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ricki 12-08-2008 07:32 PM

I would get in touch with the photographer, Paul Porter and see what you can work out. If you email me, flkitesurfer at hotmail.com, I will send his email address back to you. He did nail some great shots during the race. I can recall a down draft eddy from the chopper spinning along and about dropped my kite to the water during the shooting. Great times.

ricki 12-08-2008 09:20 PM

http://www.fksa.org/albums/album347/...75961_1221.jpg

I saw this photo on kiteforum, it intrigued me to the point to where I contacted the rider to learn more. You can read what came out of it and this 16 year old lady's outlook on kiting at ...

Ella Rides Waves!



.

ricki 12-19-2008 10:05 PM

Steve McCormack of Kitepower in NSW, Australia sent this video along. Amazing what you can do with some flowing water.


ricki 12-25-2008 02:38 PM

As it is snow season in parts well north and Christmas today, wanted to put up a few shots from the mountains in snow ...


http://www.fksa.org/albums/album370/Overlook.jpg



http://www.fksa.org/albums/album370/Fr.jpg



http://www.fksa.org/albums/album370/Alps.jpg



http://www.fksa.org/albums/album370/Castle.jpg



http://www.fksa.org/albums/album370/Klein_S.jpg



http://www.fksa.org/albums/album370/Engelberg_nite.jpg



http://www.fksa.org/albums/album370/Le_Gets.jpg



http://www.fksa.org/albums/album370/Engelberg.jpg
The guys were kiting from Key West to Cuba around the time this was taken.


.

ricki 12-26-2008 08:11 AM

This just came in from Norway via France? Pretty amazing stuff and well filmed too. I understand there is a second extreme sport. It involves competing teams of guys running around below the cliff catching the skies the flying squirrels kick off?! Looks like St. Nick was the third guy off the cliff. Glad he made it home in one piece to take care of things last night.


ricki 01-23-2009 06:44 AM

The Sixth Jupiter Kiteboarding Invasion is starting in the coming week. First a look back at this great event over the years ...


http://www.fksa.org/albums/album74/20_G.jpg
Antoine pops a nice one in 2005


http://gallery.kiteforum.com/albums/...irls.sized.jpg
Scene from the 2004 event made famous by George of kiteflix.com in a couple intriguing videos


http://www.fksa.org/albums/album229/73_s.sized.jpg
Alex drops in on a nice one in 2007


http://www.fksa.org/albums/album74/vr_12.sized.jpg
Hamish working hard on board off moves in 2005 in some nice waves


http://www.fksa.org/albums/album229/64_s.jpg
Packet throws a loop as Dave rides up in the background in 2007


http://www.fksa.org/albums/album230/9_s.jpg
Jessie gives Matt a tow upwind in 2007


So many shots from all these great events, more to come ...

ricki 01-24-2009 05:02 PM

More from Invasions past, starting with the first one in 2003 ...

http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-...99223_3496.jpg
Kent throws one


http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-...399219_420.jpg
Jeff and Andy



http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-...99220_1405.jpg


http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-...99222_8382.jpg
George works at his art as Karen strolls by


http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-...99221_2266.jpg
An early shot of Shannon, Jeff and the crew at Best, just starting out


http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-...99224_3907.jpg
Damo hops one, I think this may be the first event I saw him at

More at: http://fksa.org/showthread.php?t=341

ricki 01-26-2009 03:00 PM

More from the Jupiter Kiteboarding Invasion from past events ...


http://www.fksa.org/albums/album229/67_s.jpg
Damo charges in


http://www.fksa.org/albums/album229/..._1_s.sized.jpg
Jon Modica throws a nice one


http://www.fksa.org/albums/album230/3_s.sized.jpg
Mike likes tubes, hope this one didn't gobble him up in 2007


http://www.fksa.org/albums/album229/66_G.jpg
Dimitri gets a tow upwind


http://www.fksa.org/albums/album230/2_G.jpg
Melissa winds down between heats


http://www.fksa.org/albums/album229/...VR_1.sized.jpg
Billy Blackman carves

The entire writeup of the 2007 contest appears at: http://fksa.org/showthread.php?t=3121

