There are some very interesting thungs being planned for the next Cervantes Speed challenge later this year.

Reg with Col are putting their evil minds together and to get the Helicopter up to Cervantes for the challenge and make it a bit of a photo shoot for anyone interested in getting some top notch aerial photo's of themselves blasting around in an awesome area.

What the general idea is that for a nominal fee (you would have to register interest up front) there would be organized areas and times to sail through the "Photo shoot area" where Col would weave has magic and shoot the hell out of you whilst you sail past.

The fee will cover the shoot and you get to keep the picture files so you can get whatever developed or you can get Col to enlarge.

From the numbers bandied around on costs it's in the range where even I should be able to afford it and a small portion of what it normally costs for a private photo shoot. More details will be posted by either Col or Reg when it's all sorted.

Col himself has some major wood over the idea as he just loves the colour of the water up there and thinks it's a photographers dream.

More details to follow as they come to hand.

Awesome!

As mentioned, Reg from Windsurfing Perth has organised for us to bring a helicopter up to the Cervantes Speed event in November for two full days of aerial photos/filming. Cervantes has one of the largest area's of pristine aqua water along the W.A. coast, so it's just perfect for stunning photos of windsurfing. Also, being a speed event this will be an opportunity for windsurfer's of all levels to get a photo from the heli as we will be following each person down the course plus we will be producing a video of the entire weekend including the "run" from Hangover Bay. More good news is that Paul (pilot) who did the great flying job in the 08/09 Lancelin races will be doing the flying at Cervantes.

Mark - There's a few waves nearby so will be looking into doing some wave shots as well if conditions are good. Anyway, more details soon and here's a few photos of the water colour at Cervantes.

There with bells on

Dates...
This is Reg we are talking about. It will be one weekend in November, I can guarantee that
Organisation is a flexible thing.

Oh yeah Birdseye I know about the wave spots

yeahhhh - this sounds awesome. Count me in!

F'ING SWEET

hey Mark,
What kind of waves are there up there?

FS said...

hey Mark,
What kind of waves are there up there?

Not a lot, all flatwater, but I guess the guys mean filming Greenhead which is about 1hr away and is closest wave spot

DSB

WINDY MILLER said...

DSB

YEOW

Chasing them down the course with a helicopter is CHEATING
Speeds will not be ratified and will only be good for pub chat.

Im keen as but will be on wave gear
Used Nebbs GPS and had a reading of 27 knots a few seasons back
I Reckon I can go faster

grumplestiltskin said...

Greenroom said...

Im keen as but will be on wave gear
Used Nebbs GPS and had a reading of 27 knots a few seasons back
I Reckon I can go faster

Maybe we should strap the GPS onto ya while your SUPin, could be the fastest SUPer in WA