shaggs2riches - 4-5-2011 at 09:15 PM
Is there any sturdy way to mount a GoPro onto a board handle????? It seems that a lot of time I have the camera pointed to low or too high, when it's
on my head....The only downfall would be that I carry the board with it, but I could work around it. I'm thinking the video might be less shaky that
way as I tend to move my head a ton.
p.s. I was thinking the roll bar mount, but not sure if it goes that small
arkay - 4-5-2011 at 09:54 PM
I've used my superclamp to attach it. A handle bar clamp is way too small but the roller bar might work, but my guess is it's too big and would roll
anyway. One thing I did notice with the camera on the board itself was that there was way too much vibration. The handle wasn't as bad... don't have
a video on hand for the handle, but here's the superclamp on the board http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUmk5n_h6nk
Chad - 5-5-2011 at 08:02 AM
You can use the board suction cup? if your board has flat area big enough and like a glass top? but as said above vibration is the big issue.
My 2 Cents
burritobandit - 5-5-2011 at 09:08 AM
If you're going to mount the GoPro to your board, you might want to leash that thing to a fixed point like around the handle or a footstrap with zip
tie or something. My buddy mounted his GoPro HD Hero using the GoPro board mount and included dual-sided 3m tape, and when he landed a wake-style
trick the camera came right out of the *slot* on the mount. Now it's sitting at the bottom of Belton Lake. He knows for a fact he snapped it into
place properly and 'locked' it with that rubber thingy. When I mount my HD Hero to my kite or board, I use zip ties and anchor to various points just
to be double/triple sure I'm not losing that camera.
Houston AirHead - 5-5-2011 at 09:40 AM
i live pretty close to Belton...
time to get out the snorkle gear....
burritobandit - 5-5-2011 at 11:24 AM
Actually, he's offering a reward if it's found. He went out to look for it the following weekend with snorkel gear and a SUP, but the water's murky
to begin with, and once the silt was stirred up it was game over =/
macboy - 5-5-2011 at 04:25 PM
I was just looking at those big round board mounts and see there is a second, triangular piece that attaches as a backup to the big mount and has a
lanyard to the camera in case it lets go. That's what I assumed anyway.
Good to know about the vibration though......especially if you were about to stick a big round do-dad on a nice piece of board only to never use it.
Is the vibration from the board itself or is there wobble with the foam tape which causes the vibration? I know with my ATK camera the wobble was
because the mounts were not very solid.
shaggs2riches - 5-5-2011 at 09:20 PM
Thanks guys!!! I was worried that there might be vibration issues, didn't think there would be that much. I bought that surf mount but gonna use it on
my snowboard instead.The plate is just too big for my liking. Once I get skills balanced I'm thinking that a backpac mount could do the trick. My
recent videos have been making me dizzy watching them. Losing the camera into the drink really has me worried. Read a few too many stories of it
happening, think it'll stay on the helmet when I'm kiteboarding. I'm gonna try a couple metal hose clamps to mount on the atb handle. If it works I'll
let you guys know.