Skydiving Experience

I’m even now loving my GoPro and each day I’m amazed at some of the videos I’ve been able to take with it as a skydiver. Anyhow, after making use of it for about ten months now, I had a bit of a rough landing the other day. And by rough, I mean I impacted the ground under parachute at about 50 mph in a steep dive while attempting a new swooping maneuver!

Anyhow, following initially landing on my feet/knees and leaving a 12 inch divot inside the ground, I continued to fly forward a different 20 feet where I landing on my head, removing the 3M mounting tape cleanly from the top of my helmet, breaking the mounting mechanism off the bottom with the clear situation, and embedding the camera about 6 inches into the ground. I rolled through on my my neck and bounced an additional 20 feet where I touched down again and finally rolled to a stop.

Amazingly, my camera itself is even now functioning perfectly (though, quite sadly, I had forgotten to turn it on for that jump). Even so, the mount on my helmet that was lost on account of the 3M tape losing it’s grip (granted, on account of a high speed impact with the ground!), was my last curved mount. Also, even though the case itself is nevertheless intact, the clip that snaps into the mounting bracket was broken off completely and could not be discovered. Truthfully, I contemplate myself really lucky that I was not seriously injured.

My question to you is this: Is this the type of average “wear and tear” that might be covered under warranty for a camera that’s designed for extreme sports? Whether covered by warranty or readily available for a moderate fee, please send me a replacement circumstance and mount instantly, I plan on jumping this weekend, and soon after this experience, I’ll make sure I often have my GoPro turned on!