Standerd Slides

Subject: Lake Jessamine, FL
Photo: Bryan Soderlind

TSQ Location: Book 1.3, Critique section, Page 95

I got to use this pretty sweet Panorama camera for a couple of days. I was over at BT’s and decided to get this shot of the dock that Grubb ollied for the cover of 1.1. This dock also had a rail on it that I got my first shot in Wakeboard Mag with Grubb, a shot of Whispers doing a dock start in another WBM, and some good ones of BT on the Volume website. This dock has been good to me so I had to get one more shot of it in all its natural beauty.

- Bear

Subject: Matt Manzari
Photo: Josh Letchworth

TSQ Location: Book 1.3, Critique section, Page 88

This summer, we were on Lake Shasta for the Gator Boards catalog shoot. This shot was fun because I got to ride doubles with Matt. There is nothing like working and playing at the same time. I just made fun of Matt the whole time he was riding. All in good fun of course.

I was just that annoying guy right there over his shoulder with my camera and loud mouth. My arm was killing me from holding the rope for so long. I was shredding on a wake surfer. If you look really closely at the bottom left corner of the frame you can see the tail of it. Flick.

- Letchworth

Subject: Wakefest
Photo: Nicholas Schrunk

TSQ Location: Book 1.3, Chronicle section, Page 36

The afterparty for the Twin Lakes Wakefest was off the hook this year. The twin lakes crew threw down for the afterparty, live DJ, and pretty much 200 liquored up bodies that have been sitting in the sun all day coming to top the night off in style.

Somehow for this afterparty I made the judgement call that the two grand I had slinging off my neck was a good idea to grab some images in the midst of the insanity.

Issue 1.2 came out around then and my buddy Nicholas Sandvig aka FatHead was checking it out for the first time. In this particular shot he was checking out his picture in 1.2 of him next to the birthday keg. Pictured next to him is Natalie Harvey who was collectively laughing about something.

FatHead had been in the boat all day driving for every single of the 65+ riders without a break. This picture is for you FatHead, and all the under-appreciated competition drivers out there!

- Schrunk

Subject: Chris O’Shea
Photo: Joey Meddock

TSQ Location: Book 1.3, Shorty Story, Page 72

First off, what is Collin Harrington doing back there? It couldn’t possibly be that he’s shooting video of Chris O’Shea, because that thing is no where remotely pointed where the action is. Even with two freed-up hands, he’s tinkering around with something…I’ll ask him.

Chris O’Shea on the other hand (no pun intended), grabs the board and rolls over that shoulder, opening up perfectly for the camera. Certain tricks have a tendency to do that when shooting wakeboarding.

It’s not everyday people ride doubles anymore. It’s like a lost art. But when you do get out there together, it’s like the stars are lined up or something because it’s so fun. Riders always feed off each other when there’s two of em behind the boat. This shot is particularly funny because of Collins calm, clueless demeanor in the background.

- Meddock

Subject: Chairs
Photo: Bryan Soderlind

TSQ Location: Book 1.3, Back Cover

I borrowed a Leica camera one day from my friend Mike who had never actually shot with it. That same day I went out to Daytona International Speedway with my friend Spencer Williams to meet up with his NASCAR buddies Casey Mears and Jimmie Johnson. We got to go in the pit, chill with them, and even go out to eat with them later in the night. I thought I was going to have all these good pics but it turned out the camera had a light leak that made an orange slash across the middle of just about every frame. This was one of the few that had the light leak at the bottom. It’s just a bunch of chairs.

- Bear

Subject: Nick Heaney
Photo: Joey Meddock

TSQ Location: Book 1.3, Critique section, Page 93

Zooma zoom zoom and a boom what? Nick Heaney flying past me at high speed.

Nick and I used to shoot quite often back in the day. He was always up for experiment when it came to shooting wakeboarding. I think this shot is about 3-4 years old. It was right at the time when I bought a new waterhousing for my 16mm fisheye lens.

I had an idea to float in the water with my housing in hand. I wanted him to edge past me as close and as safely as possible. He wasn’t understanding what the shot might look like but once I explained that there was a chance of seeing the bottom of the board, he really laid into it.

Focusing this was tricky. While on the back of the boat, I guessed where I thought Nick might be, by zeroing in on something still and about two feet away. Using auto-focus isn’t an option for these types of scenarios because it’s too easy to trick the camera, get water on the housing port, or it’s just flat out not fast enough to keep up with the action. I’ve wasted too many good photo ops by relying on auto, and the damn thing adjusts at all the wrong moments. Manual focusing is usually always a safer bet.

