Awesome Gopro

Athlete Carl Weiseth lives life on the edge. This compilation reel provides a dizzying first-person view of some of his death-defying flights through mountainous rock formations with only his parachute and skis to keep him on course. Carl captured this thrilling ultrawide footage using a GoPro MAX action camera.

Athlete Laura Marino takes us on an amazing adventure as she leaps off a bridge in Paris and lands underwater in another place. In Escape, the pro cliff jumper visited shipwrecks, a sunken village, and other enchanting locales. The film was written, directed, produced, and edited by Marino and Mathieu Brulard, and shot entirely on GoPro action cameras.

Firefighters put their lives on the line daily to help save lives and property. This video gives us a rare glimpse into what it’s like from their perspective. Fireman Joseth Abel Espinosa of the Third Fire Company of Ñuñoa wore a GoPro camera as he and his crew headed into a major house fire in Santiago, Chile. You can almost feel the heat coming off of the screen.

The latest GoPro HERO Black is all about creative options. It supports a new series of interchangeable lenses, including anamorphic, ultra-wide, macro, and more. It also has a more powerful battery, a fast-grip mount for tripod threads, and a magnetic-locking charge option. It supports up to 5.3K resolution, 400 fps slow-mo, HLG HDR, and has Wi-Fi 6 connectivity.

The single-seat Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II, aka A-10 Warthog, is one of the most successful military aircraft ever made. The USA Military Channel posted this fascinating footage captured from the underbelly of an A-10 as it performs operational tests of weapon deployments after software and systems upgrades.

Most of the snowboarding videos we’ve seen have been edited to show the best action. Olympic and X Games snowboarding medalist Sage Kotsenburg shared nine minutes of unedited first-person GoPro footage from his rides through the fresh powder at Eagle Pass, BC. If you’ve never taken a backcountry route, it’s the closest you’ll get to being there.

MTB rider and videographer Nikolaj Juhlsen takes us on a crazy-fast downhill ride illuminated only by the headlight on his bike. We’re guessing he’s practiced the run a few times in the daylight, given how flawlessly he performed the daring nighttime ride through the Austrian forest.

Have you ever thought it might be cool to be a bartender? This GoPro video from Fallow Restaurant bar managers Markus and Chris provides a first-person view of life behind the bar during a sunny summer day at the popular London dining and drinking spot. We can only imagine what it’s like when it’s really busy.

Skydivers Fred Fugen, Vincent “Veush” Cotte, and Aurélien “Bras Noir” Chatard set a world record for the longest terrain-flying wingsuit line, zooming over Mont Blanc, France in formation for 7.5 km (4.66 mi.) They captured POV footage of the incredible flight using a GoPro MAX action camera. You can also watch the flight in VR.

It’s time to swim with the fishes. Ace Underwater put a GoPro on a fishing line and lowered it beneath Florida’s Navarre Beach fishing pier. After exploring the shallow waters for a few minutes, he headed to the end of the pier, dropped some bait, and recorded the feeding frenzy.

The GoPro Hero 11 Black has a larger image sensor to record higher quality images with a bigger field of view. HyperSmooth is improved and adjusts the amount of stabilization based on activity. Plus, new Night modes let you shoot light trails. It comes with an Enduro battery that lasts up to 38% longer than previous batteries.

Skateboarders Thaynan Costa, Josef Skott, Adilson Pedro, and Madars Apse head to the aisles of a grocery store for a wild ride between the well-stocked shelves. Filmed by Dani Galli, Chris Ray, and Will Hodgett using GoPro cameras. We can’t help but think of the music video for Radiohead’s Fake Plastic Trees.

In 2013, a group of college students launched a weather balloon and a GoPro camera into the clouds above the Grand Canyon. It soon came crashing down to Earth, but they couldn’t find it when they lost their connection to its GPS tracker. Two years later, the team recovered the camera and shared the footage it captured.

Mountain bike rider Mark Matthews takes us on a wild first-person ride through a foggy stretch of forest on Vancouver Island. As the greenery and trees whip by, we couldn’t help but think of the speeder bike chase on Endor, only with smaller trees.

The 2021 GoPro model has the most powerful processor yet, a GP2 chip that can shoot 5.3K video at 60fps, 4K at 120fps, and 2.7K at 240fps (8x slow-mo). HyperSmooth 4.0 ensures stable video in all modes, and it can shoot 23 megapixel still images too. A removable lens cover beads water and reduces unwanted lens flare.

Ever wonder just how much a car’s steering system has to deal with while drifting at high speeds? Team Ponydrift Racing Gear shared this under-car POV footage of their 815 hp Rasmus Nissan Silvia S14 powersliding around a race track and steering at insane angles. Here’s another drift car with a similar setup.