by john curley
Some cool surf photographs:
Cecil Healy, Olympic swimming gold, silver and bronze medallist in Manly Surf Existence Conserving Club swimsuit, [no date] / photographer unfamiliar
Image by State Library of New South Wales assortment
Biographical note: In the Stockholm Olympics, 1912, Healy entered the 100m function with fellow Australian Bill Longworth and American Duke Kahanamoku. All 3 competent for the semi-ultimate, with Kahanamoku obviously the fastest. Healy and Longworth then competent from the to begin with semifinal, but the 3 People in america, who have been scheduled to qualify in the 2nd semi-ultimate did not, because of an error by their group management. Even so, Healy intervened, saying if he was to win it would be from the best in the globe. He assisted in an appeal to allow the People in america to swim one more special race in purchase to qualify for the ultimate. Inspite of protestation from other delegations, the Americans had been permitted a separate race, with Kahanamoku qualifying for the ultimate. In the ultimate, Kahanamoku won quickly, by 1.2s, around a bodylength, with Healy in second put. The two became lifelong buddies and Kahanamoku lifted Healy’s hand larger than his own in the victory salute on the dais. Healy invited the Duke to Australia and board riding was introduced to Australia.
References: Wikipedia & Bombora – The Story of Australian Browsing (ABC Tv)
Format: Photograph
Notes: Find additional in depth information about this photograph: libapp.sl.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus/Total/PM/BSEARCH/17/52…
Lookup for much more fantastic pictures in the State Library’s collections: acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/lookup/SimpleSearch.aspx
From the collection of the State Library of New South Wales www.sl.nsw.gov.au
Man’s system pulled from surf at Coney Island
The human body of a dead guy was pulled from the surf at Coney Island Tuesday morning, a number of hrs immediately after he went swimming with a friend, police claimed.
Auto stuck in the surf
Picture by Alan Vernon.
This motor vehicle was earlier witnessed splashing through the surf. It seems that the Surf won this battle, at minimum temporarily. Genuinely, tide and time waits for no guy. Taken at Oceano Seaside, California.
Surfer Girl is Browsing in Bikini
Image by epSos.de
Cost-free picture of a single surfer woman with bikini browsing in the water waves of the Pacific Ocean.
Her white legs grew to become wet from the salty sea drinking water that is all about her blue surf board.
She likes surfing as a summer months activity for exciting, simply because the exercise on the surfboard helps make her legs to become a lot more gorgeous in a bikini.
A wonderful piece of history! The olympic spirit will remain strong with the telling and retelling of stories like this.
To have assisted in the introduction of surfing to Australia in such a way is a remarkable legacy.
Thank you State Library of New South Wales for posting this photograph and the story of this man.
What ndnbrunei said!
Great minds … True Olympians!
Oh, my. Hindsight is 20/20 I guess.
There sometimes IS justice. Maybe some fine day we will be rid of the barbaric practice of vehicles on our precious beaches. There is a cult group of folks that will time high tide coming in and the end of the day just to go to Oceano beach and watch the over-testosterone charged dudes get their cars, trucks and SUVs stuck in the surf as the tide comes in.
Is that the vehicle that was spinning sand in our face earlier when we were trying to lead some nature visitors on a docent-led dune walk? Ah shucks!
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Great catch Alan. This guy has no idea how much damage he has caused. (and a new car at that)
This is priceless. I wonder what they are going to tell the insurance company.
oh. what a bummer!
Terrific catch, Alan.
it is probably a rental.
Good catch Alan, this is not the first and surely will not be the last as many first time beach goers think they are smarter or just under estimate the sand and surf.
Brilliant…
Hi, I’m an admin for a group called Cars Out of Context, and we’d love to have this added to the group!
A heartwarming sight indeed.
great capture, just glad it wasn’t your car
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HAHAHAHAHA…. Fool.
Hi, I’m an admin for a group called We love Malingering!, and we’d love to have this added to the group!
whyy would someone take a crappy dodge charger out driving around on a beach?!
Hello <3
Thank you so much for making this picture Creative Commons, it has give me very much inspiration!
I have used this here: mary-cherry-me.deviantart.com/art/20-04-Escape-from-fairy… , in a fantasy photo-manipulation.
I gave you proper credit, of course.
Thank you so much again!
Hi,
We’ve added this great photo to our San Diego travel deals page at http://www.neotravel.com/deals/c1/san-diego-travel-deals.php.
Thanks for sharing your work!
Hi
Brilliant photo! That happens a lot round my way
I’ve used it to illustrate the local tide times on my site: Newquay Tide Times
I’ve put a full backlink in there too.
Thanks for sharing!
Regards