Soloshot

[jimmy]

It's not your board.

correct
i blame the goverment

cmon nick....your our ultimate online surf coach.....help hatcy out a little

i'm still lifting my elbows paddling and my rotar cuffs don't hurt anymore

help hatch... and i'm all ears

go souths
fong

[swvic]

you'd love to be in the circle jerk

Circle Jerks - good band

[Grooter]

Not only did you remind me of Roy but why is that spot called "Big Left" when it's a right?

Your hairline looks like it's marching back too Hatchy.. Just sayin'

Small day, had to keep going right to get momentum

And the rug is fine mate don't worry about that

i'm curious about hatchy's apparent "no wax" thing. like WTF ?

The booties you mean? It's a decent walk down a cliff, then across rocks and out on a reef before you get a chance to paddle, I'd rather I was sure-footed so I didn't drop my board with the camera

I hate to break it to ya buddy.

It's not your board.

Help a brother out mate, what is it? I look like a friggin gorilla!

[Grooter]

It's there dude - look harder!

[Grooter]

i don't trust you, show us

[Beanpole]

In mho the gopro is great for water shots of barrels and landscape type stuff. Even made my old car look good when I posted shots on carsales As far as surfers on waves goes it is about as interesting as all shots from the board.i.e. not very. If its video you have no idea why the guy is jiving up and down because you can't see the wave properly.

The soloshot is apparently for surfers sans girlfriend or with girlfriend who is unco surf photography wise. My wife being a prime example.
At Crescent Head I scored a nose ride right through on one wave from the point to the flags on the other side of the creek and then rode the white water to shore. Wifey says I got a good shot of you on that wave. This is later revealed to be me trimming in ankle deep white water a few feet from the shore

[BA]

^^^

My wife took some shots of "me" but when we downloaded them, they were some other blokes. Didn't get one of me. She reckoned we all looked the same. Is that racist?

[Beanpole]

Also at Crescent Head-last year we watched this guy adjust his gopro on the front of his mal before turning and trying to take off right on top of that exposed surge rock bit on the take off. Plowed right into it. He seemed to delete that shot

[dUg]

My guess is your board would have something to do with it.

I'd say it's more than likely because these days I have to adopt a kung-fu stance to deflect all the fcukwit kooks that constantly try and drop in on EVERY wave EVERY surf.

[Grooter]

i'll leave you alone now.
i'm sorry
i feel awful


but seriously, what stillhere said was right. the gro pro does little to capture the wave itself or the surfer.
so i'll stick with the Soloshot and fetch meself a camcorder, and THEN you'll get your own back on critiquing because they leave nothing to question.

I tried it on the front of the board today. No good. It's too low so you don't capture much and half the time it's weird because the nose of your board is typically pointing upwards from the wave. I've seen people use them with helmet and chest cams on bikes and surfboards and I reckon that is better as it's higher up so you capture the action better.

I agree the soloshot would be better to capture the whole of you surfing but what I like about the Go Pro is it is actually on your board so it really puts you right there in the moment. The duck-diving shots when down well are really cool for one

I'll stick with it facing me for now but aim it a bit higher next time.

[eel]

swvic wrote:
Circle Jerks - good band


indeed !
and black flag were better keith morris was fronting

He has a new band called Off

Still doing strong http://www.offofficial.com

[mical]

So I'm gathering your Gopro footie doesn't resemble this Hatchy?




You need to hold it, not mount it!

[Grooter]

^^^



Not yet mate no!

Not sure how well I'd go holding it to be honest at this stage, maybe down the track...

[Kunji]

Also you'd have to go to a state that has barreling waves.

[daryl]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDmKmknE ... qyzRjcE13Q

what was the point?