Comments on: GoPro Mounts Dangerously Close To The Ground

By: Anesti Vega

Anesti Vega — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 00:46:00 +0000

I’m sure many people thought that Thomas Edison was completely mad for the thousands of dollars he poured into research and experiments. That is, until he developed the first incandescent light. Reaching the fullest potential of what we are capable of, creatively and scientifically (often going hand in hand), takes many sacrifices that most are not willing to make. Being young also helps because it’s an environment where time is on your side, allowing you to focus your mind on all the limitless possibilities. I feel that age doesn’t have too much to do with the ambition of being inspirational though, except that it becomes more apparent from those who lacked that very ambition in the first place as they get closer to death. You can side on the idea of practicality and thinking that age always equals wisdom and that’s fine. The rest of us “young folk” are too busy working to change and inspire the world to give thought to much else.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 20:16:00 +0000

addictive video … good idea

By: Casey

Casey — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 20:10:00 +0000

This was already done with the gopro cameras in the transworld video hallelujah. It was also done years before in the girl/chocolate tour video called hot chocolate i believe. both were much better

By: j.j.

j.j. — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 20:03:00 +0000

the video began i was like cool, then i was okay…
and i thought about some of the longboarding guys.
then at the end of the video he was at a skatepark and i was like, okay cool.
and when he started to do tricks, i was like badass!

now if the whole video could be done while at a skate park…

I give it 7 out of 10.

He probably didn’t spend money to get the cameras, they probably gave him the cameras to test, after he convinced them with this idea. So, no bs’ing from me about $600 equipment getting destroyed for awesome footage. Reminds me of those vids from the camera being too close to the shuttle launch, and the one where the camera falls out in the mud when the truck flipped, and the camera that got hit by the drag car.

By: Adrian De Vittor

Adrian De Vittor — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 23:17:00 +0000

Jon Holland and Chris Ray have been using go pro in their latest few transworld films on and in different places to capture unique views. I would say their work is much better see Not Another Transworld Movie, Hallelujah and you’ll see this technique was done before and better than what was shown above.

By: George Quiroga

George Quiroga — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 22:39:00 +0000

Cool video. Hypnotic and kept me on edge watching the recklessness of youth. I remember those days. Thanks for a creative and entertaining (albeit incriminating) video. A few hundred dollars sacrificed in the name of asking “what if”, making a plan, executing the plan, and learning from the result. That money spent provided a better education than what you might have received in the lecture hall of many schools.

By: Nick Shek

Nick Shek — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 01:43:00 +0000

Interesting video, not seen one shot like that before. Plain stupid to be skating on the roads like that though. Especially with people like me driving about aiming for anything but cars.

By: Eric Filson

Eric Filson — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 01:01:00 +0000

Man there’s no reason to be such an ass about it, seriously. How would you call it a waste?! Even without the video he discovered a weak point in the supposedly bomb proof cameras… vibration… The vibration caused the lens to unscrew from the body as well as causing the memory card to unseat. In fact, I’d say gopro should take note of these things to make adjustments for an improved product (and market it as such). They should also cover the camera replacement costs and chalk it up to R&D.

Even if you don’t like the style or the content of the video, this guy was willing to take risks to try a new approach with new gear. You don’t create unique things by doing the tried and true methods and he deserves some credit for that. A $600 purchase in the name of photography, art, and trying something never done before should not be considered an “extremely rich” level of investment.

I’m sorry to say but if you’re not willing to put $600 worth of skin into the game in the name of something new; you’re probably doomed to create cookie cutter photography for the rest of your life until you change your attitude. Did you say the same thing about the guy who went to burning man with $40k worth of equipment and lost one of his Mamiyas?

With risk can come reward, this guy you just insulted understands that and he’s probably half your age.

By: Rich Maher

Rich Maher — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 18:52:00 +0000

Now I know what the yellow line down the middle of the road is. It’s for crazy skateboarders. Who knew

By: SEAN SHIMMEL

SEAN SHIMMEL — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 11:37:00 +0000

Nostradamus foresaw the ultimate, crashing, coalescence of it all :)

1. GoPro motion
2. Time lapse
3. Super SloMo
4. HDR

See:

http://www.amazon.com/Spin-Art-Machine-Rose-Brands/dp/B000EPFFLK