Still more to come

ricki 01-27-2009 08:37 AM

and still more ...


http://photos-f.ll.facebook.com/phot...10741_9181.jpg
Flash and Lightwave Dave in 2005 at the Invasion



http://photos-h.ll.facebook.com/phot...410743_331.jpg
Andy Hurdman pops a nice one, same year



http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-...10456_4235.jpg
Bumper kites?



http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-...10459_5270.jpg
All at sea, having fun



http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-...10461_5938.jpg
Demion catches a wave



http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-...10460_5566.jpg
George from Kiteflix shoots, lots of great content from tons of events on his site, kiteflix.com

ricki 01-30-2009 08:45 AM

The Sixth Event starts today! A quick look at last years and then just have to wait and see what comes about this time.

http://www.fksa.org/albums/album333/Cover_shot.jpg
Complete write up at: http://fksa.org/showthread.php?t=5725


http://www.fksa.org/albums/album333/Alex_s.sized.jpg
Alex throws one


http://www.fksa.org/albums/album333/Gebi_Surfs.jpg
Gebi puts on the (Black) dog, looking good too


http://www.fksa.org/albums/album333/...ped_Oval_s.jpg
Slashback, wasn't there a book by that name?


http://www.fksa.org/albums/album333/...onjunction.jpg
Looking for some big boosts again this year


and ...

we'll have to see what follows in this weekend's event!

ricki 01-30-2009 10:17 AM

Missed some, here are a few more from 2006. You can see the write up and lots more images for this year at: http://fksa.org/showthread.php?t=964


http://www.fksa.org/albums/album157/Mikey_jumps_s.jpg
Mike Bradley went off this year in particular in strapless wave riding



http://www.fksa.org/albums/album157/...2_s1.sized.jpg
Demion can really toss of the kite loops and in zippo water depth too. Still, those bottom impact have to hurt, yooowch!



http://www.fksa.org/albums/album157/...3a_s.sized.jpg
Hamish passing on the flat, strapless ... while riding a wave?!



http://www.fksa.org/albums/album157/203_G.sized.jpg
Latino, organizer of the Naples - Ft. Myers events trots along



http://www.fksa.org/albums/album157/Mike_Bradley_s.jpg

Clew In 02-01-2009 12:14 PM

Hey,

Watch out:

http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=6768107

Clew In

ricki 02-03-2009 01:16 PM

They do that all day long too during the migration. Spinners a poppin, literally. Surfers seem to ignore them mostly, unless they get nipped. Must smear board wax on it and go back out.

ricki 02-03-2009 01:17 PM

Paul Menta just sent this along to me. It shows the Keys off in a good way and Paul even does some moves on tape ...


http://www.thekitehouse.com/vid/keys-road.htm

TBKA 02-20-2009 11:11 PM

Art For The Sky
 
http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...ert200crop.jpg

ricki 03-02-2009 08:34 AM

Just came across this on the BBC news site. There are quite a few more photos taken by Clark Little from Oahu at:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/ne...00/7916550.stm


http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/4...4_wave_two.jpg
Riding a wave into 1/2 " of water, yeeha! Broken neck here I come!


http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/4...ave_bubble.jpg
Snow wave


http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/4..._wave_sand.jpg
Great shots a bit tough on the photographer though I would guess. Got the shot but here comes the wave, bamm!


http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/4...ave_tunnel.jpg
The ultimate tube! Looks more like a tunnel of foam, amazing shot.

greg meintjes 03-02-2009 10:41 AM

photo of the day
 
Reminds me of home, I did a lot of bodyboarding in very similiar shorebreak at my home town in South Africa, in that pic where the rider is dropping in towards the photographer, we used to play chicken on similiar waves with other riders by taking off towards each other and then getting barrelled together, as long as you know how to crash you very seldom get hurt.

Greg

ricki 03-02-2009 11:13 AM

Pretty amazing stuff, bet you had some outstanding waves back home. How do you fall to avoid getting hurt when a wave that size is piling driving you into the sand? Can't recall what I was looking up but fractured necks in this sort of setup aren't that uncommon sad to say. Haven't been in extreme locked out conditions like that much, by choice!

greg meintjes 03-02-2009 02:24 PM

photo of the day
 
Neck injuries do occur, if a rider goes straight down the wave, but if you ride sideways along the wave like the rider in the pic is doing, when the wave bowls over him, he will proboably just roll with the impact and come up through the back of the wave, of course sometimes you do get dragged up the sand, but that is just part of the fun.

