You could always order Pro Standard's amazing Grill Mount 2.0, the Super-Visor low profile Under visor helmet mount and of course the game changing 360 Quick Connect Camera mounting system directly from Prostandard.com but now with shock at Amazon warehouses throughout Europe, you'll be able to get your order quicker and and for the same price as if you ordered it direct, but you'll get to take advantage of Amazon Prime's shipping abilities so you won't have to pay shipping.
One word for all that... DOPE!
Video below: @keahideaboitiz #cabrinhakites
Get stoked, get stocked!
Ken
]]>Definitely stoked that Lakey uses the Grill Mount.
Check the entire 4 part series here.
Get your Grill Mount here or on Amazon. Get free shipping on your Grill Mount if you are a member of Amazon Prime.
]]>The Grill Mount is the only mouth mount for GoPro that lets you breathe normal, and is designed to be held perfectly and naturally in your hand or mouth.
Get your Grill Mount here or on Amazon.
]]>6X Wakeboard World Champion Julia Rick has joined the Pro Standard GoPro Accessories Ambassador program. We're super stoked to have such an amazing athlete using Pro Standard mounts to chronicle her adventures.
Follow @julia_rick on Instagram, to get an idea of how amazing she is.
]]>"Simple and brilliant! If I had to choose between the best GoPro gimbal on the market or a set of ProStandard 360 Quick Connect mounts I would take the mounts. It`s insane how just a tiny bit of “plastic” can be such a game changer. I think ProStandard is on the right track and the same goes for the Grill Mount – the simplest of things can be the most genius."
GoPro Essentials just test drove the 360 Quick Connect GoPro Mounting System and straight up loved it. Couldn't stop raving about it really. If you'd like to read the full review, click the photo for the link.
"Let me paint you a picture(Imagine this in a black and white TV-Shop`like clip in your head) – You are riding down a nice snowy hill on a snowboard and you have your GoPro attached to your board. You suddenly reach a clearance with amazing sunset view and you want to take a selfie with the pole you have in your backpack. You take off your gloves and try to loosen the GoPro screw but your fingers are stiff from the cold. Once you get the screw loose you send an eternity unscrewing it completely and then screwing the GoPro to the pole. Meanwhile, your fingers are freezing off and a big-ass cloud has covered the setting sun – the moment is gone and you will never get that shot.
This is probably THE biggest nuisance when it comes to action cameras – the screw system is cumbersome and takes way too much time to operate.
The ProStandard 360 Quick Connect is hands down the fastest system to switch your GoPro between different mounts."
This was probably my main concern because I wanted to put the mounts through a rough test. I have broken GoPro original mounts before and actually lost a GoPro in the sea. I had the camera attached to the GoPro adhesive mount and the mount pretty much shattered on a really hard landing and this was the end of my HERO3.
So I took some extra precautions (used the back door floater) and started doing some high jumps and hot landings where I deliberately landed hard and kept the board really flat to the water on the impact to create as much force as possible. (My knees and heels will not thank me for this)
I threw in some crashes and dragged the board under water just for the lulz and the I am happy to report that I still have my GoPro and the mounts took the beating without any issues.
All the mounts are made of polycarbonate formulation that ProStandard calls Holycarbonate because it`s just that strong.
One other cool thing is that the mount that slips into the GoPro Quick mount is that the 360 Quick Connect Cleat Connect has an integrated rubber guard that slips into the connector keeping dirt away and making it more secure.
Simple and brilliant! If i had to choose between the best GoPro gimbal on the market or a set of ProStandard 360 Quick Connect mounts I would take the mounts. It`s insane how just a tiny bit of “plastic” can be such a game changer. I think ProStandard is on the right track and the same goes for the Grill mount – the simplest of things can be the most genius.
]]>A friend sent me the link to the latest episode of Los Buscagigantes and it's off the hook. The GoPro shot of Ramon Navarro using the Grill Mount at 6:17 is awesome. It shows how easy it is to transition the Grill Mount from mouth mount to hand held and get footage that is all time. The curve in the spine was designed to seat itself in your hand and give clearance to grab it from your mouth. It also puts your GoPro in the perfect position for the smoothest footage.
Rodrigo Farias Moreno posts up about the video.
One more trip to the island of fantasy, to finally meet with epic conditions. Ramon Navarro was not only there to tell them, but to share them with the new generations of big wave surfing.
Cerveza Corona presenta Los Buscagigantes - Temporada 3 - Webisode 08 & Final - La isla de la Fantasía from Rodrigo Farias Moreno on Vimeo.
