Hi,
I captured some shots of me paddle boarding around Glebe Island Bridge/Anzac Bridge for the #snapsydney event last wednesday. My objective was to highlight the great location of "The Bays precinct" for recreational paddling. I also wanted to reinforce the tentitive proposals of Urbangrowth NSW to restore Glebe Island bridge for everyone as opposed to keeping the bridge permanently open only for the good of the Superyacht owners and other commercial operators in the area.

How did you get these shots? It looks like you were towing the camera.

Top stuff! Great shots too, like what NNSUP said, was that camera towed or something?

What did the Maritime boys have to say…?

Yeah, you got it. If you look on some of the pics you can just see a green line off the back of the board.

I got a old boogie board and mounted an old slik tripod on top...dug out three small indents in the boogie board where the tripod legs sat. Filled up a 2 litre water bladder and tied it to the tripod. Tied a rope from the tripod (where the legs meet) around the back and then under the boogie board... created drag like a *blip* sea anchor.

give me a minute, I'll go set it up again and take some pics of the setup... Might be handy for anyone as an alternative to a gopro in some instances...don't try this while downwinding...haha...

I set up the angle of the camera pointing up slightly before setting off, just luck that I got the framing right, as I didn't think that the bow of the boogie board would raise up so high due to the weight of the water/bladder, which definitely helped with stability... it never capsized... I encountered the wake of small boats a couple of times...

and yeah, paddling while towing all that gear did catch the attention of the local Maritime patrol. With raised eyebrows, his words were..."So what's all this then?"... After a few encouraging words about me wearing a PFD, he offered to help me re-position the camera as it looked like it was aiming too high... but as you can see from the pics, it was spot-on... Camera set to auto delay - 1 shot every 10 seconds up to 1000 max (got 499)

Great stuff

Great idea. We might use that to get some footage of the start of the Forster Island Paddle Festival in February. The start is hectic and would be good to get on film.

Cheers, and Thanks for the encouragement... I'm just glad the camera setup could be useful to others.