Elevate SoCal

Service 01 — flat rate

Action sports & brand content.

Surf, MTB, moto and automotive content for athletes, brands, camps and contests. Session coverage, event days and marketing footage built for social.

From
$350 flat
Monthly
$1,200/mo
Delivery
48 hours
Packages & rates

Sessions,
days and
programmes.

Built for sponsored athletes, brands, camps and event organisers rather than one-off riders. Every package has a defined deliverable and a 48-hour turnaround.

Programmes

Action sports & brand content

Session coverage
One session covered · clips cut per athlete or rider
$350
Monthly programme
4 sessions per month · priority booking
$1,200/mo
Brand half-day
3–4 hours · 1 hero edit + 10 stills
$450
Brand full-day
Full day · 2 edits + 25 stills
$800
Event / contest
Full event coverage · next-day highlight reel
$750–$1,200

Standard coverage runs from the top of Los Angeles to the border and inland to Anza-Borrego — no travel fee inside that area. Outside it a travel fee applies and is paid before the shoot, always included up front in your quote.

What we cover

Four disciplines,
one price list.

The package doesn't change with the sport. What changes is which aircraft flies and how close it gets — and that's our call, not a line item you have to choose.

Discipline 01

Surf & watersports

Sponsored surfers, coaching programmes, foil and wing athletes, shops and contests. Dawn patrol through evening glass along the North County coast — Oceanside, Carlsbad, Ponto, Swami's, and the harbour out to the kelp.

Best fit — session coverage or a monthly programme

Discipline 02

Mountain biking

Riders, bike brands, trail organisations and race days. Trail follows, feature hits and the descending line that only reads from the air. The FPV aircraft goes under canopy where a camera drone has to stay high.

Best fit — brand half-day or event coverage

Discipline 03

Cars & motorsport

Builders, shops, dealers and club events. Rolling shots, canyon runs, static sets and reveals. Two aircraft matter here — one holds the wide while the other flies the pass alongside the car.

Best fit — brand half-day or full-day

Discipline 04

Contests & events

Full-day coverage with a highlight reel in your hands the next morning, while people still care about the result. Heats, podium, crowd and the establishing shots that make an event look like an event.

Best fit — event / contest package

Why two pilots changes what's possible

Two aircraft on one session means one holds the cinematic wide while the other flies the close line. The FPV aircraft is flown through goggles, and FAA rules require a spotter watching it the whole flight — so a solo operator either skips FPV or brings a friend. Both of us are Part 107 certified, which is why close-proximity work is on the menu at all.

Surf — real footage, shot by us

Start to finish — Pipes

Encinitas, CA · September 2026 · DJI Avata 360 · FPV
Shot by @elevate_ben

Twenty-four seconds, one wave, no cuts. The Avata sits low on the shoulder and stays there the whole ride — close enough to read the turn, fast enough to keep up. Holding that line takes a pilot flying first-person through goggles, which is why FAA rules require a spotter, and why a second certified pilot is what puts this angle on the menu at all.

Cars — real footage, shot by us

Night run — the Strand

Oceanside, CA · September 2026 · DJI Mini 5 Pro
Shot by @elevate.brendan

A low chase at night is the shot that sells a build, and it is the one a ground camera cannot get. Shot on the Mini 5 Pro — the 1-inch sensor is what keeps a black car readable under streetlights instead of collapsing into a silhouette.

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Tell us about
the programme.

Who's riding, how often, and where the footage ends up. If you're running anything recurring — a coaching programme, a race series, a shop's content calendar — ask about the monthly rate before booking single sessions.

Or call — (760) 583-2768

We read every one of these ourselves. Reply within one business day.