Go Pro!

Ted and I are the proud new owners of some of the coolest advancement in recreational technology: a GoPro.

These little puppies are high-definition video cameras that can be mounted to a borage of things like helmets (to capture skiing, skydiving, or anything else that requires a helmet), bikes, boats, but most importantly, surfboards.

Now, I’m most certainly not what Malcom Gladwell would classify as an “early adopter” in his book, The Tipping Point.  I’m pretty much the last to embrace new technology: “a laggard.”  Trend setting explained by Malcom here.

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For instance, it wasn’t until a persistent friend in college downloaded AOL’s Instant Messaging (SEVERAL years after its inception) that I started using it (and loving it, p.s.).

I dismissed the advent of navigational devices in cars because I viewed them as another way to drop several hundred on something that “does the same thing as a map” (though I totally respect their functionality now).

And when Ted first mentioned a GoPro, I thought, but why when we have a perfectly good waterproof camera?

Because they’re awesome – that’s why.

Check out the ridiculous hi-def(ness) going on here.  You can see the water droplets on my legs (and yes, I’m wearing a fishing hat – hello sun protection)!