Greg

ricki 03-02-2009 09:08 PM

Here's to popping out the back then. Being driven into the sand is no picnic. How many of us have been slammed into the bottom in several feet of water after falling off the crest? Hurts just to think about it.

btw, noticed Clark has a website with some great shots available as prints at competitive prices at: http://www.clarklittlephotography.co...gallery_images

ricki 03-20-2009 08:46 AM

Come on in, the water's warm! Well, maybe too warm. An undersea volcano is building a new island in Tonga.


http://cache.boston.com/universal/si...1_18348447.jpg
"An undersea volcano erupts off the coast of Tonga, sending plumes of steam, ash and smoke up to 100 meters into the air, on March 18, 2009, off the coast of Nuku'Alofa, Tonga. (Dana Stephenson/Getty Images)"



http://cache.boston.com/universal/si...4_18348431.jpg
Second in a series of undersea volcano eruption photos off the coast of Tonga, taken March 18th by photographer Dana Stephenson. (Dana Stephenson/Getty Images) #


http://cache.boston.com/universal/si...6_18348433.jpg
"Fourth in a series of undersea volcano eruption photos off the coast of Tonga, taken March 18th by photographer Dana Stephenson. (Dana Stephenson/Getty Images) #"



http://cache.boston.com/universal/si...0_18347717.jpg
"An undersea volcano erupts off the coast of Tonga on March 18, 2009. (Dana Stephenson/Getty Images) #"
or, this is what happens when you really piss off the cookie monster

All these photos and a ton more great ones at:
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/200...ear_tonga.html

ricki 03-27-2009 01:42 PM

Adam Koch took these excellent shots of Daryl Drown ripping it up at the Superfly Open in Utah recently.


http://www.fksa.org/albums/album388/1_AK_3802.jpg



http://www.fksa.org/albums/album388/2_AK_3820.jpg



http://www.fksa.org/albums/album388/3_AK_3510.jpg



Great riding Daryl and excellent job capturing the action Adam! Daryl won the big air contest and came in fourth in the bordercross after crashing his kite. And ... on skies, snowboarders watch out! Way to go guys.

more at:
http://fksa.org/showthread.php?t=8021


a d a m k o c h
p h o t o g r a p h y

mobile;
310.760.2100
office; 970.247.1241
portfolio; www.adamkochphotography.com

On Mar 17, 2009, at 1:23 PM, Daryl Drown wrote:

ricki 03-27-2009 02:28 PM

btw, you should checkout Adam's website, looks like his kiting expertise has extended into photography ...

www.adamkochphotography.com

ricki 03-30-2009 10:35 AM

Our own AJ Watson, a moderator of the Bahamian Forum, out of Nassau Town is an artist, in his own way and time too. He just had a show on New Providence, acrylic on canvas. I understand it sold out. Way to go AJ! No end of inspiration in the islands that he travels. Must do some incredible kiteboard graphics too.

Here's a look at his unique style ...

http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-...68_1337973.jpg



http://photos-e.ll.facebook.com/phot...20_2722161.jpg


http://photos-b.ll.facebook.com/phot...17_7881915.jpg



http://photos-g.ll.facebook.com/phot...22_4509823.jpg



http://photos-h.ll.facebook.com/phot...623_772233.jpg


http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-...91_3380502.jpg


I asked if he was considering going to a limited run of lithos. He said no way, paint or nothing. Think there is going to be some growing demand for his work. Have questions, commissions, etc. you can contact AJ at: ect xshore@gmail.com

You can see more of his work at: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?ai...3&id=607641759


and, I did a write up a while back on AJ, his wife's family that goes back in the Bahamas several centuries, movie spots, riding areas around NP and more at:
http://fksa.org/showthread.php?t=4147

koch 03-30-2009 10:52 AM

yeah, more land!!!!
 
more land!!!! awesome.

