Ian Thurtell at Kalk Bay
Mike Dei-Cont photo

posted by dcmike on Tuesday, 20 January 2009

Ian Thurtell at Kalk Bay

That maxing Monday...

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iammonsteriammonster
22nd January 2009 13:55
nice shots mike!
Id have to agree with you, altho this thing is sexy as hell.. I think the shot of don was the best choice to go to print!
good job mag picture picking team...haha
dcmikeMike Dei-Cont
22nd January 2009 12:22
It's not that simple fellas...
Being on the sixty40 mag team and a photographer brings with it a small degree of conflicting interest... Add to that, Cape Town, where I live, has the highest number of submissions for images (and it's a lot more than anywhere else!) and you soon see that not everything submitted can be included.
The mag tries to stick with one rule only and that is: 'the best images get printed.' Unfortunately this is not always realistic... Consider that we want to feature riders from our whole coastline, that we aim to showcase diversity in waves, location, riders, manoeuvres, style, prone, dk, contest, freesurf and you should understand not everything makes into the mag.
As it is, I already feel that there are to many DC images in the online galleries but if no one else is submitting... well, what can I say? Imagine if the same happened in the mag..? I can hear the calls of favouritism or worse yet, nepotism, so I steer clear of the selection process.
Anyway, I really dig the shot of Donovan - Yeah, it's not a boost or a fat barrel but I love the anticipation of "what happens next..."

So now that the mag is circulating I can post the images that didn't make the cut ;-)
Checkout under Sessions: "Maxing Monday Session"
bbuhbbuh
21st January 2009 16:44
hey mike, is this the same day as the one in the latest mag? did you send them all in together? just wondering, cause how the hell did this not make the Mag??????????? sick shot
Spy DudePierre Marqua
21st January 2009 16:02
so??? u gotta do what you gotta do to get the image, this grabs my balls, the one of Don, with all due respect, doesnt scream Kalk Bay to me, it could have been anywhere, also Ian is a local. Oh well tomato, tomaato
dcmikeMike Dei-Cont
21st January 2009 15:33
Hmmm, quality was a little suspect hey Pierre - Shooting ISO 800 cos it was so flippin overcast...
Spy DudePierre Marqua
21st January 2009 15:12
eeish, if only i didnt have a real job.... sick photo DC, well impressed. Now thats better than the Don photo in the mag, why didnt this one go in?
TiaanKTiaan Kriegler
21st January 2009 09:15
Mother Mary.
craigtrilivasCraig Trilivas
21st January 2009 08:58
Wow, thats a world class brander right there dood.
iammonsteriammonster
21st January 2009 08:43
that is sooo sick man!!
almost the exact same time as the other shot of this from straight in front..

so sick...dig the colours..

Photo Details

Rider:South Africa Ian Thurtell photos
Surfspot:Western Province, South Africa Kalk Bay photos
Photographer:South Africa Mike Dei-Cont photos
Photo Date:Monday, 1 September 2008

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