not my thing (how self obsessed do we need to be)
but this impressed me in how far things have come in a short time
Daresay it will make the sponsored guys lives a lot easier
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That does look pretty cool, and the price is ok too including gopro at $1360 US. Sounds like a lot but comparable to a new board etc.

The 'follow me' mode, including centring the camera on you automatically, is the real revolution.

The rest is covered by others such as dji phantom.

Has to be better than a GoPro which I am finding is the biggest con ever. Impossible to get good footage windsurfing, waves look flat, jumps look higher, waveriding you have a choice of bottom turn or top turn in the frame.
Glad I didn't pay for the useless P.O.S

Ca you make the drone follow other people or only yourself?

This one was in the kite forum last year, impressed me...

www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/Kitesurfing/General/Imagine-the-carnage/?SearchTerms=Drone

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Mark _australia said..
Has to be better than a GoPro which I am finding is the biggest con ever. Impossible to get good footage windsurfing, waves look flat, jumps look higher, waveriding you have a choice of bottom turn or top turn in the frame.
Glad I didn't pay for the useless P.O.S

Ca you make the drone follow other people or only yourself?

Camera too close to the action? I've never owned one but they all sound like symptoms of that. Could be better from a drone?

Imagine the drone mayhem on a L2L type race where each competitor has one of these.

About 20+ years ago I read a sci-fi short story, possibly Azimov, possibly some random, and basically the grandkids came to visit and they all had these little drones flying around them at all times, automatically recording/editing/sharing their lives with others and saving the good bits for later. They saw it as completely normal while the grandparents were spun out, still had their old printed photos. We have pretty much reached that day.