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how?
Posted:
Tue Jan 03, 2006 9:10 pmby ams
i see in photos and clips of big wave riders people in the sea watching for instance other surfers and photographers. how is it that they dont get completly smashed by these waves when they look like they are in a really dangerous place?
Posted:
Tue Jan 03, 2006 9:18 pmby RJD
uh they do sometimes?
The waves break semi predictable but the sea always has a suprise or two...
Posted:
Tue Jan 03, 2006 9:21 pmby ams
ok chers for that its been on my mind a while
Posted:
Tue Jan 03, 2006 10:19 pmby tomcat360
the places that you are thinking of are usually places like teahpoo, which is always the same wave, well to a degree. because of the reef the waves come in and break in the same way and place. the boats all sit where the shoulder pops up, and they just go up and down all day long.
Posted:
Wed Jan 04, 2006 12:40 amby u8oo
Zoom lenses make things look closer on film.
As for when they are actually in the water, film crew generally know what they are doing, and what the waves are doing .. they are well trained normally.
Posted:
Wed Jan 04, 2006 2:08 amby hawaiiSUCKSexceptsurf
a friend of a freind i had was a professional surf photographer and died last year in a big north shore swell. usually the photographers are experienced surfers themselves. and they get messed up by waves just the same.
Posted:
Wed Jan 04, 2006 8:53 amby Broosta
In a boat the photogs are
usually safe but...
Posted:
Wed Jan 04, 2006 2:10 pmby DayWalker*
hmmm, imagine dropping down the face of that beauty.... (one day when I'm big, maybe
)
Posted:
Wed Jan 04, 2006 9:43 pmby tomcat360
there is some flick that shows a couple of guys on a boat with a stalled engine that gets caught inside for like 5 waves, and is about to get crushed by the next one and gets his engine cut on at the last second, and just gets launched over the last one.
I cant find it though
anybody else seen it? I thought it was on surfline but I couldn't find it there
that kinda reminds me of the guy at teahpoo and his partner on the jetski got caught when the wave broke early and the jetski falls down and almost kills the guy surfing
I know where that one is!
http://surfline.com/video/vids/2005/may/jsps/raimana_dl_wm.cfm
Posted:
Fri Jan 06, 2006 10:37 amby DayWalker*
Yeah I saw that clip of the jetski as well.
Wonder if they get life insurance for hazardous objects?
I can picture the conversation
Wife : "my husband died. I'd like to claim his insurance."
Insurance dude: " Sure no problem, just a couple of questions. How did he pass away?"
Wife: "Jetski landed on his head"
Insurance dude: "WTF????"
Posted:
Fri Jan 06, 2006 12:17 pmby sinistapenguin
How do the camera guys do it?
I'd like to illustrate my response:
