GoPro News
Chuck Patterson Shark Video Shot With GoPro HD HERO Camera
Half Moon Bay, CA - Aug 12, 2010 - Yesterday, legendary sportsman Chuck Patterson posted a video to Vimeo that showed the world a new perspective on the interactions between surfers & Great White Sharks - from Chuck's the Vimeo page: the day before I shot this video...Read full story.
Congrats to Chad Kagy and Brandon Semenuk - Big Bike Airtime Lands Riders Top Awards
Half Moon Bay, CA - Aug, 2010 - This weekend the bike world had plenty of action with BMX at the X Games and Crankworx taking place in Winter Park Colorado. GoPro congratulates Chad Kagy for taking home a gold from the BMX Big Air competition at X Games 16 and to Brandon Semenuk for winning both the slopestyle and the best trick at Crankworx Colorado for his front flip.
HD HERO Selected as Official Camera for Crankworx Productions
Half Moon Bay, CA - July 29, 2010 - As the summer mountain biking season peddles into full speed, the best in slopestyle and downhill find themselves at the premier events; Claymore Challenge, Crankworx Colorado and the Kokanee Crankworx Whistler. Read full story.
GoPro Returns as Official Camera as Ford Racing Mustang Challenge Goes HD
Tooele, UT – July, 2010 – When it comes to their equipment, race car drivers always want the best of the best. So it makes perfect sense that for the second season running, GoPro has been named the “Official Onboard Camera” for the Ford Racing Mustang Challenge. Read full story.
GoPro Partners with Sacred Rides Mountain Bike Adventures
Half Moon Bay, CA - July, 2010 - GoPro is excited to announce our new partnership with Sacred Rides, the world’s leading mountain bike adventure company (National Geographic Adventure rated them “#1 on Earth” last year). Read full story.
GoPro Announced as Official Onboard Camera of TORC, USAC Racing
Speedway, IN – June, 2010 – The United States Auto Club (USAC) announced today that GoPro, maker of the world’s bestselling and highest performance wearable HD video cameras, has been named the official onboard camera of both USAC and the Traxxas TORC Series Presented by AMSOIL. Read full story.
Morgantown, WV – June, 2010 – In its continued efforts to usher American motocross into the new era, MX Sports Pro Racing welcomes GoPro as one of the newest supporters of the world’s most prestigious motocross championship. Read full story.
San Diego, CA – June, 2010 – GoPro, maker of the world’s best selling and highest performance wearable HD video cameras, has signed on as the 2010 title sponsor for the GoPro X-Dance Action Sports Film Festival as well as the 2010 title sponsor for the Hollywood Film Screening Series. Lake Tahoe is the first stop for the GoPro X-Dance Film Festival and will take place from June 10–12, at MontBleu Resort Casino and Spa. Read full story.
GoPro Signs on as Title Sponsor of the 9th Annual Hangtown Crossover Motocross Event
Half Moon Bay, CA – May 11, 2010 – For the past few years some of the top athletes, past and present, in their respective sports of BMX, MTB, Skateboarding, Snowboarding, Skiing, Surfing, Wakeboarding, Snowmobile, XC Running and more have all joined together at the Dirt Diggers North, Lucas Oil AMA Motocross National. On Friday, May 21, this mixed group of top performers drops into Sacramento, CA for the opportunity to ride motocross on the same track as the Pro’s. Read full story.
GoPro Announces Pinkbike Post Office Jump Jam Winners and Ups the Prize Winnings!
Aptos, CA - April 30, 2010 – Each year after the Sea Otter Classic the world's best freestyle bike riders gather at a jump park outside the US Post Office in Aptos, California, for a day of epic freestyle riding. In possibly the last year for the event, GoPro sponsored an informal competition for the best sequence captured on video. The original prize offered by GoPro was $500 to one rider as voted by the Pinkbike community. But GoPro decided to up the prize winnings due to the phenomenal performances and the enthusiasm of the Pinkbike.com community. Read full story.
GoPro Race Driver Tyler McQuarrie Wins GTS Class in Toyo World Challenge Race at Long Beach
April 19, 2010 – GoPro sponsored race driver, Tyler McQarrie, celebrated his first World Challenge victory at Long Beach in a Lotus Exige S from LPL Motorsports. This was Tyler’s first World Challenge race and also marks the first win at Long Beach for Lotus since Mario Andretti in 1978. Having received the car just five weeks before the race, Tyler’s team worked around the clock to prepare the car. The team effort helped Tyler qualify the LPL Motorsports Lotus on pole and an eventual flag to flag win in the race. Read full story.
