Robert Heffel produced this real nice clip form the Paradise of Maui’s North Shore. Action is featured from riders like Kai Lenny, Jason Polakow, Boujmaa Guilloul, Iballa Moreno, and more!
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.
Check out Canadian Freestyler Philip Soltysiak’s latest web update from Dahab Egypt. He’s there getting ready for the first event of the PWA season in Podersdorf, Austria, training with Steven Van Broeckhoven and Max Matissek.
Check out his full storey and a couple pics on Philip’s website.
Another great clip from BJ Productions. This one features Pascal Toselli (F 916) a 27 year old French rider and part of the Point-7 Black Team. Last year he finished 15th in the PWA Slalom rankings.
From the cutting room floor: Graham Ezzy pulls a wave 360 at Hookipa on the Ezzy Elite. Filmed by Florian Jung.
Martin Ten Hoeve in azione in un push loop al Cabezo.
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.”
Austrian freestyler Max Brinnich decided to escape the cold winter at home in his f*cked up van, and headed south. His video is done, check it out.
“I just wanted to windsurf” – Max
Tonky Frans has released his new website, and it’s packed full of images, video, and updates. Keep up to date with this freestyle master at tonkey-frans.com.
Clothing brand ION released this awesome clip featuring 5 time World Freestyle Champion Gollito Estredo.
Marcilio ‘Brawzinho’ Browne shows off his wavesailing in Chile and Maui.
Maui is back on, so there’s no doubt about it we’ve got a collection of shots from Jimmie Hepp who captures the action on H0’okipa, plus some other great shots from around the World. For the cover shot this week is was a tough call between the insane tweaked aerial of Kai Lenny and the massive air of Philip Koster, but the crazy back bend of Kai gets it. Happy Easter.
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Phivos Tsoupras captures his second ever bob on camera thanks to his brother.
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!!