Quote:

Originally Posted by RickI (Post 39515)
Come on in, the water's warm! Well, maybe too warm. An undersea volcano is building a new island in Tonga.


http://cache.boston.com/universal/si...1_18348447.jpg
"An undersea volcano erupts off the coast of Tonga, sending plumes of steam, ash and smoke up to 100 meters into the air, on March 18, 2009, off the coast of Nuku'Alofa, Tonga. (Dana Stephenson/Getty Images)"



http://cache.boston.com/universal/si...4_18348431.jpg
Second in a series of undersea volcano eruption photos off the coast of Tonga, taken March 18th by photographer Dana Stephenson. (Dana Stephenson/Getty Images) #


http://cache.boston.com/universal/si...6_18348433.jpg
"Fourth in a series of undersea volcano eruption photos off the coast of Tonga, taken March 18th by photographer Dana Stephenson. (Dana Stephenson/Getty Images) #"



http://cache.boston.com/universal/si...0_18347717.jpg
"An undersea volcano erupts off the coast of Tonga on March 18, 2009. (Dana Stephenson/Getty Images) #"
or, this is what happens when you really piss off the cookie monster

All these photos and a ton more great ones at:
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/200...ear_tonga.html


ricki 03-30-2009 11:05 AM

Yes, reef and waves to go with in time as well. Never been to Tonga, would like to check it out someday. Have you been in those parts Adam? Pretty amazing images they captured. Just saw "Knowing" over the weekend. Accents these natural events in a different way somehow. Science fiction, go figure.

loscocco 03-30-2009 09:09 PM

What size kite do you rig to kite that?? Wind forcast..... 0 to 500MPH with occasonal gusts of 700 MPH.
A kite made from bullet proof kevlar might help

Quote:

Originally Posted by RickI (Post 39515)
http://cache.boston.com/universal/si...0_18347717.jpg
"An undersea volcano erupts off the coast of Tonga on March 18, 2009. (Dana Stephenson/Getty Images) #"
or, this is what happens when you really piss off the cookie monster

All these photos and a ton more great ones at:
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/200...ear_tonga.html


ricki 04-06-2009 08:39 AM

Another look at the Abacos and some late season wind ...


http://www.fksa.org/albums/album392/GC_P5260237.jpg
Great Guana Cay near Nippers, wind and sea running



http://www.fksa.org/albums/album392/HT_riding_001.jpg
Cruising north along Elbow Cay towards Hope Town



http://www.fksa.org/albums/album392/GC_IMG_2903.jpg
Way down south at Little Harbour on the island of Abaco. Nice waves and iron shore here just outside the hurricane hole harbor.



http://www.fksa.org/albums/album392/HT_IMG_2681.jpg
A look at the back towards Marsh Harbor



http://www.fksa.org/albums/album392/HT_IMG_2648_001.jpg
Cemetery Beach opposite the lighthouse in Hope Town



http://www.fksa.org/albums/album392/HT_IMG_2476_001.jpg
Sun is fading but the wind is still on



http://www.fksa.org/albums/album392/EC_LH.jpg
The light at Hope Town

ricki 04-09-2009 08:39 AM

Checking out more at Boston.com at the "The Big Picture" ...


http://cache.boston.com/universal/si..._04/surf13.jpg
"South Africa's Grant 'Twiggy' Baker rides a wave to win the 2008 Big Wave Africa surfing event held at Dungeons Reef off Cape Town's Hout Bay, July 26, 2008. (REUTERS/Mike Hutchings)" Wouldn't call this guy "Twiggy?" That is one intense wave.



http://cache.boston.com/universal/si...8_04/surf2.jpg
"Pat O'Connell cruises down a wave during the Stand-up Paddle Surf Challenge at the U.S. Open of Surfing on Sunday, July 27, 2008, in Huntington Beach, Calif. (AP Photo/Sean DuFrene)"



http://cache.boston.com/universal/si...8_04/surf4.jpg
"Anthony Tashnick of the U.S. gets airborne during the 2008 Big Wave Africa surfing event held at Dungeons Reef off Cape Town's Hout Bay, July 26, 2008. (REUTERS/Mike Hutchings)" Foam fight?




