Kite Tube Rider, "This is Going to Hurt"

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  • BanksPhotos
    • Jul 2006
    • 14


    #1

    Kite Tube Rider, "This is Going to Hurt"

    At the recommendation of a friend I am here to share my photo of a kite tube rider…

    This photo was taken from our boathouse in Chetek, Wisconsin on July 4, 2006. I was walking down to the boathouse with my camera and saw this guy on a kite tube. I took the photo, removed my camera from my eye to watch the action and the next thing I know he slammed into the water. We went out in our boat to talk with him. Although very stunned, the rider was uninjured and unwilling to try it again anytime soon for more photos. Once I opened the image on my computer I was completely surprised to see the rider in the air. The rider was not tossed this high above the tube, actually the tube was at his height about a tenth of a second earlier. When I took the picture I did not realize the rider had been thrown off the tube. To me it looked like the rider was on the tube having a great time. Suddenly, the tube dove into the water and the rider followed, this all happened much too quickly for me to react with my camera for another shot. I estimate that the rider is easily 30 feet above the water. The conditions were quite perfect for a flight to this height. The boat is heading west, into a brisk wind, at a good clip.

    Best Regards,

    Josh
    www.BanksPhotos.com
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  • redelf75
    Senior Member of PLANETNAUTIQUE
    • Sep 2003
    • 767

    • NYC

    #2
    RE: Kite Tube Rider, "This is Going to Hurt"

    Great shot, glad to know the guy survived so well. Unfortunately, others haven't. Did you see the other thread on this sport? I know distance is hard to judge with loss of perspective, but if the rope length is 60', I'd say he's much higher than 30'.

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    • nautique95
      Senior Member of PLANETNAUTIQUE
      • Apr 2005
      • 420

      • Michigan

      • 1987 SN 2001 1994 SN 1995 Signature Edition 2005 206 Air Limited 2007 SV211 Team
      #3
      RE: Kite Tube Rider, "This is Going to Hurt"

      I bet he was a little stunned after that landing!! I saw on the news where another guy fell off one and ended up with one of those head halos on, not good!!

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      • ScarletArrow
        • Jul 2005
        • 330

        • Ohio

        #4
        RE: Kite Tube Rider, "This is Going to Hurt"

        I'm no photoshop expert - but the picture looks a little manipulated to me.

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        • Hollywood
          1,000 Post Club Member
          • Sep 2003
          • 1930

          • WIIL

          #5
          RE: Kite Tube Rider, "This is Going to Hurt"

          Doesn't look real at all to me either. Almost looks like a cropped wakeboarder doing a hoochie glide slapped into the pic. I'll bet there is still someone riding the tube.

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          • Onthewater
            Senior Member of PLANETNAUTIQUE
            • Jul 2003
            • 695

            • Near the cheddar curtain

            #6
            RE: Kite Tube Rider, "This is Going to Hurt"

            glad somebody else said it before me.

            that picture is doctored, IMHO

            to put the person at the height he/she is the rope would almost half to be perpendicular to the water.
            I don\'t care.

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            • ag4ever
              1,000 Post Club Member
              • Feb 2004
              • 1180


              #7
              Re: RE: Kite Tube Rider, "This is Going to Hurt"

              Originally posted by ScarletArrow
              I'm no photoshop expert - but the picture looks a little manipulated to me.
              I have to agree since the person thrown from the kite tube looks larger than the person driving the boat. With perspective, the person would look smaller if he was behind the boat. I have not seen the kite tube in action, by I would guess the highest the tube could get would be a 60 degree angle between the water surface and the rope. With a 60' rope that would be about 51' in the air and 30' behind the boat.

              On top of that, I would guess the boat has a beam of 8' to 9'. The kite tube is 10' in diameter. With it 30' to 50' behind the boat, it should appear to be the same width as the boat taking into account perspective, deffinatly not 3' wider than the boat.

              I vote photoshop.