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It's a pretty mind-bending process when you stop and think how Amazon gets your order to you. Here's their Kiva-Broll robots hard at work deep in the bowels of the Amazon warehouse.
Need a Pro Standard Grill Mount or Super-Visor Low Profile Under Visor Helmet mount for your GoPro? Hit us up on Amazon.
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We've taken all the input from our team of ambassadors to make the Grill Mount 2.0 even better than the original Grill Mount.
Virtually Indestructible Holy Carbonate Construction
Ken's been searching for two years for the perfect polycarbonate plastic to make our new parts out of. It needed to flex instead of shatter. It needed to be impervious to cold or temperature changes and most of all it had to be the most durable plastic we could find. We couldn't find a plastic that met our specific design parameters. So we created our own. Craig Gauld our engineer worked with our plastic supplier to create Holycarbonate. The plastic is ridiculous. After trying to break it and being unable to do so one of us exclaimed, "Holy Carbonate Batman!" And so a name and a legend was born. Holycarbonate, the strongest most durable highest quality plastic ever used for GoPro mounts and accessories.
Marine Grade Stainless Steel Hardware
If you are like us you are so sick of looking for that damn acorn nut. So we designed our own marine grade micro t-nut to replace the acorn nut. Super smooth, and light and because it's the highest grade available of stainless steel, it will never rust. That doesn't mean you shouldn't rinse your gear when you get out of the ocean. If you don't rinse your GoPro, the GoPro bolt will rust.
Changed Injection Point For a Stronger Part
The Grill Mount 2.0 mold had the injection point changed so that the 2.0 would be wayyyyyy stronger. Now during manufacturing, the Holycarbonate flows in only one direction - from the tip of the tines instead of splitting in two directions from the injection point on the spine in the Grill Mount 1.0. With the new injection point as the hot plastic flows through the mold, there is no seam where the plastic might meet and not bond perfectly creating a weak spot for the Grill Mount to break on.
The new injection point means there is nowhere at the thinnest part of the mount for impact stress to focus on and create a weak spot. If you are a bodyboarder that snapped a Grill Mount when you were out getting whomped, you know how great this upgrade is. Good luck breaking the 2.0. If you do manage to somehow break it, let us know, the Grill Mount 1.0 and 2.0 have a lifetime warranty.
Check Out - 2 X World Champion Moon Whyte on the Cabrinha Odysea with The Pro Standard Grill Mount
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The other change is we've finally gotten rid of the damn acorn nut and changed to the same design Micro T-Nut that we are using in the Super-Visor low profile under visor mount and 360 Quick Connect. Our Micro T-Nut is made of the highest quality Marine Grade Stainless Steel. 316 grade stainless. Now you don't have to worry about rusting or losing anything when you change between the Grill Mount and other GoPro mounts and accessories in your collection. You still need to rinse your Grill Mount and GoPro after any session in salt water because the GoPro bolt will rust.
We will be shipping all Grill Mount orders placed as of today Grill Mount 2.0 versions of the mount as soon as they arrive next week. So if you order before then you will notice a slight delay in our shipping your order.
The photo is a mock up of what the new Grill Mount 2.0 looks like.
Thanks for all the support,
Get stoked!
Ken
]]>The Problem We Were Trying To Solve
We've all been in this situation. Something amazing is happening and just as the shot that will be the all time shot is about to happen, your GoPro mount breaks and you miss the shot. All that time, money and effort wasted. Holycarbonate was created to solve this problem.
The Problem With All The Cheap Chinese Knockoff GoPro Accessories
Most third party GoPro mounts and accessories are made with the cheapest polycarbonate that they can buy, especially if you are buying the Chinese knockoffs. It's why you can buy 45 piece accessory kits for a price that is essentially free. They break so easily you are basically just wasting your money on the product. Never mind the ecological footprint of throwing away the broken parts. Usually the broken mount situation isn't a great moment for recycling. Swearing, throwing and anger don't lend themselves to responsible actions. HAHAHAHA. Cheap parts made of cheap plastic will let you down every time when you need them the most. Once you've missed the shot, suddenly that cheap part looks very expensive and the expensive accessory suddenly looks cheap when it never fails you. You spent time, money and effort to be in the perfect place at the perfect time to get the perfect shot. That's why Holycarbonate is so great. It's virtually indestructible. It is used in all our accessories so you won't be let down.
What is Holycarbonate?
