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Nov 06, 2009 at 07:34 AM

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p.1 #2 · Airborn (surf shot)

Ooooo...painful.

By the look of the sand in the wave, it's a pretty shallow gnarly shorebreak. That guy is in for some bruises if he goes over the falls.

Nov 06, 2009 at 07:46 AM

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p.1 #3 · Airborn (surf shot)

Pretty cool shot

Nov 06, 2009 at 07:48 AM

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p.1 #4 · Airborn (surf shot)

PierreB wrote:
Ooooo...painful.

By the look of the sand in the wave, it's a pretty shallow gnarly shorebreak. That guy is in for some bruises if he goes over the falls.

Thanks for the comments.

good eye (re: sand in the wave)

Highest incident of neck and back injuries in the nation at this beach...

greg

Nov 06, 2009 at 07:52 AM

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p.1 #5 · Airborn (surf shot)

Ohh, that's a heavy wave1

Nice shot but I wouldln't fancy surfing there.
J

Nov 06, 2009 at 08:07 AM

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p.1 #6 · Airborn (surf shot)

Remarquable impression of power. Well done.

PS : if that doesn't shock your surf culture, I'd stamp out the string...

Nov 06, 2009 at 08:19 AM

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p.1 #7 · Airborn (surf shot)

Hi Francis, "the string" is the surfer's lifeline which connect him/her to their board so that they can get back on it when this kind of thing happens. It also means the body is easier to find if they don't resurface

While it may not be aesthetically pleasing it is an integral part of a surf shoot.
John

Nov 06, 2009 at 08:54 AM

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p.1 #8 · Airborn (surf shot)

Very powerful shot

Nov 06, 2009 at 01:24 PM

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p.1 #9 · Airborn (surf shot)

I guessed it was, Forrest. Still, do we always have to stick to reality ?

Nov 06, 2009 at 01:29 PM

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p.1 #10 · Airborn (surf shot)

OUch is right.

Very good action shot.

Really captures the thrill, the risk, the POWER of that wave.

Nov 06, 2009 at 01:51 PM

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p.1 #11 · Airborn (surf shot)

very nice. Great capture

Nov 06, 2009 at 02:23 PM

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p.1 #12 · Airborn (surf shot)

Nice catch

He'll probably hurt for a little while.

Is this in Hawaii? Nice water color

Rags

Nov 06, 2009 at 03:47 PM

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p.1 #13 · Airborn (surf shot)

Love it...

Man I got to get back over there...

Nov 06, 2009 at 03:51 PM

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p.1 #14 · Airborn (surf shot)

Wicked shot. Is this Sandy Beach on Oahu by any chance? Looks like a similar wave.

Nov 06, 2009 at 03:58 PM

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p.1 #15 · Airborn (surf shot)

Love these surf shots you've been posting. That is some pretty good sized break there!

Nov 06, 2009 at 04:06 PM

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p.1 #16 · Airborn (surf shot)

Aloha and thanks for the comments.

This is, in fact, Sandy Beach on the east shore of O'ahu Hawaii.

Funny thing is that it was pretty small that day. At Sandy's, you the occasional rogue wave that can pound you into oblivion.

greg

Nov 06, 2009 at 04:57 PM

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p.1 #17 · Airborn (surf shot)

gheller wrote:
Aloha and thanks for the comments.

This is, in fact, Sandy Beach on the east shore of O'ahu Hawaii.

Funny thing is that it was pretty small that day. At Sandy's, you the occasional rogue wave that can pound you into oblivion.

greg
I can attest to this. Fortunately for me, I was still young and my bones were still soft. Still hurt alot. haha.

Nov 06, 2009 at 07:23 PM

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p.1 #18 · Airborn (surf shot)

Great. Just plain great.

Nov 06, 2009 at 07:27 PM

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p.1 #19 · Airborn (surf shot)

I love that shot, it makes me wish I was there, except for the "landing-after-being-airborne- part".

Great shot.

Nov 06, 2009 at 07:41 PM

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p.1 #20 · Airborn (surf shot)

I like the string, it makes me think, whats going to happen if that board starts rolling through the water. Great shot

Nov 06, 2009 at 11:38 PM

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p.1 #21 · Airborn (surf shot)

Nice catch!

Nov 06, 2009 at 11:44 PM

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p.1 #22 · Airborn (surf shot)

Totally SWEET!

Nov 07, 2009 at 03:40 AM

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p.1 #23 · Airborn (surf shot)

Too funny! I just came back from Hawaii a few weeks back. I was there shooting a wedding. On one of the days off me and my brother went looking for a place to boogie board. Someone from the wedding party recommended Sandy beach. We arrived and got our gear on. We did not make it to the shore when the lifeguard approached us and asked if we were experienced. I said "no". He told us not to board there, citing the many injuries that happen at that beach. He recommended another beach about half an hour up the road. My brother, and second shooter, said he asked us to leave so we would not bother the locals. I told my brother that whether he wanted us to leave for the locals or the waves either way I was leaving. Good to see that we made the right choice.

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At that next beach I was stung by a Portuguese Man of War on the first wave I rode. lol

Nov 07, 2009 at 05:32 AM

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p.1 #24 · Airborn (surf shot)

Francois brings up an interesting point, regarding getting rid of the string. For surfers and sporting-types, the string (and the escaping board) are natural parts of this image; however, for other uses, removing the string might be appropriate.

Heck, consider how this image would look without the string AND without the board. Totally different "feel," and although not natural, perhaps perfectly appropriate to create that different feel for a different application.

It's a great image as is, and I'm suggesting only that there might be another great image, for a totally different application, in this same scene.

Nov 07, 2009 at 12:36 PM

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p.1 #25 · Airborn (surf shot)

Thanks for the recent commentary

(final bump-age for those who may have missed it)

greg

Nov 08, 2009 at 01:51 AM


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