Page 134 : Coolangatta, Queenlands, Australia – © Andrew Shield

Note de « Line up »
Texte mis à jour le 9/01/2021

Au fond, les riders attendent leur tour pour atteindre la zone du take off.
Neuf vagues et neuf surfeurs sur la vague, on tutoie les records.
Une sorte de carrousel à vagues. La queue de Mickey doit se trouver quelque part dans un tube du premier plan.

Note de Andrew Shield
Texte mis à jour le 3/01/2021

This was shot from the hill at Kirra looking back toward Greenmount Hill and Snapper Rocks. Its a very popular vantage point and nearly every surf photographer who has visited the Gold Coast would have photos from up on this hill.

What is unique about this photo is the number off waves. Usually, long period swells on the Gold Coast see maybe 3 or 4 wave sets. This swell though, was a large clean shorter period swell. A set with at least six waves all around the same size and that close together is fairly unusual for the east coast of Australia.