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Another shot from the Surf Boat races, with an "ooops" moment. There are actually two boats here, one obscured by the wave and spray. The nearest boat, however, is having some trouble, as begins to show in PiP1, where one of the rowers is being swept overboard (see helmet in the water amidships) and the helmsman has lost his steering oar. In PiP2 the boat has been swept toward shore and the "lost" rower is heading back to it. I've also now found an extensive video of the event online if you'd like to see more. I took these images at about 3:42:15 of the video. To my surprise, on the video I saw myself briefly on the right of the screen at about then, taking photos.

There's a very obvious musical link.

I feel I should note that the water here is usually clear, the visible murkiness was caused by the large rainfall in previous days washing bushfire ash and damage down the river into the bay.

By way of background information, Surf Boats were developed in the early 20th century by Australian surf life saving clubs, to rescue endangered beach swimmers. The surf life saving clubs then began having competitions with them. The beach safety role now has been taken by jet skis and zodiacs, but Surf Boat competitions remain very popular in Australia and New Zealand.
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18 comments

Malik Raoulda said:

Une belle et admirable capture évocatrice,heureusement
que les services de sécurité sont rapides..!
Bon Dimanche.
5 years ago ( translate )

William Sutherland said:

Awesome shots!

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5 years ago

Pam J said:

OH GEORGE !!! IF ONLY !!!!

I WATCHED THE VIDEO AS WELL !!
5 years ago

©UdoSm said:

Incredibly...
5 years ago

Jaap van 't Veen said:

Great action shot.
5 years ago

Gudrun said:

You caught the exceitement and action perfectly! Found you on the video;-)
5 years ago

LutzP said:

...just the right moment, George. Excellent, not that well captured in the video. Recognized you on the right! Never heard of surfboats before
5 years ago

RHH said:

Superb action shots, George, and great information to go with the,
5 years ago

RHH said:

5 years ago ( translate )

Roger (Grisly) said:

Superb set of action shots George, more than a little risk involved I guess.
Interesting video and I found you.
5 years ago

Karen's Place said:

Aha, I see you in the video, George! :D (That looks like a fun day from the shore.;-)

I played the video of the boats while listening to the music. :)

Thanks for adding to Sight and Sound!
5 years ago

Treasa Ui Cionaodha said:

Terrific series of these Surf Boats. Well done George Regards Tess.
5 years ago ( translate )

╰☆☆June☆☆╮ said:

★彡 Good work.⭐
Have a lovely new week 彡★
5 years ago ( translate )

Rainer Blankermann said:

A beautiful series. I like the title shot. It is a powerful action shot!
Have a calm new week, George!
5 years ago

Nora Caracci said:

spectacular moment !!!
5 years ago ( translate )