Pacific Paddler cover April 2012

Contents April 2012

What a ride

It was wild! I really didn't want to go on John Foti's boat to take photos, but the opportunity to get spectacular images for the magazine overrode my anxiety. The seas looked nasty and without a water housing, I feared I would lose my camera gear to a wave splashing over the boat. It wouldn't take much to wreck my digital camera. I looked at my driver, Kalani Irvine. A paddler for Lanikai Canoe Club, he knew these waters and wouldn't go out unless he was confident we would make it. So full of anticipation, I secured my cameras under towels and waited for the action to unfold. Right from the start as the paddlers made there way out and over the reef, canoes were flipping and dodging mountains of water. more...