Some super sweet heli footage from Mauritius, on the clean waves. Around the 7 minute mark is when the action starts, the first half is Russian language interviews, but there are subtitles.
Kevin Pritchard’s latest sport short features Graham Ezzy windsurfing on Maui, Hawaii.
Here’s Graham’s take on working with Kevin:
“Kevin Pritchard has 8 windsurfing world titles and also makes films about windsurfing. Being the subject of his latest sport short, “Take 1”, makes me one of the happiest pro windsurfers on and off the water.
When Kevin showed me the first edit, I got goosebumps (or as they say in Hawaii: chicken-skin). It was surreal to see one of windsurfing’s heroes making a short about me. Some of my earliest memories of watching windsurfing events involve seeing Kevin boost 50 feet in the air before rotating into a delayed forward rotation. Or, when I was 16 and competing as the youngest pro on my second year of the professional windsurfing tour, KP added yet another world title to his collection.
Being filmed by a legend has benefits beyond the cool factor. Windsurfing is one of the hardest sports to film, according to every filmmaker I have ever worked with. The first take is the only take. Each wave breaks differently than every other wave. Framing can’t be planned but must be improvised. The strong winds vibrate the camera and the long lens required to keep a tight frame on the windsurfer half a mile out to sea.
There is only one take for every shot. If that take is blown, the whole shot is gone.
When nothing is planned, having an 8x world champion behind the lens makes a difference. He can read me as I read the waves, anticipating my maneuvers. It’s like a dance to an unfamiliar song with a familiar partner.
KP doesn’t have to imagine what its like to jump 50 feet into the air or drop into a 50 foot wave at jaws. He has done all that and more. When I take a foot off my board during a back rotation, I know that he was the first one to do it, winning a world title off that jump in 2002.
And even with Kevin’s skill, shots still get missed. By some version of murphy’s law it seems that the best moves escape capture and must live forever as a memory. Making a short like this, even just 4 minutes in length, takes a few months of filming.
My favorite part of Kevin’s edit is that it feels really honest: the feeling it gives reminds me of what it is like to be on the water.”
Marcilio ‘Brawzinho’ Browne shows off his wavesailing in Chile and Maui.
Check out this video with two young Polish riders. Nikodem Merlak (Pol 64) and Przemek Krzycki (Pol-194) spent all of July in Pozo and scored epic conditions.
“Last year we spent a whole July in Pozo and only four days were without wind. After this training we have taken part in PWA KIA Cold Hawaii World Cup in Klitmoller first time. First part of movie was captured in Pozo Iziquierdo and second part in Vargas.” – The two riders
Brothers, Aleix Sanllehy and Eric Sanllehy on their last training trip to Chile, and having a great time!!
Starring Diony Guadagnino, Deivis Paternina Teran, Bryan Comino, and some hungarian guests.
This amazing clip comes from Christoph Valognes, featuring the NeilPryde team in action at different spots around the World. This clip is spectacular and a a must watch!
Hot Sails Maui is pleased to announce the signing of their latest team rider, 18 year old Morgan Noireaux, check out his first day at the office, complete with new sails!
Some sweet footage from Henrik Jamaer, as the sun sets in Cape Town South Africa.
Martin Ten Hoeven is the PWA’s tallest rider at 2.05M and can often make the waves look small, but still rips. While on Tenerife he teamed up with Bartek Jankowski and put together this sweet action clip.
The Carro Wave Classic took place last week in Carro, France, a small fishing village in Marseilles, and one of the best wave spots in the Mediterranean. The top 3 men were, Thomas Traversa, Julient Taboulet, and Peter Voultwater respectively. Fanny Aubet took the girls division, and Justin Denel won the youth. The video is in Fench but the action is what it is all about!
A view from Cape Town 2013 featuring Robercik (POL 18) and Przemysław Siemiński (POL 239). Some nice wave action in this one as Cape town delivered!
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
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!
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.