Daily Image - November - Craig Kolesky |
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 With out these things surfing would not be where it is today. Early morning mission in Namibia. Kolesky/Nikon/Lexar |
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 Before you can surf you have to find the waves. Big wave surfers are a different breed chasing surf that the usual surfer would not ever think about. The crew checking out a solid right in the Cape. Kolesky/Nikon/Lexar |
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 When on surf trips you must use every moment you can to get an image, Dont wait till later or say " I will get the shot tomorrow", you never know what you will miss. This was taken 5am up the west coast and like the early chase to find surf as a photographer you have to be there to snap a moment like this. Kolesky/Nikon/Lexar |
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 My first trip to Hawaii was a big lesson to me. I was a rookie on the island, did not know what the rules were as a photographer. I swam out at a certain reef break to shoot, little did I know this was not allowed there and had a few words said to me. This image was out of focus but with the colors it still just seemed to work out as a fun shot. Kolesky/Nikon/Lexar |
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 This image Jordy Smith is one of the stranger images I have shot, I was actually shooting with flash but it did not fire, ended up with this silhouette. Make you think a little more about what he is actually doing., you never know with Jordy. Kolesky/Nikon/Lexar |
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 Paul Daniels about to find out if his breath holds are up to scratch out at Dungeons. Kolesky/Nikon/Lexar |
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 My trip to Madagascar is one of my most memorable trips I have been on. Ocean is life here and from a young age the kids are taught how to live from the sea. This Madagascan grom was surfing everyday we were there, it was awesome to see the smiles and fun these kids had after every wave. Kolesky/Nikon/Lexar |
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 No matter what craft you are on in the ocean riding waves you will always be one of those people who know that feeling of riding a waves. Chris Bertishon on his SUP and Jeremy Johnson on his bigwave board waiting for a set out at Whale Rock off Robin Island. Kolesky/Nikon/Lexar |
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 Twiggy has been pushing big wave surfing big time. You never know what he is up to or what he is doing. With all his big wave experience, after this wipe he just paddled back out and caught a bigger one. Kolesky/Nikon/Lexar |
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 Its not often you can tell a 20ft wall of white water off. Chris Bertish not stoked about been caught by a monster section and still manages to find the time to lift the middle finger before getting drilled. Kolesky/Nikon/Lexar |
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 So you think we score waves on every trip we go on, this is how the ocean looked for 10 days straight on a trip to Mauritius. Can you say skunked. Kolesky/Nikon/Lexar |
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 If you look for them you will find them. I was fortunate enough to be on this trip when Twiggy and crew scored this insane left point a few years ago for the first time. Kolesky/Nikon/Lexar |
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 Catching the last wave out as the sun the is falling behind the horizon is an awesome feeling. Kolesky/Nikon/Lexar |
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 Sometimes just sitting in the lineup alone can be just as satisfying as catching that perfect wave. A lonely surfer thinking of a few things while waiting for a wave. Kolesky/Nikon/Lexar |
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 Paddling into any big wave takes balls, but paddling into a wave at Dungeons for the first time takes bigger balls. Kolesky/Nikon/Lexar |
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 Living in Cape Town as a surfer you have to ready to find the surf, but when you do you can score epic barrles tlike this. Paul Daniels about to get pitted at Dunes, from board shorts to full rubber. Kolesky/Nikon/Lexar |
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 7km out in the ocean and still searching for new waves to surf. Surfing is about finding new waves and riding them with any craft. Chris Bertish about to drop in on this little slab off the Cape Coast. Kolesky/Nikon/Lexar |
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 Sunrises at Supertubes are insane, some really magical mornings on the East Coast. Kolesky/Nikon/Lexar |
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 The crowds come out to see Kelly surf, he took his 11th title this year, when will it stop? Kolesky/Nikon/Lexar |
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 Big swooping cut backs are great to photograph. Pete Mendia putting that turn to good use. Kolesky/Nikon/Lexar |
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 Jordy at the Red Bull Night Shift demo is Cape Town. Thousands of people came out to watch some of the best surfers get massive air on Camps Bay. Kolesky/Nikon/Lexar |
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Whoever it was used Cape Town-based action photographer Craig Kolesky as their reference. To the point that Craig’s friends have taken to using his surname as verb: Getting ‘Kolesky’d’ means getting looked after. Landing with your ‘bum in the butter,’ as they say. Truth be told, they’re all jealous of the places Craig’s seen, the athletes he’s worked with and the spectacular images he invariably comes home with.
Of course the success and spectacular portfolio didn’t come overnight. From the first time he picked up a camera at age 14, to his first published photograph in ZigZag Bodyboarding, “a looong time ago” and the countless images he’s had published everywhere from Red Bulletin to theThe Bomb Surf, Australian Surfing Life, 18 seconds, Waves, Tracks and Sports Illustrated since, he’s had to work pretty damn hard. Beautiful images aside, it’s this work ethic that landed him the honour of becoming the official South African photographer for Red Bull Photo-Files. In between travelling the world shooting with stars such as Jordy Smith he still makes sure he puts in surf time of his own. “I grew up surfing. It’s why I do what I do.’ - Jazz Kuschke
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