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Old 11-09-2010, 02:09 AM
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Come to think about it, if you want to attach a board cam, I suggest to lose the Lisa to start with as she will just be a pain when trying to fit a waterproof camera.

Attach the cam so thelensis at the highest point (you don't want to film the nose of the board) If the camera is shooting upside down or side on (all depends on what camera you have), no problem, when you edit the footage just rotate it 90 or 180 degrees so it is level on screen.

Than attach a small piece of foam or a balloon to the top of the camera to assist with self-righting.

As long as it is not a 35mm professional camera and is only 5 to 7mm high, the balloon should bring the board 90 degrees to the water level, the weight of the board should flip it back to zero degrees as the camera's weight is low on the board.

Will look weird surfing without a figure, but i'm sure a small camera (with no optical zoom) should capture something interesting.

John from Maui did it but it didn't look as good as when real surfers do it. But hey, no harm in trying.

We definitely need more surfing footage!!