Did skiing make GoPro what it is?

Ego is what made the go pro what it is. In an age where we share (brag) about everything, ego is ever-growing and self-confidence is ever shrinking. People have more pride than ever but are accomplishing less.

That being said I love watching videos from peoples POV. Unless it's synchronized swimming, that shit sucks.

Action sports have always been there waiting to be filmed.

The big leap was the confluence of a waterproof small camera, and cheap data storage en masse.

I'd like to think we (skiers) played an important role in the rise and popularity of GoPro. Sure the skiing market alone isn't big enough to really make it or break it; however, there were certain key ski related videos that provided enough inspiration for others to follow suit and create their own videos. When I started working at GoPro I would naturally choose to create skiing videos over others in specific instances - like that old glitch mob tv commercial. I would push to film with Wallisch, tucker, and others simply because I knew them well and knew what the results would be. From there those additional videos are shared and it virally spreads to create more awareness for GoPro and more people will get inspired to do the same inside or outside of skiing.

Surfing is actually a very small market for GoPro. I believe snow, auto and Moto are the big players.

IPO today. Trading tomorrow.

Couldn't say it did but definitely helped it Gopro started out for attaching to race cars.

SkiBum.IPO today. Trading tomorrow.

I made a quick 30% gain on it this morning. I'm finally becoming a fan. Will buy back once the price settles.

Yeah seriously that IPO was the easiest $3000 of my life

cocaine

dunno, other than Bonny browns double on that commercial, gopro is just a helmet cam.

i just use it to review my style and my stupid falls.

The GoPro story reminds me:

AMERICA, FUCK YA!


A good idea, persistance and a little bit of luck = fuck you money.

haha yep, wish I sold. Was the best day of my life until the next morning at 9am. For some reason I was convinced it'd continue to shoot up the whole first week, but I still think it'll eventually keep rising.

TheBigAppleYeah seriously that IPO was the easiest $3000 of my life

SourSteezlehaha yep, wish I sold. Was the best day of my life until the next morning at 9am. For some reason I was convinced it'd continue to shoot up the whole first week, but I still think it'll eventually keep rising.

Gotta be in the stocks for the long haul.

Of course... the POV camera market now has wicked competitors and is getting extremely crowded...

TheBigAppleYeah seriously that IPO was the easiest $3000 of my life

If you bought at the initial IPO opening price and bagged a 13.33% return for $3Gs you'd have needed a cash outlay of about $22,500 for 750 shares.

BigApple indeed!

Props if you actually did it.