INTRODUCING THE OWL CAM from ANTIMEDIA on Vimeo.

Norwegian Film company presents the owl cam. Basically, a brushless gimbal mounted on a helmet.

Iam wondering if such a system could withstand the shocks of a skier jumping and going full speed (impacts + wind) in order to be used as a POV camera.

I'm a big fan of this kind of ideas, but I still believe there must be a better solution to stabilize footage other than a bulky gimbal.

Maybe a system like this could be the answer? 

Imagine a miniaturized version of these mirrors that you could plug in front of any camera. adding automatic subject tracking instead of remote controlled