So, there I sat…waiting…wondering. Wondering if I’m gonna be a hood ornament on the nose of his board. Once he set his edge, I kinda held my breath and prayed I didn’t get pin-balled. He definitely kept it within two feet, I’ll say that.

After he did it a few times, I could relax a little. Because of his proximity, I caught this shot before I was doused with water. Once the housing lens port is wet, you can see the drops in the image…which I didn’t want.

What attracts me to this photo is being able to see how the water channels off the bottom of the boards shape, fins, and contour. It’s just something not seen too often.

- Meddock

Subject: Marc Rossiter
Photo: Joey Meddock

TSQ Location: Book 1.3, Chronicle section, Page 29

I took my first trip to the beautiful country of Ireland this past summer. Myself, Danno, Ike, and Watkins made the jump over the big pond to experience Wake Jam on Loch Erne. One afternoon, when the contest ended, we made our way down river to find an ollie to photograph. Seeing Marc ride in the contest demonstrated his sick style and impressive olling skills. We saw this rail sticking out toward the water. I jumped on shore with Marc and Watkins (light holder) to scope out the spot and look for any possible rocks or sharp impaling objects.

We gave it a once over, then Marc jumped back in the boat and started to suit up. Watkins held my flash right on target while Marc did a few ollies toward me. Some kooks decided to come out and screw with us, so getting a powerful ollie was sometimes difficult because of the rollers caused by our pesty “friends”.

- Meddock

Subject: Leopard wave
Photo: Josh Letchworth

TSQ Location: Book 1.3, Shorty Story, Page 102

This was by far my favorite photo essay that we have ever worked on. I’ve grown up as surfer and have spent countless hours watching mini waves peel around points and break over shoals. We’ve all at some point, wanted to shrink ourselves down to squirrel size and surf those little grinders. Aaron Reed told me about this spot that he had seen break as he was cutting through a canal on the Clermont chain. It was a bit of a mission. We loaded the Sea Doo on a trailer and dropped it in the canal near this point. I remember Reed being a little let down, as it wasn’t as impressive as he remember it. I thought it was amazing. I knew if i got down low enough it would come across pretty dramatic. Looks like a murky Teahupoo. Reed must have driven around point 50 times. It was just so mesmerizing to watch.

- Letchworth

Subject: Three Sisters, Cascade Mountain Range
Photo: Zak Stone

TSQ Location: Book 1.3, Chronicle section, Page 26

The Three Sisters, famous in Central Oregon, they lay just outside the town of Sisters to the Southwest. First when I told Joey the names of the 3 mountains I got one of them wrong.
The correct names are as follows:
North Sister - Faith - Elevation 10,085 ft.
Middle Sister - Hope - Elevation 10,047 ft.
South Sister - Charity - Elevation 10,358 ft.

All three mountains were found on a map from 1840s. It’s amazing that they are all so close in height, and all three being volcanoes. Faith had an eruption within the last 1,000 years, and is still active.

You can travel all around central Oregon and find lava beds, lava caves and lava tubes. It is a beautiful place to visit. I was very lucky one day and got to fly in a private aircraft over to the town of Bend. I was taking pics of all the lakes and ponds in the middle of no where, so I could come back later with the crew and find some new winch spots.

As we cleared over the Cascade Mountain Range I looked back, and all three Sisters where blingin’ with summer snow. I love Oregon and all its beauty. I am a photo hound…I always carry my camera with me. Just ask any of my friends for they have been found in pics they were not aware of, LOL.

All information was found @ http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov

-Zak Stone

Subject: Brett Eisenhauer
Photo: Joey Meddock

TSQ Location: Book 1.3, Chronicle section, Page 29

On our trip to Ireland over the summer, I had Ike stand up on this picnic table for a light check. Watkins is standing there to the left waiting for the boat to come pick him up so he could jib the bench a few times.

It’s so funny how serious Ike looks with that obnoxious green sweatshirt. It’s funny to me cause we traveled together and he wore that outfit the entire time. America, Ireland, Amsterdam, back to America…all in that hat and hooded sweatshirt. I think 90% of the photos that I have from Ike on that trip, he’s shining green!

- Meddock