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DavidJohn
DavidJohn
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22 Jan 2010 7:52am
Rand just posted this short new reel vid on the Zone.

It shows a tow surfer getting some great air off the lip and gets very close to the blades of a hovering chopper.. I wonder if it took the nose off his board.

Maybe it's the angle that makes it look so close.

http://news.yahoo.com/video/us-15749625/17739362

DJ
Towny
Towny
NSW
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NSW, 903 posts
22 Jan 2010 10:31pm
Pretty sure that's laird from years ago?
MickV
MickV
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188 posts
VIC, 188 posts
22 Jan 2010 11:06pm
I reckon the long lens makes it seem a lot closer than it really is.
Bnaccas
Bnaccas
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23 Jan 2010 12:49am
I rekon it is really close! The surfer lands in the lip but is behind the chopper when he is at his highest point. The chopper would have been filming the action from just in front of the lip. Hard to tell though.

Either way it look gnarly! Not the cleanest faces either.
hilly
hilly
WA
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WA, 8132 posts
23 Jan 2010 2:09am
Towny said...

Pretty sure that's laird from years ago?


Yep slow news day
DavidJohn
DavidJohn
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23 Jan 2010 7:14am
This was on the Jan 21 news in the US.. I've seen film of Laird doing a similar thing.

I hope we see the film from the chopper.. Then we might see just how close it was.

DJ
hilly
hilly
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WA, 8132 posts
23 Jan 2010 10:50am
DavidJohn said...

This was on the Jan 21 news in the US.. I've seen film of Laird doing a similar thing.

I hope we see the film from the chopper.. Then we might see just how close it was.

DJ


DJ I think you will find it is really old footage from Endless Summer 2 quote from crtraveler on zone "Jared had it right, I think this is Laird on ESII. Bruce Brown says "how bout a little Laird Burger"? All of us have probably seen that scene a thousand times."

I could be wrong, anyone seen it??
dtm
dtm
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dtm dtm
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23 Jan 2010 2:39pm
hilly you are 100% right old footage seen it
and i think its just the camera angle that makes it look closer than it actually is as if that was real would be in every surf mag out there!
Gorgo
Gorgo
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23 Jan 2010 2:44pm
I reckon the chopper was miles away. It's all just angles and perspectives.

Here's a Youtube link. It's no clearer but you don't have to waste your life watching the ads.

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