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Mongo

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Ballet on Water
« on: January 23, 2016, 02:37:36 »
Mongo strolled down to a local surf competition this morning. The weather was awful - overcast and started raining. The contestants were also not so good. However, to the left of the designated competition area there were the usual local surfers (who were much better). This is just one of them.

This guy actually did a full 360 degrees, landed perfectly and continued surfing. He made it look like ballet on water. Here are just 6 quick frames from that sequence.

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Anthony

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Re: Ballet on Water
« Reply #1 on: January 23, 2016, 10:29:39 »
Athleticism and elegance, beautifully captured.
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Re: Ballet on Water
« Reply #2 on: January 23, 2016, 11:55:41 »
Beautiful shots Mongo. This guy is flying on the water! I can literally hear the sound of ocean in your photos.
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Re: Ballet on Water
« Reply #3 on: January 23, 2016, 12:00:34 »
Yes, I hear the ocean too ;)  Beauties of a waterly ballet.
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Re: Ballet on Water
« Reply #4 on: January 23, 2016, 15:18:42 »
Amazing !

This kind of stunts make me wonder if they have velcro on their feet
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Re: Ballet on Water
« Reply #5 on: January 23, 2016, 17:59:08 »
Nice!!!!  That's a decent size wave.  Gary is wondering where Mongo shot the surfers?
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Re: Ballet on Water
« Reply #6 on: January 23, 2016, 20:40:47 »
Quote from: Mongo on January 23, 2016, 02:37:36
Mongo strolled down to a local surf competition this morning. The weather was awful - overcast and started raining. The contestants were also not so good.

  I didn't know if to continue reading after this was wise...  :)

   I like the sequence.  Beautiful action. True, you put the viewer right there. Usually I have to pick one of the series doesn´t matter the subject. In this case I will battle for 1st, beautiful -even if not peak- action; 4th, surprise with a touch of magic and...maybe 6th for similar floating man reasons.   

   Also curious about location.

   Thanks to Mongo for sharing!
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Re: Ballet on Water
« Reply #7 on: January 23, 2016, 23:11:19 »
thank you all for your comments. Mongo is glad it took some of you to the event.

Armando - “velcro” ? LOL !

For Gary and Paco, to try and answer your questions, these were shot just off the main beach (as there are a few beaches) at Cronulla (where Mongo lives). It is a seaside suburb about 26 Km south of Sydney. “Cronulla” is derived from an Aboriginal word “Kurranulla” meaning “place of pink seashells”. A walkway promenade follows the coastline literally joining all the beaches in Cronulla. Access and parking is very close and reasonably easy. These were shot from that promenade.

Hope that helps and Google images probably give a better idea if you are interested. https://www.google.com.au/?gws_rd=ssl#q=images+of+cronulla
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Re: Ballet on Water
« Reply #8 on: January 23, 2016, 23:24:44 »
Beautiful place!
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Re: Ballet on Water
« Reply #9 on: January 24, 2016, 22:52:36 »
Excellent Mongo
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Re: Ballet on Water
« Reply #10 on: January 25, 2016, 14:21:40 »
Impressive performance and nicely captured.
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Re: Ballet on Water
« Reply #11 on: January 25, 2016, 21:38:05 »
thank you Paco, colin and jorgen
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Re: Ballet on Water
« Reply #12 on: January 26, 2016, 11:08:43 »
Very nice series but I feel the urge to see the landing... ;)
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Re: Ballet on Water
« Reply #13 on: January 27, 2016, 07:19:19 »
Quote from: Erik Lund on January 26, 2016, 11:08:43
Very nice series but I feel the urge to see the landing... ;)

Thanks Erik and sorry that cannot be posted. Mongo only got off a burst of 7 frames (of which 6 have been posted). Did not actually capture the landing but can tell you it was faultless and he just continued surfing as if nothing had happened.
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Re: Ballet on Water
« Reply #14 on: January 27, 2016, 23:17:57 »
Quote from: Erik Lund on January 26, 2016, 11:08:43
Very nice series but I feel the urge to see the landing... ;)

Trust me Erik, for the guy out on the wave, this is the one he wants hanging on his wall



Mmm, actually he'd probably love any one of the first four...
Hope you were able to speak to him afterwards Mongo
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