ADAM LEWIS
“I’m going to put it out there straight away; I think the North/Fanatic photo shoot is the best one to take part in! We have an amazing team, everyone loves windsurfing, there are no egos and what at times could be a drag is normally actually a lot of fun. The photo shoot is not as glamourous as you think, the day before the photoshoot Victor, Klaas and I were sweating away packing and unpacking and then re-packing and organising all the boards for the shoot at the back of a baking hot parking lot.
In fairness to the guys, whenever you put in the effort there is normally a cold Corona waiting under the palm fringed beach/garden overlooking beautiful water where the photo-shoot is based and they buy us lunches! The initial year I did the shoot I was so nervous, it was my first time in Maui and I was really terrible at starboard tack. I felt a lot of pressure to deliver the shots, especially for the wave shoot. At the end of the day I am a wave sailor and I guess that is where the pressure is to get the most radical photo’s you can and show off the gear.
I think the best part of the whole shoot is at the end when you get to go through and see all the shots. We normally have a team BBQ and look at what we’ve been up to. Sometimes you are so busy running around you totally forget what it is all about. I don’t know if I could really say there is a worst part! I kind of love all of it, maybe folding up all the cardboard boxes the 50 odd boards and the 65 sails come in, but it’s all part of the job and I still love it!”