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Action Sports Photography

Fast subjects, slow shutters, and the split second between.

Surfers on the Gold Coast and in Sydney, and snowboarders and ski tourers in deep alpine snow.

  1. A surfer carving in the pocket of a breaking wave on the Gold Coast, spray fanning off the board.

    In the Pocket

  2. Photograph of a lone surfer crouched at the base of a large breaking wave at sunrise, the whole face of the water lit gold and the lip throwing spray above them.

    Inside the Gold

  3. A lone snowboarder in dark clothing carving down a vast, steep, untracked snow face, a thin line of spray behind the board, a wall of rock and snow rising beside the run and a sharp snow-covered peak against blue sky beyond.

    One Rider, One Face

  4. A surfer in a dark wetsuit with a white surfboard under his arm walking over a rocky shore, seen through a gap between two dark boulders, a strip of low sun lighting him against a shadowed, bush-covered headland and a wave breaking white behind.

    Between the Rocks

  5. A ski tourer in a red jacket and backpack seen from behind, climbing on skins across a wide, untracked snow field towards the low sun, a single skin track and pole marks stretching back to the camera, a ridge of snow peaks under a deep blue sky.

    Skinning Into the Sun

  6. A surfer dropping down the face of a large blue-green wave, whitewater exploding along the breaking lip behind and spray blowing back off the crest.

    Inside It

  7. A ski tourer in a red jacket with a backpack climbing a broad snow slope on skins, a vast snow-covered range rising behind under scattered cloud.

    The Long Way Up

  8. A snowboarder in a tan jacket and helmet carving hard through deep powder, body low and hand nearly touching the snow, the board throwing a curtain of spray behind.

    Into the Turn

  9. A snowboarder low in a heelside turn with a blue board, driving a wide wall of snow spray up and across the frame, goggles and helmet catching the light.

    The Wall of It