POV: Mark Mathews and Taj Burrow at The Right - video
Here it is. Mark Mathews' complete and unedited POV vision from The Right.
Here it is. Mark Mathews' complete and unedited POV vision from The Right.
Mark Matthews and Taj Burrow attempt to reinvent surf photography and nearly die in the process. Towing two people into one of the heaviest waves in the world, 'The Right' is never going to end too well, and here's the evidence.
"As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect-like creature". Franz Kafka, Metamorphosis.
The day dawned with a pale yellow glow in the east beneath a towering bank of cumulus cloud. There was no sound of sirens or hooters, just raucous flocks of lorikeets scudding over the broken glass and blood-stained concrete of another street-fighting night in the ghetto-empire of the Cooly-gatta.
"Did I win? Did I win?"
Taj Burrow hits the beach following his epic final against Adriano De Souza at Snapper Rocks this afternoon. With the judges yet to drop scores for each competitors last waves neither knows if they've won. The Brazilian contingent rush to Minheirinho, the Aussies to Taj. Everyone is confused and waiting.
Alex Ormerod captures the emotion as the wave scores - and the final result - are announced.
We'll have more action shots from today shortly.
"Did I win? Did I win?"
Taj Burrow hits the beach following his epic final against Adriano De Souza at Snapper Rocks this afternoon. With the judges yet to drop scores for each competitors last waves neither knows if they've won. The Brazilian contingent rush to Minheirinho, the Aussies to Taj. Everyone is confused and waiting.
Alex Ormerod captures the emotion as the wave scores - and the final result - are announced.
We'll have more action shots from today shortly.
This indicates an above average chance of a good swell
This summer will certainly go down as one of the more memorable periods of waves for Western Australia. Not because of the consistent Southern Ocean swells that fan across the lower southwest with each passing frontal system, but because of a series of rare cyclone swells originating from the northwest.
This summer will certainly go down as one of the more memorable periods of waves for Western Australia. Not because of the consistent Southern Ocean swells that fan across the lower southwest with each passing frontal system, but because of a series of rare cyclone swells originating from the northwest.