http://cache.boston.com/universal/si...8_04/surf9.jpg
"British Kiteboard World Champion Aaron Hadlow gets air on his kiteboard off a Tarifa beach in southern Spain, on July 5, 2008, during the Kiteboard Word Championship 2008. (JOSE LUIS ROCA/AFP/Getty Images)"




http://cache.boston.com/universal/si..._04/surf15.jpg
"Workers clean up blue-green algae from the sea as windsurfers sail behind, at Qingdao, the host city for sailing events at the 2008 Olympic Games, in eastern China's Shandong province Tuesday June 24, 2008. The Qingdao government organized 400 boats and 3000 people to help remove the algae after Olympics organizers ordered a cleanup. Experts say the algae, which has clogged the coastline of the Olympic city, is a result of climate change and recent heavy rains in southern China, according to the Xinhua news agency. (AP Photo/EyePress)" I heard that stuff tastes better with soy sauce?



http://cache.boston.com/universal/si..._04/surf23.jpg
"Hawaiian Mark Healey takes a fall during the 2008 Big Wave Africa surfing event held at Dungeons Reef off Cape Town's Hout Bay, July 26, 2008. (REUTERS/Mike Hutchings)" Adds meaning to the term "dropping in."


More at:
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/200...the_waves.html

ricki 04-15-2009 05:18 PM

http://www.fksa.org/albums/album399/Small_Hope_Bay.jpg
It has been a couple of years but I got to thinking about Andros, just north of Fresh Creek along the Tongue of the Ocean in the Bahamas. Small Hope Bay Lodge has been a diving destination for decades. With clear viz. wall dives, blue holes, shark dives and more. It is also a pretty good kiting venue too and only about 55 minutes east of Florida. The land of three toed chickcharnies, sea duppys and AUTEC?


http://www.fksa.org/albums/album399/Fresh_Creek.jpg
Here are some random shots from around the area. Here is an old lighthouse at the mouth of Fresh Creek. There is a barrier reef miles out bordering the drop off creating all this sheltered calmer water on the inside.


http://www.fksa.org/albums/album399/SHB_Andros.jpg
Small Hope Bay is a quiet but comfortable place. A good place to go to decompress and grab some quality water time be it above and/or below. These were shot in a calm period in July. The wind goes off and frequently too throughout the winter and spring I'm told. Flat water on the inside and waves ... not sure about waves. Maybe on the barrier reef.



http://www.fksa.org/albums/album399/day_starts.jpg
Dick Birch started this place for diving in 1960. Can you imagine what the islands were like then? Even has a nudist blind of palm thatch on the water?



http://www.smallhope.com/GIF/45DoubleHoseDivers.464.gif
The early days (photo from smallhope.com). Hey can't be that old, I used to have one of those backpacks!




http://www.fksa.org/albums/album399/...s_VR.sized.jpg




http://www.fksa.org/albums/album399/Wreck.jpg
There's a tug wreck a mile or so offshore. Understand the captain sort of flipped out and had to be removed from the grounded vessel years back.



http://www.fksa.org/albums/album399/SHB_07.jpg
Check it out sometime, for a change of pace.

Rusch 04-27-2009 09:21 PM

Photos from St.Petersburg 4.25-4.27
 
Whats up,

Some shots from Lassing park just South of Downtown St.Pete.

Enjoy

-Rusch

From 4.27:
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a63...4/DSC_3368.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a63...4/DSC_3318.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a63...4/DSC_3167.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a63...4/DSC_3138.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a63...4/DSC_3128.jpg


From weekend of 4.25:
Excuse the small size I'll make sure they are bigger next time

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a63...4/DSC_2494.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a63...4/DSC_2535.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a63...4/DSC_2573.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a63...4/DSC_2588.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a63...4/DSC_2649.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a63...4/DSC_2661.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a63...4/DSC_2669.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a63...4/DSC_2674.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a63...4/DSC_2689.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a63...4/DSC_2692.jpg
Love this one:
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a63...4/DSC_2740.jpg
and this one:
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a63...4/DSC_2778.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a63...4/DSC_2883.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a63...4/DSC_2967.jpg
DAMN:
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a63...4/DSC_3029.jpg
Double Damn
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a63...4/DSC_3044.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a63...4/DSC_3071.jpg

ricki 05-14-2009 10:43 AM

The Miami Kiteboard Masters is coming up this weekend. Let's take a look back at other kiting events at Crandon Park ...


