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Bullet time normally needs a rig of cameras firing in sequence. On the water you have one camera, one hand and one turn to get it right. This short is the result of trying it anyway, and the method behind it is simpler than the shot suggests.
How the shot is made
The camera is an Insta360 X3 on a selfie stick, and the trick is in how the stick is moved. It is swept and rotated during the carve so that the camera’s arc lines up with the rotation of the board itself. Match those two movements and the frame appears to orbit the rider while the rider holds still at the centre of it, which is exactly the impression a multi camera bullet time rig creates.
Why it suits carving specifically
A carve is already a rotation. You are pivoting around the foil, the horizon is swinging past you, and the whole manoeuvre has a defined start, middle and end. That gives the camera sweep something to synchronise with. Try the same move riding in a straight line and there is nothing for the rotation to key off, which is why this technique belongs to turns rather than to speed runs.
What to take from it
It is forty seconds long and there is no talking in it. Treat it as a technique demonstration rather than a tutorial: watch what the camera does relative to the board, then work out how far your own arm has to travel to reproduce it. The gear list is short enough that most riders filming their own sessions already own everything required.
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