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Ichabod Spoonbill:
I have a new GoPro Session, and I've been thinking of some innovative ways to use it. One idea I had was to mount it on the underside of my board and create a moving fishcam. I could imagine some really fun video with that. You could take it to the beach and check out what's really underneath you. I remember last time I was at Jacksonville Beach, I saw some big schools of small fish swarming just beyond the surf line. Wouldn't it be cool to put a camera in those and see what's going on?

I could also imagine some gorgeous video of underwater vistas. You could do fish counts with it as well, which might count as scientific research. It might be even cooler to pair it with a SmartFin (http://smartfin.org/project/) and combine the fish count data with water conditions.

I'm just dreaming at this point, but I'm thinking of trying it. I'm going to replace all of my all-around/surf SUPs with a Pau Hana Ricochet board, which has underwater SeaMounts. I know there will be an issue with collisions, so I'll need to be extra careful and tether the GoPro to the board.

Anybody ever try something like this?

SUP Sports ®:
I did this fin cam vid 2 years ago using the triple suction mount...it created quite a bit of drag...and, you can see my kite line tether in the vid...



A few months back I also put together a rig using the center fin slot with my foil board...both times was in the surf and there was too much turbidity...etc...for it to be of much use...but, I'm not done experimenting...;-)

TallDude:
Here's another one. Lots of sea creatures near the end of the video.

SUP Sports ®:
Speaking of sea creatures...
I had a cephalopod hitch hiker on the bottom of my board at 7:41...woulda been cool to have captured vid of it holding onto my board as I rode a number of waves...

lucabrasi:
Saw these over the last little while. Neither really did anything for me tho it could be fun to play with the Powerray.
Simply amazing what you can buy for a fish finder anymore with bottom charting and pictures and all sorts of stuff. For a while there have been guys who jig or ice fish who drop cameras down. Check out Basspro or Cabelas and see all the crap they have for us suckers. None is really handy for a board tho. Maybe the camera but I can't remember how big they are. Probably pretty small by now.
Got a rc boat toy I keep in the trailer. I have always meant to hook up a bit of line and bait and send it out using it as a bobber. Still haven't done it.
You should give it a shot and see what you end up with. Could be painful going back through much video tho.

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