Standerd Slides

Subject: Daniel Watkins
Photo: Joey Meddock

TSQ Location: Book 1.2, Critique section, page 101

Lake Bulter, in Orlando, FL, is one of the most beautiful lakes I know of. Tons of lakes, endless riding, and surrounded by multimillion dollar homes. Shaquille O’Neal’s, Tiger Woods’, Mark O’Meara’s…just to name a few.

Watkins, Ike, Sanders and myself trekked across town with boats in tow, hoping for some badass typical Lake Butler photos. The day we picked sucked. Windy, overcast, and all around shitty. Nobody could get into the riding groove and the conditions were against all of our efforts. Each person rode a quick set before quickly being frustrated. Watkins persisted however and walked away with the ‘winner’ shot of this pimp method.

-MEDDOCK

Subject: Shaun Murray
Photo: Joey Meddock

TSQ Location: Book 1.2, Profile section, page 48

Long before I knew what an f-stop was or Nikon for that matter, I was a student at the Benzel Skiing center at the ripe age of 12 or 13. Shaun Murray was my coach at the camp back then and taught us all the cool tricks to do on a board like wrapped 360s and star-gazed raleys.

I shot this photo with a throw-away camera, kneeling in the back of a Ski Nautique. I think this was one of my first photos of any wakeboarder, ever. I can’t believe Murray still has it in his arsenal of print photos. This is Shaun doing his best ’star-gazed’ raley over his brother Chris, circa 1994.

-MEDDOCK

Subject: Lake Powell, AZ.
Photo: Joey Meddock

TSQ Location: Book 1.2, pages 122-123

Liquid Force has made Lake Powell notorious for unreal photography. Well, LF or not, Lake Powell is known for unreal photography. Having their team of awesome riders there AND the classic Lake Powell backdrops are the perfect recipe for great photos.

On the annual LF trip one year, we got a bit of rain and clouds in the evening. The houseboats were just behind the ridge seen here in the photo. As we were watching the storm move through the area, the skies opened up blasting a strong light on the distant rock ledge. I had some black and white film already loaded in the camera when I found myself shooting this shot. It looks so dramatic because everything in the background was still pitch black and stormy, while the rock was the only thing lit up. I thought we were going to get wet at any second, even where I was standing. Exposing it was a bit tricky, but I knew if I nailed it right, the shot would look insane.

-MEDDOCK