Walking up 30 Meters of High Mast at High Speed - The Mast Walk by Alex Thomson

Ryan Nance March 12, 2014

Alex Thomson is a solo-round-the-world yachtsman, so the 30-meter climb up the high mast of the moving ship is probably no big thing for him.

He is after all the same guy in the very iconic Keel Walk image from a year or so ago [below].

Action Sports Photographer On Capturing Some Extreme Kayakers

Ryan Nance April 7, 2013

Tim Kemple's photography is about authenticity, rawness, passion and place. He doesn't take vacations. He pushes himself and his kit to the limits. Tim explains the lengths he went to on a recent shoot with some of the world's best kayakers in Mexico.

Tim Kemple a renowned action-sports photographer created this video documenting one of his trips to Mexico where he photographed some of the most talented kayakers in the world. He uses the Phase One, 645DF+ with an IQ180 digital back and 28mm lens at a shutter speed of 1/1600th.

My friends would say I like to tinker. Impossible flash syncs, complicated rope work, and razor thin focus planes. The athletes push the limits of their bodies and equipment. I do the same.

via PetaPixel