Soldering USB cable to the bottom of USB connector
I guess you want the link to work at SuperSpeed, although this particular dual-cam fish-eye says something like "USB3.0 High Speed". And the NanoPi NEO Air also seems to be limited to USB 2.0 OTG with micro-USB connector. In any case, if you can find a twinaxial cable, something like this one, and solder the shield properly using 2-3mm-short leads, you should be fine, although some experimentation and measuring eye diagrams may be required.

Twisted pair made of AWG30 Kynar bluewire also works on short distances (1-2"), see this impedance calculator.

If still a problem, your can cut off the connector, body first, then pin-by-pin, but for HS it is unnecessary. Still the use of Type-A receptacle doesn't speak well about the camera manufacturer.