The Flood- wednesday arvo winching

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i got a call from big al, just before heading out for the Newstead adventure, that he and cam were keen to have a shred at Coorparoo skate park, which had gone under in the high tide. The timing worked out great! i would've loved to have shot more around Newstead but i wouldn't have missed this for many things! We headed over around 5 and were tear'd from the get go thanks to a wiggidy winch..

to be honest, we got pretty skunked. I couldn't get my shots right, the water wasn't high enough for the main box or the hip (the two glory features of this park), the water was draining out of the park rapidly and the winch was being lame. But ontop of all of this, i had the most amount of fun! it was such a strange thing to be apart of and i could've come away with no shots and still have been smiling like i was. This sport is insanely fun, i've only shot it 3 times and all 3 sessions rate very highly on my smile chart.

















the road into the park..










for these guys, wading was not an option.












a centre for ants.











we finally had the winch going to a relatively respectable speed by around 6:30 which was a tad lame as i was losing colour and light fast! I had two flashes but could only trigger one :/ ontop of this and our time related qualms it became apparent that these boards aren't designed for sliding on concrete and performed accordingly...






















































cooparoo skate park







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The Flood- my personal wrap up

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i was so exhausted when i woke up at 5:30 on that morning and ended up pulling the pin on the whole affair shortly after getting up, therein lay the end of this album....

i hope you enjoyed these photos! I hope moreso that you're safe and dry, sipping on your beverage of choice while enjoying the comfort of your most favourite home attire.

Personally, this experience was amazing. I loved the excitement and the motivation to go and cover something so overwhelmingly topical... had my house been lost i don't think i would have had such an enriching experience so i consider myself very lucky.












































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going from tears water to smile water!

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yeaaahhh, apparently the coast is throwing down casual these ones (photo by jordan overbye) so i'm leaving this cesspool for a better life on the goldcoast, for the next two days. yeeahh! i can't wait for my laptop so i can do this stuff on the road!


these are two shots from the water fiasco, one is of the riparian strip in the city and the other is from cooparoo skatepark. it would've been nice to get towed into the main box, however the water was not high enough and the winch was not fulfilling it's duties wholeheartedly...



























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