The Kiteboarder used two images for the upcoming poscast. Jason Slezak and Julien Fillion will be interviewd by The Kiteboarder on Friday. They will be talking about some of the LF gear for 2009 as well as Jason Slezak’s new Pro-Model Board The Influence.
The Kiteboarding has also come in hot from the Trade Show in Florida. There are a few shots of mine in this issue, but I was most excited for Lulu’s profile to be published.
We worked extremely hard to get a killer shot for her profile but it never seemed to flow right. We were able to get a couple good ones but not the one we both were looking for. Her model shot was one of the first times I played with remote strobes and it worked out rather well. The other image of lulu (the ralley) was taken up in the slick before this mega squall came through. I’m so glad I sent her back in when I saw the lightning cause if she was out another 15 minutes things could have gotten ungly.
The shot of the girls from the Triple-S was one of my favorites from that week. It shows all the fun that went on that week. The shot of Neil kiting with the water skis was also taken during the Triple-S. The shot of Nick hitting the JWCF Slider is a classic; you have to fall a couple times before you nail the trick. The last shot is just a head shot but it’s a shot of Sam with quite the mustache.
Kiteworld issue 35 showed up today. The guys brought it back from the Surf Expo. There are two shots of Dre in the opening of the magazine that I shot while he was here in Cape Hatteras, NC. Dre was very cool to work with. He was always down to shoot or go take a session. It was great having him around until next time.
Another two missed session turned worthwhile. The November issue of Kiteboarding Magazine came out this week. I got a couple more shots in this time around. The first shot is of Jason Slezak. It is a sequence shot of him going of the kicker, nose tapping two stacked barrels and landing to blind (not the easiest trick in the book). I shot this with the 200mm lens from the water.
The last few shots are of Sam Bell. The mission was to capture two shots of Sam. One shot of him doing a Stalefish grab and the other a Method grab. It was quick and easy with Sam we got the shots pretty quickly once we found the right angle of light to wind direction and location.
REAL put out two ads in this issue. The first ad was for the new REAL Flagship Store. Paul Sheetz and I worked on this Ad. We used the shot at the ribbon cutting of the Real Flagship store. The Second was an ad for the REAL BVI Trip, again a Sheetz production with a little direction from myself. The four shots are a couple of my favorite from last years trip to the BVIs.
It’s official! I have been granted my first cover shot on Kite-boarding Magazine. The photograph is of Andre Phillip, one of the best kiteboarders in the world. Dre is know for is unique and trend setting style on the water. The shot was taken in Cape Hatteras, NC. Kite-boarding Magazine is one of the larger non-US kiteboarding magazines in the world. All i can say is I’m very excited and cannot wait to get a cover in the US market.
The summer 2008 issue of the Epic Kite Mag has been released today. Epic is a Great Lakes Kiteboarding specific online magazine. My rider and photographer profile is at the end of this issue. Not only did i have the opportunity to have my profile run, but i was able to do all of the design and layout. Nate Appel of Lost Board Productions put a short clip of me riding together from the beginning of the season. Check it!
View the Online Magazine here: EPIC KITE MAG
The new Kiteworld #34 Magazine came in today. Not only am i in the photo on the cover but they ran my shot of Brandon in the Slick from last year. I really like this photo of Brandon. Its a pretty legit indy grab but really like the fact that it is full rig and in some very flat water.
Between all the closeout sets, storms, light conditions, windy conditions and work it didn’t leave a lot of time to shoot the surfing. I did shoot for about an hour on sunday at Mirlo along with a couple other photogs. I snapped only a handful of shots. Surfline covered the story like they do most swells and choose to use one of my shots. Surfline’s choice was the image below:
