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Posted: 07 Mar 2020


Taken: 15 Feb 2020

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Wipeout!

Wipeout!
Another shot from the Surf Boat races, with an "ooops" moment. There are actually two boats here, one obscured by the wave and spray. The nearest boat, however, is having some trouble, as begins to show in PiP1, where one of the rowers is being swept overboard (see helmet in the water amidships) and the helmsman has lost his steering oar. In PiP2 the boat has been swept toward shore and the "lost" rower is heading back to it. I've also now found an extensive video of the event online if you'd like to see more. I took these images at about 3:42:15 of the video. To my surprise, on the video I saw myself briefly on the right of the screen at about then, taking photos.

There's a very obvious musical link.

I feel I should note that the water here is usually clear, the visible murkiness was caused by the large rainfall in previous days washing bushfire ash and damage down the river into the bay.

By way of background information, Surf Boats were developed in the early 20th century by Australian surf life saving clubs, to rescue endangered beach swimmers. The surf life saving clubs then began having competitions with them. The beach safety role now has been taken by jet skis and zodiacs, but Surf Boat competitions remain very popular in Australia and New Zealand.

Berny, Special K, Love Song, Jean-luc Drouin and 22 other people have particularly liked this photo


18 comments - The latest ones
 Malik Raoulda
Malik Raoulda club
Une belle et admirable capture évocatrice,heureusement
que les services de sécurité sont rapides..!
Bon Dimanche.
4 years ago.
 William Sutherland
William Sutherland club
Awesome shots!

Admired in:
www.ipernity.com/group/tolerance
4 years ago.
 Pam J
Pam J club
OH GEORGE !!! IF ONLY !!!!

I WATCHED THE VIDEO AS WELL !!
4 years ago.
 ©UdoSm
©UdoSm club
Incredibly...
4 years ago.
 Jean
Jean
Watched the video. It was a very exciting event. You've captured that in your shots. Must have been great being there.
4 years ago.
 Jaap van 't Veen
Jaap van 't Veen club
Great action shot.
4 years ago.
 Gudrun
Gudrun club
You caught the exceitement and action perfectly! Found you on the video;-)
4 years ago.
 LutzP
LutzP club
...just the right moment, George. Excellent, not that well captured in the video. Recognized you on the right! Never heard of surfboats before
4 years ago. Edited 4 years ago.
 RHH
RHH
Superb action shots, George, and great information to go with the,
4 years ago.
 Roger (Grisly)
Roger (Grisly) club
Superb set of action shots George, more than a little risk involved I guess.
Interesting video and I found you.
4 years ago. Edited 4 years ago.
 Karen's Place
Karen's Place club
Aha, I see you in the video, George! :D (That looks like a fun day from the shore.;-)

I played the video of the boats while listening to the music. :)

Thanks for adding to Sight and Sound!
4 years ago.
 Treasa Ui Cionaodha
Treasa Ui Cionaodha
Terrific series of these Surf Boats. Well done George Regards Tess.
4 years ago.
 ╰☆☆June☆☆╮
╰☆☆June☆☆╮ club
★彡 Good work.⭐
Have a lovely new week 彡★
4 years ago.
 Rainer Blankermann
Rainer Blankermann club
A beautiful series. I like the title shot. It is a powerful action shot!
Have a calm new week, George!
4 years ago.
 Nora Caracci
Nora Caracci club
spectacular moment !!!
4 years ago.
 Ulrich John
Ulrich John club
Fine action-shot !
4 years ago.
 Love Song
Love Song club
Perfect *_* J**********************************************
4 years ago.

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