Bryan Elkus

Author: Bryan Elkus

  • 2011 Cape Hatteras Calendar

    After many requests for a calendar, I would like to present my 2011 Cape Hatteras Calendar. The 2011 Cape Hatteras Calendar has 12 amazing photographs taken throughout the year. This calendar is a great reminder for those waiting for the next trip to the Outer Banks. Pick one up for your wall, office, dorm room or give one to a friend!

    Currently shipping internationally to: Greece, United Kingdom, Germany, Canada, France and Spain.  Please contact via email if your country is not on the list to recieve a shipping quote.  Product ships in 2-5 business days.

  • Kiteboarding Magazine March 2011

    The March 2011 issue of Kiteboarding Magazine offered up an interesting mix of images, though I was pleased to see a few of mine sneak in there.

    Lulu “Laura Vroman” was featured in the REAL Watersports ad. The image is of her destroying the JWCF Slider during a night session with the Liquid Force Kiteboarding Crew. Congrats Lulu, Keep ripping!

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    Professional Kiteboarder Brandon Scheid scored a few shots in this issue.  The first one is a photo taken in the late summer of 2010, during a classic slider session on the REAL Dock Slider in Cape Hatteras, NC. As it turns out, this is one of our favorite features to session because it is always set up and ready for a session. This makes it easy to get the crew together for an impromptu slider session when the sunset goes insane.

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    This was one of my other shots of Dre, Andre Phillip, Kiteskating from the 2010 summer. This land gap shot was my favorite. I really liked the color of the sky after the sun went down and the matching lighting really makes for a cool feel.  Dre and Davey were out in super windy conditions trying to make this happen!

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    With his powerful and huge tricks, Eric Rienstra has been a dominant force over the past summer in the Cape Hatteras Kiteboarding scene.  In this picture, Eric goes for a huge grab behind The Slick on a Northern wind day late in the summer of 2010.

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    The TOC page belongs to Brandon Scheid. This was a really fun session during mid summer right before the trip to Peru. Brandon and Eric were out in the slick on a nuking SW evening. It was blowing over 30 knots and those guys were out going HUGE. In this shot, Brandon does a nuclear grab kiteboarding in The Slick in Cape Hatteras, NC.

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    In record time, we designed this ad for the 2011 Triple-S Invitational. It features the 2010 Triple-S overall winner Brandon Scheid gap 3ing the JWCF Slider. This was the one session I was really bummed I missed riding in. I’ve waited 2 years to session this slider with the gap out, but to no avail. I look forward to seeing all the competitors back for another week of madness!

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    The Watermen’s Retreat Ad features a photo I shot of the interior of the living room of one of the units.

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    I have been really excited with the new route that Liquid Force has gone this year with their marketing campaign. In this ad, Mauricio Abreu is doing his thing.

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  • REAL ESM Ad with Mulcoy

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    We went for a very simple layout for this REAL ad. It was based off the REAL’s Kiteboarding Ad for Kiteboarding Magazine, but we wanted to promote kiteboarding and kitesurfing to the average surfer. The Surfer/Kiter featured in this ad is REAL/Fox  surf team rider Josh Mulcoy.

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  • Spectacular OBX Sunset

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    I was welcomed back to Cape Hatteras with a spectacular sunset. After a rather long day at work I was going to grab some water when I looked out the window to see the sky practically on fire. The calm winds left the Pamlico Sound nearly glass. I grabbed some gear and sprinted outside to catch the sunset.
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  • Weekend at Snowshoe WV

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    Mel and I headed up to Snowshoe, WV for a weekend of snowboarding. We meet up with some friends we havn’t seen in a while. It was so much fun to get back on the slopes. The first day was raining and the snow was mushy which made it great for both of us learning some new tricks. The second day things got a bit colder and the snow froze and made things a bit more interesting. The resort was not very busy which was terrific and I didn’t wait in the lift line once! Even though it was a pretty long drive we had an amazing weekend!

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  • Happy New Years!!!

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    Hope everyone has a happy and healthy New Year!

  • 34 Degree Shore Break Surf Session

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    Matt Lane and I went out for a surf session at lunch today. It wound up being warmer than I thought, though I armored up with full rubber with a 6/5/4 Billabong SG5, 3mm gloves, 7mm booties and a hood. We had a blast during our session, until I was paddling and hit a hard object with my hand. I caught the next wave in and called it a session.
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  • Monday Windy Winter Surf

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    The waves were still pumping but the winds were cranking as well. There were 20-40 knot winds which were enough to keep me warm and dry in my car snapping a few pictures. A few guys went out and one even lost their surfboard when their leash broke and the board shot off the wave and out to sea from the winds.
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  • Cold winter weekend on the Island

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    It was very cold the past few days over Christmas weekend. With the strong winds behind us the Pamlico Sound glassed off for a terrific Sunday evening views.
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