Wow that was helpful! Another quick tip: leave a tiny bit of space between the mount and the safety ribbon mount when attaching them to the board. I put them very close to each other and it makes a clicky noise when pushing either of them down.
THANK YOU! I lost one of my gopros in the sea not long ago, definitely properly installing it next time, what made it even worse was it was a brand new hero 9!
Ah man… gutted for you that you lost your GoPro Hero 9, that really sucks! Hoping this video serves your next GoPro a bit better for many more trips into the waves! 🤙🏼🏄🏽♂️
Hi there, The more modern GoPro models these days are often waterproof. Think the GoPro HERO5 / GoPro HERO4 Session were the first generation of waterproof cameras. As my GoPro in this video is a HERO5 there's no need for a waterproof case! Hope that helps 👍🏼
Hey Javier, you’re not the only one - I also didn’t receive the small white locking plug in my GoPro surfboard mount box either. Not sure why this is such a common occurrence, but I got in touch with GoPro via their website and asked them to send me another one in the post. Didn’t take too long to arrive and GoPro were fairly good about the whole thing. Hope that helps! 🤙🏼
@@TheWaveShack is this supposed to come with the mount or in the GoPro packaging? I’m not seeing it listed in either item box description. Is this required to set it up? Or did they upgrade this mount to not need this piece anymore? I’m wondering why all the videos are showing it comes with the mount (or showing it is needed to install it) but so many didn’t get one and why it’s not listed under either item coming in their respective boxes. I was looking to buy a GoPro and needed one for my SUP so I need this mount for it. I’d hate to have to find out the hard way that a required part is not in the packaging if I do actually need it. I can’t even find this piece as a ‘replacement part’ for purchase so it seems it’s if important to have, you better not lose one because you won’t be able to find another.
Does this allow for the go pro to interchangeably be able to face towards you OR forward towards the water? Or do you manually have to install it facing which way you want it to go from the beginning, leaving it permanently stationary until removed?
Hi there, Good question, the black GoPro mounts can be clipped into the white surfboard mount either way. This means you can set your GoPro up to point towards the water or towards the surfer without having to change your white surfboard mount. Hope that helps! 🤙🏼
This is a fairly common question, so I’ll paste in my reply to another commenter who asked the same thing… “In my opinion these GoPro surfboard mounts are much more likely to fall off a soft top (foam) surfboard - so I wouldn’t recommend it and neither does GoPro. With a hard top surfboard the adhesive properly bonds with the mount whereas this doesn’t really happen with a soft top (foam surfboard). However, if you still want to try it out I’d recommend getting yourself a floaty / floaty back door so that if it does fall off you won’t completely lose it.” Hope that helps 🤙🏼
I’d like to put it behind the foot pad facing the front of the board.. don’t think there’s enough room tho. What’s your recommendation for a tail mount?
Great question…first of all I’ve not done this so can’t talk from experience, but I do know how solid the surfboard mount is. So, I’d say if there’s enough room behind the tail pad for the whole mount then it should be fine. My main worry would be the possibility of knocking it off every time you swing your leg over to get on your board. Not sure how long your board is but if it’s a longboard that might not be too big a problem. Try it out, the GoPro set comes with two surfboard mounts so if it doesn’t work you can use the other one for the more conventional placement shown in the video. But whatever you do I’d always recommend using a floaty with your camera as well. Hope that helps 🤙🏼
Hi there, Good question, as the GoPro 8 does not include a protective case when purchased from GoPro, you'd have to buy a protective case separately. GoPro do however sell a protective case for the GoPro 8 where the backdoor can be opened and removed just like in this video. Here's a link to one of those protective units if you're interested - amzn.to/3MKEGKV If you go down this route, don't forget your Floaty Backdoor too - amzn.to/3Gh6PXD
Good question, in my opinion these GoPro surfboard mounts are much more likely to fall off a soft top surfboard - so I wouldn’t recommend it and neither does GoPro. With a hard top surfboard the adhesive properly bonds with the mount whereas this doesn’t really happen with a soft top. However, if you still want to try it out I’d recommend getting yourself a floaty / floaty back door so that if it does fall off you won’t completely lose it. Hope that helps 🤙🏼
@@TheWaveShack Your video is the 1st video I found on attaching these mounts and before that I thought they were usually pierced through (well, at least on softboard) in the same way a leash is installed on a body board. Will have to do some more research...
@@TheWaveShack BTW, thanks for showing how the tether can slide and loop around the hinge! I just got my Hero 9 and wanted extra protection in case those 2 ears brake off where I could lose the camera. I heard of them braking, as well as seeing a lot of the grips and poles brake too and then bye by bye!!
I’ve not personally used one of these on a snowboard so it’s hard to say. 🤔 One thing I would flag is that when you’re surfing you’ve got the option of attaching a floaty that would save you from losing your GoPro if it falls off - but nothing exists like that for snow. Also a snowboard flexes more than a surfboard, that flex might have a negative effect on the seal of the adhesive mount - so it might not work as well. Sorry I can’t be of more help but I’d progress with caution, happy shredding! 🤙🏼