http://www.fksa.org/albums/album347/Racing.jpg
The Masters Event from 2008


http://www.fksa.org/albums/album379/Beach.jpg
A few scenes from earlier this year

http://www.fksa.org/albums/album379/D_Pass.jpg


http://www.fksa.org/albums/album378/Pack_2.jpg
Course racing with a difference


http://www.fksa.org/albums/album176/...s_Hit_It_s.jpg
Kite4Girls 2006, trying something new


http://www.fksa.org/albums/album111/77_G.jpg
Irma flys with the Anhingas at Kiter4Girls 2005

ricki 05-18-2009 09:38 AM

Great weekend in Southeast Florida with the Miami Kiteboard Masters at Crandon Park ...

http://www.fksa.org/albums/album412/3_IMG_1466.jpg
Surreal sky for yesterday's happenings. Strapless ride off, barefooting and more.


http://www.fksa.org/albums/album412/1_IMG_1373.jpg
Large turnout for Saturday, tons of fun too


http://www.fksa.org/albums/album412/Start.jpg
... and they ran the second stop of the Hobie Standup Paddleboard Race Series out the Miami Yacht Club, down along Government Cut and looping back over the Venetian Isles. Jim of Liquid Surf & Sail shown here pulling out on his Hobie as the pack runs out of MYC.


http://www.fksa.org/albums/album412/Gebi.jpg
Gebi strokes north to arch west above Venetian Causeway. The cruise ship terminal shows up in the background


http://www.fksa.org/albums/album412/Jim.jpg
Jim moves in front of the new LS&S outlet store location on Star Island?


http://www.fksa.org/albums/album412/Finish.jpg
The folks pull back into the wind to make the finish where it all started back at MYC


http://www.fksa.org/albums/album412/2_IMG_1527.jpg
Great weekend all around.


** Tons more photos to be processed to be put up on coverage of both fun events.

Stay tuned ...

jetpack 05-18-2009 11:08 AM

Here's a panoramic pic of Sunset Beach I took the other day (5/13). Session was easy going for about 4 guys on 16m & 17m.
Picked up around 5:45pm for 40 mins and I could ride my 12m. Took this after everyone had packed up for the day.

http://www.kitebeaches.com/storage/p...nsetbeach2.jpg

ricki 06-01-2009 04:22 PM

Went scooter free diving on the Vandenberg yesterday, huge thanks to Paul Menta of The Kitehouse setting me up with a boat and GPS. The Vandenberg is a large 522 ft. artificial reef and former radar tracking ship. She was sunk in 140 ft. off water about 7 miles south of Key West on Wednesday. Wore a Go Pro camera in a chest harness shooting stills every 2 s and hand held a camera for video. Thanks to Mike Hirooka for giving me a loaner camera and tons of mounting gear pending my camera arriving. I wanted to catch it shortly after sinking before the algae covered all the white surfaces up. I still remember a Stephen Frink shot of the Duane off Key Largo in clear blue water just after sinking. White on blue! Just put up a short video clip from my Canon G9 pending processing all this stuff into a video:




Here are a few stills as well from Mike's Go Pro camera on auto:

http://www.fksa.org/albums/album416/...1583.sized.jpg
Viz. was about 50 to 60 ft. I think the cameras saw further than I could in some cases


http://www.fksa.org/albums/album416/...1482.sized.jpg
The bow has a surreal aspect to it. Passed a couple of divers holding a Conch Republic flag up after of this point. There was about 1.5 mph current running north. With the scooter on high power you could motor fairly easily into it. On downwind turns you went flying though! Covered about half the wreck on one dive.


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Both radar dishes were dislodged by hydraulic forces during sinking. They've been cabled in place to pad eyes on the deck to secure them for the time being


http://www.fksa.org/albums/album416/...0916.sized.jpg
Coming up from the bottom at 140 ft., looking way up the side and to the sun.