Holy Carbonate is our own formula of polycarbonate. We've been working with out plastic supplier to get the exact combination of strength, resilience and price so that we could have virtually unbreakable products. Craig Gauld our engineer, (Im a pretendgineer) worked with our plastic supplier for months, dialing in the molecules to make the strength unbeatable but also the ability for the part to "Take a hit" and flex instead of shatter. That is the magic combination. When your GoPro mount gets hit you want it to be able to slightly flex to disperse the impact and not break. Craig nailed it. The plastic is so strong we could change our camera mount so you could make it even tighter than before.
What's With The Name, Holycarbonate?
It was a Batman moment. We won't deny it. We were smashing on 360 Quick Connect Pipe Master mount attached to a ski pole and couldn't break it. The Ski Pole broke before the mount did. One of us exclaimed "Holy Carbonate Batman!" A name and a legend was born. Holycarbonate is the best plastic ever used in a GoPro mount or accessory. No other company uses our formula. It makes for more expensive parts but you are getting a part that will never let you down when it matters.
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The Super-Visor is the mount you've been waiting for if you race BMX or MTB, ride motocross or ATV.
Here's some of the design features that make it so great.
Integrated Roost Guard
The integrated roost guard protects the mount from snapping when hit with roost debris, keeping your GoPro safely on your helmet and off the track - safer riding for everyone.
Smoother GoPro Footage That Looks More Like Your Memory
Lower placement than traditional helmet mounts ensures you get the smoothest footage possible. With the camera only a couple inches above your eyes, the footage looks a lot more like what you remember from your rides because the POV is so close to the same position as your eyes.
Stealthy Placement
No one know's you're filming so you can blend in a lot better.
UCI Race Ready
Design is compliant with all UCI helmet cam breakaway rules for filming during events. Designed to breakaway with your visor during crashes.
No Snag - Safer Riding
Protects your head and neck by preventing the snagging of other riders, branches, fencing and flagging tape, keeping everyone safer.
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I've been a professional photographer since 1983. A filmmaker since 1986 and a pro snowboarder from 1983 till about 1990. Shooting pro snowboarders is a lot of fun. I've traveled the world doing just that. Dragging equipment around gets pretty old but the enjoyment of capturing amazing moments never does.
When I realized that I was carrying more equipment for my GoPro, the world's most versatile camera than I was for my DSLR, I knew I could add something to the GoPro experience that made it more fun to shoot and more fun to travel with less stuff. I didn't know I was going to invent what Mountain Life Magazine calls "the Best New GoPro Accessory".
GoPro mounts and accessories are great, they just aren't as versatile or indestructible as the camera. Knowing from experience that everything only happens once, I wanted to make accessories that kept you in the moment instead of always saying, "Hang on a second while I change mounts!"
The only way way to do that was rethink the GoPro accessories experience and start with the goal of every accessory being able to be used the maximum amount of different ways so that you have to change mounts the least amount of times to get the shots you want.
Once I'd created the Grill Mount, the mount that Kris Jamieson the former Head of Global Education and Training at GoPro calls "The single overall greatest GoPro mount ever made", my next design job was to speed up and simplify the whole changing mounts experience so you could use more mounts without having to change the bolt on your camera. I wanted a consistency of connection. Because, no matter how good the camera was, changing mounts sucked.
The GoPro family of mounts didn't have a unified connection. Sometimes you had to use the cleat to change mounts and sometime you had to unbolt it. Changing mounts was a slow process. It was such a hassle that lots of people who loved the camera stopped using it just because of that. Too much hassle. Worst of all you only had four angles. 0°, 90°, 180° and 270°.
So that was my design assignment. Unified connection experience, faster change and the ability to put your GoPro on any angle.
A big thing I also wanted was durability. I was so tired of parts breaking right when you needed them most. We went through a lot of different materials before we ended up custom formulating our own material that had the characteristics we wanted. The ability to abuse it, treat it like dirt, flex instead of shatter, perform instead of fail. 360 Quick Connect parts are definitely the highest quality parts you can get for your GoPro. It's why I can give a lifetime warranty.
It it took two years of R&D, and more prototypes and blind canyons to get to the 360 Quick Connect parts that are finally shipping out to the world. I had to explore every possibility to make sure that my way, 360 Quick Connect was the best, most efficient, effective and versatile way to achieve my design goal.
I've succeeded. 360 Quick Connect is absolutely the best mounting system ever created for GoPro cameras. Get yours now and change how you shoot.
]]>Kris "Jaymo" Jamieson is a huge fan of the Grill Mount. In this video he uses the Grill Mount combined with his GoPro Hero 5 Session three ways - as a mouth mount, tripod mount and a hook mount.
