PAIN
Ouch is all I can say. I got absolutely smashed on the reef and pummelled over and over again into it. I was so happy that Max (the boss!) had asked me to wear their impact vest for that shot or my back would have been torn to shreds. When I finally came up, I was in exactly the same predicament that I had been the other day surfing, no water and a massive set of white water heading towards me. Time for the star fish again, and it worked pretty well I must say, I got in over the scary part of the reef with just a couple of cuts and bruises and found my kit which was, no surprises here, completely torn to shreds. It took me about 45 minutes to swim around the lagoon to where the boat could come and pick me up and head out to try again. It was a little scary to say the least to jump back into the water after that but we had come here for windsurfing shots and I was not going to go home with just one big wipeout shot, so I rigged up my spare 4.7 and headed back out there, albeit much more carefully this time!