, still quite stiff but i have to drill out the hole to fit the bigger diameter rod.

also see these links

http://video.mpora.com/watch/1Q8b7HoXs/
www.stevethorp.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=312&Itemid=38

izaak said...

Thanks guys will get dad onto making one up

generation why-should-i-do-it-when-someone-else-can-do-it-for-me!
god knows why we are getting a fricken carbon tax, lets leave the youth of today and tomorrow with a filthy planet and that way they might learn a bit of respect and appreciation

edit: cos the cabon tax will leave the plant spotless for these little fluckers

Get the GoPro HD.

In regards to this thread I don't really like shots from GoPros on extended mounts. They are too distracting. Both from the harness or attached to the board the strut dominates the view.

I'm not sure what the answer is. Perhaps engineering a strut that comes up at a right angle to so the one extended is out of the shot.

Shots from helmets and masts do it for me.

Yep. The HD version. I havent used the 1080p mode with mine, always shooting at 720p 60 frames a second. It's good fun taking some video of a windsurfing session and making a little clip.

Just invested in a Go Pro and I'm stoked with it. I purchased the 1080 model but find I do most of my filming on 960 setting.
Awesome clip

^^ I did guess it was rental gear, by the colour of the water, and the rental sticker.. But I'll never miss an opportunity to publicly criticize the windsurfing crew with thousands of dolars worth of current model kit matched with $50 aluminum booms...

nobbie said...

www.seabreeze.com.au/Media/View/4582410/Windsurfing/grip/?m=3&p=barn
good rig with a $50 board

LOL very funny..

I doubt I could sell it for even $50, but to me it's worth a little bit more than that!

(for those playing at home, the bottom of that board is being replaced, and it's back to it's curb weight, and a new paintjob is around the corner)

GoPro....
The camera for people with no friends to film them with a normal video camera.

lotofwind said...

GoPro....
The camera for people with no friends to film them with a normal video camera.

The Internet....

A place for those with no friends or life to go and seek attention.

Mark _australia said...

lotofwind said...

GoPro....
The camera for people with no friends to film them with a normal video camera.

The Internet....

A place for those with no friends or life to go and seek attention.

You prove your own point,,over 6000 posts,and rant on about all the other forums you post on,,4x4 forum etc,,,say no more bahaa ha haaaa LOLding all over the place.

Nice!

Can't think of anything else I'd rather watch on night shift. Hope my boss doesn't read this

Cool vid pepe, you didn't come off the plane, also good to see some birds.

lotofwind said...

Mark _australia said...

lotofwind said...

GoPro....
The camera for people with no friends to film them with a normal video camera.

The Internet....

A place for those with no friends or life to go and seek attention.

You prove your own point,,over 6000 posts,and rant on about all the other forums you post on,,4x4 forum etc,,,say no more bahaa ha haaaa LOLding all over the place.

WTF! Are you some kind of sick stalker!!
Better watch your ares there Mark.