Any of you guys using GOPRO'S on your boats?

[Tom351]

GoPro's are awesome but utterly worthless to shoot with from the boat. Unless you're surfing. Get another camera if you want footage from the boat, and use the GoPro from a tube, a second rider with a pole, mounted on your board/ski, etc.

Agreed- the ultra-wide angle is not good for being more than a few feet away- this is how I got mine close to the action: (although I did not want to wreck and see how the whole rig held together so I took it pretty easy)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKQDXn2lhi8&hd=1

[AirTool]

I bought an open box hd camcorder at best buy after christmas....for 85 bucks. complete w/all the gear and battery. It was a lucky day.

[Tom351]

Pardon the Supra towboat, but we had some cool GoPro angles in this compilation...as you can see- the tower mounted camera is good only as a supplement to the main cameras that are on the rope or in a tube: