Breaka Burleigh Pro Surfing 2013

Hi all

On Monday 4 February 2013 I was lucky enough to see some of the Breaka Burleigh Pro Surfing Competition at Burleigh Heads on Australia's Gold Coast. The event is Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) 6-Star Women’s and 4-Star Men’s rated. This year saw the welcome introduction of women's surfing to the event. Here are some pics:

Kaito Ohashi


Jake Colreavy


Alize Arnaud


Dru Adler


Coco Ho


Max Tobin


South African Sarah Baum


Tane Wallis


Sam Morgan


To finish, one more of the skilful Coco Ho


Here's the start of my photo gallery on the Breaka Burleigh Pro Surfing - Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) 6-Star Women’s and 4-Star Men’s rated event - Burleigh Heads, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.

Here's my extra gallery of UN-edited additional photos of the 2013 Breaka Burleigh Pro surfing.

Thanks so much for looking.

Regards

Des
http://disci.smugmug.com/Sports/Surfing/

Roxy Pro & Quiksilver Pro Surfing Competitions - Snapper Rocks, Gold Coast, Australia

Hi all

Just a quick coverage of my visits to the Roxy Pro & Quiksilver Pro Surfing competitions at Snapper Rocks on Australia's Gold Coast.

A. Roxy Pro Women's Pro Surfing Event

Visit 1

Sarah Mason (NZL)


2011 ASP World Champion Carissa Moore


Paige Hareb


Silvana Lima


Australian Sally Fitzgibbons


Lakey Peterson


Visit 2 (Final Day)

Tyler Wright


Laura Enever


Grand Final Winner, Australian Steph Gilmore (Stephanie Gilmore)


Quiksilver Pro Men's Pro Surfing Event

Ace Buchan (Adrian Buchan)


Jordy Smith (South Africa)


11 Times ASP World Surfing Champion Kelly Slater in the Expression Session


Grand Finalist Adriano De Souza (Brazil)


Here are the beginnings of my two photo galleries: Women's Roxy Pro, and Men's Quiksilver Pro.

Thanks so much for looking.

Regards

Des
http://disci.smugmug.com/Sports/Surfing
Brisbane Sports Photographer

Breaka Burleigh Pro Surfing Photos

Hi all

Now for a full post of pics from last week’s Breaka Burleigh Pro Surfing Competition, at Burleigh Heads on Australia’s Gold Coast.

Logan Specht


Luke Archibald


Putra Hermawan (Indonesia)


Will Morrison


Rikiya Kitada


Cory Arrambide


Mateia Hiqully


Kolohe Andino


Peterson Crisanto


Two Times World Surfing Champion Mick Fanning


Here are my photo galleries:
Main Smugmug gallery | Main Photoshelter Gallery | ‘Extras’ Gallery of additional UN-edited pics (Smugmug)

Thanks so much for looking.

Regards

Des
http://disci.smugmug.com/Sports/Surfing
Brisbane Sports Photographer

Breaka Burleigh Pro Surfing Photography

Hi all

Just a quick update 'on-the-fly' :).

Yesterday (Wednesday 8 February 2012) saw the start of the 2012 "Breaka Burleigh Pro" Surfing Competition on Australia's Gold Coast. Just one quick pic for now, and hopefully more later :)

Putra Hermawan (Indonesia) - Breaka Burleigh Pro Surfing


Here's my Smugmug gallery, with 59 pics from the first day.

Thanks for looking.

Regards

Des
Brisbane Sports Photographer

Spectacular Surfing Action on a Beautiful Morning at Duranbah, Australia

Happy New Year everyone!

Last Thursday 12 January 2012 I enjoyed a super morning photographing surfing at Duranbah beach (which is at Tweed Heads, in northern New South Wales (NSW), adjacent to the Queensland / NSW border; at the southern end of The Gold Coast; Australia). Here are some pics from a beautiful morning with a strong south-easterly breeze blowing in:









For people using search terms like bodyboarding, boogieboarding, drop-knee and throw-tail :) :)




I had a bit of luck later in the shoot, too. I was finishing up and had just left the beach when, who did I see? None other than Dual World Surfing Champion Mick Fanning, just arriving! A short time later I was back into the swing of things, albeit from a bit further away. Here's a 'pic of Mick'!




Here's my Smugmug photo gallery. Here's an 'Extras' gallery of unedited additional photos (including quite a few more of Mick Fanning).

Thanks so much for looking, and wishing everyone a great 2012!

Regards

Des
http://disci.smugmug.com/Sports/Surfing
Brisbane Sports Photographer

Big surf at Snapper Rocks Superbank, Gold Coast, Labour Day, Monday 2 May 2011

I got back to Snapper Rocks on Monday afternoon to see some massive surf. The south-east curent was so strong that surers could not get to, or stay at the traditional starting point. Fortunately they found a starting point a bit further up the coast and some very big waves came through!

Watching, waiting


One VERY rare calmer moment - great for actually being able to get into the water!


All afternoon....


Finally some surfing action!




Do you think anyone found the new best starting point?


Um... size?


Here's the photo gallery on some wild surf at the Snapper Rocks Superbank.

Thanks for looking.

Regards

Des
http://disci.smugmug.com/Sports/Surfing

Surfing Snapper Rocks Superbank, Gold Coast, with a Surprise Too!

Hi all

Main Link:  My Smugmug photo gallery of surfing photos in big swell at Snapper Rocks, Gold Coast.

I was lucky enough to spend an hour on Friday photographing surfing at Snapper Rocks, Coolangatta, Gold Coast, Australia. I had heard that the swell was up due to a low pressure system in the Coral Sea. More on the 'surprise' later.... Here are some pics:

Some paddle action




Glassy...


The surprise? I had heard that Mick Fanning, Joel Parkinson and others had been there the day before. When editing the pics, who comes up on my screen? None other than ten times World Surfing Champion Kelly Slater! Yep, I had taken snaps of him and not realised he was there:

Kelly Slater


Take a closer look at that pic - Kelly Slater is wearing a GoPro Hero HD waterproof video camera on his right hand/wrist (10x8 crop to emphasise the camera):


Low shutter speed 'speed blur'


Here's the link to the photo gallery, including ten times World Surfing Champion Kelly Slater.

GOOD NEWS: There is a 25% discount off the price of prints and personal use downloads (not shipping) for this gallery until 19 May 2011. Use the coupon code

isawkelly

in the Smugmug checkout. Des.

Thanks for looking.

Regards

Des
PS: Blast from the past – To celebrate unexpectedly snapping Kelly Slater, I’ve added 39 pics to this Snapper Rocks gallery I shot in 2007. Thanks for having a look :). Des.

PPS: Monday (Labour Day) gallery here.