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Flying a drone low over water is where the good shots live and where drones get destroyed. This session is a test of doing it on a programmed route instead of by hand, with the whole episode filmed by a single flying 360 camera.
Why low altitude changes the shot
Height flattens everything. From up high an eFoil is a dot leaving a line, and none of the speed survives. Bring the camera down near the surface and the water starts moving past the frame, the mast throws spray, and the ride reads as flight rather than as a map. The routes flown here are deliberately low for that reason, mixing tracking runs alongside the board with overhead passes and angles that are awkward to get any other way.
Shooting first and aiming later
Everything was captured with the Antigravity A1, effectively a 360 action camera that flies. The advantage that makes it worth using on the water is that framing is not a decision you make while the drone is moving. It records in every direction, so the shot you keep is chosen in editing, and a pass that went slightly wide can still be reframed into a usable tracking shot. That takes most of the pressure off whoever is holding the controller, which matters when the alternative is asking a nervous pilot to fly close to a moving rider.
Cut to an original track
Like the other music led episodes on the channel, the edit runs to an original composition by Stephan, reworked here by another producer, with the full credits and download link given in the episode description. The riding and the flying are the point, but the cut is built to the music.
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