Another Midlife Crisis avoided with the help of #backyardbend Bends Public Hiking Trails and my family's #creamretriever • #marriedwithchildren #hero5session #grillmount • @backyardbend @theprostandard @gopro #dogs
The Grill Mount used as Hook Mount Hooked and folded into a clamp on a branch
Grill Mount used as a GoPro mouth mount.
The Grill Mount used as a tripod for his GoPro Session
]]>Pro Kiteboarder Jake Kelsick drops all kinds of great videos on his vlog. The video that he just posted breaks down what equipment he uses to create them. We're super stoked that he uses the Grill Mount so much. Check his latest post here.
]]>The Pacific Gyre is growing every year and now plastic waste has even started showing up in the arctic. No matter how well intentioned we are a huge percentage (80%) of plastic packaging ends up not getting recycled
Ignorance is is bliss but ignorance is also complicity. So as a brand and a person I couldn't be a part of the problem. So when it came time to create and design the packaging for the 360 Quick Connect, the best new GoPro accessory, there was no decision. We were going plastic free.
All our packaging for the 360 Quick Connect GoPro mounting system is 100% plastic free and printed on recycled paper with vegetable oil ink. All our sayings printed on the paper parts bags we used to replace the ziplock bags that traditionally get used, are Kenism's collected from my friends when asked for "What kind of dumb stuff have I said over the years that are either inspirational or funny or both. We ended up with these three. There were more than a few others saved for round two. #Lulusfromkenmon #stretch #badjokesarefree
The packaging is also printed in Canada at Topline Printing in Calgary. Everything is packaged in Whistler so that all our parts can be shipped in bulk from China to save space on shipping so less fuel is used to get us our epic GoPro accessories.
The shipping boxes we use we use to get you your order make us stoked every time we ship parts out. We use cardboard takeout food boxes from Earth Pak. We designed the 360 Quick Connect packaging to nest inside the takeout container. We couldn't stand the over packaged corrugated cardboard box that is the standard shipping container. The take out box is perfectly strong enough to keep your Grill Mount or 360 Quick Connect parts safe in the mail. Best of all our shipping box is so light we can ship two Grill Mounts to you for the same price.
Thanks to Jamie Lynn for the art and Amy, Gwynn and everyone at Mt. Baker for putting on the Banked Slalom where I won the art these photos feature.
]]>Our plastic supplier profiled every company's polycarbonate plastic that was being used in their parts. We told them the issues we'd had with parts and what we wanted to solve when we made our parts.
This was our laundry list that we gave our supplier as we aimed for the highest quality GoPro parts ever made. We also told them why we needed those qualities in the material.
We did it. The custom formulation achieved everything and more than we'd dare dream. It turned out to be crazy expensive but we didn't care because not missing the shot and getting the shot of a lifetime is priceless.
Since I don't drink, this is how I celebrate. The Celebration Banana!
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The Grill Mount is the only mouth mount that is also designed to be a hand grip. And a clamp mount, wall mount, hook mount, bottle mount, tripod mount.
@pelou_ Day 8 : Golden hour somewhere in indonesia with the pink tomo @s4fsurfboards
#s4fsurfboards #sunset #surftrip #travel #surfing #pointbreaks #westjava #villamonyet #gopro #grillmount #sunset lovers
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All our packaging has been arriving over the last few days from Topline Printing in Calgary and Color time printing in Vancouver so the folding, cutting, stuffing and taping has begun.
I'm really happy that I am sending out all our 360 Quick Connect products in 100% Plastic Free packaging. Instead of the parts being packaging in plastic bags, they are packed in coin envelopes with things I have said over the years printed on them.
My cat Ocho said she would be down to help all she has been doing is sleeping on the job.
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We put in a plastic stopper to prevent people from over tightening the camera mount, because the original material we were making the mounts out of wasn't as strong as we'd hoped. So we put the stopper in, in case we didn't get our custom formulation down in time for the first production run. In the end we got the custom formulation exactly right and the new plastic is so strong we don't need the stoppers any more. Basically you can't over tighten the mount any more. So I get to grind off the stopper with a Dremel tool and then file them so they look nice. It's mellow, there's only HUNDREDS of them.Yay science! Yay sales! Yay The Best New GoPro Accessory.
FINALLY!
Two years of R&D are complete, Mountain Life Magazine has called 360 Quick Connect "The Best New GoPro Accessory" and... our first production run has landed. So the first thing I did was see if I could break them.
Yeah. Break them.
YESSSSSSSSS!
Ken
]]>WHY YOU NEED 360 QUICK CONNECT GOPRO ACCESSORIES IN YOUR KIT
I’ve been a professional photographer for over 35 years and there is nothing worse than missing the shot. I love shooting with my GoPro but missing shots because it took to long to change mounts or because I couldn’t get the angle, inspired the creation of the 360 Quick Connect Camera Mounting System.