Half Moon Bay, Calif., April 9, 2010 – GoPro®, the world’s leading HD activity image capture company, will exhibit for the first time at the 2010 NAB show: Booth # C7519. The company will demonstrate how its globally best selling HD HERO® wearable sports cameras are enabling professional video content creators to capture immersive action sports video at a fraction of the cost of competing cameras costing ten to twenty times as much. Retailing for $299 MSRP, the HD HERO line of wearable HD sports cameras has become the tool of choice for professional film and TV action sports cameramen, displacing expensive competing cameras from companies such as Sony and Panasonic. Read full story.
GoPro to Sponsor Red Line Oil Karting Championship
GoPro in the News
FC Chelsea Goalkeeper, Petr Cech Rocks the HD Helmet HERO Camera During Penalty Kicks
Malakye.com sits down with GoPro founder, Nick Woodman
Stuck Inside but want to ride? Shred vicariously through these videos.
GoPro highlighted as FuelTV goes "Behind The Scenes with Liquid Force Films"
Hallelujah: Check out the first of kind shots captured with the GoPro in the trailer for TransWorld SKATEboarding's upcoming film from Jon Holland and Chris Ray
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GoPro HD Video Testimonials
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April, 21, 2010 - Watch Tyler McQuarrie grab pole position in LPL Lotus Exige S for GTS World Challenge with a GoPro HD Motorsports HERO camera onboard.
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April 8, 2010 - OMFG...insane wakeboarding video by Colin Harrington & Liquid Force Films using GoPro HD cameras, and a homemade pole mount...hit the lake hard.
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April, 21, 2010 - GoPro HD HERO camera used to capture professional quality footage for this promotional video for AJ Hackett bungy video.
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April, 21, 2010 - Get a birds eye view of Bells Beach, Australia, with the GoPro HD HERO camera mounted to a RC plane in this FPV video.
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April, 21, 2010 - See how the GoPro HD HERO camera handles the vibrations of real helicopter in this footage from 920th Rescue Reserve.
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Feb 19, 2010 - Fingerboarding HD HERO Camera with C-Heck & Sebastian Linda.
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Jan 26, 2010 - Check out never-before-seen angles from Travis' jump, shot with GoPro's HD HERO camera.
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Dec 05, 2009 - University of Southern California Ski & Snowboard Team test out the slow mo 60fps of the new GoPro HD Helmet HERO camera at Mammoth Mountain in Unbound Main.
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Dec 01, 2009 - The ultimate Hero HD shootout: Eye Of Mine Multimedia has put a $4500 Canon XH-A1 HDV video camera against the HD HERO Camera Naked in a video shootout.
Testimonials
- "Bombproof build, quality video and loads of mounts. Essential for any adrenalin junkie - 5 Star Winner.”
Stuff Magazine, July 2010 - GoPro finishes first in Car and Driver's Gear Box review. “The GoPro emerged as our favorite for one reason: picture quality.”
Car and Driver, May 2010 -
"Gathered around the TV after the day’s riding, everybody was amazed such a small camera could take such high-quality, high-definition footage."
ATV Magazine, April 2010 -
2008 & 2009 Top Selling Product Award
Dealer News Top 100 Retailer Poll (Motorcycle Industry) -
Point-of-view cameras such as the GoPro have revolutionized the sense of perspective in action sports.
Red Bull, 2010 -
Editors Choice Award - Video Camera Category
Backpacker Magazine, April 2009 -
“First off, the GoPro HD Helmet HERO shoots amazing quality video for such a small package. To say it’s professional quality would be true, as I’ve even used it to shoot footage at my day job as a TV news videographer."
Utah Outside, March 2010 -
"Small, rugged and durable packaging allows mounting on virtually anything….The results were nothing short of spectacular…."
Modified Magazine, March 2010 -
"The video quality is amazing, and if you can view it in high definition, it’s even more astounding that such a great picture can come from such a tiny, easy to use camera."
ATV Scene, February 2010 - "5 Stars"
Mountain Bike Action Magazine, December 2009 - Mountain Bike Action Magazine, December 2009
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Best helmet cam for Men's Journal's Gear of the Year. "Top-notch image quality… affordable and easy to use"
Men’s Journal, December 2009 - "This is the best sports cam I've ever used."
Gizmodo 2008 & 2009 Top Selling Product Award -
“GoPro is setting the tone for wearable video cameras.”
Gear Junkie, August 2009 - "I can see GoPro completely dominating the POV market."
Ben DeCamp, Staff Photographer, Surfer Magazine - "This camera isn't just easy to use, it's addictive...the GoPro Motorsports HERO wins our nod for best all-around onboard (camera)."
Autoweek Magazine - "...after testing it for the past six months I can honestly say
it's one of the coolest, handiest little cameras I've ever used."
Mark Anders, Surfline.com
