GoPro or Go Home Bro-dy.

Thanks to Lindsay's reference, for Christmas my parents got me a GoPro Hero HD 2. It wasn't until last week that I was actually able to use it in the water. After a long morning at this one shorebreak, I found myself completely hooked. These are the reasons:

Numero uno: It's much lighter and easy to move around with a GoPro in hand as opposed to heavy housing with camera body and lens.

Numero dos: If something happens to my GoPro I don't have to commit harry carry.

Numero tres: It shoots a 10 frame burst in one second. The files are pretty large (4.5MB, give or take) and 11megapixels.

Numero cuatro: It tests my knowledge of waves and helps me understand (even more than before) the art of being in the spot.

Numero cinco: It's difficult. It's a thrill to see if you can get the shot.

Below are shots from each of my first three days using the GoPro. Hopefully I can eventually win the GoPro photo of the day. That's my goal!

First day. 

Second day. 

Third day.