Bryan Elkus

Category: Action

  • Kitesurf Magazine Cover

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    Kitesurf Magazine in the UK released their 2010 July/August issue recently. This time international man of mystery James Boulding took home the cover with a great hit on the new LF Wallride in Cape Hatteras, NC during the 2010 Liquid Force Photo Shoot.

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    I was really excited to hear that James made the 2010 Triple-S Invitational and even more excited he would be coming a few weeks before to shoot with the LF Crew. I had seen a few of James’ videos online and knew his style would fit in with the rest of the crew. He showed up and worked hard every day we were out shooting or building, so it was great to see all his hard work pay off with a cover shot! Congrats James!!!

  • Kiteboarding Magazine Cover

    This shot was taken during the 2010 Liquid Force Photoshoot. Brandon has been absolutely killing it the last 6-8 months. He really has stepped up his game this year, so this cover is much deserved.

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    The rail was setup up over land, it was pitch black and wind was nuking.  It was much too dark for auto focus. This was one of the last images taken before I had to call it because even I couldn’t see anymore and it was getting to dangerous for everyone.  Congrats B!

  • More Wakeboarding & Portraits

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    It was déjà vu tonight. I did a quick repeat of yesterday, except Tommy, Steve, Jeremy, and I hit up the Laughing Gull Bowl for a quick skate session. I then headed back over to REAL. Chad and crew was out ripping the slider as i arrived.  Dre, Evans, Stuckey and Adam were working on designs for a new slider.  I set up for a quick (ok. maybe not actually quick) portrait shoot with Brandon Scheid and Adam Anton.

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  • Best Photos of the 2009 Triple-S Invitational


    I wanted to do a quick wrap up on the 2009 Triple-S Invitational with my top ten favorite photos from last year’s event. It is hard to imagine that we just took down the 2010 Triple-S Banners. This year is flying by. We scored a ton of print and online coverage from the event, which was amazing, but it was brought to my attention that many of you had not seen some of the better images. From the style to the presses these images made it into my favorites list, so here you go and hope you enjoy!

  • Jason Slezak / Elkus Cover

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    It has been a long time coming but Jason Slezak and I finally lined up a cover shot for kiteboarding.de. This was one of the shoots we did while Andre Phillip was in town this summer. Slezy, Dre and I cranked out two fun shoots with the barrel and it seemed to be worthwhile!

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    Brian Smith and I also scored a full page, while Dylan and I had a full page spread aswell.

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  • Slezak DaKine Light Box

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    The new DaKine light boxes showed up today. One of the new graphics is a sequence shot of Jason Slezak from last summer. It was one of the best photo shoot sessions to date. The session consisted of Jason and Dre hitting the kicker over land gapping two barrels. Here is the post from that session. Its good to see some of my work hanging in the shop, especially in a DaKine AD!

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  • Slick Kite Session

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    After the last weekend of extensive kiteboarding, I have been a little burned out on sessioning. I grabbed the camera and headed to The Slick to take a couple shots of Dave Betz for an article. Sam Bell was up there killing it. He landed nearly every trick but two that he threw. Lulu also gets a mention for charging harder than i’ve seen her ride in a while.

    I wound up shooting everyone that was out for a little while. I then headed back down to REAL and grabbed a couple shots of Jason with a great sunset in the background.

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  • SW All Day JWCF Slider Session

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    It was another crazy day of riding. The crew headed over to KHKs for a little race action with the KITEus guys who are in town. I didn’t race as there was not a lot of wind. I rode a little flat water in front of their shop, while Steiner took a couple shots.

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    After a quick bite to eat we headed over to REAL, and again pulled out the JWCF Slider. We had a really long session on the slider. Sam, David, Craig, Brian, Ryan and I had an amazing session. Tran and Drinkwater put down their kites for a little photo and video.

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    After that session, we took a bit of a break and headed back out for a sunset slider session. Tran and Baines helped me out with flashes. It was a great session. The boys were riding well, as the night drew darker and the wind continued to pick up.

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  • Day of SW Kiteboarding

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    Saturday was a day of kiteboarding. The Canadian crew was up in Waves. Sam, Drinkwater, Steiner, Craig and Tran can up to ride with us today. We took out the JWCF Slider and the REAL Butter Box.

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    It took a little before the wind picked up a bit. We had great session out front of REAL. We took a break for lunch then rode again out front of REAL. Tran took a couple pics of me during the second session. For sunset we headed up to the Slick.

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    We didn’t think the sunset was going to happen but we packed up the gear and headed up anyways. It turned out to be classic Hatteras sunset. It was a great long day of kiting with a lot of good riders.

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