Launch Helmet Cams - Blog

Seth Enslow Breaks the Harley Jump Record!

launch — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:22:05 +1100

Seth Enslow has finally achieved his dream and broken the World record for the longest jump on a Harley Davidson Motorcycle. Early on Tuesday March 2, 2010 Seth smashed the existing record held by Bubba Blackwell (157 feet) by jumping 183.7 feet. Launch Helmet Cams was invited to handle all the onboard cameras for the event, and the results were quite spectacular. Stay tuned for the footage of Seth's record breaking jump.

BASE jumping wingsuit madness with Jim Mitchell

launch — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:06:10 +1100

Launch Helmet Cams sponsored jumper Jim Mitchell gets up close and personal with the cliffs at Bispen in Norway. Jim has recently come onboard to hep us test a variety of mounts and cameras and we look forward to getting some more crazy videos from him.

New office launched in Canada

launch — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:45:31 +1100

Matt Fitzhardinge, one of the owners of Launch Helmet Cams, recenly moved over to Canada to live with his girlfriend in Vancouver. As part of the move he has opened up a new office on the North Shore and the Launch Hemet Cams Canada site is now up and running. Between setting up the new office and checking out the winter olympics, Matt has been getting in some snowboarding and is looking forward to his bikes arriving so he can tackle the infamous North Shore mountain bike trails.

Curtin Motorsports 2010 Team launch

launch — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:25:27 +1100

Launch Helmet Cams was fortunate enough to be invited to the launch of the the 2010 Curtin Motorsports Team recently. The Curtin Motorsport Team competes with a small open-wheel race car in the Formula SAE-A competition and other WA Sporting Car Club events. The car is developed and built by Curtin University Engineering students. This program is ground roots motorsports racing and development in Australia, and The LHC team is excited to be able to lend a hand with cameras.

ContourHD prices have come down!

launch — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 14:37:20 +1100

The extremely popular Vholdr ContourHD range of cameras have been reduced in price! ContourHD cams now retail for $399, while the ContourHD1080p is down to $499. Check out all the VHoldR range.

Firmware upgrade available for ContourHD

launch — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:03:58 +1100

VHoldR have released a new Firmware Upgrade for the ContourHD camera. The upgrade enables you to change the video and audio settings on your ContourHD camera, and improves compatibility with select 8Gb microSD cards. With this firmware, you will be able to configure the video (bitrate), lighting (contrast, exposure, sharpness, and metering), and microphone sensitivity. You can use the latest version of the Easy Edit Software to configure these camera settings.

This upgrade is for ContourHD cameras only; customers with a ContoourHD1080 do not need to apply the upgrade because they already have it on their camera.

You can download the upgrade from VHoldRs website.

Launch now doing rentals

launch — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 13:40:33 +1100

Want to try before you buy? Only need a helmet cam for that one big trip and don't want to shell out to buy one? Well now Launch Helmet Cams is doing rentals! Due to popular demand Launch is now providing an affordable rental service of the popular VIO POV1.5 . Best of all - if you decide you like it and want to buy one then we'll put 80% of the hire cost towards a new POV1.5. For more info see our rentals page.

Meet Our Newest Team Member - Coby

launch — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 13:37:52 +1100

Meet the newest member to our team - Coby Campbell. Coby started full time sales with Launch at the start of 2010. He has a background in sales and website content management and is proving to be a valuable, enthusiastic member of our team. He regularly rides his motocross bike and gives all our different cams a thrashing.

Launch exhibiting at the sydney motorcycle expo

launch — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:27:59 +1100

We've packed our bags and are heading over to Sydney for the Sydney Motorcycle Expo, 20th - 22nd November 2009. If you're in the area, come down and check out our stall and have a play with all the different helmet cameras we sell. Mike and Markland will be there with some awesome show specials and with a bit of luck the GoPro HD Hero's will have arrived by then too.

Launch distributing Drift Innovations X170 In Aust/NZ

launch — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:36:31 +1100

Drift Innovations have appointed Launch Helmet Cams as the Australian and New Zealand distributor of the new X170 Action Camera. The X170 packs a huge number of features into a self contained camera and comes in at an amazing price. It features high quality video (720 x 480, 30 frames per second), 5 mega pixel photos, a 1.5" colour LCD screen for playback, a 5m wireless RF remote control, a 170° wide angle lens, which can be rotated through 300° and a whole lot more.