Down The Line

Ka Sails team Sailor Ben Newson (Aus 23) brings us this collection of nice clips filmed in Western Australia over the 2013 and 2014 seasons.

Jaeger Stone in Western Australia

Jaeger Stone brings us this great wavesailing clip wrapping up his session from December testing out his 2014 Severne’s and his own custom quads and thrusters.

Nti Gravity – Philip Köster in Australia

Check out the latest clip produced by Aussie Sean O’brien featuring none other then wavesailing World Champion Philip Koster as he explorers Western Australia.

Margaret river is cliffs, rocks, sharks and anticipation. Esperance is sand, glory, un-crowds and sunshine. Factor in swell and wind and a German teenager and you have Nti Gravity, our new short with Philip Köster. When you combine his spontaneous style, his aggression on the turns and his sheer joy of sailing, there is still no one else on the planet we would rather watch. 8 hour drives followed by 8 hour sessions; it was hard to get him off the water. On land he can be quiet, on the board he can be brazen. In this WeAreNeverLeaving short we take Köster on a roadtrip along the Western Australian coast looking for sun, swell and trouble. We found two of those things.

Going “Hans Solo”

Australia Pro Ben Newson recently released this solo video as a fun project testing some filming methods in Western Australia.

I recently went “Hans Solo” on a mission to the South coast of WA on a recent good forecast hoping to score some good conditions and explore some new locations. Seeing as though I was the only person on the beach I decided to set my tripod up in the hope to get a bit of footage. I jammed the legs into the sand and rested the lense against the trusty Toyota for some stabilization from the wind. I call it the set and forgot method, a bit like fishing when you dont have the line in your hands. It was a bit painful at times and a lot of action was missed either out of frame or because the camera decided to stop recording. It stayed on at Mutton Bird Beach but didn’t want to play nice at the good spot. I managed to get a bit of action (not the best i know) and cut it together into a short clip to show the conditions on offer. It was more about testing out whether this method of filming would work. It was filmed with a canon 60D, Canon 70-200 f4 non is, Tamron 24-70 f2.8 and the goprohd 2. – Ben

Oh my god its windy! ft Ben Proffitt in Western Oz

Playboy Babes or Readers Wives? This time Ben Proffitt will let you have both! We’ve been spoiled witht he ‘Playboy’ dream look at the Western Oz scene this winter courtesy of Windsurf Australia, check it out if you haven’t seen it! But now Ben Proffitt brings his version, ‘Reader Wives’ look at it. A little rough around the edges but all the bit are in the right places close enough!

Editor Note: A good portion of this was paraphrased from Ben Proffitt Vimeo post, and don’t necessarily reflect the views of Windsurf Press. We actually think the video is full of crazy action!

Margaret River with Ivan Zecca

Italian windsurfer Ivan Zecca (I 601) spent some time on the epic Margret River in Western Australia. He scored some gnarly mast high down the line conditions, enjoy the pure wave sailing action in this clip.

Scott McKercher Old School Wave Style

Australian Scott McKercher road tripping around the West Australian coastline.  Scott missed a good portion  of  the summer after knee surgery, but looks back in good form despite saying the knee is “Still a little tender but happy to be back on the water.”

Scott McKercher is riding the new Severne Blade.

Avanti Sails in Perth

Peter Voltwater testing the new 2013 Avanti Race Sail, the Machine M-1X in the waters off Perth, Western Australia. Stunning heli shots, and speed brought to us by Windsurf Australia.

Proffitt’s Training Diaries Australia

Ben Proffitt brings us his latest up dates this time from Western Australia. It’snot pretty but there’s action, including Doubles, push forwards, blood, car crashes and broken bones… well it sounds exciting!!

Ben Proffitt is a professional windsurfer from Great Britain and Commentator for the PWA.

Dany Bruch Lost and found footage…;-)

A few unused clips from from Pozo and WA during 2011 featuring Dany Bruch.

PERTH FREESTYLE POWER 2012

Some nice freestyle windsurfing from Perth, Western Australia.  The video was mostly shot at Woodmans Pt along with some other locations.

Featuring rider Al Bentley, Piotr Peter Staszczynski, Maeli Cherel, James McCarty Price, Max Polumis, Kevin LeMeur, and Laure Treboux.

Edited by Al Bentley.