Nice session, lots more to come

ricki 06-02-2009 12:07 PM

Here's a few more photos from Mike's Go Pro camera on auto during the free dives on the Vandenberg ...


http://www.fksa.org/albums/album416/v8_PICT1536.jpg
Heading aft into the current before the pilot house deck. About to cruise off into that portal along the port wing.


http://www.fksa.org/albums/album416/v7_PICT1376.jpg
There were a few SCUBA divers on the wreck, not a lot of free divers though?


http://www.fksa.org/albums/album416/v5_PICT0177.jpg
Something about the wide angle distortion makes this look like a model in miniature to me. I need to have a closer look at the sinking footage. It almost looked like this dish was already secured at that time on the deck?


http://www.fksa.org/albums/album416/v6.jpg
A look aft from closer to the bow.


More to come, anxious to get some projects behind me so I can start working on the video. Stay tuned ...

The video was finally put together, you can see it below:


ricki 07-14-2009 09:29 AM

A few photos from the Kiteboarding Masters Competition at Crandon Park. For those that may have forgotten, this is what wind or heavy breeze anyway, looks like.


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Nice sky and a good turnout


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Mike sets up


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I've wondered for years about barefooting while kiting. Thanks to Damo's prowess, have my answer and the shot to prove it! Amazing athlete. He wrapped up with a "one-footer!"


http://www.fksa.org/albums/album429/Jump.jpg
Katrina catches a strapless aerial


http://www.fksa.org/albums/album429/Todd_up.jpg
Todd pops a nice one, sans straps


http://www.fksa.org/albums/album429/Damo_spins_s.jpg
What is this called, strapless-footless?! Damo does a rotation on his finger tips. Has to be a name for this aside from real hard.

ricki 07-27-2009 10:31 AM

The summer eases on with the odd bout of useable wind out there. Still, overall, it feels like summer (i.e. not much wind). Lots of things to do though, this weekend was a busy one with a Standup competition along the barrier island in Ft. Lauderdale AND the 2009 Gulfstream Freediving competition off Hillsboro Inlet in deep water. Here are some shots from both events ...

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The start off Bahia Mar near Tiki Beach Sunday morning.
Click photo for full sized image



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Getting into position at the starting line offshore
Click photo for full sized image


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They're off ... lots more photos to come from this one. Got some nice images of the action.


http://www.fksa.org/albums/album434/22_PICT0028.jpg
Here's an unusual GoPro Wide shot of Capt. Pam and crew, the chase boat for the event. She graciously set up no end of great shots during this fun event. The field of view is so wide that it will grab your face if you let it, e.g. note above!



... and for something a little different;


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Heading about ten miles north and about four miles offshore, we head to the FII 2009 Gulfstream Freediving Competition on Saturday. The free diving rig, a lot of thought and development goes into competitive free diving. This rig has a diver retrieval device built into it, designated warmup stations, a stage line for technical/mixed gas rebreather safety divers at various depths and still more.


http://www.fksa.org/albums/album434/1_preparing.jpg
A look at the underside of the rig


http://www.fksa.org/albums/album434/3_Martin_up.jpg
Martin Stepanek surfaces after a qualifying dive to 60 m (about 197 ft.), without fins, for a future competition. He holds the world record of 113 m (372 ft.) for that discipline and 121 m (401 ft.) for Constant weight (mask, fins, snorkel).


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Jared the event sponsor, prepares for his own qualifying dive.


http://www.fksa.org/albums/album434/group_IMG_1969.jpg
Doug and Niki go down with the tech safety divers for the free diving competition for a group photo op



Here's a short unprocessed clip of a competitor dive using a GoPro Wide camera. It may not be all that sharp an image but the 170 degree field of view provides an interesting look!

Hope to put a video together on the freediving competition soon as well.

ricki 07-27-2009 05:23 PM

I just added a couple of unusual GoPro Wide shots to the post above this. Check 'em out, it provides if not a bit fuzzy, unusual perspective.

ricki 08-17-2009 03:57 PM

http://www.fksa.org/albums/album441/Dawn_Sky_s.jpg

Any ideas what this is? That is aside from patriotic (red, white & blue)?


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