Brett Simpson

brett simpson photographed on the goldcoast of australia in february 2011.

It's Friday!

couple more random scans

boardroom

laughs

noosa

watts

morning walk

Flying home from Australia

I've been sitting at my house for the past week and trying to take it easy on my wrist so it heals up quickly and I can get back to shooting and surfing sooner rather than later.  As I was cleaning my equipment I realized I still had a couple photos on my CF card from when my flight from Australia home was cancelled.  We ended up spending 13 hours in the airport before Qantas put us up in a sweet hotel for the night before putting us on a new plane the next day.  As we were getting on the bus leaving the airport from the cancelled flight and the morning we got on the flight the next day, the news and media were all over it.  Here's a couple photos of what it was like to be in an airport with cancelled flights, kids screaming, peoples vacations being delayed, crying babies, crying adults, batteries dyeing, flashes popping, faces getting red, lines being formed, irritation levels going up, people being happy, people being sad..good thing is, we all made it home safely the next day...

Day 1..what we wish we were doing

Day 1:12 hours later, walking to the 1 of 2 buses for the 400 people to go to Hotels

Day 2: waiting in line to check in again

Day 2: after checking in the news interviewed a couple of us. I asked to take a photo of the reporter and cameraman, they said it was the first time anyone had done that.

After all was said and done, we made it home safe and despite the delays we got to spend the night in a great hotel with a good meal on Qantas's dime.

a day in the life of surfing in australia

Waves look fun Joel, lets go surfing!

I don't know Beau, they don't like us around these parts...

What was that!...I could have sworn I just saw a shark..look!

no worries mate, we'll be fine, they don't like purple.

being out there made everyone feel like a warm cookie fresh out the oven at fat camp...

you've got to be kidding me...what are those!

a friendly pack of dolphins...

Chris was ecstatic "you should have seen these things!!!"

With everyones nerves being calmed there was still one thing to worry about....

snakes.

happy

australia

good morning australia

Australia update 1

Arrived on the Gold Coast of Australia a week ago and have been going nonstop shooting the WCT contest, freesurfs, and advertising shots for Dragon.  After thinking I broke my wrist the day before I left to go to Australia I found out it wasn't broken and just badly bruised/lightly sprained.  Here's a couple shots from Snapper today..its my first day back in the water in over a week.