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Sunburst. Photo: Ray Collins.
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Lines from the top is always a good sign. Photo: Jono Smit
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Simon Fish maintains his composure as a low flying plane gets within a couple of meters. This is one of my favorite images and is truly a once in a lifetime shot. Photo: Pierre de Villiers
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French surf professional Marc Lacomare inside a ridiculously large barrel. Photo: Alex Laurel
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Photo: Joel Coleman/Saltmotion
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Peak ray. Photo: Ray Collins.
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Best view of Teahupoo. Photo: Jared Sislin
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This picture was shot coming back from a tow in-session in the Canary Islands. After the surf we’ve pulled the ski at the port and decided to have lunch at the restaurant next to the launch pad. Sitting at the window of the restaurant, I spotted this wave hitting the lighthouse on the other side of the bay. I took my 600mm lens, went out and nailed that photo in the first five minutes. The beer was still cold when I got back to the restaurant. Photo: Alex Laurel
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Tubes for breakfast. Photo: Matty Hannon
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This photograph sums up that all Mondays aren't so bad. Two mates enjoying an uncrowded fun beach break on the Sunshine Coast. Photo: Kane Brown
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Ethereal. The first blend of 2015, incorporating all of the elements that bring me the greatest joy. Photo: Holly Shoebridge
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After a morning of disappointment and awkwardness, Dane Zuan found this. Photo: Ricky Lesser
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Lofoten Islands for the Nixon Surf Challenge in 2011. Photo: Alex Laurel
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Frothy Photo: Brian Shannon
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In the following year when Jamie Mitchell and Shane Dorian came to France and try to paddle this big wave. Until today, this is the biggest wave that a surfer ever attempted to paddle into at Belharra. Seconds later after this photo was taken, he had the biggest wipe-out you could imagine. Photo: Alex Laurel
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John John Florence at the 2015 Drug Aware Margaret River Pro. Photo: WSL/Cestari
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Clock tower peeler. Photo: SImon Rickwood
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Powerlines. Photo: Joe Carter
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Being spat out of one of these gives everything a golden feeling. Photo: Matty Hannon
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Ricardo Christie air dropping at the Box. Photo: WSL
Every month, we’re inundated with incredible photos from incredible photographers from all over the world. They send us images that are breathtaking. They send us images that make us sit back in our chairs. And if they really did something right, they send us images that make us feel like we were sitting right there with them as they pushed the shutter. Sure, the content of the photo is the nuts and bolts of what makes a good image, but the photographer is the soul of it.
One of the greatest parts about sitting down at a desk in front of this fine little website is looking back every month at all the photos we’re lucky enough to shoot out into the vastness of the internet and onto your screens. So to all those photographers out there: keep shooting. Thank you for putting us in those places with you. We love it.
