Wake Journal, Issue 62 by Wake Journal

MAY 7, 2012

TRAVIS DORAN MELISSA MARQUARDT / ANDREW ADKISON / BEN GREENWOOD

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TRAVIS DORAN

By Joey Meddock Going into a team shoot is a lot to handle for one photographer, much less two. There is an endless list of riders and product needed to shoot in a short amount of time. The planning has to be accurate, mistakes at a minimum, and the performance in front of and behind the lens, on point. You ride and shoot in a way that’s best to show the product, yet still want to be technically correct with the trick and composition. I shot Travis for the first time last summer on the Liquid Force team shoot in Bull Shoals, Arkansas. I heard of his name previous to that trip, so I had good idea he was legit. When we came up with the angle to shoot side by side for this photo riding doubles, I was stoked and nervous at the same time. Stoked for the idea and the angle and a good way to show

when. With the limited amount of lake

BULL SHOALS, AR

the product, but nervous because it’s a

space we had to work with, the shin-

JUNE, 2011

new person where I don’t know what

ners were surprisingly minimal and we

to expect, board to the face or teeth

only had one case of the splits. I kept

CAMERA: NIKON D3

probabilities are high, camera water-

the board out of my face and under

housing damage likely, and the splits,

my feet where it belonged just long

a shinner or a collision between us,

enough to capture this shot of Travis

most probable. “What a great, dan-

mid-flick. After three solid stomps,

gerous way to start our photographic

I knew we had a few good frames to

journey together,” I thought to myself

choose from.

for a brief millisecond.

The camera was still in hand, teeth

Travis, on the other hand, was calm

were intact, and three ‘potentials’ to

and collected. He knew what he had

review… we were off to a better start

to do, where to do it on the lake, and

than I originally thought.

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ANDREW ADKISON

LAKE TELLICO, TN

“It seems like a shame to punch

edge toward takeoff. Just the

riders trail. For me, that adds

a hole in that perfect wake.

right frame adds depth to the

depth to the trick extending it

In this shot, you can see the

photo that generally goes unno-

beyond just the peak

forward spray from the board

ticed. Some of my favorite riding

or point of impact.”

increasing with the progressive

shots are where you can see the

—Andrew Adkison

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While floating into the

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with your back hand off

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your landing.

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hand as your rotate your

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of your back from your

your landing, reach

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front hand to your back

with your legs to the

your hands. This

like you are pushing a

hand. At the same time,

wake tray while keep-

is where your balance

boat throttle to the floor.

rotate your chin to your

ing a slight bend in your

comes from. Ride away

Step Four: At this

back shoulder to spot

knees. As you land, stay

clean! —Mike Ennen

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ANDREW PASTURA

SEA WORLD GAP, ORLANDO, FL

“Having already seen some

challenge left was to stand on

epic photos of this gap by some

the ledge without losing my bal-

of wake’s top photographers,

ance. In just a few tries Andrew

I knew getting a unique angle

nailed the shot, and the token

would be tough. I have shot with

dead fish present at most winch

Andrew for years, and have the

spots were just an added bonus.

utmost confidence in his skill,

Ironically enough, the effort I put

so I decided to get in as close as

into getting this photo, it is what

possible. After scaling the fence

also got us kicked out of the gap.

at the top of the gap without

Whoops.”

dropping my camera, the only

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