Surfing dolphins
Monster 25-foot waves can scare even the most experienced surfers, but the dolphins in these stunning images by Greg Huglin, taken off the coast of South Africa, glide and leap through the waves with the greatest of ease, as if performing a graceful dance.
California-based photographer and filmmaker Huglin, who has also released the 20-minute film "Surfing Dolphins," has long been fascinated by dolphins in the wild. "I grew up and still live with my wife and kids at Miramar Beach in Santa Barbara," Huglin said in an interview with DEEP Surf Magazine. "I see dolphins every day and everyone I know has a dolphin surfing story. Seeing something amazing and actually capturing it on film are a long ways apart. I'd had many experiences of riding waves while dolphins were in the area but never while I was on the wave with them."
Huglin said he was also tired of seeing images of captive dolphins in tanks or in the aquarium-clear waters of the Bahamas. "It all looked posed and somehow less than real," he told DEEP Surf Magazine. "I wanted to get in there with the wild ones and see how close I could get. I wanted to film them riding waves from underwater and eventually I did get those shots. I wanted the viewer to forget about being a spectator and just be one of the dolphins."
Lotsa pics:
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listen to the Beach Boys while catching those giant waves?
