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[webbikeworld.com] - BREAKING: GoPro to Acquire Forcite Helmets
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Thanks to the fantastic team over at RideApart, we’ve landed on a prime bit of news to blast us into 2024’s week #7.* According to a press release from GoPro Inc., Forcite Helmets will soon be acquired by GoPro Inc, a company known for high-profile models like their new HERO12 Black / MAX.* ![]() ![]() We may not know the particulars of why Forcite Helmets is merging with GoPro, but we DO know why GoPro wants the tech.*Founder and CEO Nicholas Woodman is by all accounts super excited to have the Forcite team on board for “a future of tech-enabled helmets:” GoPro has built a strong brand internationally across all forms of motorsports and has enjoyed a strong following with motorcycle enthusiasts.*– Nicholas Woodman, GoPro founder and CEO (GoPro) ![]() ![]() GoPro is keen on “work[ing] towards enhancing the performance and safety of various types of helmets,” and that’s right up Forcite’s alley.* Add to this the fact that*GoPro also wishes to “accelerate Forcite’s vision to provide a safer, more dynamic motorcycling experience through tech-enabled motorcycle helmets with the long-term goal of tech-enabling other categories of helmets over time,” and boom. A match made in heaven, if you ask me. ![]() ![]() We’re glad you asked; the answer is yes, though we don’t have much in the way of details.* The GoPro “Tech-Enabled” Helmet Thanks to Jitchotvisut’s sleuthing, we know that GoPro hopes to debut its very first tech-enabled motorcycle helmet – using Forcite tech – by 2025. We’ve yet to receive word on whether this helmet will be using tech from the present MK1S, but consider it a possibility, given the deadline. The potential for a monthly subscription fee GoPro could also possibly integrate “tech-as-a-service subscription plans” into their motorcycle helmets, based on what the brand has done with their existing camera and video models.* Should subscription plans be installed, GoPro’s website tells us that riders will have the following available for a certain monthly rate:*
![]() ![]() We’ve reached out to Forcite Helmets in an attempt to talk details; given GoPro won’t even be in complete acquisition of Forcite Helmets until March of this year, we’re not expecting additional tidbits for a while yet.* While we wait, here are a few other interesting tidbits of information posited by GoPro’s press release (we’ll list the quotes below in order of appearance):*
*Media provided by GoPro and Forcite Helmets* The post BREAKING: GoPro to Acquire Forcite Helmets appeared first on webBikeWorld.
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