We asked Daniel to talk about the day he scored this insane inside-looking-out perspective of Laird Hamilton’s cover up at one of the gnarliest reefs on the planet…
…What was the day like? Did he get drilled after snapping our cover? Here is Russo’s story:
There comes a time in your career path when you choose to either be a follower or a leader. I didn’t want to just be good: I wanted to be the best water photographer in the world—and to pull that off was going to take practice in waves that had consequences. I have to give credit this day to Raimana [Van Bastolaer, “The Mayor of Teahupoo”] for giving me my initial positioning and to Simon Thornton [Tahiti-based surf videographer], who gave me land lineup points to watch while swimming at Teahupoo.
This story is from the Spring 2017 edition of Standup Journal.
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