I had the pleasure of watching a mates copy of Autofocus over the weekend. Has anything since come close to the footage seen in this flick? He's riding a pre-switchblade C kite so it must be circa 2004-5. It was so many years ago, surely things have evolved? Can anyone enlighten me to any recent films that are as good as this for wakestyle. I already own unhooked 2.
Cheers
Was released at the end of 2005, start of 2006 from memory. Not sure about the C kite comment, pretty sure he was riding the first of the switchblades. Will have to have another look to be certain.
Nah theres a lot of C kite stuff in there, It was all filmed at the start of the Crossbow evolution - The days of the Liquid Force Spectrum 2's and Best Yarga's... Pretty Sure Dre is riding a revolver or even Co2 lol - He was one of the ones to resist the Bow kite movement (Like many of us did back then) And even though there was the option to ride Switchblades, he chose to stick with C's untill Cabrinha stopped making them...
Since then - Nothings come out like it really... Autofocus was intended to be a one of a kind movie - There's been some attempts and the closest thing i've seen recently is the F-One movie Addikt which is free online.
Have a look at Elliot's other movies - They have a similar style to them
Yep I stand corrected. Never really paid that much attention to what they were riding. Had another look today and right you are.
Autofocus was the first kite DVD i bought back in '06.
he was def riding c-kites (and big ones at that) 17m and 20m kites are seen in the film!!!!!!
it was shot in Antigua, at his crib(in the bay) and Cabarete in the surf.
I have probably seen it nearly 100 times, and agree that nothing similar has been released since. Although the F-one vid is SICK!!!!
I especially like his HUGEEEE crail grabs of the kicker, whilst his girlfriend films in her micro-kini on the ladder!!!!!
I'm pretty sure i'v seen this a few billion times and it never gets old!! LOL favourite part is when he gets nailed hardcore on that pvc slider lol OUCH...
Autofocus, is one of a kind, nothing has come close yet. The first taste of the dark side for many. Its the one kite movie I keep going back to.
Looking forward to seeing a movie that comes close.
Amazed this movie has so many fans. The kites they were riding were huge, thats correct. All sliders, kickers and what ever , never really did it for me. Spare Change
wasn't a bad flick, thats surf style. Still rather watch "The Endless Summer" for the 100th time than Autofocus again. Tension which is a Booger series, has some really funny bits, think thats what some of kite flicks lack. Heres a bit of Chris Whites lunacy from Tension
