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The ride of the Valkyries

This was taken during the famous Eddie Aikau (Big wave contest) of 2009.
Absolute madness, this wave was an easy 40 footer the guy on the jet ski barely made it. I was fortunate to have caught this moment where man and machine outruns a beast of a wave.

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andrzej kraj 1 month ago

fantastyczny obraz

Faheema Patel 2 months ago

I can't even stand a mini wave...that one is a giant! Amazing capture!

George Doupas 3 months ago

Oh my! this is breathtaking image! Congrats!

Frédéric Verhelst (Papafrezzo) 3 months ago

WTH... image the force of this water mass coming down... the energy in there is just amazing! You don't want to get hit by this. Well done, Mario, and welcome on 1x!

Fernand Hick 3 months ago

Impressive !

Mel Brackstone 3 months ago

One day I want to see these waves, until then this will have to do! Absolute madness!! Fantastic shot!

Risquillo 3 months ago

Wwooww !

Ruben Vicente 3 months ago

That is really huge!! Nice of you putting the jet ski on the image for a sense of scale.

Clyde Beamer 3 months ago

Very nice start! Welcome here Mario!

Fabio Pera 3 months ago

Spaventosamente bella!

Ben Goossens 3 months ago

Impressive:-)

Abraham Alejandro 3 months ago

amazing photo.

Lucas Nielsen 3 months ago

That's a great Shot,would love to watch that

Lars Grepstad 3 months ago

I'd like to be there! Great!

Radek 3 months ago

OMG fantastic shot...!

Monki Ho 3 months ago

nice moment!

Antonio Grambone 3 months ago

Welcome to 1X Mario,
impressive scene... great capture.
Compliments and greetings, Antonio G.

Enzo Penna 3 months ago

eccezionale

Marei 3 months ago

Wow, great debut here. What a moment with perfect light... Congrats.

Richard Bland 3 months ago

1st class shot Mario

Roland Cuypers 3 months ago

Impressed shot !
B&W is great
congrats

math wood 3 months ago

The power of nature captured perfectly. Im impressed :D

Guido Brandt 3 months ago

Excellent image - you captured the moment really well! Going to Hawaii in 2 months time.

fethi turgut 3 months ago

perfect

Allan Wallberg 3 months ago

What happens next? great capture the right moments.

Tomer Pashko 3 months ago

Best photo is the one that you take in the exact time on before and not after
but in this issue i would like to know what happened after one second after

Jacob Tuinenga 3 months ago

Impressive.

Boedi Wiyarno 3 months ago

great moment

Mario Bailote 3 months ago

Thanks everyone!

ma shu 3 months ago

The movement of the brave

ma shu 3 months ago

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ma shu 3 months ago

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Robert 3 months ago

Spectacular!

TJ Millar 3 months ago

Extraordinary wave, fantastic shot. Great work!

keller 3 months ago

What a really nice wave

stefano genuardi 3 months ago

Great..Fantasti moment

kenan saracoglu 3 months ago

Oh My God!

Burak Ercümen 3 months ago

a great shot!

Giulio Cesare Padelletti 3 months ago

A large mouth that is going to embed the man...I had this impression at a first glance. Good idea to convert into BW

Helene Bernewitz 3 months ago

what a wave...amazing picture!

Michal Baer 3 months ago

Wow, the power of nature. Great caught.

El Robboz 3 months ago

Spectacular capture, Mario!

Richard Spurdens 3 months ago

Congrats on your first 1X publication a powerful wave in action here

ahmed ta3eb 3 months ago

nice photo :)

Johan Meintjes 3 months ago

Quite a breathtaking moment to capture, Mario - well-liked and well done!

Farshad Davari 3 months ago

Awesome!

Cristian Rusu 3 months ago

amazing

Dragan M. Babovic 3 months ago

Amazing. Bravo.

Ansel Siegenthaler 3 months ago

Perfect for suring :) Nice capture Mario. Cheers

Peter Svoboda 3 months ago

I saw this picture in screening, glad it did it!, Spectacular moment, seems to me that one could not survive such power of nature,if the wave hit him ..,my compliments