Lets See Those GoPro Mounts!

**Willl** · 10-13-2009 03:32 PM

My brother just got a gopro and built two booms for it. what mounts/angles do you guys use that get good results? Post pics of homemade stuff if you have any!

**kjc6** · 10-13-2009 04:18 PM

Dude, that's a sick scorpion mount!

Lookin forward to getting a GoPro myself. I'll have to check out how everyone has their mounts set up...

**transitioned** · 10-13-2009 04:46 PM

nice. you should post some video too.

**Willl** · 10-13-2009 05:00 PM

Originally Posted by transitioned

nice. you should post some video too.

Hopefully we'll get some this weekend. Everything we got today was slow and kinda crappy. We just did some test stuff to determine angles and such.

**transitioned** · 10-13-2009 05:25 PM

Originally Posted by Willl

Hopefully we'll get some this weekend. Everything we got today was slow and kinda crappy. We just did some test stuff to determine angles and such.

looks promising. congratulations on your setup

**Wolfin** · 10-13-2009 06:08 PM

Wow, everything looks great! I see some of deeznuts. You guys like your Clutch.

**StrickY** · 10-14-2009 12:11 PM

Originally Posted by Willl

My brother just got a gopro and built two booms for it. what mounts/angles do you guys use that get good results? Post pics of homemade stuff if you have any!

OMG that is such a dope setup dude, great ****in job

**SlyTX** · 10-14-2009 12:14 PM

Thats some creative rigging.

However, have you considered the injury potential to your back if you were to slam and the far end of the rod where the camera is were impacted, and created a lever effect on the area where the wood is, making it dig into your spine? It would be a lot more safer if you built a collapsable joint into the rigging, the farthest away from the camera you can get it.Unless its already got that

**Willl** · 10-14-2009 12:51 PM

Originally Posted by Wolfin

Wow, everything looks great! I see some of deeznuts. You guys like your Clutch.

No you don't. I'm the one with the Knuckleduster, and my brother has a Caften.

Originally Posted by SlyTX

Thats some creative rigging.

However, have you considered the injury potential to your back if you were to slam and the far end of the rod where the camera is were impacted, and created a lever effect on the area where the wood is, making it dig into your spine? It would be a lot more safer if you built a collapsable joint into the rigging, the farthest away from the camera you can get it.Unless its already got that

It would bend before breaking my spine. All it is is a leg and the center piece from a tripod that I broke previously. Not extremely strong.

**Wolfin** · 10-14-2009 02:09 PM

Originally Posted by Willl

No you don't. I'm the one with the Knuckleduster, and my brother has a Caften.

Oh. Derp.

I don't pay enough attention to Kebbek.

**SlyTX** · 10-14-2009 03:05 PM

Originally Posted by Willl

No you don't. I'm the one with the Knuckleduster, and my brother has a Caften.

It would bend before breaking my spine. All it is is a leg and the center piece from a tripod that I broke previously. Not extremely strong.

Sweet man, hopefully it bends that easy if that ever does happen. Looking forward to some of the footage from it. How much does a tripod like that cost, thatd be sweet to make something like that.

**sk8norcal** · 10-15-2009 05:59 AM

cool mounts,

there is just so much vibration when u mount it on the board...

i like this clip,
going down times square..

YouTube - Longboard Times Square with the GoPro 2

**partninjas** · 10-15-2009 12:16 PM

Taping the clip down a bit help get rid of some of the "rattle" vibration. Still lots of Hum though.

**pete..** · 11-11-2009 03:12 PM

Right account this time since the OP was me...

Here it is!

Hamden Longboarding on Vimeo

the shots under the board were done with the flat sticky mount it was almost impossible to get off but didn't damage the finish at all

**guivans** · 11-11-2009 03:49 PM

The cross step part was dope...good angle that one.
The one on the back was good as well, with the metal arm attached to the board!

**xjweezyx** · 11-11-2009 03:56 PM

^^^ that makes me want a gopro

**jspats40** · 11-11-2009 05:10 PM

that angle from behind on the board is awesome! its like a perfect follower.

**fender** · 11-13-2009 06:31 AM

Here's a step by step instruction on how I made my scorpion mount. I was too lazy to take apart some of it so a lot of the instructions are squished into 1 pic. Sorry if it gets confusing.
The goal of this design was to make a rig that is as light as possible and also to make it so the monopod can be easily removed.

Team Melburn: How I Made My GoPro Scorpion Mount

**Dewey** · 11-13-2009 07:17 AM

Originally Posted by Willl

My brother just got a gopro and built two booms for it. what mounts/angles do you guys use that get good results? Post pics of homemade stuff if you have any!

doesn't it scrape the concrete when you turn sharp?

**pete..** · 11-16-2009 02:46 PM

Originally Posted by Dewey

doesn't it scrape the concrete when you turn sharp?

not on that board, i built it the right length to work on all of my boards. it will hit on a low board that has a lot of deck lean.

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