roller coaster of emotion

my camera has off officially made me loose my mind, the new problem of the zoom not working is really fucked.

First it was stuck on fully zoomed in, so it was kinda sweet casue thats what you want to have it on when you shoot from land anyway. Well now its stuck on fully zoomed out which means i can only shoot water but with no zoom, which isnt a huge problem (unless your mattick and you need to get real tight).

Then tonight i just tested it and the zoom worked again, so i was on cloud nine (not the wave). So i made some calls and organised to head up to shark island to shoot the comp tommorow. Then after i completed the calls i came back to find the zoom was once again stuck on zoomed out, i was close to tears. I was inconsoleable, and just couldn't believe how much a piece of electronics could casue a man such heartache. But just then (5 mins before i started this post) the zoom worked for just long enough that i was able to use the zoom ring and have left it on fully zoomed in hoping that it will stay there for tommorow.

So the point of this post is if you see any footage of the shark island comp on this movie its a true miricle. If u dont you will know that i prob went up there and watched 6-8ft barrels and wasnt able to shoot one of them.

Here is a shot of the famous 2001 SIC, Alistair Taylor

"there was just way to much energy in that wave....." "It it picked me up hit me super hard on my back bounced me across the whole reef like a tennis ball"

Best interview in a bodyboarding video to date.