No need to spend big bucks on a helmet cam. Here's my Canon IXUS in a $30 aquapac strapped to my head with some hat elastic. Lot of fun!
Hey nice that looked prity good. Much betta than spending couple of hundred on a waterproof camera. However one of my mates at school spent about $300 on his new digital camera which is waterproof, and takes that out when his waterskiing a lot. Same sorta thing i spose.
bubs
Yeah i was expecting a gybe in there somewhere aswell 
. Would have looked good.
bubs
Sorry, camera has a video length limit and cut out just before my gybe at the end of the airport runway. Don't worry, next one will be a jump-gybe with a loop thrown in.
Harrow, what's the board you are running, year, volume and style JP
Those loft sails look OK
Mineral
Good stuff Harrow. I'm guessing you could line up a jump etc, then start the camera, preset for vid, save card capacity. Or is that too hard with the camera in the bag ?
I've got a small P&S & underwater housing for diving, it's got a big button, easy to find in a hurry. Might try fixing it to a helmet, might be too heavy all up, worth a go
Harrow how come you're grip is so far apart? Do you like holding up near the mast or are you're lines too far forward? Do you like holding so far back with back hand or is sail unstable? Or were you overpowered/worn out?... since you showing you're technique to the world
Do you have pics of you're cam setup? Came out a bit better than I expected, almost better than some early pryde videos 
. Time to film a bit more and waste some hours on moviemaker.
Are you not meant to have your hand that close to the mast because thats what i do?
bubs
mkseven, hah, I knew someone would pick at my technique! 
You think it came out well? The YouTube version is total garbage compared to what I got from the camera. Basically it is TV quality. Camera setup was simple. Camera in aquapac, sitting on top of bicycle helmet with heaps of hat elastic wrapped around and around. I walked around the house testing it to get the angle right.
firiebob, with all the elastic tying the camera to my bicycle helmet, way to hard to push the tiny button on and off while going along. Saw your still avatar a few days ago, but lol after seeing the animated version.
mineral1, 2003 JP 84 litre FSW. Great board - pinny tail with a long straight section. Great for flying through the chop.
nice 1 harrow, i use a ixus 60 in the water housing to suit ($299) this in turn fitted to a gath hat via a 1/4 ss bolt cut down and protruding through the top of the gath into the tripod fixing.(used a dremel to cut another slot)
then i use 2 additional cable ties for good measure. the advantage of the propper housing is you can easily operate the 'on' button then the shutter release to capture footage to your hearts content, obviously the disadvantage is the cost of the housing
especially if the camera s..ts it self and their not being made in more.
your right about the quality of the footage it is very close to tv and a large file size to go with it.if you want to see a pic of the set up let me know. here is a clip of slowboat using the above mentioned set up keep in mind this clip has also been downgraded for net viewing.http://www.kasail.com/windsurfing/videos.html -click on Chris 39 knots
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Originally posted by bubs
Are you not meant to have your hand that close to the mast because thats what i do?
bubs
carbon art
the start of the clip says it. plus the nose of the board gives a bit away.
Sorry Harrow, I was working on car so was in a bit of a cynical mood... why don't I HAVE hands the size of an asian girl child 
snides8, I know what you mean if you have a camera & U/W housing to suit and your camera buggers up, then you have a $300 housing worth f*** all. This happened to me diving, didn't close the housing properly, by then my camera was out of production. Was easily fixed, got another one off E-Bay
quote:mkseven, no offence taken - rather, thanks for the advice.
Originally posted by mkseven
Sorry Harrow, I was working on car so was in a bit of a cynical mood... why wasn't I born with hands the size of an asian girl child
Since making my comeback after 14 years off the water I've learnt heaps, and mostly with the help of this forum. Only 12 months ago I was uphaulling my plastic behemoth in 30 knots and fell off every time I tried to turn around. Now riding a 78 litre board, water starting in a breath of wind, making over 80% of my gybes and loving it. My only regret is wondering where I would be now if I hadn't stopped in the first place
