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ON THE COVER
JIMMY LARICHE
Shooting wake photos while floating in the middle of the lake is an unsettling feeling. With the camera exposed to the air and elements, a single drop of water could ruin your day. For these type of shots, I’d slowly crawl into the water, then have someone else hand over the camera. It’s the best way to prevent myself from accidentally touching anything wet or possibly slipping. Other than that on your mind, you can’t reach the bottom of the lake with your feet or even see your chest. You never know what’s lurking beneath you either. There were two coast guard approved life jackets underwater with my legs through the arm holes. My legs and feet dangle through the holes like two bacon strips. Generally, you can bob there at about shoulder level. The weight of the camera and lens will push you deeper, making those life
test where you tread water with a
CLEAR LAKE, FL
jackets around your junk nice and
heavy brick over your head, only
JULY 29, 2010
snug. With a suffocating crotch
you feel trapped with no where
and chest barely afloat, my hands
to go… Holding a really expensive
CAMERA: NIKON D3
and head stayed dry and were able
camera… In the middle of a lake…
to operate just fine. I’d swim over
With a boat coming at you. It’s an
the wake rollers as the boat would
angle commonly known as the
pass, kicking and swirling my legs
“Sitting Duck.” Glad it wasn’t hunt-
beneath me. It’s like the lifeguard
ing season. Thank you, Jim.
LENS: NIKKOR 80-200MM ANGLE: SITTING DUCK
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Lake Saw Mill CLERMONT, FL
Florida has more to offer than a famous mouse, retired old farts and nice golf courses. Orlando is also the mecca of wakeboarding, duh. Riding is available year round, from sun up to sun down, on a variety of huge lakes across the city. As the thunderstorms roll in each summer, the colorful sunsets follow. After an evening of shooting with Rusty Malinoski, I shot this with my 16mm lens, while standing at the end of his dock. The rail seen at the bottom was left over from Hyperlite’s team video, Rewritten.
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Collin Harrington LAKE SHAWNIGAN, BC, CANADA
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This was the last run down the lake
They made perfect backdrops for
before heading into dinner. This past
tube-angled photos. Each night while
season, Collin, Mike Ennen, Dustin
the dinner was being prepped, we
O’Ferrall and I were invited up to ride
would shoot down the lake and back,
with Kevin Henshaw and stay with his
arriving back at the dock, just in time
parents at their beautiful summer
to eat. After Collin poked my eye out
home. Every evening we witnessed
(seen here from the tube), he stabbed
these insane, colorful, cloudy sunsets.
me with his fork at the dinner table.
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Eddie Valdez CURACAO, NETHERLANDS ANTILLES
“Search and find, borrow and beg” was the underlying theme to our trip in Curacao. With not much more than a winch at our access, the choices and locations to shoot from were few and far between. After we finally got a boat and wake dialed in, we made use of a calm cove and floating barge that our newly made “local” friend lent to us. With the sound of blaring jamaican music in the background, Eddie Valdez booted some lofty double-ups, ‘mon. Classic.
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Nick Jones LAKE PICKETT, FL
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Adam Errington CLEAR LAKE, FL
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Kevin Henshaw ST. ZOTIQUE, QUEBEC
A whip on a flex board with an unweighted boat is a wheely good time. Lean back, put your feet up, and pin it. Don’t forget to dodge the shore.
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Erik Ruck CLEAR LAKE, FL
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Shaun Murray ST. JOHNS RIVER, FL
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Steel Lafferty CURACAO, NETHERLANDS ANTILLES
We drove up to this spot in our scratch-free
“Ummmm, hello… just uhhhh, going to check
rental car minivan. With zero dents or mirrors,
out these little boats over here to ollie, don’t
this Lamborghini of rental cars held the winch
mind us,” we thought. We got the winch out
in the back seat just perfectly. The plan was to
and to our surprise, they were totally cool with it.
pull up and unload it, then have Steel run the
Who’d of thought? After answering a few ques-
line out and around the floating boats. Little did
tions about the winch and what it does, there
we know, the area we arrived at was a Curacao
was no better way to explain it than to have
military meeting place of sorts. There were uni-
Steel demonstrate. Jumping over the little boat
formed groups of soldiers chanting and doing
bows with the Curacao military watching… Ha,
drills. It quickly silenced our conversation in the
classic. Still, I think they were more confused by
Vanborghini. It looked pretty serious.
the fact his name first name is really Steel.
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Shawn Watson LAKE HIAWASSEE, FL
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Bob Soven CLEAR LAKE, FL
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Danny Harf LAKE MINNEHAHA, FL
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Mike Ennen LAKE SHAWNIGAN, CANADA
This method was so dirty, Mikey had to close his eyes. Let them snowboard roots shine boy!
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Black and Blue LAKE SHAWNIGAN, CANADA
Anytime I go out and shoot for a
the patterns and colors. I’d look
specific purpose, I always come
for these images while our chase
back with a handful images that
boat idled around, waiting for the
were never intended for that
fallen rider. There was definitely
purpose. Surprisingly, it’s taken
a wrong and right time to find the
me about 12 years to figure that
really good frames. The light and
out. Lately, the most obvious
clouds, wind and water chop had
thing around me that has been
to be just right. A series of these
grabbing my attention the most is
water images were recently on
the water itself. Even though it’s
display as part of the The Collec-
subjectless, for me, it’s all about
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Kevin Henshaw & Dustin O’Ferrall QUEBEC, CA
“We’re gonna need a clean up in isle five.”
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Lake Powell ARIZONA, USA