5 inspirational ideas for filming your winter sports

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5 inspiratie-ideeën om je wintersport te filmen

Winter sports are the perfect time of year to capture awesome footage yourself. In everyday life, it's often difficult to shoot spectacular footage yourself, but on a winter sports holiday, you're naturally doing something cool yourself. While you might want to film your winter sports holiday, if you have no idea what kind of content to create, it's difficult to get started. In this blog post, you'll find several ideas (and how to implement them) to help you get started creating content during your winter sports holiday!

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Attach your action cam to your helmet

The best thing to do is just start filming. That way, you'll always have footage you can freely edit. Something is better than nothing. That's why we're explaining the simplest idea on the list: attaching the action cam to your helmet. To attach the action cam to your helmet, you'll need a self-adhesive mount and a buckle mount .

Benefits of attaching your action cam to your helmet:

  • Always usable images
  • Perfect for a POV video
  • Ideal for looking back later and reliving your skiing experience

Action cam pointing down at helmet

This idea builds on the previous one. The preparation is exactly the same (attach your action cam to your helmet using a mounting bracket), but at the end, you do something slightly different: you point the action cam further downward. Pointing the action cam downward creates a slightly more humorous effect. This is because the camera now also films your head, but is very close to your face. You have to set this separately with a DJI or a GoPro; with an Insta360, this effect is achieved automatically.

Benefits of pointing your action cam downwards:

  • Funny images
  • Greater chance of a viral video, if you edit it well and add a nice sound
  • A fun different angle of filming for your POV video

Winter sports action cam gear

Clamp back of helmet

For a tutorial or to capture your skills, you naturally want to be fully in the picture. We have a clever and awesome idea for that. With just your action cam, a second person, and a backpack clamp, you can create a cool shot in no time. With a simple trick, you can film yourself in a creative and powerful way.

Step-by-step plan to get yourself filmed:

  • Attach the action cam to the clamp
  • Attach the clamp to the back of the person who will be filming you
  • Have the person in front of you ski and ski after them. Perform awesome stunts and capture them on film this way!

Below is also a video where you can see what this looks like.

Advantages of filming using a clamp on the back of someone's helmet:

  • Let yourself be filmed completely
  • Review images to learn or to brag
  • You are filmed while the entire environment/view is also clearly visible

Video: Result of clamp on back of helmet

Attach your action cam to your ski/snowboard

This idea is perfect if you want something different than a standard POV shot. Instead of mounting your action cam on your helmet, you attach it directly to your ski or snowboard with an adhesive mount. The setup is simple: attach the adhesive mount , click the camera into a buckle mount, slide the buckle mount onto the adhesive mount, and you're done (basically the same as mounting it on your helmet). The difference is most noticeable in the result: your camera now films low to the ground, giving you super cool shots of snow spray, your turns, and the speed of the slopes. If you use a tilting buckle mount, you can play with the angle of your action cam: forward for a "race shot," or towards yourself to include your knees/board/skis. This makes the image more dynamic.

Advantages of your action cam on your ski/snowboard:

  • Much more sense of speed (everything seems faster from the ground up)
  • Unique angle that you almost never see in standard POV
  • Perfect for Reels or TikTok with quick edits and hard beat drops

Use a selfie stick

This idea is one of the easiest ways to instantly make your winter sports footage a lot cooler: use a selfie stick . No editing or taping required: just click your action cam onto the selfie stick and you're ready to film. If you use an Insta360, it becomes even more impressive thanks to the Invisible Selfie Stick feature : the stick automatically disappears from view, making it look like you're being filmed by a cameraman or drone.

The great thing is that you can switch between different shots incredibly quickly: film yourself, capture the landscape, or film low to the ground for extra speed. It's also ideal for "follow shots" of your friends: ride next to someone and film diagonally forward for a cinematic effect, while still filming yourself.

Benefits of filming with a selfie stick:

  • Easy, lots of variation in shots
  • You easily get different cool images
  • Perfect for vlog-style content (talking and action at the same time)

Conclusion

Winter sports are the perfect opportunity to create the coolest content yourself: you're in a unique location, constantly on the move, and doing something that's automatically fun to film. The ideas in this blog will help you film more purposefully and consciously. By thinking ahead about how and what you want to capture, you'll get much more out of your winter sports footage.

The most important tip: keep it simple. Don't overthink things, just start filming and find what works for you. With minimal gear, you can create surprisingly cool shots. Choose your setup, test it out on the slopes, and you'll notice your content instantly looks sharper.

Curious which accessories really make a difference on a winter sports holiday? Then check out our blog post, "Top 5 GoPro Accessories for Winter Sports," and head out into the snow well-prepared. Have fun filming and, above all, enjoy your winter holiday!

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