When photographing surfers from the Mission Beach boardwalk, I used a long telephoto lens, and usually tried to find a spot where beachgoers were not randomly cluttering the foreground. Yet in both this image and the following photograph, I tried to incorporate people on the beach who may have been watching the surfers as they made their runs towards the shore. In this case, the woman at left partially bends both arms and plaices her hand on her hips. Meanwhile, a softly focused, silhouetted surfer comes splashing to an abrupt halt in front of her and her friend. He also extends both arms, but his are fully outstretched, a futile attempt to remain upright.