Shane Bonifay sunset slaysh
Subject: Shane Bonifay
Photo: Joey Meddock
TSQ Location: Book 1.3, Juice section, pages 6-7
We did this shot in early January. Shane was just coming off knee surgery and couldn’t ride hard yet. He just wanted to get wet and stretch out a bit, so he got a set in just as the sun was setting on Lake Jessamine near downtown Orlando.
Brian Grubb was driving his tinted-window Malibu. The darkness in the windshield made the silohouette of the boat a tad darker than normal. Shane quickly started carving as soon as he got out of the water. I told the driver to try and line him up in the shimmer of the water so I could capture the spray through the light. It’s a lot easier said than done. Everything happens really fast, while moving across the water. The pendulum of the rope swinging toward the chase boat makes it real tough to get it right. If the camera was any lower, or the boat was any closer to shore, Shane’s head or body would blend into the background. We had to get both boats out into the middle of the lake to separate Shane from the treeline behind him. Doing so, allowed us just enough time to get the speed, distance and angle right. Couple slaysharooos and we were stoked!
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