Kitesoul Magazine #16 English Edition

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.