deerfield
04-06-2011, 10:13 PM
Hey, guys – This article in today’s issue of the Wall Street Journal caught my eye: “Camcorder Popular With Surfers Looks to Ride Professional Market.”
According to the article, GoPro is a rugged, six-ounce, watertight video camera. The model that shoots 1080p high-definition video sells for $260. Nick Woodman, GoPro’s CEO and founder, has one fastened to the front of his surfboard.
Television cameramen and freelance videographers use it to film for National Geographic, Discovery Channel, and Animal Planet. It’s the camera used to catch crabs entering a crab pot on the bottom of the sea (Deadliest Catch) and film the inside of sharks’ mouths.
A venture capital fund backed by Walt Disney is investing in GoPro’s parent company to help GoPro further expand its business in the professional market. The camera, currently sold through surf shops, motorcycle stores, and sporting goods retailers, will soon be available in Best Buy stores.
I think this would be a really cool addition if it has a mount that would work on my barefoot boom or securely attach (like the CEO’s surfboard) to the tip of a wakeboard or water ski. That would make for fantastic video for everyone to watch on a big screen television after a day on the water. I think that Perfect Pass just went to the back burner.
If you want to read the article, it’s page B7 of the Marketplace section. Cheers!
According to the article, GoPro is a rugged, six-ounce, watertight video camera. The model that shoots 1080p high-definition video sells for $260. Nick Woodman, GoPro’s CEO and founder, has one fastened to the front of his surfboard.
Television cameramen and freelance videographers use it to film for National Geographic, Discovery Channel, and Animal Planet. It’s the camera used to catch crabs entering a crab pot on the bottom of the sea (Deadliest Catch) and film the inside of sharks’ mouths.
A venture capital fund backed by Walt Disney is investing in GoPro’s parent company to help GoPro further expand its business in the professional market. The camera, currently sold through surf shops, motorcycle stores, and sporting goods retailers, will soon be available in Best Buy stores.
I think this would be a really cool addition if it has a mount that would work on my barefoot boom or securely attach (like the CEO’s surfboard) to the tip of a wakeboard or water ski. That would make for fantastic video for everyone to watch on a big screen television after a day on the water. I think that Perfect Pass just went to the back burner.
If you want to read the article, it’s page B7 of the Marketplace section. Cheers!