Its safe to say, it’s been a bit cold kiteboarding at home lately!
Cold Kiteboarding
Baja Choco Lake
choc·o·late
/ˈCHäk(ə)lət/
noun
- a food preparation in the form of a paste or solid block made from roasted and ground cacao seeds, typically sweetened.“a bar of chocolate”
- a candy made of or covered with this.plural noun: chocolates“a box of chocolates”
- hot chocolate.“I drink chocolate because it is so soothing”
Shot by Vincent Bergeron
The Art of Hovering
hov·er-ing
/ˈhəvər/
verb
gerund or present participle: hovering
To stay in one place in the air, usually by moving the wings quickly. Shake that wing!!!!
Raw kitesurf footage from Hawaii
I found those clips of Jason Slezak and myself (Julien Fillion) from couple years back in Hawaii shooting for the release of the Wow kite from Liquid Force. Shot by talented Eliot Leboe on the RED camera.
Electric Foiling Vid
I recently logged some hours on the Electric Hydrofoil. It sure is very different then kitesurfing with a foil or prone surfing with a foil. To be honest, it feels more like riding a standup Jetski then riding a surfboard.
Video Willam Pollock
Electronic Hydrofoil
Photo : William Pollock
I recently posted some video riding an Electric Hydrofoil. Of course lots of peeps sent me questions like: “How is this possible?”, “Where is your kite?”, “Where is the boat pulling you?”
The answer is pretty simple, there is an carefully engineered electric engine mounted inside the board and running down the foil mast. Right above the wings, there’s a torpedo type propeller that lets riders experience flight over almost any body of water at up to 25 mph, no waves or pull required.
My friend Ronald Tremblay is one of the first owner of this technology. I felt really grateful & lucky that he let me spend a bunch of hours getting use to this new technology this past week.
Fall Sessions
All photo shot by Julien Fillion, Vincent Bergeron, CIndy Lizotte
The colors, the smells, the cold.
Sessioning through fall season is very special. The excessive warmth that your blood keeps pumping through your vain long after your wetsuit is off and you’re wrapped in a puffy jacket.
Fall season is usually when I realize that yet an entire year just flew by….
No Photoshop / No Filter
I love to shoot through glass windows, there is always fun reflexions to play with. Here are 2 examples shot with the Leica CL. Anybody can do the same with their phones and simulate double exposures.
Tofino – BC – Canada
I’ve put Tofino on the back burner for several years. It had been on my top destination list for years and always wanted to explore this amazing Canadian landscape. Lets be honest, this is the best surfing wave that Canada has to offer! The focus on this trip was to foil surf some new LF foil wings & boards… Tofino has proven to be foil surfing heaven!
Tofino is a small district on Vancouver Island, off Canada’s west coast. It sprawls on a peninsula within Clayoquot Sound, characterised by wild natural scenery including lakes, inlets and ancient rainforest. Sandy beaches with year-round surfing facilities include Cox Bay, Chesterman Beach and popular Long Beach, part of the Pacific Rim National Park Reserve. The relaxed town of Tofino sits on the peninsula’s tip.
Where is Tofino?
The New Leica CL
I've been dreaming of a smaller Leica body that could fit M-Lenses for years...
The Leica CL represents the juxtaposition of iconic design and advanced technical standards. Working with a Leica M rangefinder is fun, but totally unsuited for my type of photography. I love to focus fast and shoot quick action, I don’t personally have time to deal with a rangefinder. The new Leica CL EVF viewfinder and Focus peek ease the use of manual focus lenses.
Why Im not using Leica Lenses?
2 years ago I discovered the Voiglander Lenses, a full manual lenses Danish manufacturer, creating M-Lenses at a fifth of the Leica’s price. The Voiglander have an ultra vintage look and work perfectly with Leica bodies. Im currently shooting with the following lenses on the Leica CL.
75 mm/1:1,8 Heliar Classic VM
75 mm/1:1,8 Heliar Classic VM Perfect for high end portrait lens. The longest focal length for the VM bayonet has an image angle of 33.2 degrees and, in conjunction with the high initial aperture of 1: 1.8, is ideal for demanding portrait photography with rangefinder or (adapted) system cameras.
28 mm/1:2,0 Ultron VM
An high-speed wide-angle lens is ideal for landscape photography and reportage as well as group photos and offers 75 degrees diagonal angle of view.
