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Riding alone means filming alone, and that has always been the limit on how good your own footage can look. Someone has to fly the drone, which means someone other than you has to be there. This episode is a test of the alternative: send the drone up, ride, and let it do the whole job.
A drone that flies the shot on its own
The aircraft here is the Antigravity A1, an 8K 360 degree autonomous drone. It was given a pre-programmed Sky Path and left to it. The drone flew the line, held the shot through the run, and landed itself at the end. It also has subject tracking, so a follow mode was available, but the point of the test was to see whether a planned path could carry a whole eFoil pass over open water without a pilot babysitting it.
Why a 360 camera removes the aiming problem
The second half of the idea matters as much as the flying. Because the A1 captures a full sphere, nothing has to be pointed at the rider while the run is happening. The framing decision moves into the edit, where the shot is reframed after the fact. That is the part worth understanding if you have ever lost a good pass because the camera was looking at the wrong patch of water.
What is on the water underneath it
The rig being filmed is a Lift 5 Pro with a 160 Camber Pro up front and a 36 Glide behind it, described here as a favourite medium speed carving setup. There is no commentary on this one at all. It is a rider, open water, and a song: Sanne’s 2004 recording of I Amsterdam, used with permission and cleared. Watch it for what unattended drone footage of an eFoil actually looks like when it works.
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