Charlie_Hustle
ASAP Surfride
- Location
- Getting rolled in 4' of white wash
I have seen pics of guys with GoPros mounted on the chin piece of their helmets? Can anyone tell/show me how to do this? Thanks in advance!
GoPro Helmet Chin Mount - How To?
- Thread starter Charlie_Hustle
- Start date
Liquid Graffix
liquidgraffix
- Location
- In the shop or on the water
Some guys use one of the mounts and screw it on, but you can use thick zip ties to hold it on the chin. Depends a lot on your helmet. Some chin pieces on helmets come to more of a point, so you would have to mount it to the top of the helmet instead... I did it at work and used the wrist mount case, flipped the camera setting, and zip tied it on. Worked perfectly.
I tried everything to try to get my camera to mount to the chin but it was too pointy and wasn't possible. I didn't want it on top of the helmet for fear it would crush the camera if the helmet was ever needed to serve it's purpose. Instead I mounted it upside down on the visor after putting 3 extra screws in the visor to prevent it from ripping off. If you saw my helmet, you'd think it blocked my vision but it really doesn't. The camera sits right in front of my forehead and if you I up, I can see it but it's not like I can see through the visor anyway.
- Location
- Idaho
The chin mount is done by using the wrist mount assy. You just wrap it around the face shield of the helmet. If you have a pointy face shield, you can take a small block of rubber and cut a triangle in it so that the camera has a flat spot to mount.
http://www.x-h2o.com/threads/69432-The-Official-GoPro-Video-Mount-Thread&highlight=
http://www.x-h2o.com/threads/69432-The-Official-GoPro-Video-Mount-Thread&highlight=
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Its all about the surf!
- Location
- Oceanside, CA
Bingo, this guys got it right. You have to use the Go Pros with the wrist mount strap to mount them on the chin guard. Simply mount the wrist strap around the chin shield as if it were your wrist. Depending on what helmet you have you will have to make some sort of "base" so that the camera has a flat mounting area, especially if you have a helmet with a pointed chin guard. When making your base, you will also have to make sure that the camera is aimed correctly (so its filming were your looking) and not down at the nose of your ski or up at the sky. I used Hydro turf scraps to make my base.
- Location
- Idaho
227
Its all about the surf!
- Location
- Oceanside, CA
nokfir
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- Location
- Merrick NY
x2 on the above post. motoman has the same setup