Kitesoul Magazine #16 English Edition
In this issue: Riders Column - Colleen Carroll, Red Bull KOTA 2017; ITW Nick Jacobsen, Ruben Lenten; Events: Ragnarok 2017, Banga Foil 2017; Journeys: In the Kingdom of the polar bears, The Wall Ride; Characters: Michael Zomer; Schools: Canary islands; Trends: How about learning kite-foil? Product focus: RRD rigid lines; Felipe Moure Lopez: Blind Judge 5 challenge and much more. In this issue: Riders Column - Colleen Carroll, Red Bull KOTA 2017; ITW Nick Jacobsen, Ruben Lenten; Events: Ragnarok 2017, Banga Foil 2017; Journeys: In the Kingdom of the polar bears, The Wall Ride; Characters: Michael Zomer; Schools: Canary islands; Trends: How about learning kite-foil? Product focus: RRD rigid lines; Felipe Moure Lopez: Blind Judge 5 challenge and much more.
116 Characters Michael Zomer: I, extreme filmmaker Text:David Ingiosi Photo: Michael Zomer Courtesy
Michael Zomer I, e x t r e m e f i l m m a k e r The young dutch video-maker has just finished filming Ruben Lenten chasing storms. He had already worked together with the “king of megaloop” back in 2015 when they produced the innovative web series called Ten Days with Len10. Here, he tells us about himself, about his passion for action sports and about his friendship with Lenten. He expresses his impressions about kiteboarding video productions but above all, he explains what it means today, to be a video-maker who constantly deals with extreme situations. One of Ruben Lenten 2016 latest works is Code Red, a captivating video project where this dutch athlete just few months from his victory against cancer got hold of his life again and started doing what he does best: the extreme kiter. The video focuses on an adventurous journey during which Ruben chases storms across three European countries. Not only wind blowing at over 50 knots, but during the filming, the "master of extreme" had to put up with the cold and ice in Iceland, through snow-capped lands where also his jeep broke down. He endured the currents along the dutch coast, which he knows by heart but yet he had never encountered so strong before. Lastly, he had to find his way out of the Irish rocks, looking for remote spots and even entering the water at dusk. In such adverse conditions Michael Zomer was there to capture those impressive images; a young but yet already well known Dutch video-maker specialised in action sports who had already worked with Lenten when filming the innovative web series Ten days with Len10. We reached Michael who had just landed in Cape Town where he will be staying during 2017 and he granted us this interesting interview in which he tells us a little bit about himself, of his relationship with Ruben Lenten and especially about his job as video-maker of extreme situations.
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