Click on the picture to read more!! Secrets of “Riding the Pry” Revealed – Pry riders are not your average rail meat! Better pay attention to what’s going on – or you will find yourself swimming!
The most spectacular of my regatta photographs are of “riding the pry” – crews sitting on the pry boards, perched one behind the other, high over the water, feet dangling in the air, with nothing, and I mean absolutely nothing to hold onto but the plank they sit on, smiles on their faces. From a distance, pry riders appear to be hanging on with their buts for dear life, but when closely viewed through my telephoto lens, many --- amazingly -- appear cool, calm, and collected while rocketing through space over water.