Nicholas Woodman

The story of how avid surfer Nicholas Woodman invented the GoPro Camera is the perfect example of necessity being the mother of invention. Prior to becoming a full time entrepreneur, Woodman spent years traveling the world trying to catch the perfect wave. Everywhere he traveled, Woodman carried with him two crucial tools every surfing nomad must posses: #1) A surf board (obviously). And #2)
A camera to document everything. During a particularly inspirational summer spent surfing in Indonesia and Australia, Woodman had a revelation that would change the course of his life: There had to be a better and more active way to capture photographs of the surfing action than his current basic options. The resulting product was the GoPro camera. Fast forward roughly 10 years, and thanks to GoPro Nicholas Woodman is worth $1.3 billion. Here's how he did it…

Woodman's $200-400 cameras have become ubiquitous everywhere from surf breaks to ski resorts to scuba diving spots all around the world. Surfers, snowboarders, and mountain bikers strap their cameras to their surfboards, helmets, or handlebars and record panoramic footage of their action sport. The GoPro camera allows the user to be the star of their own highlight reel. Snowboarder Shaun White used GoPros during his Winter X Games runs. Hollywood film director Michael Bay keeps boxes of them on his sets. The Rolling Stones use them on stage to film their experience. Even the NFL has tested GoPros on their end zone pylons as a way of capturing touchdown replay footage.

By following his passions and using necessity to create a useful invention, Nicholas Woodman is 37-year billionaire surfer/entrerpreneur. Instead of living out of a VW bus like he did in his younger days, today Woodman flies to all of the world's most exotic surf paradises on a private G-IV jet!Click to Read More

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