PERFORMANCE - CONSISTENCY OF CONNECTION
No matter what GoPro or third party mounts you are using, 360 Quick Connect brings performance and consistency to your party of mounts. GoPro’s mounting system is completely inconsistent throughout their line up of mounts. If you want to quickly put your GoPro on another mount to adapt to a rapidly changing shooting situation you are out of luck unless all the parts line up. Once you put 360 Quick Connect parts on your mounts, it brings a consistency of connection to all your mounts. Now you don’t have to think about what mounting type your next mount is and you don’t have to deal with the bolt.
COMPOSITIONAL FREEDOM - SPEED
With 360 Quick Connect you simply flip the lever, pull the mount, drop it onto the next mount and close the lever to lock it in place. Your micro adjustable rotational tension and your pivot tension are unchanged creating a bigger time window to get the shot. By putting the rotational ability onto your camera instead of the GoPro mount, your mounts instantly become, the right mount, more of the time, so you don’t need to carry as many mounts or change mounts as often, so you shoot more and never miss a moment.
THE BEST NEW GOPRO ACCESSORY
Thanks to Mountain Life Magazine for calling the 360 Quick Connect System "The Best New GoPro Accessory" in their latest issue.
]]>The Grill Mount is so much more than a mouth mount and the posts over the last couple of years by Keahi De Aboitiz, Moona Whyte and Nick Jacobsen have show how great it is as a GoPro hand grip, GoPro Tripod Hook Mount, and even a bottle mount.
I can't wait to see the amazing photos and videos that will come up with their Grill Mounts, GoPro's and Cabrinha kites.
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Convert all your GoPro accessories into 360 Quick Connect mounts. Mountain Life Magazine called them the "Best New GoPro Accessory". We are starting to ship April 21 so the window to score free shipping and a free Grill Mount on 9 and 12 Piece bundles, is closing fast.
Add Performance to Every Mount You Own
No matter what GoPro mounts you are using now, 360 Quick Connect brings added features to them.
4 Piece GoPro Bundle $35.
6 Piece GoPro Bundle $45
9 Piece Bundle $65
12 Piece Bundle $89
Free Shipping
Get a free Grill Mount with every 9 and 12 piece pre-order. Use discount code "Imdownwith360qc" for free shipping on all pre-orders.
Shipping starts April 21.
]]>Despite everyone’s best intentions, most plastic packaging doesn’t get recycled. With the Pacific Gyre growing every year, global warming destroying our glaciers, islands sinking and more around the world, as a company we want an eco-footprint as small as possible. The easiest way for us to do that was to be as green as possible in the manufacture of our products and to have no plastic in the packaging of our 360 Quick Connect products. 360 Quick Connect packaging is printed in Canada at Topline printing in Calgary, made with recycled paper, printed with vegetable oil ink, and is 100% plastic free.
Instead of packaging our product in China, we decided to package all our product here in Whistler so that each order is packed just for you and so we have maximum flexibility. Right now we have no idea what bundle is going to be our best seller. This way we can package each order as it comes in and keep the waste to a minimum.
Our products are shipped in bulk, without packaging, from China so that our carbon footprint is smaller and I can make my kids pack boxes and pay them in candy. Everyone wins! An added benefit is when the kids go to school they can say they are professional boxers.
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If you want to come to the show and watch me ramble for 8 minutes, it's on the 9th of April.
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When it comes to greener than before, one thing I'm really proud of our shipping boxes. Last year as I was working on 360 Quick Connect, I was trying to figure out how to not use so much damn cardboard in the shipping boxes. Every time I got something from Amazon it killed me how overpacked and over protected the item was.
As I ate my leftovers from El Furniture Warehouse restaurant, I looked closer at the EarthPak box I was eating from and realized that the Grill Mount would nest perfectly into the box. The box is lighter that a usual shipping box so I can ship two mounts for the price of one, so it saves on gas as well. The custom wrapped label features Chris Monroe aka @beefsofficial @catchsurf on the side.
It makes me laugh as well since it's basically a Chinese food take out box, and the Grill Mount is made in China with food grade polycarbonate and EVA. So technically it's still Chinese food in the box.
I was so stoked. Laughs achieved and problem solved .
When it was time to design the box for the 360 Quick Connect system, I designed it to fit in the next size up box that I had been using to ship two Grill Mounts for the price of one. The 360 Quick Connect box nests perfectly into the box and the USPS small shipping box.
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