Camera Test
Marek at fit2paddle has for some time now presented a range of videos shot using a kayak mounted camera – like this one here.
I’ve always enjoyed his videos so I got my own camera mount from this place yesterday and made a small test.
I cannot attach the mount to the front deck of the Supersonic as the boat is too narrow and rounded.
Big suction cup a problem with narrow rounded decks.
One might have greater luck using a mount with three smaller suctions cups like this one:
Update:
To answer Marek’s question on side mounting the suction cup on a K1, I shot some photos.
Supersonic 01 from the side and top
No it doesn’t really work. While the cup stuck alright, half of the camera was below water when I paddled.
However we did attach the mount to the front of a K4 without problems. Funny fact – a modern K4 has as much volume in the bow as a sea kayak 
I’m working on a video invitation to the nationals. More K1&Music videos coming up.
Peter,
Have you considered to mount your camera on a side of kayak bow?
http://photokayaker.fit2paddle.com/C560391461/E20070621210241/index.html
Well, if your bow is too low you will not need those little resistance balls for your training …
Buying 21′(6.4m) Thunderbolt I kept in mind that it would provide much nicer perspective for a bow shots than 17′ (5.2m) kayak.
Marek
Hi Marek
I’ve updated the blog entry to answer your question.
However, I refuse to select my kayaks on how well the camera attach to them
Best regards Peter
There is always a low-tech solution: a piece of foam attached to a kayak bow with duct tape and a camera attached to the foam block with a couple of bungee loops – not very convenient or elegant, but it works. It was my bow camera mount before suction cups. Here is a mutation of that approach for a helmet cam: http://www.fit2paddle.com/photokayaker/C177013755/E20061002215811/index.html
Good point. I think we’ll have to do something like that to get the real cool shots.
I def. would like some kind of helmet cam.
/Peter