The video of SCA surfing at the beginning of the new “Life at…
Wednesday, November 12th, 2014The video of SCA surfing at the beginning of the new “Life at the Extreme” episode provides more context for that cool photo by Rick Tomlinson that I’ve talked about before. If you go frame by frame through the video you can find the exact moment when Tomlinson’s photo was taken.
This shot was taken during a photo shoot with Team SCA’s brand new Volvo Ocean 65. This was the first time a Volvo Ocean 65 had been put under pressure in heavy offshore conditions just after its launch. We had planned the shoot for the forecast windy conditions and we had some great waves building up on an ebb tide.
The girls sailed the boat upwind for quite a few hours to get a long enough runway for the high speed downwind blast. We had good communication with the boat as we waited with the helicopter for the call that the front had cleared and they were in position for a final half hour upwind leg and then to bear away and “send it”.
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