Controlled Flying

Posted by Graham Russon (Cape Town, South Africa) on 19 February 2008 in Sport & Recreation and Portfolio.

Controlled flying is one of the biggest attractions of the sport, but more difficult and dangerous. Flying occurs when the momentum of the surfer pulls the kite. Before jumping, the surfer builds up as much tension as possible by accelerating and strongly edging the board. Then in controlled, straight flight, the kite is flown quickly (snapped) to an overhead position, usually just as the surfer goes over a wave.
Taken: Blaauwberg Beach - Cape Town 17/2/08

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Comments (15)

Melissa from Warsaw, United States

I've never seen anything like that before. Great capture!

19 Feb 2008 8:48pm

@Melissa: Thanks Melissa, its a pretty amazing sport, great to photograph.

bm from Budapest, Hungary

Wow - nice catch. This looks fun!

19 Feb 2008 9:56pm

@bm: Thanks for the feedback, does look like fun, doesn't it.

Frankie from Boxmeer, Netherlands

A great shot. Just at the right moment. Well done. A lot of action is going on there.

19 Feb 2008 11:49pm

@Frankie: Thanks Frankie

Gary from Cochise County, United States

Whoa, Great catch. I agree with Melissa. I have not seen anything like that.

20 Feb 2008 12:23am

@Gary: Thanks Gary.

Tracey from White Hall, United States

Yikes again! Great action, as usual, and I really like the spray coming up.

20 Feb 2008 1:54am

@Tracey: Thank you Tracey.

Elisa from Massachusetts, United States

great capture! I like the effect of water falling!

20 Feb 2008 2:32am

@Elisa: Thanks Elisa, yes I had quite a fast shutter speed, to catch the water droplets.

Jaynee from Cape Town, South Africa

Another amazing action shot. So much energy. Well done

20 Feb 2008 3:50am

@Jaynee: Thanks Jaynee.

JC Retief from Somerset West, South Africa

I like this one the most. Excellent shot!

20 Feb 2008 6:49am

@JC Retief: Thank you Jc.

pLusOne from Cheonan, South Korea

Excellent shot!
In my personal opinion, Giving a little more sharpen would make it look best. :P
hmmmm perhaps I Love sharp images too much. lol

20 Feb 2008 7:53am

@pLusOne: Thanks for the feedback. About the sharpness, the original image is about 3500x2500, when reduced in size to 1000x768 and then passed through Aminus3's compression algorithm, some of the detail gets lost. I will look at doing post processing at smaller resolutions for the Aminus uploads. Thanks.

DaveB from Exeter, United Kingdom

Excellent action shot, nicely done

20 Feb 2008 9:37am

@DaveB: Thanks Dave.

Irwansyah Sk3tchw!nd from Dumai, Indonesia

nice photo action, the compotition and color saturation are very awesome.

Regards from Indonesia

20 Feb 2008 12:55pm

@Irwansyah Sk3tchw!nd: Thanks for the feedback, glad you like it.

Ina from Krugersdorp, South Africa

Nice action here... definately not part of Eskom :) Thanks for your visit and comment, really love your sense of humor!

20 Feb 2008 2:39pm

@Ina: Thanks for the feedback, Ina, its always appreciated.

yiannis krikis from thessaloniki, Greece

excellent catch again my friend

20 Feb 2008 3:56pm

@yiannis krikis: Thank you :)

Laurie from Lincoln, United States

Wow! that is an awesome capture! Nice shot! =-)

20 Feb 2008 6:18pm

@Laurie: Thanks Laurie

Andrew Gould from Sydney, Australia

What an excellent series this is, Graham. Perfect capture of the subject against that background. The frozen sea spray adds to the drama.

22 Feb 2008 12:00pm

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