The Kite Mag

Tunnel Vision

For a little while there, the doom-mongers foresaw that the world of ‘proper’ kite films was over… Absorbed by the quick fix, Instagram friendly, sub one-minute clip. They said the same about print magazines…

But the fact is that if you can produce a full-length film with the right attitude, the right philosophy and with some truly inspirational riding then the world will put down their phones and watch. And so it was with Tunnel Vision. Keahi and James Boulding take us through some of their favorite memories from the year they committed to bringing it to life…

KA: In this day and age of social media, it seems that videos are getting shorter and there hadn’t really been any proper wave films for quite some time. I was always inspired by some of those early Ben Wilson films and felt the need to create something a little more substantial, showing kitesurfing in the waves to its full

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