The biggest problem I have with GoPro is price. I've lost a few cameras surfing and I'd be willing to give up quality for a concession on price.
Alternatively, if they made their product more find-able through some sort of tracking/recovery feature, I'd be happy to spend $600 on their camera.
Same type of problem with their drone, not enough features that protect the investment to make it worth the money. For instance, it isn't waterproof. That would at least give me a reason to buy it over a DJI model.
I surf with mine all the time. Are you using the mount that came with the camera, or the actual surf mount that they sell?
The actual surf mount comes with a leash that you can tie to the camera. You can also attach one of those orange floaty blocks to your camera to make it easier to find.
Using GoPro-branded surf camera mount, tether, and float. One time the tether broke, the other time the tether pulled the plastic bit off the board.
Neither time did the float help me. Both times were in pretty heavy 2’ overhead surf and my body made contact with the cam while trying to pigdog through a pinching barrel but not making it.
I've almost lost a camera kayaking a couple or three times, when the glue on the mounting base comes loose. I usually use one of those orange floaty things on it. I suppose you could also tie a tether between the camera and your board.
I lost a camera while whitewater kayaking. Flipped, hit something upside down, and the housing latch popped open letting the camera fall out. Amazingly, GoPro support sent me a free replacement.
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The biggest problem I have with GoPro is price. I've lost a few cameras surfing and I'd be willing to give up quality for a concession on price.
Alternatively, if they made their product more find-able through some sort of tracking/recovery feature, I'd be happy to spend $600 on their camera.
Same type of problem with their drone, not enough features that protect the investment to make it worth the money. For instance, it isn't waterproof. That would at least give me a reason to buy it over a DJI model.
I surf with mine all the time. Are you using the mount that came with the camera, or the actual surf mount that they sell?
The actual surf mount comes with a leash that you can tie to the camera. You can also attach one of those orange floaty blocks to your camera to make it easier to find.
Using GoPro-branded surf camera mount, tether, and float. One time the tether broke, the other time the tether pulled the plastic bit off the board.
Neither time did the float help me. Both times were in pretty heavy 2’ overhead surf and my body made contact with the cam while trying to pigdog through a pinching barrel but not making it.
I've almost lost a camera kayaking a couple or three times, when the glue on the mounting base comes loose. I usually use one of those orange floaty things on it. I suppose you could also tie a tether between the camera and your board.
I lost a camera while whitewater kayaking. Flipped, hit something upside down, and the housing latch popped open letting the camera fall out. Amazingly, GoPro support sent me a free replacement.