Ballon d'Alsace 3 by jcv2
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Parasailing in winter was an unknown sport to me, until now. The poor guy was waiting for the wind from the good direction but he had to wait very long before he could take off.
Minolta X-700 (Fuji Sensia 100, 70 mm)
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Comments (27)
ralfy
I agree with you, cant believe that the sailer can find thermal lifts. And he starts in fog, crazy!
vlaaitje
puffffffffffffffff what a lovely play ground....."splashhhhhhhhhhhhhh" wonderful winter shot
Chaos911
brrrr must be very cold there ;) excellent shot!
tallpindo
One does not want his prowess to become blunted or jaded no matter how long he must wait. How they did things in the days of sabertoothed tigers is still rippling in the wind.
marybelgium
beautifully done !
rufous
Lovely shot, and proof that certain sports ARE truly addictive!
DELMUR
bien s!! c'est tr beau! les proportions e cadrage, les couleurs : TOUT !V.
Niutek
Very nice composition! :))
diomedes66
Outstanding composition, the diagonal scene builds tension and develops a sense of action, bravo, well done!
pimbotin
Yes this is one of the disavantages of this sport, we are closely dependant on the wind conditions. But, please, don't call this parasailing, the right word is "paragliding" because our wings are considered as gliders. They are gliders. Nice shot, anyway. Tell me if you come in Geneva area, one day, I'd like to have shots of my paraglider. Cheers!
Gog
What a great image, in my opinion, the para sailer is made, but I have to admire his dedication to his sport :)
SoulSearcherr
kewl shot
1pearl
Very nice shot !
logiloglu
wish a good fly.a fascinating sport. !!!!!!!! #:O) !!!!!!!!!
Ladyhawk
WHOA!!! so cool!!! awsome catch, I didn't think you could do that when it was cold thats amazeing BRAVO!!!!(V)!!!! :0) @-}-- blew me away !!
Cosme..D..Churruca
Very cool !
TwoPynts
It must be a very very very cold sport! ;o) New to me to, thank for enlightening me. Great photo, I love the way he receeds into the misty/chilly atmosphere atop this mountain. Another beauty Jan!
Andromeda31
Seems to me like it would be a bit cold to sail through the winter air! I never heard of this going on at this time of the year either!!! :)
jgkane
New to me too, Jan-Carel. I have only seen it live once, and that was in Spain, last summer. There it was over a beach, jumping off from a little slope, in light winds with the temperature about 35C. Big difference. In Scotland we have a nun, who works in a hospice for the dying, who regularly paraglides off Tinto Hill in Lanarkshire, for charity. Regards, John.
sossy
and then he couldn't get away because he was frozen! LOL I also didn't know about this winter sport! a very interesting and strange composed winter scene! ;o)
b2amphot
My lord... how COLLLLLD that must be. More power to them.
Punaguy
Some people are just die hards, but this guy loves his sport...splendid POV on this lovey image....Brrrrrrr!
tvernuccio
what???? parasailing in winter???? i had NO idea that is done!!! kewl!! i wanna try!!!! i bet he verrrrrrrry cold!!!! hmmmm, i wonder do they ski around here??? fantastic capture, jan-carel!!!! perfect to show him trying to get up up and away!!!!
sharky_
Wow! I hope that parachute did not freeze up on him? lol. Very interesting capture. Aloha
iaacf
And in the meantime freezing his toes off.. No thanks.. I think I wlll do something else.. Taking a good photograph like this one for instance..
Apophis906
Wow I had never heard of this before as well. Excellent capture and job here.
shandybob
Is he nuts? What a capture of him though :)