• © Ray Collins. Mountains. Swimming on the line between order and chaos, Mexico.
    © Ray Collins. Mountains. Swimming on the line between order and chaos, Mexico.
  • © Trent Mitchell. Jack MacRae. Inner Atlas, 2018.
    © Trent Mitchell. Jack MacRae. Inner Atlas, 2018.
  • © Ed Sloane. Stephanie Gilmore x 7. That feeling when you've just won your 7th world title.
    © Ed Sloane. Stephanie Gilmore x 7. That feeling when you've just won your 7th world title.
  • © Duncan Macfarlane. Anthony Walsh on a perfect dreamy wave of the best days of the Hawaii '18 season.
    © Duncan Macfarlane. Anthony Walsh on a perfect dreamy wave of the best days of the Hawaii '18 season.
  • © Andrew Kaineder. North Atlantic Power. A swell over 10m batters the coastline of Ireland.
    © Andrew Kaineder. North Atlantic Power. A swell over 10m batters the coastline of Ireland.
  • © Russell Ord. Tom Carroll portrait in the tropical rain Indonesia.
    © Russell Ord. Tom Carroll portrait in the tropical rain Indonesia.
  • © Ted Grambeau. Gold Nias. A golden moment as big wave surfer Mark Healey takes the drop on his 7'6" quiver. Surfing one of the biggest swells to ever hit Nias Island, off Sumatra in Indonesia.
    © Ted Grambeau. Gold Nias. A golden moment as big wave surfer Mark Healey takes the drop on his 7'6" quiver. Surfing one of the biggest swells to ever hit Nias Island, off Sumatra in Indonesia.
  • © Paul Smith. Unfinished symphony. Taken at Noosa Heads, Queensland from a helicopter. The perfect lines remind me of the lines on sheet music, with the surfers being the notes.
    © Paul Smith. Unfinished symphony. Taken at Noosa Heads, Queensland from a helicopter. The perfect lines remind me of the lines on sheet music, with the surfers being the notes.
  • © Stu Gibson. Pumping Lightning. Shooting line-ups with a wild dark storm as a back drop and managed to freeze this lightning strike at 2000th of a second on the trusty Nikon D4.
    © Stu Gibson. Pumping Lightning. Shooting line-ups with a wild dark storm as a back drop and managed to freeze this lightning strike at 2000th of a second on the trusty Nikon D4.
  • © Ted Grambeau. Laurie Towner making the latest of drops of the swell of the year at Cloud Break Fiji. Laurie was greeted by round of applause by the whole line up that consisted of the world's best big wave riders. The wave was during swell saw some of the biggest waves ever ridden at famous Fijian reef.
    © Ted Grambeau. Laurie Towner making the latest of drops of the swell of the year at Cloud Break Fiji. Laurie was greeted by round of applause by the whole line up that consisted of the world's best big wave riders. The wave was during swell saw some of the biggest waves ever ridden at famous Fijian reef.
  • © Stu Gibson. Beauty and the beast, Shipstern Bluff. Mikey Brennan. This day was a big tow day in the morning the light popped for about 20 mins then it went back to cold and ugly Shippies.
    © Stu Gibson. Beauty and the beast, Shipstern Bluff. Mikey Brennan. This day was a big tow day in the morning the light popped for about 20 mins then it went back to cold and ugly Shippies.
  • © Scott Bauer. Commercial diver Shanan Worrall riding a wave photographed is a very special north swell in Western Australia. This wave Shanan rode was a stand out for me in this session, one of the larger more perfect waves that came through. I was recovering from a shoulder operation and couldn't swim with my camera, but very grateful to shoot this session from the beach with the sand between my toes.
    © Scott Bauer. Commercial diver Shanan Worrall riding a wave photographed is a very special north swell in Western Australia. This wave Shanan rode was a stand out for me in this session, one of the larger more perfect waves that came through. I was recovering from a shoulder operation and couldn't swim with my camera, but very grateful to shoot this session from the beach with the sand between my toes.
  • © Angus Sheridan. Sunset Air. Airing through an Indonesian sunset.
    © Angus Sheridan. Sunset Air. Airing through an Indonesian sunset.
  • © Jan Wainwright. Welcome Ceremony. Mick Fanning competing in his final WCT event at Bells Beach is carried from the beach after his final heat of his professional surfing career. He finished runner up in the Rip Curl Pro.
    © Jan Wainwright. Welcome Ceremony. Mick Fanning competing in his final WCT event at Bells Beach is carried from the beach after his final heat of his professional surfing career. He finished runner up in the Rip Curl Pro.
  • © Mathew Tildesley. Nocturnal Impact. ‘Nocturnal Impact’ is part of a project called ‘The Nocturnal Series’. Named not just for the hour they were taken but also the obsession which consumed me, keeping me awake at night. Surf Flash Photography is so intriguing; you never know how the results will turnout. The light might be absorbed by the water, or highlight intricate details never noticed during daylight hours. ‘Nocturnal Impact’ was such a thick, heavy wave. Less graceful than the ones before, yet much more powerful. The lip exploded on impact, its echoes reverberating through me in the dark.
    © Mathew Tildesley. Nocturnal Impact. ‘Nocturnal Impact’ is part of a project called ‘The Nocturnal Series’. Named not just for the hour they were taken but also the obsession which consumed me, keeping me awake at night. Surf Flash Photography is so intriguing; you never know how the results will turnout. The light might be absorbed by the water, or highlight intricate details never noticed during daylight hours. ‘Nocturnal Impact’ was such a thick, heavy wave. Less graceful than the ones before, yet much more powerful. The lip exploded on impact, its echoes reverberating through me in the dark.
  • © Mathew Tildesley. Nocturnal Impact. ‘Nocturnal Impact’ is part of a project called ‘The Nocturnal Series’. Named not just for the hour they were taken but also the obsession which consumed me, keeping me awake at night. Surf Flash Photography is so intriguing; you never know how the results will turnout. The light might be absorbed by the water, or highlight intricate details never noticed during daylight hours. ‘Nocturnal Impact’ was such a thick, heavy wave. Less graceful than the ones before, yet much more powerful. The lip exploded on impact, its echoes reverberating through me in the dark.
    © Mathew Tildesley. Nocturnal Impact. ‘Nocturnal Impact’ is part of a project called ‘The Nocturnal Series’. Named not just for the hour they were taken but also the obsession which consumed me, keeping me awake at night. Surf Flash Photography is so intriguing; you never know how the results will turnout. The light might be absorbed by the water, or highlight intricate details never noticed during daylight hours. ‘Nocturnal Impact’ was such a thick, heavy wave. Less graceful than the ones before, yet much more powerful. The lip exploded on impact, its echoes reverberating through me in the dark.
  • © John Respondek. Harry Bryant - South Coast -2017. Here's Harry, mid speed pump at a secret spot on the South Coast. I'd say less than 10% of his boards is actually in the water in this moment.
    © John Respondek. Harry Bryant - South Coast -2017. Here's Harry, mid speed pump at a secret spot on the South Coast. I'd say less than 10% of his boards is actually in the water in this moment.
  • © Scott Harrison. The Reward. A spot that a friend and I found that takes a bit of effort to get to. Needs the right swell and wind direction to come together for the backwash to really happen. We had been many times with ok results, but this morning everything lined up perfectly and I was rewarded with this split second moment in time under some amazing morning light.
    © Scott Harrison. The Reward. A spot that a friend and I found that takes a bit of effort to get to. Needs the right swell and wind direction to come together for the backwash to really happen. We had been many times with ok results, but this morning everything lined up perfectly and I was rewarded with this split second moment in time under some amazing morning light.
  • © Simon Williams. Flying. Matt Meola. The art of flight in Indo . June 2018.
    © Simon Williams. Flying. Matt Meola. The art of flight in Indo . June 2018.
  • © Monster Nias. Lucas Silveira surfing one of the bigest swells to ever hit the Island of Nias, off Sumatra in Indonesia.
    © Monster Nias. Lucas Silveira surfing one of the bigest swells to ever hit the Island of Nias, off Sumatra in Indonesia.
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Finalists announced for Nikon Surf Photo of the Year Awards

