Just got the GoPro Surf Hero camera a few days ago. It's not the HD, but for $120 it's a great buy. With a fish-eye lens, it's a fun little camera to play around with. It's built for outdoor shots. Indoor shots look poor and very grainy.
It comes with 2 types of mounts for your surfboard. An FCS mount (if you want to add an FCS plug on top of your board) or a sticky mount which I am using.
I decided to put the camera mount on my 6'2" Walden CD. It's a hybrid where the nose is like a longboard and the tail is more like a shorboard. The CD holds on flatter sections but can still turn decently.
Because you're thinking both as a cameraman and a surfer, it takes a little getting use to. But it's a lot of fun and you can get some interesting shots and video footage.
Along with shooting video and pictures, the GoPro also has a 2 second picture setting where it takes a picture every 2 seconds. That can be a fun setting to play around with.
The video footage isn't very exciting when the camera is facing forward. Next time I'll have to do a hard cut-back and surf/shoot on a punchier day when it's hollow.
For just $120 you can do a lot and it makes surfing that much more fun. For the pictures I adjusted the levels and curves to make the colors stand out more.
