Filmed by Guy Mac, a self-taught photographer and videographer, based in New Zealand who travels the world wide capturing amazing footage for a list of clients that’s sure to impress: Monster, RPM, DRAGON, Body Glove, Rip Curl, Catch Fishing New Zealand, Fishing World, Magic Seaweed, Damaged Goods Zine, Freerider MX, Yamaha, Sony, Downer Construction and New Zealand Wakeboarding just to name a few.
In a recent excursion featuring some freeriding WaveBlasters for “The Festival of Freeride TV” video for the New Zealand Festival of Freeride event held this past February 26th and 27th, Guy managed to capture the very painful demise of an estimated $3,000 quadcopter drone as one very airborne ‘Blaster managed to expertly knock it out of the sky and into the rolling surf below. Thankfully, the rider was unharmed.
The event, sponsored by Yamaha WaveRunners Australia and Thrust Innovations, welcomed some of the Southern Hemisphere’s most talented freeriders and featured some absolutely incredible action both in the waves and far, far above them. We look forward to seeing the final video recapping this year’s event, but until then, we’ve included both the footage from Guy showing the fate of the quadcopter and the recap from last year’s NZ Festival of Freeride:
Yamaha New Zealand Festival of Freeride 2015 from Guy Mac on Vimeo.