21 March 2019

Nikon Australia has recently announced that the finalists for the Nikon Surf Photo and Video of The Year Awards. A panel of 13 judges from within the surfing industry, including Nikon Brand Ambassador, Stephanie Gilmore were tasked with selecting the top 20 photo entries and top 3 video submissions based on the below criteria:

– Innovation and creativity
– Dramatic affect and sensory impact
– Uniqueness
– Creative composition

© Ted Grambeau. Gold Nias. A golden moment as big wave surfer Mark Healey takes the drop on his 7'6
© Ted Grambeau. Gold Nias. A golden moment as big wave surfer Mark Healey takes the drop on his 7'6" quiver. Surfing one of the biggest swells to ever hit Nias Island, off Sumatra in Indonesia.

The winners for the Nikon Surf Photo and Video of the Year will be announced at the Surfing Australia Awards Night on Tuesday, 2 April on the Gold Coast.

© Russell Ord. Tom Carroll portrait in the tropical rain Indonesia.
© Russell Ord. Tom Carroll portrait in the tropical rain Indonesia.
© Stu Gibson. Beauty and the beast, Shipstern Bluff. Mikey Brennan. This day was a big tow day in the morning the light popped for about 20 mins then it went back to cold and ugly Shippies.
© Stu Gibson. Beauty and the beast, Shipstern Bluff. Mikey Brennan. This day was a big tow day in the morning.
The light popped for about 20 mins, then it went back to cold and ugly Shippies.

 

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