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              • Hollywood
                1,000 Post Club Member
                • Sep 2003
                • 1930

                • WIIL

                #8
                Re: Kite Tube Rider, "This is Going to Hurt"

                Originally posted by BanksPhotos
                At the recommendation of a friend I am here to share my photo of a kite tube rider…
                Are you the lawyer and your friend an injured kite tube rider client or is it the other way around???

                Ray Charles could tell you that pic is 'shopped. The rope line is blurrier than my vision after a dozen beers.

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                • BanksPhotos
                  • Jul 2006
                  • 14


                  #9
                  To stem the doubts as to the authenticity of this photo...

                  Here is the original photo (large download), I have watermarked it pretty good, but that is it.

                  The rider and tube are blurry due to the movement and low shutter speed 1/500 second. There is no trick Photoshop work done to the image you see.

                  Please read the following paragraph and look at the original photo before commenting that this photo is a fake.

                  I am a very experienced user of PhotoShop and I could probably reproduce this image if I wanted to. However, I have a full time career and no desire to deceive anyone. I can assure you this photo is 100% authentic. This is just a lucky shot, I will give more details to help stem further criticism... The rider is easily 1/4+ mile away from my shooting position. The camera was a Canon 20D with 100-400mm Canon zoom lens at 400mm. I did not have time to think about the shot, I zoomed to 400mm and snapped the picture. In my opinion, the original is not great, but quite unique. This is a crop of the full frame image sharpened and you are looking at the end result. You may be asking, how the rider got this high off the tube... Well at one time, maybe a tenth of a second before this shot, the tube was at the rider's height. As I stated in my original post, I took my camera away from my eye to watch the action. To me it looked like the rider was on the tube having a great time. Suddenly, the tube dove into the water and the rider followed, this all happened much too quickly for me to react with my camera. The camera focus point somewhere between the rider and the tube, at this distance/aperture/shutter speed it is likely that other portions of the image are out of focus. I am sorry, with the advent of digital manipulation; some of you don't believe what you see.

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                  • redelf75
                    Senior Member of PLANETNAUTIQUE
                    • Sep 2003
                    • 767

                    • NYC

                    #10
                    How do you know the tube didn't throw the rider higher when it was at its peek? Knowing what we have all seen about this tube, I find the picture astonishing but certainly believable.

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                    • Flux
                      Senior Member of PLANETNAUTIQUE
                      • Jul 2003
                      • 408

                      • Palmdale, Ca.

                      #11
                      The pic is pretty believable, even if shopped it's still not outlandish. I saw one of those cripplers at our local puddle, it was eratically catching 20+ with a side wind and the boat was probably around 20-25 mph. That boat looks nicely on plane and the water looks choppy enough for a decent breeze.

                      Thanks for the photo regardless. I am just praying we don't have those fargin things all over our lake soon, they are junk. You might as well buy a cannon to shoot yourself out of or a giant slingshot.

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                      • ryanandrews
                        • Nov 2005
                        • 233

                        • chippewa lake ohio

                        #12
                        phoney all the way...........lol................sure buddy

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                        • Sinkoumn
                          Senior Member of PLANETNAUTIQUE
                          • Jun 2006
                          • 578

                          • MPLS - St. Paul, MN

                          • Super Sport Nautique
                          #13
                          I believe it, easilly could get bucked like that:

                          http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...160&q=kite

                          That guy got it good too (right at the end)
                          :grin:
                          Neuston Boards
                          Nautiques

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                          • BanksPhotos
                            • Jul 2006
                            • 14


                            #14
                            Originally posted by ryanandrews
                            phoney all the way...........lol................sure buddy
                            ryanandrews: I will defend the authenticity of this photo to my death. Before making your comment, did you look at the full size picture or read my post debunking the comments suggesting this was not an original photo? I don't mind someone questioning the authenticity, and I will gladly provide proof that it is an authentic photo. However, to state this image is phony all the way is quite extreme. This photo is as phony as your 1994 Nautique, Goodyear Marathons, pro canopy and magic erasers.

                            Josh

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                            • BanksPhotos
                              • Jul 2006
                              • 14


                              #15
                              For those still in doubt whether this is possible, check out this video

                              http://www.heytone.com/movies/wegowipeout3.html

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