Filming from Tube

sprfrkr · Newbie Joined: 10 May 2010 Posts: 35

I just saw a pic of a person on a tube a short ways behind a boat filming a wakeboarder on the same boat. Please excuse my ignorance if this is common. Anyone here recommend it? Any tips?

GnarShredd · Posted: May 12, 2010 12:37 pm Post subject:

make sure your camera is in a waterproof housing.

sprfrkr · Newbie Joined: 10 May 2010 Posts: 35

hehe, gotcha. I'm using one of the new kodak playsport cameras which are waterproof and shoot in hi def. Similar to a flip cam. The issue is that it only has a 2x optical zoon which is why I am thinking tube...

ryan351w · Addict Joined: 26 Jan 2009 Posts: 532

this still was takin from a tube....we put the tube rope about 5-8' in front of the handle, and just let er rip.
you sit in the tube facing backward, hand over shoulder to hang on until tube is on plane.

mobywake · Criminal Joined: 06 Apr 2010 Posts: 52 City: Fort Worth

Looks like you got a goood angle, sweet pic.

thewudd · Newbie Joined: 12 Jun 2012 Posts: 10 City: MEMPHIS

i just got a zx5 playsport from fleabay. hope to try this soon.

jamespjackson95 · Outlaw Joined: 17 May 2012 Posts: 113

Me and my friend take turns filming and riding. We put the tube at like 60ft and ride at 70. The videos turn out sick in 1080p hd and all we have is a gopro which we have mounted to a lightweight monopod. We even sometimes both wakeboard at the same time and one of us holds the camera on the stick at about 8ft up looking down at the other rider. Surface tricks look sick from that angle.

andibrook · Newbie Joined: 10 Oct 2011 Posts: 23

I made this a month ago from a ringo using my gopro... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vfi6kLbg_4c&list=UU8G1E9W_eeG0yGZQ6QEHwYQ&index=2&feature=plcp

cchandy · Criminal Joined: 08 Jun 2012 Posts: 65 City: Lexington

Sorry for the n00b question...but whats a ringo?

mseller · Outlaw Joined: 05 May 2010 Posts: 220 City: Charleston

aussie for tube?