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Imagine having to clean the dust of your 5k lens 7 times daily whilst trying to get that perfect angle of 5 times world champ Sebastian Loeb, ex Olympic gymnast who states on his personal website his favourite food is 'the rib of beef', and favourite drink; 'the wine'. Take note budding rally hooligans.

Seeing the media crew dodge flying European cars and big brown rocks made me glad i was perched on the upside of this hairpin left.



::Take a closer look!! (Click image for full size)

A little summer in Winter

:: Possibilities? Photo - Jonno Howell (Click image for full size)


Since the advent of digital photography its easy to become immune to the benefits of the latest technology, however its distinctions were reiterated yesterday. Once 36 shot sequences were reserved for 'on the pay-roll' camera hacks who were being thrown velvia 100 speeds' from editors with eyes only for the stickered pro. A bit of shift work shared between the team, and we had quickly tallied up a frames count well into the hundreds. Circling my thumb on the back of the EOS during the ride home and, short of a few frames, the sheer volume of the images creates an impressive movie depicting events from sunrise departure, Mac Ds breakfast, pineapple violations, pits of the day right up until the boot closed on yet another successful wave hunt - Alasdair Shurman




:: Ins and outs with the Massachusetts Whistle. Condensed 18 frames from the original 36.
Photo - Alasdair Shurman (Click image for full size)





:: Check the blemished curl where Al's rail transition has taken place. Photo - Amelia Hallam
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Some executive looking dudes from ASL asked politely for me to not publish, share, upload, show or sell any photos from my recent fortnight with a super team of freaky pro surfers. They even promised me some no-cost issues in the mail. Fortunately for them i got bugger all useable shots, fortunately for me i spent the time tackling the ever so perfect waves myself. However - sorry executive ASL suit/s. I like to take photos too!!



:: Bede was a standout at the peak, making the deepest tubes, completing the highest airs and bewildering the steepest of sections